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Firefly National Championships 2024 at Restronguet Sailing Club - Day 5

by James McEwen 1 Aug 09:55 PDT 27 July - 2 August 2024

Day 5 of the Firefly nationals held the most coveted race of the championships, the Sir Ralph Gore Trophy, for which the Deed of Gift stipulates a minimum 13-mile triangular course.

The competitors were treated to glorious sailing conditions out in the bay off Pendennis Castle, with clear blue skies and wind ranging from 8 to 15 knots. Also being raced for was the Marlow trophy for the silver fleet.

The line start got away cleanly with an early left shift that set the tone for the first few beats. The leading pack at the first mark contained Roger Morris and Izzy Bretherton, Jono Pank and Helena Lucas, and Angus McEwen with Robbie Hudson. Angus and Robbie were competing for the Marlowe, but that didn't stop them taking the lead and then extending to be 50m ahead at the end of the second lap.

As the race committee continued to shift the windward mark to the left, there was another big left hander at the top of the third beat. Unfortunately for McEwen/Hudson, they were not far enough left and were passed by several boats including Terry and Annabelle Hacker, Pank/Lucas and Steve Tylecote with Tasha Armstrong. Also charging up through the fleet were Alex and Stella Davey, who were recovering from rounding the first mark mid-fleet and were now fourth. At the beginning of the fifth and final beat, the Hackers led from Tylecote/Armstrong, followed by Pank/Lucas and the Daveys. The first three applied the lesson of the previous beats and went left, but the Daveys had a good cushion behind so split to the right. This turned out to be a good decision, and when the group recombined near the finish the Daveys were second, hot on the heels of the Hackers. A tacking battle ensued, and when the two boats crossed the line after 2.5 hours of racing, the Hackers won by quarter of a boat length from the Daveys. Third were Tylecote/Armstong followed by Pank/Lucas, and Angus Cook with Lucie Hopkins took fifth after a strong final beat.

McEwen/Hudson took 11th in the Gore and first in the Marlow, just ahead of Harry Rowlands and Harry Burge. Third in the Marlowe was Thommie Grit with Hannah Crogan.

After the long beat home, the fleet was refreshed by spraying of bubbly at the traditional Gore/Marlow prize-giving. Thanks to our class supporters for their generous support and prizes Marlow Ropes, Craftinsure, Allen Sailing, kSailEvents, Selden Mast, Sailboat Trailers, Ovington Boats.

Gore / Marlow Results:

PosSail NoBoat NameHelmCrewClubPoints
1F3871Go BallisticTerry HackerAnnabelle HackerRutland SC1
2F2649MustardAlex DaveyStella DaveyRoyal Harwich YC2
3F3037GrasshopperSteve TylecoteTasha ArmstrongRutland SC3
4F1954PogieJono PankHelena LucasImperial Poona YC4
5F3695Officer DibbleAngus CookLucie HopkinsCastaways5
6F3615SkirmishJamie McEwenBen McEwenRoyal Lymington YC6
7F3850Fursty FerretStuart HudsonLizzie HudsonRoyal Lymington YC7
8F3414TiggerToby SmithHarriet GeorgeRoyal Hospital School8
9F3007Tip Top TooNigel WakefieldEmily SaundersonNetley Sailing Club9
10F3764Tic TacJamie TylecoteAlice LucyRutland SC10
11F999AlarmWilliam PankSteve CarverNBYC ‑ UEA sailing club11
12F3874TarantellaAngus McEwenRobbie HudsonRoyal Lymington YC12
13F3690MutsyRosie DaveyJessica GreenRoyal Harwich YC13
14F1979The Winter of DiscontentHarry RowlandsHarry BurgeRutland SC14
15F2659KongBen LumbyLiz EvansRestronguet SC15
16F3318LynestraGuy DavisonSally WakefieldLlangorse and Netley S C16
17F4444FournicationAlex BaxterElla VincentOCSS17
18F2065BonkersJason AldousJosephine MasonPapercourt sailing club18
19F1384PoohThomas DaveyCameron BowdenRoyal Hospital School19
20F3023Fourwood ThinkingBarney SmithAlannah HebbertHamble River Sailing Club20
21F3119HorrorRoger MorrisIzzy BrethertonRoyal Lymington YC21
22F3617IrisRob SherringtonMel SherringtonOCSS22
23F2937SmuttyChris KameenJenny JohnsonImperial Poona Yacht Club23
24F4000WalrusWill MasonAmy BowdenBurghfield SC24
25F2294NerapiThommie GritHannah CroganNBYC ‑ UEA sailing club25
26F973SpiderlingDavid SincockBetty SincockRestronguet SC26
27F3625Squabbling PhoenixJenny SmallwoodPhilip AldhousOCSS27
28F3609ShockerAngus ArmstrongPoppy ArmstrongWest Kirby Sailing Club28
29F4220ScruffyGordon Cogan SivarajanLizzy LinsdellOCSS29
30F3288TinkerbellEllen MorleySam DernieCUCrC30
31F3550Water SpiderEwan McLellanJonquil HackenbergImperial Poona YC31
32F1867CumulusSteven GreavesJane HudsonRoyal Lymington YC32
33F3154Gemini TooDom JohnsonSophia JohnsonWest Kirby Sailing Club33
34F3671Purple DorisBen TylecoteLucy CoxRutland SC34
35F2900SnarkAndrew MckeeAbigail MckeeRutland SC35
36F3741Ma HonArthur GreavesWilliam McEwenRoyal Lymington YC36
37F3713Barry GirlEdward MorrisDominic BowdenSpinnaker Sailing Club37
38F3554StrigaJames BallFreya HalsallWest Oxfordshire Sailing Club38
39F3095MensongeChristian GuyIona SherwoodCastaways39
40F3133ThermopylaeAmy MorrisGilly PhillipsRoyal Lymington YC40
41F2587Chi ChiRichard WhitefootElizabeth WhitefootNorfolk Broads YC41
42F2502CycloneSophia HulbertAlan HulbertRestronguet SC42
43F3739WillowLucy BorehamRachel CrebbinChichester Yacht club43
44F3677Wiki WikiHugh TomkinsHelen JonesOCSS44
45F2485FuryLuke RowlandsJude BeattyRutland SC45
46F3801FriedaDamian BorehamToby SherringtonChew Valley Lake Sailing Club46
47F2925DignitySebi SchmidtClaudia BazykPenzance Sailing Club47
48=F339MazurkaEllie MaynardCharlie WhelanBurghfield SC48.5
48=F888DesparadoDylan BeattyOliver McKeeRutland Sailing Club48.5
50F3556HushTed AshworthIsla ArmstrongNetley SC50
51F4234VaderIzzy JohnsonAnna MorrisWest Kirby Sailing Club51
52F3610SerenityNoa MoskovitchGabs BurltonRoyal Lymington YC52
53F900KingfisherAnnabel CaldecottGeorgiana CaldecottRutland53
54F3837CalypsoFiona TylecoteJane HutchinsRutland SC54
55F4125ThreshdarJoe ScarboroughJames NicollWest Oxfordshire SC55
56F3893Rockin RobinAnna KennedyJames KennedyKeyhaven Yacht Club56
57F4400SwaggleErin PankCharlie PhillipsCastle Cove SC57
58F3476AtalantaMaddie GreavesPolly MasonRoyal Lymington YC58
59F2525HookeyGideon SherwoodBen SherwoodDell Quay Sailing Club59
60F3820Silly GooseChloe HardingGeorgia EvansNBYC ‑ UEA Sailing Club60
61F8FateGuy EnglishBecca ScouseRestronguet SC61
62F400TBCMatthew MasonDan CowleyHayling Island SC62
63F3916ThatcherFfion MorganAlex Long‑WeatherUniversity of Warwick SC63
64F3915Bon JournoHarris GoodmanBen TweedleUniversity of Warwick SC64
65F3957MaccatooAndrew RobsonNaomi RichardsonWest Oxfordshire SC65
66F4378PixieLouise WoodleyCaitlin KentNBYC ‑ UEA sailing club66
DNSF2012KEMBen PymSarah HickmanRORC69
DNSF2100Old PineDavid ChisholmAlex BaroneHISC69

Results after Day 5:

PosSail NoBoat NameHelmCrewClubR1R2R3R4R5R7Pts
1F1954PogieJono PankHelena LucasImperial Poona YC(OCS)3146418
2F2649MustardAlex DaveyStella DaveyRoyal Harwich YC2565‑13220
3F3037GrasshopperSteve TylecoteTasha ArmstrongRutland SC‑391872321
4F3850Fursty FerretStuart HudsonLizzie HudsonRoyal Lymington YC‑124429726
5F3007Tip Top TooNigel WakefieldEmily SaundersonNetley Sailing Club1873‑10928
6F3871Go BallisticTerry HackerAnnabelle HackerRutland SC142223‑25142
7F3695Officer DibbleAngus CookLucie HopkinsCastaways6‑2216811546
8F2937SmuttyChris KameenJenny JohnsonImperial Poona Yacht Club1973118‑2348
9F3671Purple DorisBen TylecoteLucy CoxRutland SC15112161‑3454
10F3764Tic TacJamie TylecoteAlice LucyRutland SC2110516‑221062
11F3617IrisRob SherringtonMel SherringtonOCSS10199205‑2263
12F999AlarmWilliam PankSteve CarverNBYC ‑ UEA sailing club418‑1915161164
13F3318LynestraGuy DavisonSally WakefieldLlangorse and Netley S C59‑3714231667
14F4220ScruffyGordon Cogan SivarajanLizzy LinsdellOCSS182812108‑2976
15F3615SkirmishJamie McEwenBen McEwenRoyal Lymington YC25‑3534113679
16F2065BonkersJason AldousJosephine MasonPapercourt sailing club72715‑37171884
17F3414TiggerToby SmithHarriet GeorgeRoyal Hospital School246‑312526889
18F1384PoohThomas DaveyCameron BowdenRoyal Hospital School914‑4726211989
19F4444FournicationAlex BaxterElla VincentOCSS‑43171117271789
20F3154Gemini TooDom JohnsonSophia JohnsonWest Kirby Sailing Club1713102129‑3390
21F3119HorrorRoger MorrisIzzy BrethertonRoyal Lymington YC(OCS)121724242198
22F3609ShockerAngus ArmstrongPoppy ArmstrongWest Kirby Sailing Club32‑4413191228104
23F3625Squabbling PhoenixJenny SmallwoodPhilip AldhousOCSS82628‑331927108
24F973SpiderlingDavid SincockBetty SincockRestronguet SC1120‑40134026110
25F3023Fourwood ThinkingBarney SmithAlannah HebbertHamble River Sailing Club333‑36292820113
26F2659KongBen LumbyLiz EvansRestronguet SC443220‑45715118
27F3874TarantellaAngus McEwenRobbie HudsonRoyal Lymington YC26‑4832391412123
28F2502CycloneSophia HulbertAlan HulbertRestronguet SC22232218‑4442127
29F1867CumulusSteven GreavesJane HudsonRoyal Lymington YC23‑4029123632132
30F3690MutsyRosie DaveyJessica GreenRoyal Harwich YC1324‑51474113138
31F2485FuryLuke RowlandsJude BeattyRutland SC2829412233‑45153
32F4000WalrusWill MasonAmy BowdenBurghfield SC351545‑463924158
33F2294NerapiThommie GritHannah CroganNBYC ‑ UEA sailing club304939‑521525158
34F1979The Winter of DiscontentHarry RowlandsHarry BurgeRutland SC453123‑565014163
35F2925DignitySebi SchmidtClaudia BazykPenzance Sailing Club2021‑56552047163
36F888DesparadoDylan BeattyOliver McKeeRutland Sailing Club3739303132‑48.5169
37F4125ThreshdarJoe ScarboroughJames NicollWest Oxfordshire SC3338254034‑55170
38F2012KEMBen PymSarah HickmanRORC3451183637(DNS)176
39F3095MensongeChristian GuyIona SherwoodCastaways(DNS)4626433139185
40F3288TinkerbellEllen MorleySam DernieCUCrC27‑5050304830185
41F3739WillowLucy BorehamRachel CrebbinChichester Yacht club‑563643283543185
42F3741Ma HonArthur GreavesWilliam McEwenRoyal Lymington YC(DNS)DNSDNS9436187
43F3801FriedaDamian BorehamToby SherringtonChew Valley Lake Sailing Club16344249‑5346187
44F3677Wiki WikiHugh TomkinsHelen JonesOCSS383027‑585144190
45F3556HushTed AshworthIsla ArmstrongNetley SC46‑5614344750191
46F3554StrigaJames BallFreya HalsallWest Oxfordshire Sailing Club4242‑54274238191
47F2587Chi ChiRichard WhitefootElizabeth WhitefootNorfolk Broads YC‑494346383841206
48F4400SwaggleErin PankCharlie PhillipsCastle Cove SC52163354‑5757212
49F3713Barry GirlEdward MorrisDominic BowdenSpinnaker Sailing Club314748‑614937212
50F4234VaderIzzy JohnsonAnna MorrisWest Kirby Sailing Club414138‑514351214
51F339MazurkaEllie MaynardCharlie WhelanBurghfield SC54522441‑6048.5219.5
52F3837CalypsoFiona TylecoteJane HutchinsRutland SC51374942(DNS)54233
53F2900SnarkAndrew MckeeAbigail MckeeRutland SC29(DNS)DNS32DNS35234
54F2525HookeyGideon SherwoodBen SherwoodDell Quay Sailing Club4058444846‑59236
55F900KingfisherAnnabel CaldecottGeorgiana CaldecottRutland47(UFD)52504553247
56F3133ThermopylaeAmy MorrisGilly PhillipsRoyal Lymington YC(DNS)DNSDNS443040252
57F3476AtalantaMaddie GreavesPolly MasonRoyal Lymington YC5755355752‑58256
58F3820Silly GooseChloe HardingGeorgia EvansNBYC ‑ UEA Sailing Club484553‑645660262
59F3550Water SpiderEwan McLellanJonquil HackenbergImperial Poona YC(DNS)25DNSRETDNS31263
60F3915Bon JournoHarris GoodmanBen TweedleUniversity of Warwick SC36536165(DNS)64279
61F8FateGuy EnglishBecca ScouseRestronguet SC53545953(DNS)61280
62F3957MaccatooAndrew RobsonNaomi RichardsonWest Oxfordshire SC5059625955‑65285
63F3893Rockin RobinAnna KennedyJames KennedyKeyhaven Yacht Club555757‑626156286
64F3610SerenityNoa MoskovitchGabs BurltonRoyal Lymington YC(DNS)DNSDNS35UFD52294
65F400TBCMatthew MasonDan CowleyHayling Island SC586055‑635962294
66F3916ThatcherFfion MorganAlex Long‑WeatherUniversity of Warwick SC5962606054‑63295
67F4378PixieLouise WoodleyCaitlin KentNBYC ‑ UEA sailing club606158‑665866303
68F2100Old PineDavid ChisholmAlex BaroneHISC(DNS)DNSDNSDNSDNSDNS345

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