Allen 29er GP2 at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy

Allen 29er GP2 at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy - Day 1

by Nia Mccallum 11 Oct 06:24 BST 10-11 October 2020

Allen 29er GP2 at Weymouth © www.digitalsailing.co.uk

Sunshine and 18 knots of wind greeted the fleet on day one of the Allen Grand Prix 2. With 71 boats entered the fleet was split into blue and yellow flights for a day of qualifying races.

Aled Llewellyn-Jones/Ben Bradley (3066) got off to a good start accelerating off the yellow fleet start line but dropped back to sixth with Ethan Gerrell/Tom Barnes (834) taking the first race win of the regatta. Blue fleet race one started well for Ollie Evans/Ben Hutton-Penman (2811) pushing out from the middle of the line to take a commanding lead which they maintained taking the first blue race win. First placed girls in race one were Sophie Dennis/Emma Wells (2340) with a fifth in yellow flight. Given the strong winds gusting up to 20 at times, the safety fleet was kept pretty busy and there was a fairly constant stream of boats returning to shore.

Ollie/Ben (2811) enjoyed the wind powering to a second bullet in blue flight race two. Monique Vennis-Ozanne/Jess Jobson (2849) pushed ahead of Sophie/Emma (2340) to take fourth and first girls in race two.

By race three the wind had moved right and dropped to between 14-16 knots. The boats at the front in yellow flight were very close together with Aled Llewellyn-Jones/Ben Bradley (3066) leading at the first gate just ahead of Tom Storey/Ben Willett (2982). Tom/Ben managed to get past 3066 to take the bullet in yellow race three. In blue flight 222, Ben Mueller/Freddie Lonsdale (2900) in disguise, established a storming lead by the first gate which they held to win by the traditional 29er country mile. Monique/Jess (2849) held on as first girls taking a third in race three.

Race four yellow flight was won by the overnight first mixed boat Emily Mueller with shotgun crew Louis Johnson (2234). Ben Mueller/Freddie Lonsdale (222) won the blue flight race four and took the overnight lead. Overnight first girls are Monique Vennis-Ozanne/Jess Jobson (2849).

Five more races are carded for Sunday and with points still tight at the top of the leaderboard it could be an interesting day!

Results after Day 1:

Pos	Sail No	Flight	Helm	Crew	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	222	Blue	BEN MUELLER	FREDDIE LONSDALE	HISC	‑5	2	1	1	4
2	3066	Yellow	ALED LLEWELLYN‑JONES	BEN BRADLEY	SAUNDERSFOOT / HILL HEAD SC HISC	‑6	1	2	2	5
3	2811	Blue	OLLIE EVANS	BEN HUTTON‑PENMAN	GUNARD SC / BURNHAM SC/CORINTHIAN OTTERS	1	1	‑10	4	6
4	2234	Yellow	EMILY MUELLER	Louis Johnson	HISC / ?	2	‑5	4	1	7
5	2982	Yellow	TOM STOREY	BEN WILLETT	YORKSHIRE DALES SC / TATA SC	4	2	1	(UFD)	7
6	2905	Blue	ELODIE EDWARDS	EWAN WILSON	CLWB HWYLIO PWLLHELI SC / WORMIT BOATING	2	3	‑4	2	7
7	2327	Blue	CHARLIE GRAN	EMILY COVELL	HISC	3	‑5	2	3	8
8	834	Yellow	ETHAN GERRELL	TOM BARNES	HISC / RTYC	1	3	‑7	5	9
9	2966	Yellow	LEO WILKINSON	SAM JONES	DATCHET WATER SC/MAIDENHEAD SC / HILL HE	3	‑4	3	3	9
10	2849	Blue	MONIQUE VENIS‑OZANNE	JESS JOBSON	HHSC/HISC / ROYAL TORBAY YC	‑7	4	3	7	14
11	2947	Blue	FREDDIE FISHER	CAM MITCHELL	HISC	4	8	8	‑16	20
12	2414	Yellow	IOLO DAVIES	IOAN DAVIES	PEMBROKESHIRE YC / CARDIFF BAY YC	9	9	‑11	4	22
13	2338	Yellow	SEAN WOODARD	TOBY BLOOMFIELD	DEBEN YC/WALDRINGFIELD SC / PAIGNTON SC	(DNC)	11	5	6	22
14	2118	Yellow	OLIVER SMOULT	IMOGEN ASQUITH	LLANGORSE SC/TATA SC	8	6	8	‑19	22
15	2753	Blue	SIAN TALBOT	MADELEINE BRISTOW	LEIGH & LOWTON SC	‑18	12	5	6	23
16	2222	Yellow	ROBIN STEIN	SAM BRACKLEY	HISC FELPHAM SC	7	(DNC)	9	7	23
17	2903	Blue	FREDDIE WESTWELL	JESSE KIBBLE	HISC	6	‑16	7	11	24
18	2340	Yellow	SOPHIE DENNIS	EMMA WELLS	HISC	5	‑14	12	9	26
19	724	Blue	FREYA BLACK	ABI CAMPBELL	WPNSA / BCYC	11	6	9	‑15	26
20	2806	Yellow	GEORGE VINCENT	THOMAS WILLETT	PARKSTONE YC / TATA SC	12	7	‑16	8	27
21	2736	Blue	MAXI TUSTAIN	ALFIE COGGER	ISLAND BARN / WPNSA / CONISTON SC	8	7	‑15	12	27
22	2224	Yellow	FINBARR WORMWELL	TOM PEACOCK	FRENSHAM POND SC/HISC / PARKSTONE YC	‑15	10	6	12	28
23	2545	Blue	JAMIE GATEHOUSE	OSCAR MORGAN‑HARRIS	BEWL VALLEY SC	9	14	13	‑18	36
24	2336	Yellow	LUCA MITCHELL	ZAK MITCHELL	PAIGNTON SC	11	15	10	(DNC)	36
25	2924	Yellow	KARRIE CLARK	LIA FLETCHER	RHS / RHS/WSC	10	‑13	13	13	36
26	2230	Blue	MAGGIE RICKMAN	THOMAS WHITE	HAYLING ISLAND SC/PAPERCOURT SC / PAPERC	17	‑22	11	9	37
27	2433	Yellow	JAMIE WILKINSON	WILL MORRIS	HISC / HISC/WARSASH SC	16	8	‑19	17	41
28	2742	Blue	ED COADY	SEBASTIAN SHILLING	DERWENT RESERVOIR SC / DRSC	‑19	18	14	10	42
29	2206	Blue	JAMES CROSSLEY	OLIVER HICKLING	DATCHET WATER SC/DOVEY YC / DATCHET WATE	15	11	17	‑19	43
30	2225	Blue	OLIVIA BRACEY‑DAVIS	WILLIAM HELLEWELL	HISC / PAIGNTON SC	13	17	‑20	13	43
31	1194	Yellow	SAM COX	WILL DE JAEGER	RESTRONGUET SC / CHEW VALLEY LAKE SC	13	‑20	15	15	43
32	2337	Blue	JULIA BARNES	TIEGAN PEARCE	RTYC / TRESAITH MARINERS SC	10	(DNC)	18	17	45
33	3007	Yellow	EMMA HUTCHINGS	AMELIE CURTIS	HISC/PAGHAM YC / HAYLING ISLAND/NETLEY S	19	16	‑25	11	46
34	2292	Blue	ISSY LEETCH	SOLOMON WILBY	RUTLAND SC	14	20	12	(DNC)	46
35	2738	Blue	TED LANE	RUPERT CLAPHAM	CHEW VALLEY LAKE SC	(RET)	DNC	6	5	48
36	2173	Yellow	BLAKE TUDOR	BRETT TUDOR	BRIGHTLINGSEA SC	20	‑21	18	10	48
37	1356	Yellow	JAMES CLARKE	NOAH FITZGERALD	GRAFHAM WATER SC	17	‑19	17	14	48
38	2242	Blue	CAITLIN MORLEY	THEO AERS	BURNHAM SC / BLACKWATER SC	21	10	‑23	20	51
39	403	Blue	OLLIE VINES	OLLIE BADDELEY	ROYAL LYMINGTON YC	20	13	‑22	21	54
40	2139	Blue	NICK EVANS	SAM WEBB	BLACKWATER SC	‑25	15	25	14	54
41	2478	Yellow	ROB MAWDSLEY	OLLIE MEARS	HISC	(DNC)	17	21	16	54
42	2345	Blue	GRUFF GREEN	CADAN PEARCE	TRESAITH MARINERS SC	12	19	24	‑25	55
43	2046	Yellow	IWAN ROBERTS	GEORGE SELLWOOD	TRESAITH MARINERS SC	18	23	14	(UFD)	55
44	1490	Blue	TASMYN GREEN	TYLER GREEN	PORT DINORWIG SC	16	21	19	‑22	56
45	2025	Blue	RALPH NEVILE	ANGUS KILPATRICK	FRENSHAM POND SC / HISC	(DNC)	9	16	DNC	62
46	1159	Yellow	BEN TUTTLE	WILL BALCH	HAYLING ISLAND SC / HISC	14	12	(DNC)	DNC	63
47	1158	Yellow	BEN PURRIER	TOM CAMPBELL	PARKSTONE YC	21	22	‑24	20	63
48	2514	Yellow	KILLIAN BOAG	JAKE STOKES	GURNARD SC / R LYM Y C	24	‑25	23	18	65
49	2493	Blue	ELLA LIGHTBODY	FELICITY BRELLISFORD	R LYM Y C / CORINTHIAN OTTERS/HISC	22	23	‑26	23	68
50	1113	Yellow	TESS SADOWSKI	CASPAR BARTON		23	26	20	(DNC)	69
51	2213	Blue	FINIAN MORRIS	JOSH LYTTLE	HAYLING ISLAND SC / DATCHET WATER SC	‑24	24	21	24	69
52	1702	Blue	SAFFRON TWIGG	ELLIOTT TWIGG		(DNC)	DNC	30	8	75
53	2216	Blue	CHARLIE HOPKINSON	BEN PALING	NOTTS COUNTY SC	23	25	28	(DNC)	76
54	2175	Yellow	TOM WILLIAMSON	CAMERON SWORD	QMSC/WEIR WOOD SC / QUEEN MARY SC	(DNC)	18	22	DNC	77
55	2231	Blue	GABBY CLIFTON	THEO CLIFTON	DABCHICKS SC	(RET)	26	29	26	81
56	2494	Yellow	NATHANIEL GORDON	JOSEPH DORMER	HISC/QUEEN MARY SC	22	24	(DNC)	DNC	83
57	725	Yellow	LIBBY THOMPSON	MADDIE BILBROUGH	HAYLING ISLAND SC	25	(RET)	DNC	DNC	99
58	2022	Blue	KATE NEWMAN	EDEN REYNELL	NETLEY SC	26	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	100
59	1220	Blue	TOM STRATTON‑BROWN	ELIZA SOUTH	NETLEY SC / EMSWORTH SC	(DNC)	DNC	27	DNC	101
60	2381	Blue	SAM BAKER	FELIX CUMMINGS	HAYLING ISLAND SC / HAYLING ISLAND SC/OX	27	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	101
61	2933	Yellow	RUBEN FITZGERALD	BEN HOOK	CHEW VALLEY LAKE SC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	111
61	401	Yellow	MELISSA HEPPELL	RACHAEL JENKINS	WPNSA	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	111
61	2787	Blue	KATY JENKINS	AMELIE HISCOCKS	WPNSA	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	111
61	1504	Blue	KATE ROBERTSON	MOLLY HINSLIFF‑SMITH	SWARKESTONE SC / NOTTS COUNTY SC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	111
61	2477	Yellow	RAULF BERRY	CAITLIN WILLIAMS	HAYLING ISLAND SC / HISC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	111
61	933	Blue	MEGAN RHODES	ALFIE SHEAHAN	PAIGNTON SC / CHEW VALLEY LAKE SC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	111
61	2229	Blue	AGNES BRACEY‑DAVIS	EWAN PLOWDEN‑WARDLAW	R LYM Y C	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	111
61	313	Yellow	NUALA SELLWOOD	OSCAR PHYPERS	RESTRONGUET SC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	111
61	2016	Yellow	ELLA HEBRON	MADDY UMNEY	PEVENSEY BAY SC / PEVENSEY BAY	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	111
61	2040	Yellow	BEN ADLER	BEN RICHARDSON	CCSC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	111
61	480	Yellow	OLLIE WATTAM	SEB WATTAM	FELPHAM SC	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	111