Flying Fifteen open meeting at Llangorse Sailing Club

by Robert Dangerfield 28 Sep 2022 11:04 BST 24-25 September 2022

Nick & Claire Taylor sailed consistently well through all five races to take the honours in inconsistent breezes at this club, nestling in the Brecon Beacons.

The three Open, Silver and Classic fleets sailing together produced intensely competitive sailing - regularly seeing tight groups converging on critical marks and passing through finish-lines in quick succession.

Past regular winner David Morgan took on a scratch crew in Ned Pullen, inexperienced in Fifteens, and still achieved two first-places to come in second. Paul Atwell & Lyndall Merry - always a threat to the leaders - scored a highly creditable third place signalling a positive direction of travel for future events.

The Silver and Classic fleet honours went to Robert Dangerfield & Claire Ellis and Jonny Craddock & Frankie Devereux respectively.

Last word is reserved, however, for Colin Fletcher who - with a distinguished yacht-racing record but a painful hip condition - raced his newly acquired boat with crew Rebekah Hancock-Lashley, and led the fleet on more than one occasion - and gave everybody a good scare!

Thanks to Jon Heissig and Nicky Griffin and team for running a splendid event.

Overall Results:

Pos	Fleet	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	Open	3784	Nick Taylor	Claire Taylor	Llangorse	‑2	1	2	1	1	5
2	Open	3780	David Morgan	Ned Pullen	Llangorse	1	3	1	3	‑4	8
3	Open	3675	Paul Atwell	Merry	Llangorse	3	5	‑6	4	2	14
4	Classic	2695	Johnny Craddock	Frankie Devereux	Llangorse	5	4	4	‑6	3	16
5	Open	3691	Ben Williams	Kate Williams	Llangorse	‑7	2	7	2	6	17
6	Silver	3121	Robert Dangerfield	Claire Ellis	Llangorse	‑8	6	3	5	7	21
7	Open	3446	Colin Fletcher	Charlie	Llangorse	4	9	5	7	(DNS)	25
8	Classic	2626	Richard Taylor	Kate Holligon	South Cernay	6	‑8	8	8	5	27
9	Silver	3268	John Harvey	Barry Medwell	South Cernay	‑9	7	9	9	8	33