2015 Pyefleet Week - Day 1

by Brightlingsea Sailing Club on 3 Aug 2015 Glorious sunshine and a steadily building sea breeze helped to ensure Brightlingsea Sailing Club’s Pyefleet Week 2105 supported by Zhik, got off to a fantastic start. Some 130 competitors across 11 classes enjoyed cuthroat racing around the Colne Estuary and Brightlingsea Creek where summer has finally arrived. The opening day was sponsored by Brightlingsea Boat Park and Ride which is also supporting the event with additional rescue boat cover.

Highlight of the day was the President’s Race for the Brightlingsea One Design (BOD) fleet. From the off there was no quarter given and none asked as the 23 strong closely matched fleet of 18' clinker dayboats, originally introduced in the 1920s, battled it out on every leg with some extremely fraught mark roundings. After multiple changes of leader it was local racing and boatbuilding legend Malcolm Goodwin, crewed by Georgina White and Graham Sanderson, who got the better of the fleet with Dan Willetts, crewed by brother James and Fraz, second and British Olympic Tornado sailor Jeremy Newman, sailing with son Olly and Piers Lambert, in third.

This year Pyefleet Week incorporates the SigneT National Championship. Today saw the SigneT fleet enjoying a single opening race which was won by Pat Overs and Steve Whiteside with Mike Overs and Mark Cowlingh second and Kate Taylor and Rob Austey in third.

The racing day at Pyefleet Week is divided into two with half the fleet racing in the morning and half in the afternoon. Today the morning group included the Fast Handicap, which was dominated by the Merlin Rocket fleet with Chris Matthews and Sarah Bines first, Piers Lambert and Derek Gentry second, Paul Aldridge and Ben Richardson third and James Spikesley and Hannah Chalmers fourth. First non-Merlin was the RS400 of Pete McCoy and Jessica Rust in fifth.

Elaine and Warren Tudor beat Rhys Lankester and David Gibbons in the Fireball fleet, while the Wivenhoe One Designs, another local clinker day boat, went to Rob Maloney, Janine Ford and Peter Goldsmith.

The combined Laser and Laser Radial fleet also boasts 23 competitors and extremely tight racing. Gary Pilgrim led the Lasers home ahead of Chris Rust and Julie Eeles while first Laser Radial was Brandon Hastings with William Slack second and Alext Lightly third.

Also sailing the morning session, but from a club line start rather than the committee boat line, was the Cadet Handicap Fleet. Matt Smith and Issy Jones sailing an RS Feva took a convincing victory over Ryan Thomas in a Laser Pico, while Thomas Goodsell and Thomas Crane, also in an RS Feva, beat Pete King in an RS Tera Pro by just ten seconds for third place.

Whilst many of the leaders in the Cadet Handicap fleet are seasoned veterans, for some this is their first racing experience. Helming in her first race was Lucy Ryan in a Tera, who started out tentatively but gained in confidence on every leg to finish ahead of several other boats. Last year Amelie Hiscocks made her maiden racing appearance during Pyefleet Week with Dad Simon calling encouragement from his paddleboard as she went round. A year on and Amelie is now racing her Optimist with great pace and attitude and proudly took 12th place in the 24 strong fleet.

Joining the BODs and SigneTs for the afternoon session were the Slow Handicap incorporating the Mirror fleet, the Cat Handicap and the Tera fleets. The Teras were won by Josh Davies with Jack Oakley second and Joshua Allis third, while the Cat Handicap went to Paul Mines and Stuart Smith sailing a Tornado.

Chris and Gillian Jordan sailed their Laser 2000 to a resounding first victory in the Slow Handicap fleet where Emma and Martina Barry took second in a Laser II and third went to Stephen and Willow Cross who narrowly beat Melissa Heppell and Louis Hiscocks for third place overall and first Mirror.

Pyefleet Week continues until Saturday eight August with a total of seven points races scheduled plus the special Big Wednesday all in handicap where the combined fleets come together for a spectacular masses start, much to the delight of the spectators who line Brightlingsea’s famous promenade to watch the racing.

Results:

R1 - Cadet Handicap Fleet

Rank	Tally	Fleet	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	Corrected	Points
1	72	Cadet Handicap	RS FEVA	5174	BSC	Matt Smith	Issy Jones	1268	+4639	1:00:59	1.0
2	69	Cadet Handicap	LASER PICO	R55	BSC	Ryan Thomas		1368	+5417	1:06:00	2.0
3	31	Cadet Handicap	RS FEVA	1831	BSC	Thomas Goodsell	Thomas Crane	1268	+5299	1:09:39	3.0
4	74	Cadet Handicap	RS TERA PRO	2315	Alton Water	Pete King		1390	+5823	1:09:49	4.0
5	5	Cadet Handicap	TOPAZ	2584	BSC	Charlotte Bate		1278	+5849	1:16:17	5.0
6	57	Cadet Handicap	LASER 4.7	189418	BSC	Connie Hughes		1236	+5689	1:16:43	6.0
7	24	Cadet Handicap	LASER 4.7	201657	CYC	Jennifer Herman		1236	+5859	1:19:00	7.0
8	45	Cadet Handicap	TOPAZ	17	BSC	Rupert Eddy		1278	+6180	1:20:36	8.0
9	37	Cadet Handicap	RS FEVA	5453	BSC	Josh Davies	Blake Tudor	1268	+6159	1:20:57	9.0
10	7	Cadet Handicap	BYTE CII	C11		William White		1186	+5898	1:22:53	10.0
11	71	Cadet Handicap	TOPPER	27739	BSC	Alice Reed		1378	+7211	1:27:13	11.0
12	39	Cadet Handicap	OPTIMIST	5129	WPNSA	Amelie Hiscocks		1730	+4701	1:30:35	12.0
13	47	Cadet Handicap	TOPPER	41861	CYC	Elizabeth Hill		1378	+7606	1:32:00	13.0
14	56	Cadet Handicap	TOPAZ	C11	CYC	Celeste Oldfield	Sophie Kingston	1278	+7512	1:37:58	14.0
15	79	Cadet Handicap	RS Aero 5	1675	BSC	Alex Button		1135	+7016	1:43:01	15.0
16	38	Cadet Handicap	TOPAZ	367	BSC	Nathan Richards	Luke Crane	1278	+7987	1:44:10	16.0
17	10	Cadet Handicap	TOPAZ	2380	BSC	Luke Walker		1278	+8213	1:47:06	17.0
18	52	Cadet Handicap	TOPAZ	3922	Voorschoten	Tom Hare	Charlie Hare	1278	+8552	1:51:32	18.0
19	59	Cadet Handicap	RS TERA PRO	1638	BSC	Brett Tudor		1390	+4952	1:58:45	19.0
20	70	Cadet Handicap	RS TERA PRO	2869	BSC	Brooke Hastings		1390	+4963	1:59:01	20.0
21	41	Cadet Handicap	RS TERA PRO	315	BSC	Lucy Ryan		1390	+5287	2:06:47	21.0
22	1	Cadet Handicap	RS TERA PRO	2838		Harry McTiernan		1390	+8900	3:33:26	22.0
23	44	Cadet Handicap	VIBE	5065	BSC	Alexander Eddy	Otto Surman	1184	DNF		27.0
23	46	Cadet Handicap	TOPAZ	X	Royal Hong Kong YC	Felix Surman		1278	DSQ		27.0

R1 - Fast Handicap Fleet

Rank	Tally	Fleet	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	Corrected	Points
1	11	Fast Handicap	MERLIN-ROCKET	3620	BSC	Chris Matthews	Sarah Bines	975	+7425	2:06:55	1.0
2	17	Fast Handicap	MERLIN-ROCKET	3671	BSC	Piers Lambert	Derek Gentry	975	+7447	2:07:18	2.0
3	3	Fast Handicap	MERLIN-ROCKET	3686		Paul Alridge	Ben Richardson	975	+7658	2:10:54	3.0
4	26	Fast Handicap	MERLIN-ROCKET	3584	Netley SC	James Spikesley	Hannan Chalmers	975	+7679	2:11:16	4.0
5	12	Fast Handicap	RS 400	491	Emsworth Slipper	Peter McCoy	Jessica Rust	935	+7383	2:11:36	5.0
6	23	Fast Handicap	MERLIN-ROCKET	3613	BSC	Ed Evans	Jenny Evans	975	+7781	2:13:01	6.0
7	2	Fast Handicap	505	8234	BSC	Shaun Seear	Stuart Curtis	942	+7705	2:16:19	7.0
8	33	Fast Handicap	RS 700	761	BSC	Peter Purkiss		845	+6912	2:16:20	8.0
9	15	Fast Handicap	RS 800	1073	BSC	David Conlon	Ed Gibbons	805	+6666	2:18:01	9.0
10	36	Fast Handicap	49ER	1198	BSC	Samuel Curtis	Benjamin Clegg	705	+5954	2:20:45	10.0
11	19	Fast Handicap	RS 800	1124	BSC	Phillip Gibbons	Sam Gibbons	805	+6838	2:21:34	11.0
12	65	Fast Handicap	CONTENDER	708	BSC	Chris Bannister		981	+8476	2:24:00	12.0
13	77	Fast Handicap	RS 700	760	BSC	Brian Allen		845	+7386	2:25:41	13.0
14	61	Fast Handicap	B14	757	BSC	Alex Capon	Fin Clarke	847	+7921	2:35:52	14.0
15	16	Fast Handicap	WETA	879	BSC	Jonathan Lewis-Evans	Tom Lewis - Evans	930	+9188	2:44:40	15.0
16	30	Fast Handicap	CHERUB	2651	Swansea Uni SC	Michael Mansfield	Rachael Mansfield	890	DNF		17.0

R1 - Fireball Fleet

Rank	Tally	Fleet	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	Rating	Place	Points
1	58	Fireball	FIREBALL	14893	BSC	Elaine Tudor	Warren Tudor	970	1	1.0
2	6	Fireball	FIREBALL	14789	Bristol Corinthian YC	Rhys Lankester	Dave Gibbons	970	2	2.0
3	21	Fireball	FIREBALL	15021	BSC	Richard Mansfield	Kathy Chabo	970	3	3.0
4	35	Fireball	FIREBALL	14922	BSC	Barrie Winship	Rose Winship	970	4	4.0
5	76	Fireball	FIREBALL	14883	BSC	Rowland Smith	Jack Parmenter	970	5	5.0
6	20	Fireball	FIREBALL	15080	BSC	Roger Etherington	Jo Adams	970	6	6.0
7	54	Fireball	FIREBALL	15097	BSC	Alan Carter	Tyler Stonebridge	970	7	7.0

R1 - Laser Fleet

Rank	Tally	Fleet	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Place	Points
1	62	Laser	LASER	204040	BSC	Gary Pilgrim		1123	1	1.0
2	4	Laser	LASER	186725	BSC	Chris Rust		1123	2	2.0
3	63	Laser	LASER	15923	BSC	Julie Eeles		1123	3	3.0
4	40	Laser	LASER	198567	BSC	Tim Ashworth		1123	4	4.0
5	25	Laser	LASER	202550	BSC	Tony Morgan		1123	5	5.0
6	29	Laser	LASER	204035	BSC	Stephen Williams		1123	6	6.0
7	53	Laser	LASER	183498	BSC	Ollie Newman		1123	7	7.0
8	48	Laser	LASER	206805	BSC	Mark Schofield		1123	8	8.0
9	73	Laser	LASER	174379	BSC	David Robertson		1123	10	9.0
10	50	Laser	LASER	172807	BSC	Edd Slack		1123	11	10.0
11	18	Laser	LASER	20539	HISC	Ian Swann		1123	12	11.0
12	75	Laser	LASER	141418	BSC	John Ball		1123	13	12.0
13	60	Laser	LASER	166606		Ethan Hughes		1123	14	13.0
14	55	Laser	LASER	204979	BSC	William Parsons		1123	15	14.0
15	68	Laser	LASER	205137		Alexander Clarks		1123	16	15.0
16	32	Laser	LASER	4	BSC	Nichola Henderson		1123	17	16.0
17	66	Laser	LASER	190844		R Pearson		1123	18	17.0
18	67	Laser	LASER	203968	BSC	Tim Clarke		1123	19	18.0
19	14	Laser	LASER	145912	BSC	Hugh Davies		1123	20	19.0
20	27	Laser	LASER RADIAL	9	BSC	Brandon Hastings		1167	21	20.0
21	51	Laser	LASER RADIAL	178634	BSC	William Slack		1167	22	21.0
22	34	Laser	LASER RADIAL	187496	BSC	Alex Lightly		1167	23	22.0
23	64	Laser	LASER RADIAL	179834	BSC	Ben Eeles		1167	24	23.0

R1 - WOD Fleet

Rank	Tally	Fleet	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	Rating	Place	Points
1	42	WOD	WOD	17	Wivenhoe	Rob Maloney	Janine Ford, Peter Goldsmith		1	1.0
2	43	WOD	WOD	1	Wivenhoe	Nigel Cook	Peter Cook		2	2.0
3	49	WOD	WOD	2	Wivenhoe	George Brown	David Tournay		3	3.0

R1 - B.O.D. Fleet

Rank	Tally	Fleet	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Place	Points
1	9	B.O.D.	BOD	C4	BSC	Malcolm Goodwin	Graham Sanderson, Georgina White	1140	1	1.0
2	15	B.O.D.	BOD	C9	BSC	Daniel Willett	James Willett & Fraz	1140	2	2.0
3	32	B.O.D.	BOD	C32	BSC	Jeremy Newman	Piers Lambert, Ollie Newman	1140	3	3.0
4	13	B.O.D.	BOD	C16	BSC	Phil Rust	Chris Rust , Mark Self	1140	4	4.0
5	8	B.O.D.	BOD	C8	CYC	Daniel Fox	Tim Hearn	1140	5	5.0
6	16	B.O.D.	BOD	C27	BSC	Christopher Matthews	Ed Gibbons, Peter McCoy	1140	6	6.0
7	18	B.O.D.	BOD	C111	BSC	David Conlon	Sarah Bines, Mitch Bond	1140	7	7.0
8	24	B.O.D.	BOD	C11	BSC	John Payne	Lucy Hayden, Nick Barnes	1140	8	8.0
9	3	B.O.D.	BOD	C54	BSC	Alan Hicks	Craig & Jane Bond	1140	9	9.0
10	12	B.O.D.	BOD	C53	BSC	Mark White	Ian Hastings	1140	10	10.0
11	4	B.O.D.	BOD	C55	BSC	James Anderson	Fin & Nina Anderson	1140	11	11.0
12	36	B.O.D.	BOD	C51	BSC	Fiona Brown	Mike Stannard,Geoff Gritton	1140	12	12.0
13	17	B.O.D.	BOD	C50	CYC	Sue Bouckley	Hannah Stodel, Simon Hipkin	1140	13	13.0
14	2	B.O.D.	BOD	C14	BSC	Steve Heppell	Richard & Rebecca Herbert	1140	14	14.0
15	55	B.O.D.	BOD	C30	BSC	Celia Charlton	David & Jonathan Charlton	1140	15	15.0
16	49	B.O.D.	BOD	C18	CYC	Mike Hempstead	Anne & Eddie Howson	1140	16	16.0
17	29	B.O.D.	BOD	C1	Wivenhoe	George Brown	Rob Malony , Nic Blower	1140	17	17.0
18	20	B.O.D.	BOD	C24	CYC	Robin Cole	Teresa Cole, Roger Robertson	1140	18	18.0
19	11	B.O.D.	BOD	C75	BSC	Mark Wilby	Phil Holding , Debbie Wilby	1140	19	19.0
20	46	B.O.D.	BOD	C31	BSC	Graham Bridle	Claire Bridle, Imy Hare	1140	20	20.0
21	19	B.O.D.	BOD	C6	CYC	Tom Sargent	Iain & Donagh Werngen	1140	21	21.0
22	39	B.O.D.	BOD	C20	BSC	James Bray	Trevor Stone	1140	22	22.0
23	1	B.O.D.	BOD	C29	BSC	Robert James Richardson	Alister Burt	1140	DNF	24.0

R1 - Cat Handicap Fleet

Rank	Tally	Fleet	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	SCHRS	Elapsed	Corrected	Points
1	22	Cat Handicap	TORNADO	6		Paul Mines	Stu Smith	0.939	+5260	1:33:22	1.0
2	48	Cat Handicap	TORNADO	403	Gratham	Barry Arnison		0.939	+5578	1:39:00	2.0
3	58	Cat Handicap	F18	424	BSC	Paddy Carr	Mark Dyvie, Sophie Carr	1	+6567	1:49:27	3.0

R1 - Slow Handicap Fleet

Rank	Tally	Fleet	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	Corrected	Points
1	5	Slow Handicap	2000	22321	BSC	Christopher Jordan	Gillian Jordon	1133	+4822	1:10:56	1.0
2	7	Slow Handicap	LASER II	8410	BSC	Emma Barry	Martina Barry	1062	+4788	1:15:08	2.0
3	31	Slow Handicap	MIRROR	69070	WWSSC	Stephen Cross	Willow Cross	1425	+6451	1:15:27	3.0
4	27	Slow Handicap	MIRROR	70739		Melissa Heppell	Louis Hiscocks	1425	+6472	1:15:42	4.0
5	53	Slow Handicap	Scorpion	2003	Chipstead	Simon Gillow	Fiona Gillow	1052	+4797	1:16:00	5.0
6	14	Slow Handicap	SOLO	5406	RYA	Jarvis Simpson		1172	+5347	1:16:02	6.0
7	28	Slow Handicap	MIRROR	70398	BSC	Tim Ashworth	Amelie Hiscocks	1425	+6676	1:18:05	7.0
8	57	Slow Handicap	RS Aero 7	1225	BSC	Nigel Edmunds		1095	+5149	1:18:22	8.0
9	56	Slow Handicap	Lark	2494	Waldringfield SC	Christopher Fish	Helena & Cathy Fish	1100	+5174	1:18:24	9.0
10	33	Slow Handicap	Buzz	1030	BSC	Ben Stonebridge	Tyler Stonebridge	1015	+4804	1:18:53	10.0
11	23	Slow Handicap	BLAZE	691	BSC	Derick Gentry		1041	+4943	1:19:08	11.0
12	52	Slow Handicap	TOPAZ	8524	BSC	Zoe Bees		1278	+6154	1:20:15	12.0
13	40	Slow Handicap	LASER	154482	BSC	Tom King		1123	+5687	1:24:24	13.0
14	6	Slow Handicap	RS FEVA	642	BSC	Stuart Phillips	Thomas Phillips	1268	+6437	1:24:36	14.0
15	41	Slow Handicap	RS 200	1253	BSC	Mark Smith	Don Smith	1060	+5388	1:24:43	15.0
16	47	Slow Handicap	TOY	139	CYC	G S Bacon		1011	+5186	1:25:30	16.0
17	21	Slow Handicap	RS 200	1126	BSC	Rebecca Bines	Sam Fisher	1060	+5501	1:26:30	17.0
18	35	Slow Handicap	Buzz	839	BSC	Anthony Kingston	Lottie Kingston	1015	+5485	1:30:04	18.0
19	30	Slow Handicap	WAYFARER		Voorschoten	Tim Hare	Freddie Hare, Max	1144	+6240	1:30:55	19.0
20	34	Slow Handicap	LASER II	9984	Portsmouth Uni UPSC	James Jopling	Zoe Whittaker	1062	DNF		23.0
20	54	Slow Handicap	RS FEVA	1831	BSC	Thomas Goodsell		1268	DNF		23.0
20	10	Slow Handicap	MIRROR	69906		Bryony Nawrot	Kaya Or Herbie Nawrot	1425	DNF		23.0

R1 - Tera Fleet

Rank	Tally	Fleet	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	Corrected	Points
1	25	Tera	RS TERA SPORT	2661	BSC	Josh Davies		1498	+6970	1:17:33	1.0
2	51	Tera	RS TERA SPORT	2612		Jack Oakley		1498	+7117	1:19:11	2.0
3	43	Tera	RS TERA SPORT	1587	Broxbourne	Joshua Allis		1498	+7294	1:21:09	3.0
4	37	Tera	RS TERA PRO	2897		Blake Tudor		1390	+6861	1:22:16	4.0
5	38	Tera	RS TERA PRO	2156	RHYC	Henry Gillett		1390	+6947	1:23:18	5.0
6	42	Tera	RS TERA PRO	984	BSC	Matt Smith		1390	+6959	1:23:26	6.0
7	26	Tera	RS TERA PRO	2201	Royal Harwich YC	Issy Taylor -Jones		1390	+7363	1:28:17	7.0
8	44	Tera	RS TERA PRO	2391	Frensham Pond	Luke Anstey		1390	+7393	1:28:39	8.0
9	45	Tera	RS TERA PRO	2315		Max King		1390	DNF		11.0
9	50	Tera	RS TERA PRO	2261	BSC	James Oakley		1390	DNF		11.0