Crewsaver 60th Firefly Nationals at Abersoch - Day 3
by Barney Smith 8 Aug 2006 10:02 BST
5-11 August 2006
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 |
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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 |

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