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All of Thursdays leading positions at Cowes Week

by Event media on 10 Aug 2007
The all girl crew aboard the quarter tonner, Espada skippered by Liz Rushall (right) cool themselves down on Champagne G.H.Mumm Ladies Day onEdition http://www.onEdition.com

It was a case of ‘Gone with the Wind’ as Champagne G H Mumm Ladies Day at Skandia Cowes Week was marked by shiny, flat seas and gentle whispering breezes.

Thursdays leading positions

Class 1 IRC
1, Cockburns Red (Charles Dunstone)
2, Flash Glove (Colm Barrington)
3, Loki (Stephen Ainsworth and Cameron Miles)
4, Panthera (Benny Kelly)
5, Chernikeeff 2 (Luke Bradley and Peter Harrison - Yacht Racing Academy)
6, Bear Of Britain (B) (Priory Bay Hotel)
7, Island Fling (Paul F Winkelmann)
8, Spirit Of Jethou (Sir Peter Ogden)
9, Formidable 3 (P W Vroon)
10, St James'S Place (Peter Harding and Chris Brown)

Class 2 IRC
1, Renaissance (Jerry Otter and Eamonn O'Nolan)
2, Dark & Steamy (Nick and Annie Haigh)
3, Wisc (Glynn Williams)
4, Checkmate (Peter De Ridder)
5, Rebel (David Franks)
6, John Merricks (Colette Blair)
7, Atomic Of Cowes (Langley Holdings PLC)
8, Exabyte 4 (Christopher Sharples)
9, Henri Lloyd (Robert Lutener and Martin Elwood)
10, Fraxious (Andy Greenwood)

Class 3 IRC
1, Roark (Mr Kees Kaan)
2, Codiam Ensp Dh (Nicoleau and Loday)
3, Jedi Knight (Stan Fenton and Nigel Cook)
4, Windsong (Mr S Bowen Davies and Mr H Evans)
5, King Louie (Fiona & Malcolm Thorpe)
6, Desperado Of Cowes (David Bongers)
7, Moana (Francois Goubau)
8, Biela (Jonty, Jack & Vicky Layfield)
9, Weerga (W R Liezenga)
10, Erivale III (M Greville)

Class 4 IRC
1, Amey Love Shack (Tim Spalding and Gareth Lloyd-Jones)
2, Healthsure (Peter Newlands)
3, Beechwood Homes (Promocean)
4, Skandia Internat'L (Jasper Thomas)
5, Xinska (Bernard Olesinski)
6, Tarka Pwc (Price Waterhouse Coopers)
7, Skandia Investment (Clive Crosby)
8, Caspian Services (Global Yacht Racing Caspian Services)
9, Gleeds (Ian Bartlett)
10, Incognito (Paul Mcnamara and Tony Lowe)

Class 5 IRC
1, Vortex (Tim & Sophie Harrington)
2, Kiss (David Pinner)
3, X On The Beach (Ingo and The Wolfman)
4, Contango (Barry Cunningham)
5, X-Dream (Peter Howland)
6, Jazz 2 (Ian W Smyth)
7, No Retreat (David & Jackie Riley)
8, Njos (Nicky Octon)
9, Steady Barker (Michael Brough)
10, Swallow (Gordon Craigen)

Class 6 IRC
1, Vanilla (Niek Spiljard)
2, Light (John Rainger and Rob Denning)
3, Elusive (Jackie Welch and Robert Dobson)
4, Athena (David Glasgow and The Earl of Cork and Orrery)
5, Beefeater (John Dunnet and Adrian Ward)
6, Blue Tack (Mr P J Robinson)
7, Winsome (Harry J Heijst)
8, Fandango (Mike Theobald)
9, Esprit (Neil Vardy)
10, Fatjax (Iain Kirkpatrick)

Class 7 IRC
1, Earls Court Boatshow (Adam Gosling)
2, Dean And Dyball (Ian Braham)
3, Software Mistress 88 (John Brattan)
4, Electra (Richard Hanslip)
5, Amazon (Tony & Chuffy Merewether)
6, 2Xs (Aindriu Mccormack)
7, Penultima (Stewart Broughton)
8, Simplicity (Rory Fitzwilliams)
9, Cool Blue (Simon Cory)
10, Electra (Andy Phelps and Lorna Fallace)

Class 8 IRC
1, Bullett (Howard Sellars and Michael Till)
2, Curved Air (Gareth Morris and David Sprague)
3, Runaway Bus (Paul Kelsey and Peter Williams)
4, Alexa (Ian Le Maitre)
5, Ayanami (Roger Swinney and Mike Dixon)
6, Lancelot (Matt Clark and Tony Thackray)
7, Sergeant Pepper (Richard & Anna Thomas)
8, Catch Wanchai Belle (J & J Mcwilliam, D Walker, M Mcgaw, O Ophaus and M Kaye 2)
9, Odd Job (Paul Treliving)
10, Prospero Of Hamble (Allan Fraser)

Class 9 IRC
1, Madelaine (Richard and Rachel Donald)
2, Tattarat (Philip Williams)
3, Pizzicato (Tom White)
4, So! (Mr Simon Osgood)
5, Barracuda (Robin Maccaw and Joe Maccaw)
6, Merganser (Catherine Munro Kerr)
7, Firecracker (Nick Gates and Nick Phillips)
8, Xantz (Michael Tennant)
9, Fat Hen (Laurence & Sarah Shell)
10, Scherzo (David Hardcastle)

1720
1, All Talk (Neil Angel)
2, Inflexion 2 (Inflexion Managers)
3, Premier Cru (Tom Richardson)
4, Inflexion (Inflexion Managers)
5, Go Ferret (Huw Alban Davies)
6, Rogan Josh (Powell, Bertelsen and Sutherland)
7, Corkanut (Nik Atkinson)
8, La Licorne (Mark Greenaway)
9, Angel (Jeremy White)

Beneteau 31.7
1, Electra (Andy Phelps and Lorna Fallace)
2, Manaru (Tony Dickin)
3, Sunbow II (Andrew Quicke)

Beneteau 40.7
1, Amey Love Shack (Tim Spalding and Gareth Lloyd-Jones)
2, Healthsure (Peter Newlands)
3, Beechwood Homes (Promocean)
4, Skandia Internat'L (Jasper Thomas)
5, Tarka Pwc (Price Waterhouse Coopers)
6, Skandia Investment (Clive Crosby)
7, Gleeds (Ian Bartlett)
8, Incognito (Paul Mcnamara and Tony Lowe)
9, Genie (Andrew Jackson)
10, Ortac (C) (European Capital)

Contessa 32
1, Blanco (Ray Rouse, Richard Vanner and Peter Vanner)
2, Drumbeat (Eldred Himsworth)
3, English Rose (Ray Mitchell)
4, Nimbus (Michael Hill)
5, Blue Shark (Mr Ken Mizen and Mr Don Laing)
6, Equator (Simon & Kay Porter)
7, Wild Thyme (Roger Vickers)
8, Connie (Mark Oliver)
9, Bearskin (John Laundon)

Daring
1, Defiant (R Aisher, Lord Kingsland, P French, P Blackwell and C Perry)
2, Decoy (A Norton, R Ottaway, J Goodwin, D Chaplin and M Holland)
3, Defender (Jeremy Preston, Mark Fear and Peter Morton)
4, Dolphin (David N Gower)
5, Deinos (Capt Neil Robertson, Mr Richard Gough and Mr Andrew Nelson)
6, Darling (C Snagge, E W Pegna and J Sichel)
7, Audax (Mike Bilbo)
8, Devius (Tony Leech)
9, Double Knot (John Hackman)
10, Dreamer (John Ewart)

Dragon
1, Aimee (Julia Bailey)
2, Fuzzy Duck VI (Paul Woodman and Malcolm Ford)
3, Ecstatic (Eric Williams)
4, Rumours (Len Jones)
5, Valanga (Teresa Wade)
6, Caramba (Chris Brittain)
7, Andromeda (John Mellows)
8, Jerboa (Miss Gavia Wilkinson-Cox)
9, Ganador (Martin Makey)
10, Princess Jalina (David Palmer)

Etchells
1, Arbitrator (Graham Bailey)
2, Moonlight (Mark & Oliver Downer)
3, China White (Collette Blair and Andrew Cooper)
4, Stampede (Neil Payne)
5, Wobbegong (Doug Flynn)
6, Loup Garou IX (Jamie Clark)
7, Shamal (Hugh Evans, Roger Reynolds and Robert Tyrwhitt-Drake)
8, Snatch (Andrew Oddie)
9, 9 (Barry Dunning and Alan Warren)
10, Pale Tide (Ian Law)

Farr 45
1, Renaissance (Jerry Otter and Eamonn O'Nolan)
2, Rebel (David Franks)
3, John Merricks (Colette Blair)
4, Exabyte 4 (Christopher Sharples)
5, Atomic Of Cowes (Langley Holdings PLC)
6, Henri Lloyd (Robert Lutener and Martin Elwood)
7, Fraxious (Andy Greenwood)
8, Fortis Excel (Agne V Nilsson)

Flying 15
1, Tempus Fuggit Duo (Robert Godwin and Mark Powell)
2, Men Behaving Badly (Rupert & John Mander)
3, Ffreefire 20 (Sam Chan)
4, Fflux (Gavin Tappenden)
5, Saffina (Roger Palmer)
6, Double Trouble (Mr Andrew Rutherford)
7, Ffuraha (Mike Boll and Gil McCutcheon)
8, Black (Nick Clark)
9, Sans Culottes (Chris Harris)
10, Dusty Ffour (Tony Bedingfield and Karen Wilkins)

Hunter 707
1, Lutine Belle (Lloyd's Yacht Club)
2, Censored (Toby Gorman and Nick Simmonds)
3, Turbulence (Paul French)
4, Double Trouble (Morris and Phillips)
5, Artel (Sgt Glyn Jones REME)
6, Notnowkato (Carl & Guy Raynes)
7, Tequila (Miles Dalby)
8, Darkness (Patrick Miles)
9, Star-Born 3 (Peter Dickson)
10, This Is Jeff (Harry Hall)

IRM
1, John Merricks (Colette Blair)
2, Rebel (David Franks)
3, Atomic Of Cowes (Langley Holdings PLC)
4, Exabyte 4 (Christopher Sharples)
5, Cockburns Red (Charles Dunstone)
6, Windsong (Mr S Bowen Davies and Mr H Evans)
7, Henri Lloyd (Robert Lutener and Martin Elwood)
8, Fraxious (Andy Greenwood)
9, Fortis Excel (Agne V Nilsson)
10, Formidable 3 (P W Vroon)

J-Sprit
1, Standard Bank (Jeremy Wait)
2, Jalabeano (Elliot Wishlade and Tim McCaul)
3, J-Dream (David & Kirsty Apthorp)
4, Fay J (Paul Griffiths)
5, Bojangles (Derek Copeman)
6, Neilson Redeye (Pip and Pete Tyler)
7, Mojo (Robin & Jill Stevenson)

J/109
1, Jahmali (Michael & Sarah Wallis)
2, Shiva (Matthew Boyle)
3, Firestorm (Jon Perry and Philip Smith)
4, Jambo (Ian Maclean)
5, Zelda (Mike Ewart-Smith and Ben Richards)
6, Perseverance (Marie-Cecile & Jean-Luc Herve)
7, Mojito (Gary Fry)
8, Jangada Too (John Laun)
9, Designs
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