GBR 420s at the Palamos Christmas Race in Spain - Day 1
by John Meadowcroft 19 Dec 2021 14:08 PST
19-22 December 2021
GBR 420s at the Palamos Christmas Race day 1 © Jon Cawthorne
Last weekend the Datchet Flyer, and this weekend ten British 420s are now beating those winter and end of term blues and competing in the Palamos Christmas Race on the Costa Brava.
A couple of days pre-event training in light winds expertly led by Tim Rush has provided excellent preparation for the team and day 1 kicked off with some excellent results for our sailors.
It is a big regatta with 120 Lasers, twenty 470s as well as the 420 fleet.
Conditions were tricky, just what those who regularly sail in the Mediterranean like and those that the Brits often find difficult.
In the 420s Alice Davis and Oliver Rayner lead the 95 boat fleet overnight. Racing continues until Wednesday.
Results are on the event website: www.christmasrace.org/en/default/races/race-resultsall
GBR Results after day 1:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crew |
|---|
| 1 | GBR 56108 | Alice DAVIS | Oliver RAYNER |
| 7 | GBR 55244 | Henry HEATHCOTE | Hector BENNETT |
| 18 | GBR 54849 | George CREASY | David BROMILOW |
| 19 | GBR 2 | Patrick BROMILOW | Olivia CREASY |
| 22 | GBR 54852 | Megan FARRER | Ellie RUSH |
| 24 | GBR 57214 | Harry GEORGE | Ralph CAWTHORNE |
| 33 | GBR 57004 | Oliver MEADOWCROFT | Oscar CAWTHORNE |
| 50 | GBR 55942 | Mathias POTTER | Ellie THOMAS |
| 70 | GBR 51369 | Joseph WARWICKER | Matthew RAYNER |
| 78 | GBR 4853 | Sabine POTTER | Merle NIEUWLAND |