RS Tera Southern Traveller Series at Netley Sailing Club
by Terry Hunt 21 Sep 11:18 BST
19 September 2026
RS Tera Southern Traveller Series at Netley © Sarah Snelling
We got there in the end... Saturday 19th September was meant to be the re-scheduled Christchurch SC Open meeting for the RS Tera Class, postponed due to high winds in June, but then had to move venue due to unforeseen circumstances!
So Netley SC stepped in and brought forward their open and hosted the third round of the RS Tera Southern Traveller Series in some pretty punchy conditions. The forecast leading up to the day was SW 17kts gusting up to mid to high 20s and the forecast did not let us down.
PRO Graeme Willcox set the two fleets four races of windward-leeward courses, keeping the sailors (and parents) on their toes, especially as race 1 started, we saw some of the biggest winds of the day with gusts well into the high 20kts.
In the Pro fleet, Charlie Hunt (Netley SC/Frensham Pond SC) won all four races from Rory Mitchell (FPSC) who sailed brilliantly to take second in each race. Third overall was Tom Murphy (Warsash SC / Hamble River SC).
In the Sport fleet, Bora Carrington (Royal Lymington YC), sailed a near perfect day, winning three of the four races to take first overall with Lucas Hill (RLYC), wining race 3 to secure second with Robby Mayo (Lymington Town SC) sailing very consistently for third.
A big well done to all the sailors for heading out in some challenging conditions and a big thank you to all the volunteers from both clubs (Christchurch and Netley) who managed to get everyone sailing at such short notice, a proper team effort.
Pro Rig Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
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| 1st | 2311 | Charlie Hunt | Netley SC / Frensham Pond SC | ‑1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2nd | 2851 | Rory Mitchell | Frensham Pond SC | ‑2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3rd | 5039 | Tom Murphy | Warsash SC / Hamble River SC | 3 | ‑5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4th | 1482 | Henry Mills | Frensham Pond SC | 4 | 4 | 4 | (DNC) | 12 |
| 5th | 3578 | William Cook | Frensham Pond SC | (OCS) | 3 | 5 | DNC | 16 |
| 6th | 2356 | Daniel Griffin | Christchurch Sailing Club | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 24 |
| 6th | 3564 | Laura Smith | Frensham Pond SC & NHEBSC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 24 |
Sport Rig Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | 2919 | Bora Carrington | Royal Lymington YC | 1 | 1 | ‑2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2nd | 4133 | Lucas Hill | Royal Lymington YC | (DNC) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3rd | 2642 | Robby Mayo | Lymington Town SC | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑7 | 8 |
| 4th | 2580 | Amy Heyburn | Whitefriars SC | 4 | 5 | ‑7 | 2 | 11 |
| 5th | 4802 | Oscar Lee | Whitefriars SC | 7 | 3 | ‑8 | 4 | 14 |
| 6th | 2459 | Kaya Carrington | Royal Lymington YC | ‑6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 7th | 3705 | Reuben Hazell | Christchurch SC / Frensham Pond SC | 3 | ‑7 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 8th | 2369 | Margarita Moshchenikova | Frensham Pond SC | 5 | 9 | 5 | ‑10 | 19 |
| 9th | 2749 | Henry Cottam | Royal Lymington YC | 9 | ‑10 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 10th | 2166 | Cammy Willcox | Netley SC | 11 | 11 | ‑12 | 9 | 31 |
| 11th | 5005 | Kilian Snelling | Oxford Sailing Club | 10 | 12 | 10 | (DNC) | 32 |
| 12th | 3578 | Benjamin Cook | Frensham Pond SC | 12 | 8 | ‑16 | 14 | 34 |
| 13th | 4223 | Harrison Carter | Gurnard SC | ‑13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 36 |
| 14th | 8 | Thomas Cross | Warsash SC / Frensham Pond SC | 14 | ‑15 | 13 | 11 | 38 |
| 15th | 2380 | James Murphy | Warsash SC / Hamble River SC | 15 | 14 | (DNC) | 13 | 42 |
| 16th | 2904 | Thomas Danby | Warsash SC | 8 | (DNC) | 14 | DNC | 45 |
| 17th | 1991 | Freddie Matthews | Netley SC | 16 | 17 | 17 | (DNC) | 50 |
| 18th | 3632 | Christopher Guilherme | Frensham Pond SC | (OCS) | 16 | 15 | DNC | 54 |
| 19th | 1038 | Emilie Johnston | Frensham Pond SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 69 |
| 19th | 3403 | Rupert Searle | Netley SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 69 |
| 19th | 950 | Scarlett Williams | Christchurch SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 69 |
| 19th | 3641 | Ruben Byrne | Frensham Pond SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 69 |