RS Feva open meeting and training at Burghfield Sailing Club

by Tom Jones 9 Jul 2019 12:55 BST 6-7 July 2019

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:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	4102	Joe Jones	Amelie Curtis	Burghfield	‑3	1	2	1	1	3	8
2	5450	Joe Slipper	Katherine Burgess	Silverwing/ Bowmoor	2	4	‑5	2	4	1	13
3	4984	Edward Day	Thomas Armstrong	Reading	1	2	‑7	3	2	6	14
4	6199	Freddie Fitzsimmons	Henry Patten	RLymYC/RlymYC	‑6	5	4	4	3	2	18
5	6911	Clara Jones	Anna Utting	Burghfield / Starcross	5	6	3	‑9	8	4	26
6	4194	Charlie Howard	Imogen Jones	Burghfield	‑11	10	1	7	7	8	33
7	5419	Gabriella Burlton	Tessa Tomson	Netley Sailing Club	9	‑13	6	5	9	5	34
8	5461	Miles Vidler	Maria Townsend	Crawley Mariners	4	9	‑11	6	10	9	38
9	2577	Jeremy Landen	Henry Landen	Datchet	7	7	8	‑11	5	11	38
10	5651	Oscar Tatum	Ethan Tatum	Burghfield	8	8	9	12	‑13	7	44
11		Rhys Primrose	Emily Soames	Reading SC	12	11	‑13	10	6	10	49
12	4994	Rachel Harper	Polly Mason	HISC/Burghfield SC	10	‑12	10	8	12	12	52
13	821	Jack Harper‑Hill	Ned Carter	Burghfield	‑14	3	14	13	11	13	54
14	410	Henry Checksfield	James Hyman	Burghfield	13	14	12	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	69