Craftinsure Firefly Nationals - Day 4

by Barney Smith on 8 Aug 2007 Race 4, the RAFSA trophy, of the Craftinsure 61st Firefly Nationals at Weymouth took place on a day of contrasting conditions. The 55 boat fleet was sent out in bright sunshine but by start time grey clouds had puffed up over the cliffs leading to some serious windshifts on the course and even a sighting of rain later in the day.

Once again Steve Tylecote and Sally Wilson sailing 'Grasshopper' led from the front taking the winners gun and their fourth trophy of the week. Behind the championship leaders the rest of the fleet enjoyed a fantastic two hour. Pathfinders Jamie McEwen and Jonquil Pelletier took full advantage of the power of the right to finish second with Paul Kameen and Laura Smith carrying on with their consistent approach to the week and finishing third.

Throughout the day a number of competitors were send exhibiting signs of tiredness quite possibly attributable to last nights 'Pig Racing' in the longshed at Weymouth Sailing Club. During the evening Henry Arnold was awarded his second Duckhams Dress of the week. His multiple nominations focused on a large catalogue of errors over the previous 24 hours involving wine, women and song!

Tonight’s entertainment will revolve around the crews union and the almost certainly more sober helms dinner before everyone congregates back at Weymouth sailing club to demonstrate their talents on the Karaoke stage.

Firefly Nationals - Overall positions

1 3037 Grasshopper Steve Tylecote Sally Wilson -1 1 1 1 3pts
2 2018 Biscuit Buffalo Paul Kameen Laura Smith -6 2 4 3 9
3 1954 Pogie Jono Pank Sarah Pank 3 4 -45 4 11
4 2144 Featherlite Ben Vines Jenny Vines 4 -51 5 5 14
5 3615 Skirmish Jamie McEwen Jonquil Pelletier -56 5 9 2 16
6 498 Dido Mark Tait Sophie Brookes 2 9 -16 6 17
7 3924 The Sith Simon Spolton Chantal Nicholson 14 3 3 -19 20
8 3550 Water Spider David Sincock Betty Wheeler 9 6 8 -20 23
9 3023 Forwood Thinking Barnaby Smith Alannah Witherby 7 8 -10 9 24
10 3119 Horror Roger Morris Sally Wakefield 16 -51 2 10 28
11 3708 Atomic Lizzie Edwards Caroline Edwards 12 -18 11 13 36
12 1749 Delight Douglas Pattison Georgina Reed -33 13 12 12 37
13 3608 Mojo Mat Shepherd Sophie Shepherd 13 7 18 -32 38
14 3072 Squeaky Damian Boreham Toby Lewis -22 10 13 15 38
15 1867 Cumulus Steven Greaves Jane Hudson 11 17 16.3* -21 44.3
16 2065 Tiffany Rickard Thompson Vicky Weston 19 16 15 -41 50
17 1 Jonathon Lye Sam Perry 18 15 17 -40 50
18 3456 Brown Rouse Michael Brown -38 12 6 33 51
19 3625 Morpheus Grant Murphy Alice Gardner 24 -25 7 22 53
20 3414 Minke Andrew Palmer-Felgate Elizabeth Sutton -34 19 20 17 56
21 2539 Dillon Guy Davison Izzy Bretherton -30 21 14 23 58
22 3802 Smartie Henry Arnold 10 11 -45 38 59
23 3095 Christian Guy Anne Goss -26 20 21 18 59
24 3674 Flo Nigel Wakefield Emily Saunderson 8 -51 45 7 60
25 2587 Chi Chi 2 Peter Tait Zoe Donald 20 27 -56 14 61
26 2659 Kong Ben Lumby Liz Evans 23 -31 28 11 62
27 3030 A Currey A Currey -35 14 25 29 68
28 2803 Edward Smith Natasha Hughes 5 -56 56 8 69
29 3616 Top Dolly Jonathon Bickford Jo Masun 15 33 22 -35 70
30 123 Gremlin Simon Vines Alan Vines 32 23 -34 16 71
31 3133 Puree Amy Morris Helen Stamp 31 22 -56 26 79
32 3683 Agwa Will Shepherd Emma Lombard 27 26 26 -34 79
33 3033 Trinket Mike Clayton Steven Clayton 21 -36 32 28 81
34 3713 Arjosaurus Simon Reynolds-Jones Imogen Warren 29 28 24 -31 81
35 3029 Lipizzaner Sophie Hulbert Alan Hulbert -36 32 23 27 82
36 614 TBC James Fryatt Kizzie Shawcroft 43 29 19 -46 91
37 2629 Yoshi Dave Cheshire Emma Pettit 17 51 -56 25 93
38 3671 Purple Doris Marian Armstrong Adam Whittle 39 24 30 -42 93
39 3875 Go James Bland Roderick Bland 25 38 31 -44 94
40 3739 Willow Rachel Crebbin Lucy Boreham -40 30 29 39 98
41 3610 None David Thompson Kelly -45 34 35 36 105
42 2550 Frolic Hermione Turner Lucy Kelly -47 39 27 43 109
43 3 None Alasdair Alston Alex Pott 44 35 33 -47 112
44 3476 None Belinda Joslin Amy Bowden 41 -56 56 24 121
45 3692 Katie B Andy Reynolds-Jones Charlotte McGarry 46 40 36 -49 122
46 3694 Ian Tom Shawcroft William King -48 37 37 48 122
47 1811 Tit Willow Peter Slimming Callum Weston 37 -56 56 30 123
48 3620 Moonstruck IV Richard Bickford Alex Hobern 42 44 -45 37 123
49 3 Footsie Simon Cowdell 49 41 38 -50 128
50 3694 Callum Rocks Kieran Rocks 52 43 39 -56 134
51 3879 Elmo's Fire Ewen Stamp Mary Stamp 28 51 -56 56 135
52 3711 John Fiona Jones Sammy Burns 50 42 -56 45 137
53 3116 Blue Cairn Lewis Vigor Phillip Thompson 55 -56 45 51 151
54 3693 Katie C Tom Burns Alice Hurlestone 51 45 -56 56 152
55 1066 Hastings Adria Fitzjohn Lawrence Cooper 55 -56 56 56 167

The National Firefly Association is grateful for the continuing support of Nationals Title sponsor Craftinsure and supporting sponsors Henri Lloyd and Palmers Dorset Brewery.