Noble Marine RS Feva Winter Championship at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy

by Alex Simmonds 25 Nov 2019 07:29 PST 23-24 November 2019

RS Feva Winter Champions Jakey Wood and Tristan Ahlheid © Lucy Jameson

Fickle winds, tricky racing and a dolphin joining in with the fun with the RS Feva sailors at the 2019 Noble Marine RS Feva Winter Championships!

Reports written by the sailors themselves make for far more interesting and accurate insight to the weekend of racing so here is our Winter Championships race report by Alex Simmonds from Bede's School.

Day 1:

The Day started off with registration at 9:00 and briefing at 10:30. We got out on the water to find the water was like glass with only just enough wind to get out to the race course.

Throughout the day the wind went up and down making the first two races very long and slow. We had the rare pleasure of being accompanied off the start line by a dolphin for the second and the third race, this encounter was absolutely astonishing how close the dolphin was willing to get to our boat.

By the end of the day the wind had picked up leading to a very fun end to the day making it much easier to get back into the harbour. Due to the shifty winds and how it was dropping and picking up so fast the course moved after the first race keeping with a port biased.

The lack of wind led to us being towards the back the back of the fleet. Despite of being at the back we are still having fun on the water.

Day 2:

The second day started with no wind causing the racing to be delayed until 1:10. Once the wind had finally picked up we headed out to the racecourse to start the final race of the weekend. The start had a committee boat bias but all the boats spread out over the whole start line.

The number of boats meant that unless you were either in front or all the way off to the side you would be in the dirty wind of other boats. Even though there was not much wind I still had a lot of fun and I will definitely come back again next year.

Congratulations to Winter Champions Jakey Wood, Hayling Island Sailing Club, and Tristan Ahlheid, Frensham Pond SC.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Club	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1	7292	Hayling Island SC	Jakey Wood	Tristan Ahlheid	4	‑12	2	3	9
2	7070	Draycote Water SC	Millie Irish	Kt. Byne	3	4	4	‑7	11
3	5764	Yorkshire Dales SC	Oliver Rayner	Matthew Rayner	‑11	1	10	1	12
4	7220	Royal Southern YC	Finnian Morris	Oscar Morgan‑Harris	5	5	6	‑12	16
5	6264	Windermere School	Felix Stewart	Liam Farrell	8	3	‑17	6	17
6	4624	Great Moor SC	Alice Davis	Abby Hire	1	13	‑23	4	18
7	6895	Isle of Man YC	Teddy Dunn	Imogen Wade	2	8	8	‑13	18
8	6330	Hayling Island SC	Oliver Peters	Max Sydenham	7	2	‑18	10	19
9	5763	Bowmoor SC	Katy Jenkins	Amelie Hiscocks	‑15	7	1	14	22
10	5782	Frensham Pond SC	Tom Ahlheid	Tom Stratton‑Brown	12	10	‑16	2	24
11	6246	Papercourt SC	Toby Aldous	Tom Armstrong	10	‑14	5	9	24
12	3373	Restronguet SC	Sam Cox	William De Jaeger	6	‑20	12	11	29
13	4470	Chew Valley Lake SC	Vanja Ramm‑Ericson	Maia Delin	9	‑26	13	8	30
14	4766	Bough Beech SC	Joseph Warwicker	Finley Southon	‑20	9	9	17	35
15	6299	Hayling Island SC	Gregan Bergmann Smith	Josh Stokes	‑30	18	15	5	38
16	7056	Chew Valley Lake SC	Alfie Sheahan	Megan Rhodes	14	11	‑28	19	44
17	6095	Castle Cove SC	Erin Pank	Gabriella Burlton	27	‑40	7	18	52
18	6327	Hayling Island SC	Laura Elms	Harvey Jenkins	17	‑37	11	27	55
19	7654	Silver Wing SC	Joe Slipper	Katherine Burgess	26	15	14	‑32	55
20	4917	Chew Valley Lake SC	Rosie Sheahan	Susie Sheahan	21	6	‑35	29	56
21	6868	Hayling Island SC/Royal Lymington YC	Agnes Bracey‑Davis	Connie Thoms	‑42	23	3	31	57
22	502	Hollowell SC	Ellen Morley	Hazel McDonnell	16	21	‑31	20	57
23	7606	Royal Lymington YC	Sam Webb	Ollie Baddeley	‑22	17	19	21	57
24	5627	Sevenoaks School	Becky Caiger	Joe Blaker	19	‑29	25	16	60
25	4194	Reading SC	Edward Day	Archie Bourne	‑40	16	22	22	60
26	6364	Royal Lymington YC	Ollie Vines	Jake Stokes	13	27	‑32	26	66
27	1482	Hayling Island SC	Rachel Harper	Polly Mason	28	‑30	26	15	69
28	230	St Mawes SC	Henry Hallam	Ollie Croft	‑32	28	20	24	72
29	6351	Llandudno SC	Freddie MacLaverty	Keira MacLaverty	25	‑39	27	23	75
30	3774	Hayling Island SC	Esther Tuttle	Maya Bergmann Smith	24	24	‑36	28	76
31	6540	Hayling Island SC	Holly Fisher	Amy Bowers	35	22	21	‑48	78
32	4056	Burnham SC/Burnham Squiddies	Jemima Cook	Abbie Wallace	‑36	25	29	30	84
33	6494	Bewl Sailing Association	Sam Baker	Bryce Surguy	18	33	‑37	35	86
34	5576	Royal Lymington YC	Annabelle Vines	Ella Lightbody	34	19	33	‑39	86
35	6199	Royal Lymington YC	Freddie Fitzsimmons	Henry Patten	31	‑43	24	34	89
36	4279	Bede's Senior School	Charlie Fisk	Rowan Briggs	‑38	36	30	25	91
37	5779	Hayling Island SC	Ben Stokes	Ben Stokes	23	‑44	44	37	104
38	5675	Exe SC	Sophie Raven	Cerys Morgan	39	‑41	34	36	109
39	2837	Emsworth SC	Eliza South	Tom Collins	‑45	35	42	33	110
40	6112	St Mawes SC	Rose Hallam	Benjamin Marsden	41	31	40	‑49	112
41	3883	Hayling Island SC	Holly Mitchell	Katy Fisher	‑44	34	38	41	113
42	6305	Sevenoaks School	Ferdinand Beier	Jamie Elder	37	32	‑47	47	116
43	7049	Exe SC	Josh John ringe	Angus Bailey	33	‑48	43	40	116
44	6311	Sevenoaks School	Charlotte Lo	Liam Pfister	29	46	48	‑50	123
45	5847	Paignton SC	Fin Gribbin	Fraser Gillmore	‑47	42	39	42	123
46	6309	Royal Hospital School/Royal Harwich YC	Millie Deacon	Gracie Joslin	43	38	‑46	46	127
47	6186	Tenby SC	Oscar Thompson	Nathan Williams	‑50	45	49	43	137
48	6310	Sevenoaks School	William Heydorn	James Lucas	49	49	41	‑51	139
49	7262	Exe SC	Ben Crook	Frazer Wickers	‑53	52	51	38	141
50	6601	Bede's Senior School	Alex Simmonds	Max Marshall	48	‑50	50	45	143
51	6489	Pevensey Bay SC	Ella Hebron	Michael Tanner	54	47	45	(DNC)	146
52	5559	MCS	Sean Robinson	Alex Money	46	‑53	53	52	151
53	5773	Royal Torbay YC	Tommy Huish	Fleur Lambert‑Bord	51	51	52	‑53	154
54	111	Royal Southern YC	Freddie Callaghan	Thomas Roy	(RET)	DNC	DNC	44	156
55	5560	Magdalen College School	Edward White Belcher	Michael O'Shaughnessy	52	54	(RET)	54	16