Rooster Southern Topper Travellers Series at Stokes Bay Sailing Club
by Bruce Keen 14 Jun 2023 11:01 BST
11 June 2023
Rooster Southern Topper Travellers Series at Stokes Bay © Roger Cerrato
The Rooster Southern Topper Traveller Series returned to Stokes Bay Sailing Club for the third event in the 2023 series.
With the Topper 4.2 fleet being the biggest fleet with a great turnout of 20 boats, Felix Gladman had some strong competition, but won two of the races to take the event. In the Topper 5.3, Ethan Rhodes's results improved with every race which allowed him to win on countback from Jake Davies.
All four of the races were completed in light westerly winds, which combined with the Solent tides made some of the legs quite challenging, especially the top mark roundings, which caught a few sailors out.
In the conditions, consistency was not easy, with most of the sailors picking up one big scoring race during the day.
Sailing a 5.3 for the first time in a traveller, Barnaby Everett started well with a second in the first race and eventually finished sixth overall. Merryn Wealthy competed in her first Topper 4.2 traveller, and showed how quickly she was learning, by finishing sixth in the last race.
Once ashore, the sailors were pleased to be greeted with ice creams in return for their tallies, to round out a great day.
Thank you to the team of volunteers on and off the water, and to Stokes Bay Sailing Club for hosting the event.
4.2 Fleet Results and Prizes:
Endeavour - Ewan Parish (Stokes Bay SC)
Best result in first traveller - Merryn Wealthy (Warsash SC)
1st boy outside top 3 - Thomas Matthews (Grafham Water SC)
1st girl outside top 3 - Megan Cerrato (Warsash SC)
| Pos | Sail No | Full name | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | 627 | Felix Gladman | Bosham SC | 1 | 2 | ‑4 | 1 | 4 |
| 2nd | 47797 | Charles Wood | Warsash SC | ‑5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 3rd | 46771 | Henry Noel | Warsash SC | ‑9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 4th | 46007 | Thomas Matthews | Grafham Water SC | 3 | 4 | 7 | ‑9 | 14 |
| 5th | 48133 | Reuben Wealthy | Stokes Bay SC / Jets | 11 | ‑14 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 6th | 47860 | Finlay Rhodes | Warsash SC (& JETS) | 4 | 5 | ‑11 | 7 | 16 |
| 7th | 48627 | Lucas Keen | Stokes Bay | ‑7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 8th | 47078 | Megan Cerrato | Warsash SC (& JETS) | 2 | ‑11 | 10 | 8 | 20 |
| 9th | 45757 | James Broad | Hill Head SC/Poole YC | 6 | 7 | 9 | ‑13 | 22 |
| 10th | 46221 | Joel Keen | Stokes Bay | ‑13 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 11th | 47312 | Merryn Wealthy | Warsash SC | 10 | 8 | ‑13 | 6 | 24 |
| 12th | 46293 | Kristian Foltys | Hamble River SC/JETs | 8 | 9 | ‑12 | 12 | 29 |
| 13th | 49081 | Mattie Svendsen | Goring Thames SC | 14 | ‑15 | 8 | 14 | 36 |
| 14th | 48664 | Hendricks Long | Warsash SC | ‑16 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 37 |
| 15th | 48744 | Thomas Robinson | Stokes Bay SC | 12 | 12 | 15 | ‑16 | 39 |
| 16th | 47641 | Ewan Parish | Stokes Bay SC | 15 | ‑16 | 16 | 15 | 46 |
| 17th | 62 | Alban Landricombe | Hill Head SC | 17 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 59 |
| 18th | 1234 | Charlie Turner | | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 63 |
| 18th | 41384 | Jack Baskett | Spinnaker SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 63 |
| 18th | 1 | Meg Webb | Warsash SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 63 |
5.3 Fleet Results and Prizes:
Endeavour & Sportsmanship - Connor Parish (Stokes Bay SC)
Best result in first traveller - Barnaby Everett (Itchenor SC)
1st boy outside top 3 - Torquil Morrison (Emsworth Slipper SC)
1st girl outside top 3 - Ava Francis (Spinnaker SC)
| Pos | Sail No | Full name | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | 47830 | Ethan Rhodes | Warsash SC | ‑5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2nd | 47776 | Jake Davies | Warsash SC | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑13 | 5 |
| 3rd | 47355 | Samuel Wade | Stokes Bay SC/JETs | 4 | ‑6 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 4th | 45768 | Torquil Morrison | Emsworth Slipper SC | 7 | 1 | 4 | ‑10 | 12 |
| 5th | 48579 | Henry Martin | Portchester SC | 3 | 5 | 5 | ‑11 | 13 |
| 6th | 46983 | Barnaby Everett | Itchenor SC | 2 | ‑10 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 7th | 47796 | Seb Sitton | Warsash SC | 9 | ‑11 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 8th | 46447 | Ava Francis | Spinnaker SC | 6 | ‑9 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 9th | 48878 | Ffion Cerrato | Warsash SC | 13 | ‑15 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 10th | 47833 | William Le Grice | Warsash SC | ‑14 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 26 |
| 11th | 49035 | Matthew Emerson | Warsash SC | 10 | 8 | ‑12 | 8 | 26 |
| 12th | 46939 | Sophie Le Grice | Warsash SC | 11 | 4 | ‑14 | 14 | 29 |
| 13th | 47746 | Thomas Peace | Warsash SC | ‑15 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 14th | 48315 | Eve Wealthy | Stokes Bay SC/JETs | 8 | ‑12 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
| 15th | 44301 | Connor Parish | Stokes Bay SC | 12 | 13 | ‑15 | 15 | 40 |
| 16th | 47466 | Alex Varney | Warsash SC | 16 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | 54 |
| 17th | 48185 | Charlie Shires | Stokes Bay / JETs | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 57 |
| 17th | 40039 | Daisy Charlesworth | Stokes Bay SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 57 |