Allen 29er GP2 at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy

Allen 29er GP2 at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy - Overall

by Emily Mueller 14 Oct 2020 08:09 PDT 10-11 October 2020

Allen 29er GP2 at Weymouth © www.digitalsailing.co.uk

Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy hosted an impressive 71 boats for the UK 29er Allen Grand Prix 2. For the qualifying day on Saturday the fleet was divided into blue and yellow fleet. A breezy 18kts and sunshine greeted the fleet, perfect weather for October in the UK.

834 Ethan Gerrell/Tom Barnes, and 2811 Ollie Evans/Ben Hutton-Penman won race one in each of their flights, starting off their regattas strongly. The first girls were 2340 Sophie Dennis/Emma Wells who sailed well to come 5th.

Ollie and Ben enjoyed the strong winds and powered to a second bullet in race two, with 3066 Aled Llewellyn-Jones and Ben Bradley taking 1 st in yellow flight. First girls in race two were 2849 Monique Vennis-Ozanne/Jess Jobson with a 4th.

The wind dropped slightly by race three to around 16kts, but the big gusts and steep chop (especially at the gate) remained. 222 Ben Mueller/Freddie Lonsdale won their blue race by a very comfortable margin, but the front of the fleet was much closer in yellow, with 2982 Tom Storey/Ben Willett eventually coming out on top.

2234 Emily Mueller/Louis Johnson (emergency super-sub) won yellow's race four. Ben and Freddie won again in blue, making them overnight leaders, but all was to play for on Sunday, with just 5 points separating the top 9 boats. Well done to all the new sailors for coping with Saturday's gusty winds and thanks to the safety fleet for their help when boats needed it.

On Sunday, the fleet was split into Gold and Silver for a final series of four races. A shifty, gusty, northerly breeze of 10 knots, with different conditions throughout the course made for close and exciting racing, with lots of lead changes both within and between the races.

Emily and Louis made the most of their good start off the pin to win race 5 in gold, 2966 Leo Wilkinson/Sam Jones won race 6, and 2982 Tom and Ben took the bullet in race 7.

Allen 29er GP2 at Weymouth - photo © www.digitalsailing.co.uk

All was to play for in race 8, with the top 4 boats separated by just 2 points. Leo and Sam won the race, closely followed by 2905 Elodie Edwards/Ewan Wilson, meaning they finished the regatta on equal points, with Leo and Sam taking 1st overall after a very consistent series, and Elodie and Ewan 2nd and 1st mixed team after lots of 2nds throughout the event. Emily and Louis finished 3rd, Aled and Ben 4th and 2327 Charlie Gran/Emily Covell rounded off the top 5.

First girls were Sophie and Emma in 9th, followed by Monique and Jess in 11th and 2753 Sian Talbot/Maddie Bristow in 14th. Well done to the top 3 juniors: 2742 Ed Coady/Sebastian Shilling, 2545 Jamie Gatehouse/Oscar Morgan-Harris and one point behind them, 1356 James Clarke/Noah Fitzgerald.

In silver, standout performance of the day was 2139 Nick Evans/Sam Webb with 1,3,1,1 to win overall. 1490 Tasmyn/Tyler Green placed 2nd, and Ben Tuttle/Will Batch 3rd. After not sailing on day one, 401 Melissa Hempel/Rachael Jenkins won silver's second race and 2477 Raulf Berry/Caitlin Williams also had a strong day. Well done to 4th placed and 1st ladies team 2493 Ella Lightbody/Felicity Brellisford, who sailed extremely well in their second ever 29er event.

Many thanks to WPNSA for hosting us and keeping everything Covid-safe, PRO David Campbell-James and our class sponsor Allen.

Check out www.digitalsailing.co.uk for some great photos.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Fleet	Helm	Crew	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	F1	F2	F3	F4	Pts
Gold Fleet
1	2966	Yellow	LEO WILKINSON	SAM JONES	DATCHET WATER SC/MAIDENHEAD SC / HILL HE	3	4	3	3	2	1	‑5	1	17
2	2905	Blue	ELODIE EDWARDS	EWAN WILSON	CLWB HWYLIO PWLLHELI SC / WORMIT BOATING	2	3	4	2	‑6	2	2	2	17
3	2234	Yellow	EMILY MUELLER	Louis Johnson	HISC / ?	2	5	4	1	1	‑7	4	4	21
4	3066	Yellow	ALED LLEWELLYN‑JONES	BEN BRADLEY	SAUNDERSFOOT / HILL HEAD SC HISC	6	1	2	2	3	3	‑9	9	26
5	2327	Blue	CHARLIE GRAN	EMILY COVELL	HISC	3	5	2	3	9	‑13	6	3	31
6	222	Blue	BEN MUELLER	FREDDIE LONSDALE	HISC	5	2	1	1	7	12	‑18	12	40
7	2811	Blue	OLLIE EVANS	BEN HUTTON‑PENMAN	GUNARD SC / BURNHAM SC/CORINTHIAN OTTERS	1	1	10	4	‑25	6	7	11	40
8	2982	Yellow	TOM STOREY	BEN WILLETT	YORKSHIRE DALES SC / TATA SC	4	2	1	(UFD [37])	13	16	1	5	42
9	2340	Yellow	SOPHIE DENNIS	EMMA WELLS	HISC	5	14	12	9	‑21	5	10	6	61
10	834	Yellow	ETHAN GERRELL	TOM BARNES	HISC / RTYC	1	3	7	5	12	‑32	14	23	65
11	2849	Blue	MONIQUE VENIS‑OZANNE	JESS JOBSON	HHSC/HISC / ROYAL TORBAY YC	7	4	3	7	8	‑30	23	14	66
12	2806	Yellow	GEORGE VINCENT	THOMAS WILLETT	PARKSTONE YC / TATA SC	12	7	16	8	4	4	‑21	15	66
13	2903	Blue	FREDDIE WESTWELL	JESSE KIBBLE	HISC	6	16	7	10	22	9	3	‑26	73
14	2753	Blue	SIAN TALBOT	MADELEINE BRISTOW	LEIGH & LOWTON SC	‑19	12	5	6	15	11	8	16	73
15	2118	Yellow	OLIVER SMOULT	IMOGEN ASQUITH	LLANGORSE SC/TATA SC	8	6	8	19	‑31	20	12	7	80
16	2736	Blue	MAXI TUSTAIN	ALFIE COGGER	ISLAND BARN / WPNSA / CONISTON SC	9	7	15	12	5	17	16	‑32	81
17	2338	Yellow	SEAN WOODARD	TOBY BLOOMFIELD	DEBEN YC/WALDRINGFIELD SC / PAIGNTON SC	(DNC [37])	11	5	6	10	26	30	10	98
18	2924	Yellow	KARRIE CLARK	LIA FLETCHER	RHS / RHS/WSC	10	13	13	13	(DNF [41])	22	22	8	101
19	724	Blue	FREYA BLACK	ABI CAMPBELL	WPNSA / BCYC	12	6	9	16	‑32	15	20	27	105
20	2433	Yellow	JAMIE WILKINSON	WILL MORRIS	HISC / HISC/WARSASH SC	16	8	19	17	29	8	11	‑33	108
21	2224	Yellow	FINBARR WORMWELL	TOM PEACOCK	FRENSHAM POND SC/HISC / PARKSTONE YC	15	10	6	12	23	‑36	26	20	112
22	2337	Blue	JULIA BARNES	TIEGAN PEARCE	RTYC / TRESAITH MARINERS SC	11	(DNC [37])	18	18	27	10	15	19	118
23	2025	Blue	RALPH NEVILE	ANGUS KILPATRICK	FRENSHAM POND SC / HISC	(DNC [37])	9	16	11	28	14	19	25	122
24	2742	Blue	ED COADY	SEBASTIAN SHILLING	DERWENT RESERVOIR SC / DRSC	20	18	14	9	24	‑28	13	24	122
25	3007	Yellow	EMMA HUTCHINGS	AMELIE CURTIS	HISC/PAGHAM YC / HAYLING ISLAND/NETLEY S	19	16	25	11	11	19	‑27	21	122
26	2230	Blue	MAGGIE RICKMAN	THOMAS WHITE	HAYLING ISLAND SC/PAPERCOURT SC / PAPERC	18	22	11	8	18	35	‑37	18	130
27	1194	Yellow	SAM COX	WILL DE JAEGER	RESTRONGUET SC / CHEW VALLEY LAKE SC	13	20	15	15	17	25	25	‑37	130
28	2947	Blue	FREDDIE FISHER	CAM MITCHELL	HISC	4	8	8	17	34	23	‑39	38	132
29	2414	Yellow	IOLO DAVIES	IOAN DAVIES	PEMBROKESHIRE YC / CARDIFF BAY YC	9	9	11	4	36	‑38	33	31	133
30	2222	Yellow	ROBIN STEIN	SAM BRACKLEY	HISC FELPHAM SC	7	(DNC [37])	9	7	26	37	34	13	133
31	2173	Yellow	BLAKE TUDOR	BRETT TUDOR	BRIGHTLINGSEA SC	20	21	18	10	20	29	17	‑30	135
32	2545	Blue	JAMIE GATEHOUSE	OSCAR MORGAN‑HARRIS	BEWL VALLEY SC	10	14	13	19	‑35	34	29	17	136
33	1356	Yellow	JAMES CLARKE	NOAH FITZGERALD	GRAFHAM WATER SC	17	19	17	14	30	18	‑36	22	137
34	2225	Blue	OLIVIA BRACEY‑DAVIS	WILLIAM HELLEWELL	HISC / PAIGNTON SC	14	17	20	14	14	31	28	‑34	138
35	2292	Blue	ISSY LEETCH	SOLOMON WILBY	RUTLAND SC	15	20	12	13	16	‑39	31	36	143
36	2206	Blue	JAMES CROSSLEY	OLIVER HICKLING	DATCHET WATER SC/DOVEY YC / DATCHET WATE	16	11	17	20	‑33	21	32	28	145
37	2478	Yellow	ROB MAWDSLEY	OLLIE MEARS	HISC	(DNC [37])	17	21	16	19	27	24	29	153
38	2738	Blue	TED LANE	RUPERT CLAPHAM	CHEW VALLEY LAKE SC	8	DNC [37]	6	5	37	33	‑40	39	165
39	2336	Yellow	LUCA MITCHELL	ZAK MITCHELL	PAIGNTON SC	11	15	10	DNF [37]	‑38	24	35	35	167
40	2242	Blue	CAITLIN MORLEY	THEO AERS	BURNHAM SC / BLACKWATER SC	22	10	23	21	39	‑40	38	40	193
Silver Fleet
1	2139	Blue	NICK EVANS	SAM WEBB	BLACKWATER SC	‑26	15	25	15	1	3	1	1	61
2	1490	Blue	TASMYN GREEN	TYLER GREEN	PORT DINORWIG SC	17	21	19	‑23	4	8	2	6	77
3	1159	Yellow	BEN TUTTLE	WILL BALCH	HAYLING ISLAND SC / HISC	14	12	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	3	7	3	7	83
4	2493	Blue	ELLA LIGHTBODY	FELICITY BRELLISFORD	R LYM Y C / CORINTHIAN OTTERS/HISC	23	23	‑26	24	9	4	14	3	100
5	2046	Yellow	IWAN ROBERTS	GEORGE SELLWOOD	TRESAITH MARINERS SC	18	23	14	(UFD [37])	7	19	10	10	101
6	2514	Yellow	KILLIAN BOAG	JAKE STOKES	GURNARD SC / R LYM Y C	24	‑25	23	18	10	14	6	13	108
7	2345	Blue	GRUFF GREEN	CADAN PEARCE	TRESAITH MARINERS SC	13	19	24	‑26	5	15	13	21	110
8	403	Blue	OLLIE VINES	OLLIE BADDELEY	ROYAL LYMINGTON YC	21	13	22	22	8	12	18	‑24	116
9	1158	Yellow	BEN PURRIER	TOM CAMPBELL	PARKSTONE YC	21	22	‑24	20	14	10	16	14	117
10	2231	Blue	GABBY CLIFTON	THEO CLIFTON	DABCHICKS SC	(RET [37])	26	29	27	12	17	9	4	124
11	401	Yellow	MELISSA HEPPELL	RACHAEL JENKINS	WPNSA	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	6	1	5	2	125
12	2477	Yellow	RAULF BERRY	CAITLIN WILLIAMS	HAYLING ISLAND SC / HISC	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	2	2	7	5	127
13	1113	Yellow	TESS SADOWSKI	CASPAR BARTON		23	26	20	(DNC [37])	18	13	11	19	130
14	2216	Blue	CHARLIE HOPKINSON	BEN PALING	NOTTS COUNTY SC	24	25	28	(DNC [37])	20	6	21	12	136
15	2381	Blue	SAM BAKER	FELIX CUMMINGS	HAYLING ISLAND SC / HAYLING ISLAND SC/OX	28	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	11	9	12	9	143
16	1504	Blue	KATE ROBERTSON	MOLLY HINSLIFF‑SMITH	SWARKESTONE SC / NOTTS COUNTY SC	(DNF [37])	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	13	5	8	8	145
17	2213	Blue	FINIAN MORRIS	JOSH LYTTLE	HAYLING ISLAND SC / DATCHET WATER SC	‑25	24	21	25	17	18	24	23	152
18	2507	Blue	KATY JENKINS	AMELIE HISCOCKS	WPNSA	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	16	11	4	11	153
19	2494	Yellow	NATHANIEL GORDON	JOSEPH DORMER	HISC/QUEEN MARY SC	22	24	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	19	23	17	18	160
20	1220	Blue	TOM STRATTON‑BROWN	ELIZA SOUTH	NETLEY SC / EMSWORTH SC	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	27	28	23	16	19	15	165
21	725	Yellow	LIBBY THOMPSON	MADDIE BILBROUGH	HAYLING ISLAND SC	25	(RET [37])	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	21	21	22	20	183
22	313	Yellow	NUALA SELLWOOD	OSCAR PHYPERS	RESTRONGUET SC	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	15	20	25	17	188
23	933	Blue	MEGAN RHODES	ALFIE SHEAHAN	PAIGNTON SC / CHEW VALLEY LAKE SC	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	25	25	20	16	197
24	2229	Blue	AGNES BRACEY‑DAVIS	EWAN PLOWDEN‑WARDLAW	R LYM Y C	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNF [33]	22	15	22	203
25	2175	Yellow	TOM WILLIAMSON	CAMERON SWORD	QMSC/WEIR WOOD SC / QUEEN MARY SC	(DNC [37])	18	22	DNC [37]	DNC [33]	DNC [33]	DNC [33]	DNC [33]	209
26	2040	Yellow	Immi Reid	BEN RICHARDSON	CCSC	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	22	24	26	26	209
27	1702	Blue	SAFFRON TWIGG	ELLIOTT TWIGG		(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	30	29	DNC [33]	DNC [33]	23	25	210
28	2016	Yellow	ELLA HEBRON	MADDY UMNEY	PEVENSEY BAY SC / PEVENSEY BAY	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	24	26	27	27	215
29	480	Yellow	OLLIE WATTAM	SEB WATTAM	FELPHAM SC	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	26	27	28	28	220
30	2022	Blue	KATE NEWMAN	EDEN REYNELL	NETLEY SC	27	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNC [33]	DNC [33]	DNC [33]	DNC [33]	233
31	2040	Yellow	BEN ADLER	BEN RICHARDSON	CCSC	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNC [33]	DNC [33]	DNC [33]	DNC [33]	243
31	2933	Yellow	RUBEN FITZGERALD	BEN HOOK	CHEW VALLEY LAKE SC	(DNC [37])	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNC [37]	DNC [33]	DNC [33]	DNC [33]	DNC [33]	243