RS Games at the WPNSA: PA Consulting RS Feva Europeans Overall

by Nick Hutton-Penman 20 Aug 2018 04:31 PDT 9-15 August 2018

PA Consulting RS Feva Europeans day 4 at the WPNSA © Mark Jardine / YachtsandYachting.com

As part of the three week RS Games extravaganza, the Feva Europeans saw 114 boats from 10 countries attend. The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, UK, was buzzing with 205 RS Aeros and 170 RS Teras as the Fevas turned up and the Europeans followed the RS Aero and RS Tera Worlds.

The format was quite simple, with 114 boats the teams were flighted for the first two days or six races of qualifying and then split into Gold and Silver for up to eight further championship races. There were prizes galore to be won including top boats in silver and gold fleet, top juniors, top girls, top mixed, top families and many more. All was to play for.

PA Consulting RS Feva Europeans day 5 at the WPNSA - photo © Mark Jardine / YachtsandYachting.com

The weather for the whole championship was excellent with conditions varying from light to moderate, the sailors were tested to the full without being put in "survival mode" and this meant that all the winners had to sail consistently in a variety of good and fair sailing conditions.

PRO Peter Saxton set the tone for the week with his to the minute accuracy and got the racing underway promptly. A relatively moderate first day saw a great start for Sophie Johnson and Dylan Collingbourne (GBR) along with Robbert Huisman and Gijs Zuidema (NED) and Angus Kilpatrick and Freddie Fisher (GBR) who made up the top three.

Day two forecast was for strong winds in the morning so an early call by PRO to delay the start by 2 hours allowed competitors and their families a Sunday morning lay-in! Competitors hit the race course to be met by challenging but manageable and quite exciting conditions, the day one leaders all had good days but Ben Hutton-Penman and Abi Jayasekara (GBR) and Tom Storey and Rupert Jameson (GBR) both won two races each, other races were won by Sophie and Dylan and, a sign of things to come, Raulf Berry and Ben Bradley (GBR).

PA Consulting RS Feva Europeans day 4 at the WPNSA - photo © Mark Jardine / YachtsandYachting.com

And so at the end of the six races of qualifying Sophie and Dylan led, followed closely by Ben and Abi and Tom and Rupert; Robbert and Gijs were fourth and Raul and Ben fifth. In Silver fleet our leaders were Blake Latta and Alice Smith (GBR).

In Fevas we carry qualifying places rather than qualifying points into the final series and this acts as a bit of a leveller and really does give everyone a chance of improving as the event continues. The next three days saw consistent and sometimes shifty winds and many place changes.

PA Consulting RS Feva Europeans day 5 at the WPNSA - photo © Mark Jardine / YachtsandYachting.com

The front of the Gold fleet was very tight throughout the whole event but going into the final day, Tom and Rupert had a six point advantage over Sophie and Dylan, who had led each day until that evening. Also in the running were UK National Champions Will Pank and Seb Gotto (GBR) who had pulled themselves back into contention on the fourth day in third, and Ben and Abi in fourth.

The final day saw two races and high drama. The first race saw our event leaders well down and having to fight back up, all the while Ben and Abi cruised off in the lead and closed the points gap considerably on all but Sophie and Dylan who came a very solid second. Tom and Rupes performed an act of mastery having to take matters into their own hands after rounding the windward mark in the 20s. They sailed the opposite side of the course to everyone, lit the boat up and sailed back into 7th place which just kept them ahead of Sophie and Dylan.

PA Consulting RS Feva Europeans day 5 at the WPNSA - photo © Mark Jardine / YachtsandYachting.com

And so to the final race, in short Tom and Rupert had to beat Sophie and Dylan and both boats had to be close to the front if they were not then Will and Seb or Ben and Abi would be waiting in the wings. It was tense, Tom and Rupert crossed the start line only to have to do turns due to a miscommunication between them and another boat but, again from mid fleet they fought their way through to finish in 6th, just ahead of Sophie and Dylan in 7th. Raulf and Ben won the race, Ben and Abi finished in third and in so doing closed a significant lead that Will and Seb had over them, and so it was Tom and Rupert crowned very popular RS Feva European Champions.

Tom Storey and Rupert Jameson win the PA Consulting RS Feva Europeans day 5 at the WPNSA - photo © Mark Jardine / YachtsandYachting.com

Silver fleet is sometimes blown away by some of the conditions we face but not this year. Tremendously tight racing throughout the event saw many places swapped. In the end it was Theo Bell and Hugo Cartwright (GBR), who qualified in 8th place in silver, they pulled through with some really consistent sailing including a first, two seconds and a third. In second place was Moritz Domok and Eva Klas (GER) who qualified 2nd and maintained their consistency throughout the final series and third was Sofia Delfina Gabricci and Sampieri Victoria (ITA).

There were some really notable performances in Silver fleet including Millie Irish and TAS Green (GBR) who qualified in 32nd place but then got three bullets almost in a row to finish 12th, clearly from great sailing stock! Also Patrick and Liam Whelan (GBR) who pulled themselves up from 24th after qualifying to a fantastic 6th.

PA Consulting RS Feva Europeans day 5 at the WPNSA - photo © Mark Jardine / YachtsandYachting.com

It was also nice to see a "blast from the past" make the silver fleet crew list, many current sailors will not remember but Matt Jayasekara (just got a place at Cambridge to study medicine and of course brother of Abi) used to be a superstar crew in the Feva and he stepped in to sail with Tom Hobbs and Tom clearly learnt from the experience as his results improved as the event went on.

So it is a wrap. Absolutely huge congratulations to our winners Tom and Rupert in Gold, crowned RS Feva European Champions, and Theo and Hugo in Silver. Congratulations to all the other various prize winners who are noted below. Another fantastic RS Feva competition where our happy sailors continue to impress.

PRO Peter Saxton during the PA Consulting RS Feva Europeans at the WPNSA - photo © Mark Jardine / YachtsandYachting.com

To our PRO Peter Saxton and his team, absolutely impeccable racing keeping our fleet engaged and safe. To WPNSA and the whole team, another huge thank you for having us and making us feel welcome. To all our sponsors but most importantly PA Consulting and Rooster for allowing us to host such a great event and give such fantastic prizes. And finally to RS Sailing and most importantly Jon Partridge, your energy and support for the class is amazing and we are thankful for that because it makes the whole experience brilliant and allows our sailors to be watched online by their parents (as tortuous as that sometimes is) and to have all the boats fixed so racing can continue.

PA Consulting RS Feva Europeans day 4 at the WPNSA - photo © Mark Jardine / YachtsandYachting.com

Amazing children, amazing support, amazing parents and an amazing event. Thank you to all our travelling Nationals, we hope you enjoyed it, good luck to all our transitioning sailors and really good luck to all our sailors who will be fighting it out next year.

Prize Winners:

European Ladies Champion - GBR Phoebe Peters and Rachel Pyke
2nd Overall - EST Veronika Kuvatova and Hannah Tuulas
3rd Overall - GBR Katheryn Byne and Ellie Rush

European Junior Champions - GBR Felix Stewart and Jake Harris
2nd Overall - GBR Agnes Bracey-Davis and Maya Brown
3rd Overall - GBR Rosie and Susie Sheahan

Family Teams
1st Overall - GBR William and Becky Caiger
2nd Overall - Abi and Tim Hire
3rd Overall - HKG Jon and Hannah Crawford

Mixed Teams
1st Overall - GBR Sophie Johnson and Dylan Collingbourne
2nd Overall - GBR Ben Hutton Penman and Abi Jayasekara
3rd Overall - GBR William and Becky Caiger

Boys Teams
1st Overall - GBR Tom Storey and Rupert Jameson
2nd Overall - Will Pank and Seb Gotto
3rd Overall Raulf Berry and Ben Bradley

Overall Results:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Q	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6	F7	F8	Pts
Gold Fleet
1st	GBR	6680	Tom Storey	Rupert Jameson	3	-10	1	4	2	5	3	7	6	31
2nd	GBR	4631	Sophie Johnson	Dylan Collingbourne	1	1	9	2	1	-17	10	2	7	33
3rd	GBR	6908	Will Pank	Seb Gotto	7	(UFD)	8	1	3	1	5	3	8	36
4th	GBR	7000	Ben Hutton-Penman	Abi Jayasekara	2	6	14	3	-16	6	1	1	3	36
5th	GBR	6300	Raulf Berry	Ben Bradley	5	7	7	-18	18	14	2	6	1	60
6th	NED	6793	Robbert Huisman	Gijs Zuidema	4	2	3	12	10	9	7	-20	16	63
7th	GBR	5627	William Caiger	Becky Caiger	12	17	15	-19	5	3	6	13	4	75
8th	GBR	6214	Robbie McDonald	Teddy Ferguson	6	3	6	5	24	8	18	-27	5	75
9th	GBR	6895	Tom Burke	Theo Stewart	9	36	5	6	9	-38	19	11	2	97
10th	GBR	6037	Freddy Wood	Lucy Hewitson	19	5	16	13	7	22	8	9	-25	99
11th	GBR	5000	Ralph Nevile	Luke Anstey	16	20	10	7	8	-26	14	15	21	111
12th	GBR	4624	Alice Davis	Alastair Brown	26	23	4	8	12	20	9	16	-38	118
13th	GBR	3672	Alexander Ratsey	Issy Spurway	13	8	13	14	4	-37	31	14	23	120
14th	GBR	6330	Phoebe Peters	Rachel Pyke	14	25	17	20	-34	2	11	24	13	126
15th	EST	4336	Veronika Kuvatova	Hannah Tuulas	23	14	23	17	-31	7	15	17	10	126
16th	GBR	4904	Katheryn Byne	Ellie Rush	21	11	28	11	17	13	22	-40	12	135
17th	GBR	2422	Fergus Pye	Samuel Blaker	28	12	11	16	25	-29	24	12	29	157
18th	GBR	5847	Julia Barnes	Eloise Clapson McBride	36	22	18	21	13	-27	23	23	11	167
19th	GBR	5775	Sophie Dennis	Olivia Bracey-Davis	10	32	19	30	-33	4	32	19	27	173
20th	GBR	6200	Angus Kilpatrick	Freddie Fisher	8	16	30	-39	37	11	12	26	39	179
21st	GBR	4626	Abby Hire	Tim Hire	20	-43	22	15	29	43	35	5	15	184
22nd	CZE	4415	Vitezslav Huk	Lukas Dadak	38	15	31	10	6	46	36	4	(DNF)	186
23rd	HKG	7047	Jon Crawford	Hannah Crawford	15	41	2	9	46	-53	21	25	28	187
24th	GBR	5174	Blake Tudor	Brett Tudor	35	33	-45	24	14	19	29	21	14	189
25th	SWE	6045	Kettil Leke	Viktor Sönnergren	34	-38	29	33	23	15	4	34	22	194
26th	GBR	5028	Lucy Hughes	Josh Manning	42	31	27	-49	19	28	13	18	17	195
27th	GBR	4629	Gabriella Clifton	Daisy Weston	32	4	24	32	27	10	33	-38	35	197
28th	SWE	6744	Filip Huljebrant	Cecilia Letalick	57	24	21	29	11	24	16	-56	42	224
29th	GBR	6264	Kevin Farrell	Liam Farrell	27	40	-44	35	30	23	25	31	18	229
30th	GBR	4470	Quinn Edmonds	Fin Oliver	22	37	38	45	21	16	17	-48	43	239
31st	GBR	3373	Ching Wong	Elinor O’Leary	18	(UFD)	34	31	32	21	26	30	47	239
32nd	GBR	6311	Joshua Davies	Freddie Ellis	11	19	46	(UFD)	36	DSQ	44	8	19	242
33rd	GBR	5763	Katy Jenkins	Rachael Jenkins	50	-53	20	22	48	40	47	10	9	246
34th	GBR	4079	Annie Hammett	Emma Wells	17	9	26	23	41	45	(DSQ)	43	46	250
35th	GBR	5768	Melissa Heppell	Amelie Hiscocks	41	18	33	37	15	25	37	46	-53	252
36th	LTU	1848	Tauras Dambrauskas	Arijus Dambrauskas	25	-50	25	28	22	49	20	44	48	261
37th	CZE	5162	Lucie Kosatova	Eliska Richterova	43	28	-54	38	50	12	39	22	34	266
38th	GBR	6299	Matthew Bergmann Smith	Maya Bergmann Smith	49	26	12	46	20	-56	38	45	31	267
39th	GBR	6199	Ethan Gerrell	Tom Barnes	24	21	(DSQ)	DNS	38	33	46	29	20	270
40th	GBR	501	Caitlin Morley	Joe Blaker	40	46	-49	41	26	18	43	35	30	279
41st	ITA	5788	Seneca Veronelli	Alex Veronelli	31	39	37	34	35	32	-52	32	40	280
42nd	ITA	5017	Gentili Leonardo	Cusimano Giulio	39	-47	40	42	43	31	27	41	24	287
43rd	ITA	4107	Arianna Botticini	Ludovica Morici	45	35	-55	27	28	35	45	54	26	295
44th	GBR	6283	Blythe Berry	Dilly Ala	37	27	32	43	44	41	34	-53	44	302
45th	CZE	5703	Frantisek Vitak	Vojtech Cibulka	33	48	43	25	DNE	30	28	39	-55	305
46th	GBR	6820	Emma Hutchings	Eliza South	48	29	47	40	47	36	30	-52	41	318
47th	GBR	6293	Patrick Fulton	Henry Kaplan	30	13	56	26	55	-57	57	33	52	322
48th	GBR	6919	Ollie Bunce	Archie Baker	44	30	36	36	-51	44	49	49	37	325
49th	GBR	6599	Ted Lane	Rupert Clapham	55	44	35	-54	45	39	50	28	32	328
50th	NED	6486	Laura van den Acker	Femke van den Berg	53	42	50	50	-52	34	48	37	33	347
51st	GBR	516	Sandy Bailey	Jack Francis	29	34	39	47	53	54	53	42	-57	351
52nd	GBR	6969	Henry Hallam	Ashley Hill	47	52	48	53	42	51	42	-58	36	371
53rd	GBR	5900	Tess Sadowski	Frances Daubeny	52	45	52	44	39	48	41	-57	54	375
54th	GER	5628	Helena Krauthauf	Julia Trimolt	51	51	41	51	(UFD)	47	51	36	50	378
55th	GBR	6150	Issy Leetch	Alex Brown	56	49	42	48	-54	50	40	47	51	383
56th	GBR	6280	Catriona Forrest	Evie Tynan	46	-56	53	56	40	42	54	50	49	390
57th	GBR	6580	Jorja Marshall	Alissa Marshall	54	54	51	55	(DNS)	55	56	51	45	421
58th	GBR	6818	Theo Aers	Rhiannon Webber	58	55	-57	52	49	52	55	55	56	432
Silver Fleet
1st	GBR	1478	Theo Bell	Hugo Cartwright	67	2	11	1	1	-12	2	3	7	94
2nd	GER	4592	Moritz Dömök	Eva Klas	60	-31	6	2	8	14	4	1	5	100
3rd	ITA	5332	Sofia Delfina Gabricci	Sampieri Vittoria	61	5	8	9	-19	2	5	7	3	100
4th	IRL	1649	Tim Norwood	Finn Cleary	65	3	-17	4	2	7	13	4	4	102
5th	GBR	6112	Amy Boyle	Matthew Hill	68	-15	12	5	4	4	6	2	2	103
6th	GBR	6301	Patrick Whelan	Liam Whelan	83	8	5	-16	5	5	10	6	10	132
7th	GBR	809	Oliver Johnson	Nathan Clark	62	12	10	-26	3	23	11	5	12	138
8th	GBR	6540	Gregan Bergmann Smith	Josh Bowers	66	9	4	6	15	13	(UFD)	12	17	142
9th	GBR	6272	Joseph Warwicker	Luka Franklin	81	17	7	-35	6	6	9	8	8	142
10th	GBR	5450	Joe Slipper	Jordi Rodriguez	82	6	-52	19	11	10	1	14	1	144
11th	HKG	7053	Ulysse Ha Thuc	Maddalena Di Salvo	70	19	-28	17	12	3	7	10	15	153
12th	GBR	7070	Millie Irish	Tas Green	91	1	1	(UFD)	9	1	27	18	13	161
13th	GBR	6524	Alice Lucy	Fred Gwinnett	63	14	-21	10	18	9	20	16	14	164
14th	GBR	6819	Blake Latta	Alice Smith	59	16	14	21	-25	8	25	11	16	170
15th	NED	587	Luisa de Marez Oyens	Isabelle van Mourik	78	4	13	7	22	17	23	-29	9	173
16th	CZE	4026	Patrik Skvaril	Sarah Buchtova	75	13	18	14	-35	15	22	15	6	178
17th	GER	6555	Julian Mannel	Tim Lutz	64	24	-32	3	13	30	18	21	11	184
18th	GBR	6611	Marnie Aers	Ellie Shelter	72	10	-27	27	14	19	12	24	19	197
19th	GBR	5545	Felix Stewart	Jake Harris	113	(DNS)	22	13	10	11	8	17	18	212
20th	GBR	6939	Tom Hobbs	Matt Jayasekara	99	TP	9	18	7	26	16	-38	35	222
21st	GBR	4888	Libby Thompson	Meggie Caldwell	95	21	23	20	20	20	3	(BFD)	27	229
22nd	NED	5936	Hilbrand Rustema	Tom Piena	73	11	15	8	28	39	-41	20	38	232
23rd	GBR	6525	Sian Nutter	Kata Kemp	84	22	25	12	-34	27	14	26	23	233
24th	GBR	6381	Theo Clifton	Ed Day	80	27	24	-34	17	22	24	28	22	244
25th	CZE	5706	Lukas Kosata	Jan Richter	79	28	-36	36	23	16	17	22	24	245
26th	GBR	4240	Caspar Barton	Tom Edwards	77	32	19	11	26	-52	26	32	25	248
27th	CZE	5243	Dominik Ostry	Agnes Buchtova	76	18	3	23	44	25	-47	30	34	253
28th	NED	3694	Rick van de Luur	Daphne van de Luur	106	26	2	24	32	-37	33	9	30	262
29th	GBR	6153	Libby Petit	Issy Heller-Janes	74	(DSQ)	20	15	27	24	35	19	50	264
30th	GBR	3599	Agnes Bracey-Davis	Maya Brown	102	-49	33	32	16	18	19	23	29	272
31st	NED	3920	Mark Hopman	Niels Hopman	86	20	45	-48	45	21	28	13	21	279
32nd	GBR	6292	Issac Willats	Alex Barone	115	29	16	25	24	33	21	-34	20	283
33rd	GBR	5802	Jude Solomons	James Mansfield	69	23	29	46	(DNS)	29	30	33	48	307
34th	GBR	6909	Grace Pank	Toby Hunt	107	38	-46	40	29	28	15	40	26	323
35th	NOR	4136	Elisabet Odegaard Hansteen	Sunniva Bogen Eriksen	90	35	26	31	39	-53	29	46	31	327
36th	ITA	4215	Emanuele Giannini	Niccolò Fiorentini	93	30	41	29	40	-47	37	31	28	329
37th	GBR	6505	Ruby Andrews	Gemma Raymond	92	34	31	33	37	46	-48	25	37	335
38th	GBR	230	Alfie Sheahan	Katie Birt	94	36	-43	28	33	41	38	36	36	342
39th	GBR	3737	Rosie Hobbs	Tasha Dambacher	97	44	35	22	21	44	-52	35	46	344
40th	GER	7131	Yannick Büchele	Valentin Masius	85	37	39	39	38	31	36	42	-47	347
41st	GBR	4917	Rosie Sheahan	Susie Sheahan	96	25	38	41	-46	35	42	37	41	355
42nd	CZE	4195	Eliska Stiburkova	Klara Kaltounkova	101	41	42	(UFD)	31	34	34	43	43	369
43rd	GBR	7261	Imogen Palmer	Muiris Capon-Telford	104	33	30	-50	43	45	46	27	42	370
44th	MLT	5164	Vanja Ramm-Ericson	Maia Delin	87	40	47	30	30	50	49	48	-53	381
45th	NED	5092	Lars van den Berg	Max van Mourik	111	39	34	42	41	42	31	-44	44	384
46th	GBR	5468	Callum Fraser	Stephen Carty	103	42	40	37	-49	36	45	41	40	384
47th	GBR	3740	Imoggen Salmon	Liv Scott-Smith	98	46	44	38	-53	51	39	39	32	387
48th	MLT	4271	Molly Alice Butler	Maximillian Harry Butler	89	43	37	43	-50	49	TP	50	33	389
49th	CZE	4980	Borek Borkovec	Terezka Stiburkova	109	47	-51	51	42	32	32	45	39	397
50th	GBR	6095	Erin Pank	Gabriel O’Donnel	112	51	49	44	36	40	44	53	(DNC)	429
51st	GBR	3999	Megan Rhodes	Hugh Wylam	110	48	50	47	-51	48	43	47	45	438
52nd	USA	7071	Catherine Froelich	Fiona Froelich	100	52	-54	49	47	38	53	52	52	443
53rd	GBR	6277	Baptist Laurencin	George Potter	108	45	48	-52	52	43	51	51	49	447
54th	GBR	73	Kate Newman	Amelie Curtis	105	50	53	45	48	-54	50	49	51	451
55th	GBR	6291	Rory Fulton	Alex Barone	71	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	477
56th	GBR	6292	Blake Philpot	Isaac Willats	88	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	494
57th	IRL	3613	Christopher Evans Garrett	Harry Shackleton	114	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	520