Flying Fifteen 75th Anniversary Race sailed at Cowes, UK

by Jonny Fullerton 24 Aug 2022 11:06 BST 23 August 2022

The Flying Fifteen International 75th Anniversary Race took place as a separate event during the class European Championship hosted by Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club around the cans of the Solent.

40 Flying Fifteens from 6 countries sailed out to the start line on another warm and humid semi-overcast day in Cowes with a gentle 8 - 12 knot breeze wafting up the Solent from a S/SW direction.

The Race Committee set a 6.6 nautical mile course with a start under cannon fire from the Royal Yacht Squadron. There was a quick sprint upwind to the Gurnard Cardinal and a packed rounding before a long downwind leg to Prince Consort off Cowes Harbour entrance.

The fleet split into two halves some opting for the offshore route and the others trying to keep out of the tide along the shore. It turned out that the offshore boats found a bit more wind pressure. Another short leg under spinnakers to South Bramble. By now the fleet was quite spread out for a long run to Ancasta off East Cowes. The final leg was a beat back up to a finish line of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

Terry Shutcher and Chris Hewkin (Burton/Shotley/Dubai Offshore SC) took the Royal Yacht Squadron gun winning the race by about 10 boat lengths from John Hansen and Helen Selden (Datchet SC) in second. The final gun went to Charles and Charlie Apthorp (Cowes Corinthian YC).

Racing was followed by a rather splendid Reception at the Commodores House, home of the late, great Uffa Fox, designer of the class 75 years ago.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew
1	GBR 4082	Fforemark 3	Terry Scutcher	Chris Hewkin
2	GBR 4094	Snaffu	John Hanson	Helen Selden
3	GBR 3957	Fourwinds	Charles Apthorp	Charlie Apthorp
4	GBR 3654	ffervida	Lisa Guy	Roger Guy
5	GBR 4061	#Sparks	Chris Waples	Simon Hunt
6	GBR 3777/ RSA 3868	Seventh Heaven	Patrick Harris	Jeremy Kriek
7	GBR 4021		Steve Goacher	Tim Harper
8	GBR 3827	Bobbie	Mark Hart	Harriet Norden
9	GBR 4005	Fiery Chariot	Andy McKee	Richard Jones
10	GBR 4098	Shotgunn	Michael Wilson	Peter Greenhalgh
11	GBR 3819	fflashback	Mike Dixon	Richard Ayton
12	GBR 4080	Windbreaker	Simon Patterson	Simon Thompson
13	GBR 3844	True Luff	Duncan Matthew	John Chalker
14	RSA 4009	Rand Hedge	Campbell Alexander	Ken Greene
15	GBR 4030	Agatha	Alastair Stevenson	David Culpan
16	GBR 4033	Sparks & Bubbles	Justin Waples	Jackie McKellar
17	GBR 3616	Fanatic 15	Johnny Cooper	David Chapman
18	GBR 3850	FFoenix	Christina Moncur	Stephen Moncur
19	GBR 3736	Wavebreaker	Sue Bannister	Peter Bannister
20	GBR 4069	Quindici	Bill Chard	Josh Preater
21	GBR 3914	Defying Gravity	Adrian Tattersall	Keith Jamieson
22	GBR 3674	Last Fling	Martyn Davies	Richard Coleman
23	GBR 4024	Really Flying	Simon Kneller	Ashley Painter
24	GBR 3994	Mad Sparks	David Hitchcock	Ian Nicholson
25	GBR 4091	Very Stable Genius	Jeremy Arnold	Richard Hope
26	AUS 4063	Firefly	Philippa Packer	Dean McAullay
27	GBR 4048	VEN	Geoff Bayliss	Tom Bayliss
28	HKG 3834	Ffreefire 20	Nick Clarke	Nick Atkinson
29	GBR 3926	Fifty Fifty	Andrea Millband	Mark Lovett
30	GBR 4055	Blue Moon	Michael Hicks	Patrick Hicks
31	GBR 4084	Ineffable	Tim O'Brien	Graham Wadeley
32	GBR 2876	Gripple Nipper	Graham Latham	Sara Briscoe
33	BEL 3885	No Ffrills	Veronique Hachez	Chris Charlesworth
34	GBR 3506	Humming Bird	Christian Barnes	Nicholas Barnes
35	ESP 3728	Night Flyer	Stephen Parry	Philip Parry
36	GBR 3645	fforty love	Roger Herbert	Richard Hall
37	GBR 3130	Anemone	Jordan Aspin	Jason Benn
38	GBR 3536	Ffizzbuzz	Angus Scott	Philip Snowdon
39	GBR 1553	Sundancer	Tony Kiddle	Sally Kiddle
DNF	GBR 3940	Forced Family Fun	Richard Jordan	Charlotta Jordan
RET	GBR 4025	Leap of Faith	Chris Gorringe	Nadia Hosie
RET	GBR 4046	Fram Freyr	Henry Bagnall	James Downer

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NB: The 75th Anniversary Race is not part of the F15 European Championship Series