Crewsaver 60th Firefly Nationals - day 2

by Barney Smith on 7 Aug 2006 With a final entry of 111 this years Crewsaver 60th Firefly Nationals at Abersoch is now officially the biggest Firefly Class Championships for 20 years.

Race 1 of the Championships, for the City of Plymouth Trophy, took place on Sunday in a light and shifty westerly. With the race officer keen to stamp his authority on the fleet, the black flag came out on start attempt number 2, and 25 boats took an early bath, being sent back to the beach before the fleet managed to get away at the third time of asking.

When racing finally commenced Steve Tylecote and Sally Wilson sailing 'Grasshopper' shot off the line into a commanding lead and were never headed. Dave Chisholm and Kerry Ryan, sailing Firefly 888, built in 1951, had a great race to finish second, with Nigel Wakefield and Emily Saunderson coming home third.

Off the water, the fleet has been enjoying the Abersoch atmosphere with and last night the Duckhams dressed was handed on to Amy and Roger Morris, now known as the Jordan and Peter of the sailing world, as anyone who read their lifestyle exclusive in 'Woman' magazine last month will already know!

The National Firefly Association would like to thank all our sponsors, Crewsaver, Hyde Sails, Rondar boats, Dinghy Sailing Magazine, Marlow ropes and Craftinsure for their support during the 60th Anniversary year.

Full results attached as excel file

Race 1, City of Plymouth Trophy:

1 3037 Grasshopper Steven Tylecote Sally Wilson Spinnaker Club
2 888 Desperado Dave Chisholm Kerry Ryan Waldringfield SC
3 3674 Fio Nigel Wakefield Emily Saunderson Wessex Exiles
4 2594 Bloodhound Shaun Barber Leslie Ryan Hamble River SC
5 3625 Grant Murphy Alice Gardner
6 3747 Growler Anthony Gunstone Lucie Hopkins Castaways
7 3841 Genesis Ian Sanderson Claire Wood Royal Lymington YC
8 2937 Smutty Chris Kameen Liz Neeve West Kirby SC
9 3810 Lila Lives On Matt Findlay Georgie Corlett West Kirby SC
10 3850 Fursty Ferret Stuart Hudson Lisa Keenan Spinnaker Club
11 3607 Pimms o'clock Tom Hebbert Suzie Short Royal Thames YC
12 2018 Revolution Paul Kameen Ruth Verrier-Jones West Kirby SC
13 3844 The One Dom Johnson Debs Kershaw Spinnaker
14 2539 Dillon Guy Davison Liz Sutton Langorse SC
15 1954 Pogie Jono Pank Laura Dinham The Band
16 3074 Ba Ba Simon Spolton Wessex Exiles
17 3892 Sailboat Deliveries John Greenland Pippa Williams Hayling Island
18 3119 Horror Roger Morris Tasha Hughes Malahide YC
19 3690 Mutsy Rosie Davey Giles Bradford Royal Harwich YC
20 2502 Cyclone Peter Langdon Dawn Langdon Restronguet SC
21 3023 Fourwood thinking Barnaby Smith Fiona Jones Hamble River SC
22 3624 Skunk Mike Hartley Mark Hinton West Kirby SC
23 2629 Yoshi Dave Cheshire Emma Pettitt West Kirby SC
24 3125 Puree Amy Morris Jenny Johnson
25 2587 Chi Chi II Mark Tait Sally Wakefield Wessex Exiles
26 6969 Nick Phillips Sophie Hartley Royal Thames
27 2649 Mustard Alex Davey Jesse Green Royal Harwich YC
28 3072 Squeaky Damian Boreham Claire Shea London Corinthian YC
29 3X Jen Taylor Laura White Sheffield University
30 3608 Mojo Mathew Shepherd Phil Shepherd West Kirby SC
31 3627 Highfly Douglas Patterson Helen Farr Itchenor SC
32 2282 Border Riever Will Mason Anna Willard Tamesis SC
33 3809 Sound Chief Andy Rowland Jim Bramley West Kirby SC
34 3878 Peter Kloezeman Sam Kloezeman West Kirby SC
35 3476 Belinda Joslin Amy Bowden Royal Harwich YC
36 3 Goose John Murray Jo Hermer Edinburgh Uni
37 3042 The Silver Dolphin Andy Palmer-Felgate Jenny Small Castaways
38 3096 Cow Jamie Marston Kate Robinson West Kirby SC
39 3029 Lipizzaner Sophia Hulbert Alan Hulbert Restronguet SC
40 2617 Felix Lucy Boreham Rachel Crebbin Dell Quay SC
41 3620 Moonstruck IV Richard Bickford Sam Lombard Upper Thames SC
42 626 The Hang Seng Christian Guy Roger Hudson Castaways
43 3609 Shocker Patch Armstrong Jemima Riley West Kirby SC
44 3825 Bum Gravy Jim Eynon Rebecca Johnson Castaways
45 2550 Ffrolic Hermione Turner Andrew Prince Castle Cove SC
46 3683 Agwe Will Shepherd Sophie Shepherd West Kirby SC
47 3675 Badger Adam Richards Luke Waterfield Royal Lymington YC
48 1 Ross McKerchar Claire Marriage Edinburgh Uni
49 5X Alasdair Alston Bram Appleton Sheffield University
50 1X Jonathon Lye Sam Perry Sheffield University
51 1811 Tit Willow Peter Slimming Callum Weston Hamble River SC
52 3168 Ian Mike Steele Samantha Burns Hamble River SC
53 6 Katie McKenzie Nicola Brook Royal Windermere
54 3824 Mojo Too Ewen Stamp Mary Stamp Royal Harwich YC
55 2065 Bonkers Richard Thompson Deben YC
56 3746 Georgina Jeremy Vines Max Webb-Willsteed Tamesis SC
57 3645 Jonathan Clegg Ellen Milner Oxford University
58 3133 Thermopylae Ray Smith Elaine Jones Dabchicks SC
59 2610 Maverick Bob Bourne Lloyd Coe Up River YC
60 3671 Purple Doris Marian Armstrong Adam Whittle West Kirby SC
61 3610 Tiffany David Thompson Rebecca Love Felixstowe Ferry SC
62 3677 Dave Milledge Chris Warburton West Kirby
63 123 Mike Brown
64 5 Grant Rintoul Jenny McIvor Helensburgh
65 3626 Ftse Simon Cowdell Alannah Witherby Castaways
66 2507 Special Brew Andy Reynolds-Jones Olly Owen West Kirby SC
67 11 Ben Newman Sally Bryans Uni of Birmingham
68 3131 Framboise Tomas Sherwen Rebecca Smith Deben Yacht Club
69 228 WKSC Train No 6 Sam Firkins Jenny Milner Rudyard Lake
70 3749 Wild thyme Peggy Dorothy Vicki Weston Hamble River SC
71 7 WKSC Train No 3 Jo McEwen Jennie Vollmer Datchet Water
72 3646 WKSC Train No 5 Mike Thomas Phil Jales West Kirby
73 3414 Tigger Too Phil Sheppard Sarah Sheppard Aylesbury SC
101 1066 Hastings Adria Fitzjohn Lewis Vigor Upper Thames SC
101 2457 Blue Fluke Ralph Mouland Brendan McCallum Paynes Boat Yard
101 3649 WKSC Training No.2 Dick Uren Jamie Uren West Kirby SC
101 3741 Ma Hon Lucy Armstrong Ali Pharoah West Kirby SC
101 ULU3 Andrew Twinn Tom Burns
101 ULU4 Robyn Phillips Clare Boston Blithfield
112 2 Elizabeth Jamie Leanne Hibberd Edinburgh Uni
112 8 Bukkake Loveship David Royse Nikki Russell Oxford University SC
112 12 Hulls Angels Ruth Romer Jenny Leon Uni of Birmingham
112 903 James Rowland West Kirby
112 983 Fuschia Philip Knight-Jones Christopher Knight-Jones Warsash SC
112 1853 Caustic Crocodile Andy Green Kate Fairclough Imperial Poona YC
112 1867 Cumulus Steven Greaves Caroline Edwards Rickmansworth SC
112 2144 Featherlite Craig Mitchell Jenny Colcough RORC
112 2166 Deuteron Neil Banks Jennie Banks Chipstead SC
112 2313 Cheap as chips James Miller Victoria Harrison West Kirby SC
112 2390 Houdini Bob Holdham Sylvia Leech Cardiff Bay YC
112 2631 Werrr Jane Hudson Rhiannon Jones Spinnaker Club
112 2777 L'Enfant Susan Steyn Peter Steyn Rickmansworth SC
112 2895 Timothy Barrett Nick Barrett Castaways
112 3030 Paddington Bear Alice Currey Alistair Currey Itchenor SC
112 3033 Tinker James Clayton Martine Clayton Royal Harwich YC
112 3078 Atomic Laura Smith Jenny Corkhill West Kirby SC
112 3098 Ratbag Mike Clayton Steven Clayton Royal Harwich YC
112 3176 Fleche John Wilcock Wembley SC
112 3537 Sneaky James Prestwich Jemima Heap Budworth SC
112 3615 Skirmish Jamie McEwen Chantal Nicholson Royal Lymington YC
112 3616 Top dolly Jonathan Bickford Jo Mason Upper Thames SC
112 3678 Rocky Dinghy Too Ben Crompton Emma Best South Caernarvonshire YC
112 3708 Falken Lizzie Edwards Fleur Oswald Royal Corinthian YC
112 3711 Richard Anderton Joe Pester Hamble River SC
112 3713 Arjosaurus Simon Reynolds-Jones Kate Merritt West Kirby SC
112 3739 Jane Alexander Heather Jones South Staffs
112 3802 Smartie Mike Arnold Katie Arnold Deben Yacht Club
112 3893 Rockin Robin Andrew Hewitt Jenny Blewitt Rondar Raceboats
112 9999N Maverick John Wilson Ed Bolam Prestwick SC