Int. Flying 15 Worlds - Competitors try light air sailing on Day 6
by Lindsay Lyons, RHKYC Media on 6 Nov 2013
Teams in action at the Flying 15 Worlds 2013. RHKYC/Guy Nowell
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The 19th International Flying Fifteen Worlds has thrown every conceivable weather combination at competitors, and today it was time to try some light air sailing. The T flag was displayed on shore, indicating that all competitors would be towed across the Lamma TSS and RO Jerry Rollin was happy to raise the AP at the start line in order to ensure that everyone had time to prepare.
That also gave him time to reconsider the start line position, which was pushing the windward mark right out to the limit of Hong Kong waters, by retreating 200m further downwind.
Early indications were that a 1.15nm beat would be ample to give the sailors a race of around two hours, however the wind was gradually shifting round to the east, requiring the pin boat to be re-anchored and by the time the start gun was fired, although the fleet got a clean start, Rollin noted the dying breeze, coupled with another wind shift and raised the N flag to abandon the race and bring everyone back to the start area.
The pin boat was once again relocated, and with the breeze filling in to five kts, the RO tried to get race six underway again, however just before the start gun, another AP number two was displayed, as race management waited for a wind shift to settle. The AP was removed, only to be re-hoisted four minutes later and the pin boat anchor was lifted once again with all boats standing by waiting for the new breeze to fill in.
Fill in it did, 50 degrees further east than when the first attempt at a start was made, however this time the forecast replenishment of the northeast monsoon held steady at eight to 10 knots and the RO was able to reset the line to his satisfaction. Perhaps impatient to get sailing after sitting around for so long, the bulk of the fleet was over early, earning a general recall and a black flag re-start. This time, everyone got it right, including the breeze, and the fleet were all clear nearly two hours later than scheduled.
Cosmas Grelon got a flyer of a start for Hong Kong on Noisy Forefather, reaching the windward mark first, ahead of Pharos Financial Group and the rest of the fleet before a local fishing vessel managed to hook the mark. With the mark returned to its rightful owners, the mark layers had 45 seconds to get it into place before the fleet rounded the leeward gate.
By the time they did, Graham Vials had taken up the head of the fleet, ahead of Greg Wells on Betty and Ashley Smith on PHAROS Financial Group and the Jerwoods on Ineffable and with the wind holding steady, Foof crossed the finish line in first place – their fourth of the regatta – to secure their defence of their World Title with a race in hand.
On the dock afterwards, Vials said 'it was surprisingly good racing – I was a bit concerned that with the lighter breeze we might get caught by a wind shift, but it all went to plan. We’re looking forward to the curry buffet tonight, and a day off tomorrow!'
Ineffable maintains their position in second place, six points ahead of Steve Goacher and Phil Evans on 4021. El Toro has dropped to fourth overall after a disappointing ninth today, with Betty in fifth on equal points with Alan Bax and Chris Hewkin on 3998.
Top Hong Kong boat is Noisy Forefather with Cosmas Grelon and Rory Godman in 17th overall, with Ffact or Ffiction in 21st and Uffa Fox Ache in 24th.
|
Race 6 |
|
Rank |
Prefix |
Sail No. |
Bow |
Boat Name |
Helm |
Crew |
Elapsed |
Points |
1 |
GBR |
4004 |
1 |
Foof |
Graham Vials |
Chris Turner |
02:01:11 |
1 |
2 |
AUS |
3986 |
50 |
Ineffable |
Nick Jerwood |
Janet Jerwood |
02:01:35 |
2 |
3 |
GBR |
3920 |
6 |
Betty |
Greg Wells |
Andrew Jameson |
02:02:35 |
3 |
4 |
GBR |
4021 |
13 |
TBA |
Steve Goacher |
Phil Evans |
02:02:58 |
4 |
5 |
AUS |
3972 |
48 |
PHAROS Financial Group |
Ashley Smith |
Adam Kingston |
02:03:07 |
5 |
6 |
AUS |
3743 |
41 |
Spot the Difference |
Greg Tonnison |
Steve Roberts |
02:03:37 |
6 |
7 |
GBR |
3998 |
10 |
|
Alan Bax |
Chris Hewkin |
02:03:50 |
7 |
8 |
AUS |
3982 |
49 |
Storyteller |
Christopher Paterson |
Rupert Leslie |
02:04:22 |
8 |
9 |
AUS |
3933 |
46 |
El Toro |
Grant Alderson |
Dean McAullay |
02:04:29 |
9 |
10 |
AUS |
3992 |
52 |
Glamour Buoys |
Gregory Leaversuch |
Peter Barblett |
02:04:34 |
10 |
11 |
AUS |
3684 |
40 |
The Wife's Ffault |
Matthew Owen |
Andrew Reed |
02:04:55 |
11 |
12 |
HKG |
3722 |
25 |
Noisy Forefather |
Cosmas Grelon |
Rory Godman |
02:05:20 |
12 |
13 |
GBR |
4020 |
12 |
Freaking Fantabulous |
Graham Scroggie |
Ben Scroggie |
02:05:22 |
13 |
14 |
GBR |
3953 |
9 |
Fforca del Vento |
Robert Hogben |
Glyn Morgan |
02:05:23 |
14 |
15 |
AUS |
3930 |
45 |
Aussie Falcon |
Dale Collings |
Glenn Scheen |
02:05:38 |
15 |
16 |
GBR |
4019 |
11 |
Pure Magic |
David Tabb |
Chewey Sherrell |
02:05:39 |
16 |
17 |
GBR |
3936 |
7 |
Smooth and Stoned |
Steve Douthwaite |
Paul Averley |
02:05:57 |
17 |
18 |
GBR |
4022 |
14 |
Always Fforever |
Andy Goddard |
Mal Hartland |
02:06:39 |
18 |
19 |
AUS |
4010 |
53 |
Mr Fox |
Jade lane |
William Ian Lane |
02:06:46 |
19 |
20 |
AUS |
3880 |
44 |
Where The Bl**dy Hell Are You |
Craig Rainey |
Ian Rainey |
02:07:03 |
20 |
21 |
AUS |
3797 |
42 |
Changing Lanes |
David Swan |
Matt Elliot |
02:07:10 |
21 |
22 |
GBR |
3539 |
3 |
Hakuna Matata |
John Hanson |
Helen Selden |
02:07:25 |
22 |
23 |
GBR |
3692 |
4 |
fentura |
Nick Heath |
Pippa Noon |
02:07:38 |
23 |
24 |
HKG |
3305 |
18 |
Ffact or Ffiction |
Simon Pickering |
Rafael Buitre |
02:08:05 |
24 |
25 |
AUS |
3989 |
51 |
Fast Lane 4 |
John Wilson |
David Tucker |
02:08:27 |
25 |
26 |
GBR |
3901 |
5 |
Freewheelin' |
Mike Kilbee |
Tony Cox |
02:08:30 |
26 |
27 |
NZL |
3754 |
37 |
Business |
Sandra Williams |
Graeme Robinson |
02:08:54 |
27 |
28 |
HKG |
3701 |
24 |
Puff'n Stuff |
David Chow |
Mark Lyons |
02:09:05 |
28 |
29 |
AUS |
3964 |
47 |
Fforeigner |
Simon Lucas |
Aileen Lucas |
02:09:19 |
29 |
30 |
HKG |
3882 |
29 |
No Name |
Koichi Yamamoto |
Shinji Ishiwata |
02:09:25 |
30 |
31 |
HKG |
4015 |
35 |
Uffa Fox Ache |
Barry Hayes |
Sheridan Teasel |
02:09:56 |
31 |
32 |
HKG |
3990 |
33 |
FfreeFire 90 |
Sam Chan |
Nick Atkinson |
02:09:57 |
32 |
33 |
AUS |
3545 |
38 |
Frequent Flyer |
Jennifer Sims |
Andrew Wallace |
02:10:10 |
33 |
34 |
HKG |
3979 |
31 |
Kerfuffle |
Carlyon Knight-Evans |
Lucy Sutro |
02:10:17 |
34 |
35 |
GBR |
627 |
2 |
Vamoose |
Bobby Salmond |
Robert Till |
02:10:51 |
35 |
36 |
NZL |
3714 |
36 |
jaffa |
Andrew Taylor |
Greg Taylor |
02:11:10 |
36 |
37 |
AUS |
3855 |
43 |
Fflashpoint |
Peter Rooke |
Martin Arrowsmith |
02:11:17 |
37 |
38 |
GBR |
3939 |
8 |
Athol |
Athol King |
Trevor Bellis |
02:11:31 |
38 |
39 |
HKG |
3500 |
21 |
FFatal Attraction |
Murray Latham |
Nigel Davis |
02:11:32 |
39 |
40 |
HKG |
3997 |
34 |
Tomffoolery |
Tom Sheppard |
Peter Barker |
02:12:07 |
40 |
41 |
ESP |
3735 |
16 |
Pathffinder |
Michael Clough |
Hendrik Penndorf |
02:12:12 |
41 |
42 |
HKG |
3830 |
27 |
Squiffy |
Joe Nelson |
David Bone |
02:12:31 |
42 |
43 |
HKG |
3469 |
20 |
Frantic Forties |
Wai Chuen Chan |
Jack Leung |
02:13:03 |
43 |
44 |
HKG |
3304 |
17 |
Skiver |
Louis Brink |
Thomas Issac |
02:14:00 |
44 |
45 |
HKG |
3828 |
26 |
Ffirecracker |
Naoki Ishihara |
Martin Heath |
02:17:57 |
45 |
46 |
HKG |
3981 |
32 |
Tchaikoffsky |
Howard Williams |
Huw Riley |
DSQ |
53 |
46 |
AUS |
3620 |
39 |
Casper |
Howard Faulks |
Nick Faulks |
DNF |
53 |
46 |
HKG |
3876 |
28 |
French Fries |
Akira Takada |
Wataru Takada |
RET |
53 |
46 |
HKG |
3533 |
22 |
My Ffair Lady |
Brian Henderson |
Ben Muskett |
RET |
53 |
46 |
HKG |
3468 |
23 |
Zest |
Chris Howard |
Andrew Howard |
RET |
53 |
46 |
HKG |
3415 |
19 |
Fflippin' Muppets |
Kunihiro Fukushima |
Motokazu Nlshimura |
DNC |
53 |
46 |
IRL |
4002 |
15 |
Afloat.ie |
John Lavery |
David O'Brien |
DNC |
53 |
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