Fireball European Championship - Elements halt racing action
by Cormac Bradley on 1 Aug 2014
2014 Fireball European Championship Johnnie Simpson
Thursday’s racing at the Homecoming Scotland 2014 European Championships didn’t happen as Bruce Leask, Principle Race officer was beaten by the elements and was thus unable to get a race in. The fleet set out for the race course shortly after 12 noon for a scheduled 13:00 start, to the backdrop of a third cruise liner in Lerwick Harbour in as many days.
With a forecast of dropping wind strength as the day wore on, the omens were not good. The presence of the second largest floating crane in the world would have influenced where the race course could be set but initially this enormous piece of engineering excellence didn’t influence where we might be sailing.
However, the wind refused to co-operate and despite the persistent attention of the Race Team, they flew racing’s equivalent of the white flag, 'N over A' shortly after 15:00. A long sail home was shortened by the mark boats offering multiple tows to the competitors.
Tonight we have the UK Fireball Association 'setting out their stall' for the 2015 Worlds in Pwllheli, Wales.
Tomorrow, Friday, is the last day of the regatta and there must be the prospect of an earlier start to the day to try and recover at least one of today’s lost races.
For the present though, the scoreboard stays the same, which means that Matt Burge and Richard Wagstaff (GBR 15093) lead by two points from Tom Gillard and Richard Anderton (GBR 15081).
Overall Results
Sailed: 6, Discards: 1, To count: 5, Entries: 26, Scoring system: Appendix A
|
Rank
|
Nat
|
SailNo
|
HelmName
|
CrewName
|
R1
|
R2
|
R3
|
R4
|
R5
|
R6
|
Total
|
Nett
|
|
1st
|
GBR
|
15093
|
Matt Burge
|
Richard
Wagstaff
|
(5.0)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
2.0
|
1.0
|
2.0
|
12.0
|
7.0
|
|
2nd
|
GBR
|
15081
|
Thomas
Gillard
|
Richard
Anderton
|
(4.0)
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
1.0
|
3.0
|
1.0
|
13.0
|
9.0
|
|
3rd
|
GBR
|
15113
|
David
Wade
|
Tim Hartley
|
2.0
|
(4.0)
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
19.0
|
15.0
|
|
4th
|
IRL
|
15114
|
Barry
McCartin
|
Conor Kinsella
|
1.0
|
(6.0)
|
6.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
25.0
|
19.0
|
|
5th
|
CZE
|
15110
|
Jaroslav Verner
|
Jakub
Nápravník
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
5.0
|
(6.0)
|
6.0
|
26.0
|
20.0
|
|
6th
|
GBR
|
15046
|
Alex Taylor
|
Geoff
Edwards
|
6.0
|
5.0
|
7.0
|
7.0
|
(27.0
DNF)
|
4.0
|
56.0
|
29.0
|
|
7th
|
CZE
|
14551
|
Jiri
Paruzek
|
Jakub Kosvica
|
8.0
|
7.0
|
5.0
|
6.0
|
5.0
|
(14.0)
|
45.0
|
31.0
|
|
8th
|
SHE
|
14513
|
Scott
Nicolson
|
Roger Goudie
|
(15.0)
|
8.0
|
10.0
|
8.0
|
7.0
|
8.0
|
56.0
|
41.0
|
|
9th
|
IRL
|
14713
|
Frank Miller
|
Ismail Inan
|
(13.0)
|
10.0
|
11.0
|
12.0
|
10.0
|
9.0
|
65.0
|
52.0
|
|
10th
|
SHE
|
14402
|
Will'm
Mouatt
|
Neil Fraser
|
(27.0
DNF)
|
11.0
|
8.0
|
9.0
|
9.0
|
16.0
|
80.0
|
53.0
|
|
11th
|
SHE
|
14566
|
Brydon Leask
|
Fraser McKenzie
|
14.0
|
12.0
|
12.0
|
(16.0)
|
8.0
|
13.0
|
75.0
|
59.0
|
|
12th
|
SHE
|
14635
|
David Grant
|
Andrew Grant
|
(20.0)
|
15.0
|
14.0
|
14.0
|
11.0
|
11.0
|
85.0
|
65.0
|
|
13th
|
GBR
|
14950
|
Chris
Thorne
|
Russell
Thorne
|
11.0
|
17.0
|
15.0
|
11.0
|
12.0
|
(27.0
DNC)
|
93.0
|
66.0
|
|
14th
|
CZE
|
14262
|
Ondrej
Labuda
|
Karel Otto
|
9.0
|
14.0
|
13.0
|
(18.0)
|
14.0
|
18.0
|
86.0
|
68.0
|
|
15th
|
SHE
|
15022
|
John
Manson
|
Ivan Fraser
|
17.0
|
18.0
|
(20.0)
|
13.0
|
15.0
|
7.0
|
90.0
|
70.0
|
|
16th
|
SUI
|
14921
|
Maja Suter
|
Thomas Boehm
|
7.0
|
(27.0
OCS)
|
18.0
|
22.0
|
17.0
|
10.0
|
101.0
|
74.0
|
|
17th
|
SHE
|
14395
|
|
|
10.0
|
16.0
|
19.0
|
15.0
|
16.0
|
|
103.0
|
76.0
|
|
|
|
|
Darren Forrest
|
Craig Forrest
|
|
|
|
|
|
(27.0
DNF)
|
|
|
|
18th
|
IRL
|
15007
|
Louis
Smyth
|
Cormac Bradley
|
12.0
|
19.0
|
9.0
|
10.0
|
(27.0
DSQ)
|
27.0
DNC
|
104.0
|
77.0
|
|
19th
|
IRL
|
14691
|
Louise Mc Kenna
|
Hermine O'Keeffe
|
16.0
|
9.0
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
(19.0)
|
19.0
|
97.0
|
78.0
|
|
20th
|
GBR
|
14872
|
Barbara Newson
|
Guy
Newson
|
19.0
|
13.0
|
(22.0)
|
19.0
|
20.0
|
15.0
|
108.0
|
86.0
|
|
21st
|
SHE
|
14463
|
Maggie
Adamson
|
Ian
Adamson
|
18.0
|
20.0
|
16.0
|
21.0
|
(27.0
DNF)
|
12.0
|
114.0
|
87.0
|
|
22nd
|
SUI
|
14824
|
Thomas
Gautschi
|
Getrund Gautschi
|
23.0
|
22.0
|
21.0
|
20.0
|
13.0
|
(27.0
DNC)
|
126.0
|
99.0
|
|
23rd
|
CZE
|
14674
|
Roman Vasik
|
Hana
Trusikova
|
21.0
|
21.0
|
(24.0)
|
23.0
|
18.0
|
17.0
|
124.0
|
100.0
|
|
24th
|
GBR
|
14499
|
Andrew Leslie
|
Edward Johnstone
|
(27.0
DNF)
|
23.0
|
23.0
|
24.0
|
22.0
|
20.0
|
139.0
|
112.0
|
|
25th
|
SHE
|
14755
|
Magnus
Johnston
|
Nicola Duthie
|
22.0
|
24.0
|
(25.0)
|
25.0
|
21.0
|
21.0
|
138.0
|
113.0
|
|
26th
|
SHE
|
13714
|
Gary
Fullerton
|
John Allan
|
24.0
|
(27.0
DNF)
|
26.0
|
27.0
DNC
|
27.0
DNC
|
27.0
DNC
|
158.0
|
131.0
|
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