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RS Feva open meeting and training at Burghfield Sailing Club

by Tom Jones 9 Jul 2019 12:55 BST 6-7 July 2019
Prizewinners at the RS Feva open meeting at Burghfield © Tom Jone

Feva coach Jonathan Lewis started Saturday with a pre-race briefing and boat tuning ashore in the glorious sunshine. Once the light wind settled Race Officer David Baddeley set a carantec outer loop course around an island and set off the keen young sailors on the first attempt.

Tactical sailing looking for clean air and upwind ripples on the water challenged concentration with neighbouring club sailors Edward Day and Thomas Armstrong finishing with a clear lead.

Following a lunch break and feedback briefing ashore, the race team moved the course closer to the clubhouse and laid a windward leeward course, as the wind settled to a NNW 5-8 knots. The close sailing with overlapping legs provided a stimulating course with helms having to keep an awareness of conditions and boats around them.

Joe Jones and Amelie Curtis managed to sail to the front of the fleet and took the line for what was going to be their first of several wins for the day.

Jonathan provided on the water feedback between the four further races, with Charlie Howard and Imogen Jones winning race three. Joe and Amelie took race four and five to secure first place and Joe Slipper and Katherine Burgess won the last race to take second overall from Edward and Thomas in third.

Racing was followed by tea, ice creams and a BBQ on the clubhouse balcony.

Jonathan Lewis continued the focused coaching on Sunday with all the sailors improving in the pleasant easterly breeze which even provided enough puff to see them planing in for lunch. With a dying breeze in the afternoon, much fun was had cooling off with some capsizing, swimming and a crews' race.

Overall Results:

PosSail NoHelmCrewClubR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
14102Joe JonesAmelie CurtisBurghfield‑3121138
25450Joe SlipperKatherine BurgessSilverwing/ Bowmoor24‑524113
34984Edward DayThomas ArmstrongReading12‑732614
46199Freddie FitzsimmonsHenry PattenRLymYC/RlymYC‑65443218
56911Clara JonesAnna UttingBurghfield / Starcross563‑98426
64194Charlie HowardImogen JonesBurghfield‑1110177833
75419Gabriella BurltonTessa TomsonNetley Sailing Club9‑13659534
85461Miles VidlerMaria TownsendCrawley Mariners49‑11610938
92577Jeremy LandenHenry LandenDatchet778‑1151138
105651Oscar TatumEthan TatumBurghfield88912‑13744
11 Rhys PrimroseEmily SoamesReading SC1211‑131061049
124994Rachel HarperPolly MasonHISC/Burghfield SC10‑12108121252
13821Jack Harper‑HillNed CarterBurghfield‑1431413111354
14410Henry ChecksfieldJames HymanBurghfield131412(DNC)DNCDNC69

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