Crewsaver 60th Firefly Nationals at Abersoch

Crewsaver 60th Firefly Nationals at Abersoch - Day 3

by Barney Smith 8 Aug 2006 10:02 BST 5-11 August 2006

A breeze start to the Crewsaver 60th Firefly Nationals at Abersoch © Elaine Marsh / www.fotoboat.com

Race 2 of the Championships, for the much coveted Sussex Silver Firefly Trophy, took place on Monday in breezy conditions. The fleet were held on the beach for 3 hours in the hope that wind conditions would moderate. They didn’t, so we got sent out anyway for one short, hectic and very enjoyable race in winds gusting up to 30 knots.

As in race 1, Steve Tylecote and Sally Wilson sailing "Grasshopper" took the winners gun, but they didn’t have it all their own way, only snatching the lead on the last run from 2001 champion Jono Pank and Laura Dinham in Pogie. Just like yesterday the top two boats were wood, and over 30 years old, with the first “new” GRP Rondar boat coming home third. A number of notable sailors practiced their swimming before, during, and after the race leading to some embarrassed faces being seen in the bar later in the evening.

Off the water, and with the sun out, the fleet partook in an impromptu Pimms party on the beach whilst dressed as “Faireys and Mariners”, a tribute to Fairey Marine the original class builders, before dancing the night away to the Hyde Sails sponsored “Hush”.

Last nights “Duckhams” for significant underachievement was awarded to Rob Millar who celebrated his 21st Birthday on Sunday with a messy late night excursion through the Welsh landscape.

Today, the fleet will attempt two races to get the programme back on schedule. Later in the day it’s hoped to hold a special race in front of South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club for the over 60s element of the fleet before the 222 sailors get down to some serious partying at the helms dinner and crews union.

The National Firefly Association would like to thank all our sponsors, Crewsaver, Hyde Sails, Rondar boats, Dinghy Sailing Magazine, Marlow ropes and Craftinsure for their support during the 60th Anniversary year.

Results after Race 2:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	Pts
1	3037	Grasshopper	Steven Tylecote	Sally Wilson	Spinnaker Club	1	1	2
2	2594	Bloodhound	Shaun Barber	Leslie Ryan	Hamble River SC	4	8	12
3	3850	Fursty Ferret	Stuart Hudson	Lisa Keenan	Spinnaker Club	10	4	14
4	3810	Lila Lives On	Matt Findlay	Georgie Corlett	West Kirby SC	9	5	14
5	3674	Fio	Nigel Wakefield	Emily Saunderson	Wessex Exiles	3	12	15
6	3844	The One	Dom Johnson	Debs Kershaw	Spinnaker	13	3	16
7	3625		Grant Murphy	Alice Gardner		5	11	16
8	1954	Pogie	Jono Pank	Laura Dinham	The Band	15	2	17
9	3607	Pimms o'clock	Tom Hebbert	Suzie Short	Royal Thames YC	11	13	24
10	3892	Sailboat Deliveries	John Greenland	Pippa Williams	Hayling Island	17	9	26
11	2018	Revolution	Paul Kameen	Ruth Verrier-Jones	West Kirby SC	12	14	26
12	2937	Smutty	Chris Kameen	Liz Neeve	West Kirby SC	8	24	32
13	741	Skunk	Mike Hartley	Mark Hinton	West Kirby SC	22	10	32
14	3119	Horror	Roger Morris	Tasha Hughes	Malahide YC	18	15	33
15	3747	Growler	Anthony Gunstone	Lucie Hopkins	Castaways	6	29	35
16	2539	Dillon	Guy Davison	Liz Sutton	Langorse SC	14	22	36
17	3074	Ba Ba	Simon Spolton		Wessex Exiles	16	21	37
18	3841	Genesis	Ian Sanderson	Claire Wood	Royal Lymington YC	7	33	40
19	2629	Yoshi	Dave Cheshire	Emma Pettitt	West Kirby SC	23	20	43
20	2587	Chi Chi II	Mark Tait	Sally Wakefield	Wessex Exiles	25	19	44
21	3023	Fourwood thinking	Barnaby Smith	Fiona Jones	Hamble River SC	21	30	51
22	3690	Mutsy	Rosie Davey	Giles Bradford	Royal Harwich YC	19	39	58
23	6969		Nick Phillips	Sophie Hartley	Royal Thames	26	32	58
24	3125	Puree	Amy Morris	Jenny Johnson		24	37	61
25	3675	Badger	Adam Richards	Luke Waterfield	Royal Lymington YC	48	16	64
26	626	The Hang Seng	Christian Guy	Roger Hudson	Castaways	43	27	70
27	3825	Bum Gravy	Jim Eynon	Rebecca Johnson	Castaways	45	26	71
28	3X		Jen Taylor	Laura White	Sheffield University	29	43	72
29	2282	Border Riever	Will Mason	Anna Willard	Tamesis SC	32	40	72
30	3627	Highfly	Douglas Patterson	Helen Farr	Itchenor SC	31	42	73
31	3096	Cow	Jamie Marston	Kate Robinson	West Kirby SC	39	35	74
32	3	Goose	John Murray	Jo Hermer	Edinburgh Uni	36	45	81
33	1X		Jonathon Lye	Sam Perry	Sheffield University	51	31	82
34	3645		Jonathan Clegg	Ellen Milner	Oxford University	58	25	83
35	3072	Squeaky	Damian Boreham	Claire Shea	London Corinthian YC	28	55	83
36	3608	Mojo	Mathew Shepherd	Phil Shepherd	West Kirby SC	30	54	84
37	3042	The Silver Dolphin	Andy Palmer-Felgate	Jenny Small	Castaways	37	48	85
38	4	Maverick	John Wilson	Ed Bolam	Prestwick SC	60	28	88
39	888	Desperado	Dave Chisholm	Kerry Ryan	Waldringfield SC	2	RET89	91
40	2649	Mustard	Alex Davey	Jesse Green	Royal Harwich YC	27	66	93
41	3878		Peter Kloezeman	Sam Kloezeman	West Kirby SC	34	60	94
42	370	Atomic	Laura Smith	Jenny Corkhill	West Kirby SC	38	58	96
43	2065	Bonkers	Richard Thompson		Deben YC	56	41	97
44	3620	Moonstruck IV	Richard Bickford	Sam Lombard	Upper Thames SC	42	56	98
45	3029	Lipizzaner	Sophia Hulbert	Alan Hulbert	Restronguet SC	40	59	99
46	3609	Shocker	Patch Armstrong	Jemima Riley	West Kirby SC	44	63	107
47	3677		Dave Milledge	Chris Warburton	West Kirby	64	44	108
48	3610	Tiffany	David Thompson	Rebecca Love	Felixstowe Ferry SC	63	51	114
49	123		Mike Brown			65	50	115
50	5X		Alasdair Alston	Bram Appleton	Sheffield University	50	65	115
51	1867	Cumulus	Steven Greaves	Caroline Edwards	Rickmansworth SC	BFD112	6	118
52	2144	Featherlite	Craig Mitchell	Jenny Colcough	RORC	BFD112	7	119
53	3809	Sound Chief	Andy Rowland	Jim Bramley	West Kirby SC	33	RET89	122
54	3168	Ian	Mike Steele	Samantha Burns	Hamble River SC	53	71	124
55	3414	Tigger Too	Phil Sheppard	Sarah Sheppard	Aylesbury SC	75	52	127
56	5		Grant Rintoul	Jenny McIvor	Helensburgh	66	62	128
57	1853	Caustic Crocodile	Andy Green	Kate Fairclough	Imperial Poona YC	DNC112	17	129
58	3615	Skirmish	Jamie McEwen	Chantal Nicholson	Royal Lymington YC	BFD112	18	130
59	2617	Felix	Lucy Boreham	Rachel Crebbin	Dell Quay SC	41	RET89	130
60	2502	Cyclone	Peter Langdon	Dawn Langdon	Restronguet SC	20	DNC112	132
61	3708	Falken	Lizzie Edwards	Fleur Oswald	Royal Corinthian YC	BFD112	23	135
62	2550	Ffrolic	Hermione Turner	Andrew Prince	Castle Cove SC	46	RET89	135
63	3626	Ftse	Simon Cowdell	Alannah Witherby	Castaways	67	68	135
64	1		Ross McKerchar	Claire Marriage	Edinburgh Uni	49	RET89	138
65	6		Katie McKenzie	Nicola Brook	Royal Windermere	54	DNS89	143
66	7	WKSC Train No 3	Jo McEwen	Jennie Vollmer	Datchet Water	73	70	143
67	228	WKSC Train No 6	Sam Firkins	Jenny Milner	Rudyard Lake	71	72	143
68	2777	L'Enfant	Susan Steyn	Peter Steyn	Rickmansworth SC	BFD112	34	146
69	3746	Georgina	Jeremy Vines	Max Webb-Willsteed	Tamesis SC	57	RET89	146
70	3476		Belinda Joslin	Amy Bowden	Royal Harwich YC	35	DNC112	147
71	3646	WKSC Train No 5	Mike Thomas	Phil Jales	West Kirby	74	73	147
72	3893	Rockin Robin	Andrew Hewitt	Jenny Blewitt	Rondar Raceboats	BFD112	36	148
73	ULU3		Andrew Twinn	Tom Burns		RET101	47	148
74	3616	Top dolly	Jonathan Bickford	Jo Mason	Upper Thames SC	BFD112	38	150
75	2507	Special Brew	Andy Reynolds-Jones	Olly Owen	West Kirby SC	68	RET89	157
76	3739		Jane Alexander	Heather Jones	South Staffs	BFD112	46	158
77	3683	Agwe	Will Shepherd	Sophie Shepherd	West Kirby SC	47	DNC112	159
78	3131	Framboise	Tomas Sherwen	Rebecca Smith	Deben Yacht Club	70	RET89	159
79	3711		Richard Anderton	Joe Pester	Hamble River SC	BFD112	49	161
80	ULU4		Robyn Phillips	Clare Boston	Blithfield	RET101	61	162
81	1811	Tit Willow	Peter Slimming	Callum Weston	Hamble River SC	52	DNC112	164
82	3713	Arjosaurus	Simon Reynolds-Jones	Kate Merritt	West Kirby SC	BFD112	53	165
83	3824	Mojo Too	Ewen Stamp	Mary Stamp	Royal Harwich YC	55	DNC112	167
84	3030	Paddington Bear	Alice Currey	Alistair Currey	Itchenor SC	BFD112	57	169
85	3133	Thermopylae	Ray Smith	Elaine Jones	Dabchicks SC	59	DNC112	171
86	2610	Maverick	Bob Bourne	Lloyd Coe	Up River YC	61	DNC112	173
87	3671	Purple Doris	Marian Armstrong	Adam Whittle	West Kirby SC	62	DNC112	174
88	2		Elizabeth Jamie	Leanne Hibberd	Edinburgh Uni	BFD112	64	176
89	USA1	WKSC Training No.1	Colin Gordon	Angus Armstrong	New York YC	DNC112	67	179
90	3678	Rocky Dinghy Too	Ben Crompton	Emma Best	South Caernarvonshire YC	BFD112	69	181
91	11		Ben Newman	Sally Bryans	Uni of Birmingham	69	DNC112	181
92	3749	Wild thyme	Peggy Dorothy	Vicki Weston	Hamble River SC	72	DNC112	184
93	Z	WKSC Train No 4	Tim Jestico	Harry Stewart	West Kirby	BFD112	74	186
94	2457	Blue Fluke	Ralph Mouland	Brendan McCallum	Paynes Boat Yard	OOT101	RET89	190
95	8	Bukkake Loveship	David Royse	Nikki Russell	Oxford University SC	DNC112	RET89	201
95	12	Hulls Angels	Ruth Romer	Jenny Leon	Uni of Birmingham	BFD112	RET89	201
95	983	Fuschia	Philip Knight-Jones	Christopher Knight-Jones	Warsash SC	BFD112	RET89	201
95	3537	Sneaky	James Prestwich	Jemima Heap	Budworth SC	BFD112	RET89	201
99	1066	Hastings	Adria Fitzjohn	Lewis Vigor	Upper Thames SC	RET101	DNC112	213
99	3649	WKSC Training No.2	Dick Uren	Jamie Uren	West Kirby SC	RET101	DNC112	213
99	3741	Ma Hon	Lucy Armstrong	Ali Pharoah	West Kirby SC	RET101	DNC112	213
102	903		James Rowland		West Kirby	DNC112	DNC112	224
102	2166	Deuteron	Neil Banks	Jennie Banks	Chipstead SC	DNC112	DNC112	224
102	2313	Cheap as chips	James Miller	Victoria Harrison	West Kirby SC	DNC112	DNC112	224
102	2390	Houdini	Bob Holdham	Sylvia Leech	Cardiff Bay YC	DNC112	DNC112	224
102	2631	Werrr	Jane Hudson	Rhiannon Jones	Spinnaker Club	DNC112	DNC112	224
102	2895		Timothy Barrett	Nick Barrett	Castaways	DNC112	DNC112	224
102	3033	Tinker	James Clayton	Martine Clayton	Royal Harwich YC	BFD112	DNC112	224
102	3098	Ratbag	Mike Clayton	Steven Clayton	Royal Harwich YC	BFD112	DNC112	224
102	3176	Fleche	John Wilcock		Wembley SC	DNC112	DNC112	224
102	3802	Smartie	Mike Arnold	Katie Arnold	Deben Yacht Club	DNC112	DNC112	224