Rooster Southern Topper Traveller Series Event 2 at Portchester Sailing Club
by Roger Cerrato 18 May 22:50 PDT
12 May 2024
Sunshine ☑
Friendly club ☑
Leisurely start time ☑
Good entry numbers ☑
Post sailing food ☑
For Event 2 of the Rooster Southern Topper Traveller Series we headed over to Portchester SC on Sunday May 12th. Portchester is blessed with a fantastic sailing area, but only once the tide is in, hence a leisurely start to the day was in order with High Water not until 1530pm.
At the briefing our Race Officer for the day, Nick Martin, warned the 28 entries to launch on time as he "wouldn't wait for late comers" and this set the tone for the day with everything running on time thanks to Nick, Steve and the rest of Team Portchester.
4 races where held in light winds with the occasional large hole thrown in for good measure. Spotting the pressure was key with opportunities for big gains for anyone who did this well.
In the 4.2 fleet Henry revelled in the conditions securing the event win with three straight bullets in R1, R2 and R3. R4 was won by Phileas (Hamble River SC) who scored second overall. Hendricks (Warsash SC) counted 3 x 3rd places to secure third overall.
In the 5.3s Thomas (Grafham Water SC) and Samuel Wade (Stokes Bay SC) both won two races each with Thomas's second in R2 securing his event win, impressively discarding a third in R3. Ava sailed consistently well all day and her 3 x 2nd places were enough to secure second overall in front on Samuel in third.
The sailors were treated to a picnic tea at the prize-giving on the lawn and all participants at their first Southern Traveller event of the year were awarded a Rooster neck gaiter from Southern Area Rep Roger Cerrato.
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Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
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| 4.2 Fleet |
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| 1st | 49272 | Henry Cruise | | 1 | 1 | 1 | ‑4 | 3 |
| 2nd | 48176 | Phileas Rousselle | Hamble River SC | ‑5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3rd | 48664 | Hendricks Long | Warsash SC | 3 | 3 | ‑6 | 3 | 9 |
| 4th | 46720 | Olaf Storton | Bosham SC | 2 | ‑8 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 5th | 49081 | Mattie Svensden | Goring Thames SC | 4 | ‑9 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6th | 48133 | Reuben Wealthy | Stokes bay | 8 | 5 | ‑10 | 2 | 15 |
| 7th | 47860 | Findlay Rhodes | Warsash SC | 7 | 4 | 7 | ‑10 | 18 |
| 8th | 26935 | Martha Hart | Hamble River SC | 6 | 6 | ‑11 | 9 | 21 |
| 9th | 47641 | Ewan Parish | Stokes Bay SC | ‑10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 10th | 47662 | Emily Doughty | Spinnaker SC | 9 | ‑10 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 11th | 44425 | Alixe‑Constance Rousselle | Hamble River SC | ‑11 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 12th | 35327 | Charlie Turner | | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 39 |
| 5.3 Fleet |
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| 1st | 46007 | Thomas Matthews | Gratham Water SC | 1 | 2 | ‑3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2nd | 46447 | Ava Francis | | 2 | ‑5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3rd | 47355 | Samuel Wade | Stokes Bay SC | 7 | 1 | 1 | ‑10 | 9 |
| 4th | 48683 | William Sadler | Reading SC | 4 | 4 | ‑8 | 5 | 13 |
| 5th | 45155 | Meg Webb | Warsash SC | 6 | 3 | 7 | ‑8 | 16 |
| 6th | 48315 | Eve Wealthy | Stokes Bay SC | 3 | 7 | 6 | ‑11 | 16 |
| 7th | 49199 | James Broad | Hill Head SC | 11 | ‑12 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 8th | 47833 | William Le Grice | Warsash SC | 8 | 6 | 5 | ‑9 | 19 |
| 9th | 48185 | Charlie Shires | Stokes Bay SC | 5 | 10 | ‑12 | 6 | 21 |
| 10th | 46452 | Lewis Miller | Spinnaker SC | ‑10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 11th | 46939 | Sophie Le Grice | Warsash SC | 9 | 8 | ‑11 | 7 | 24 |
| 12th | 48744 | Thomas Robinson | Stokes Bay SC | 12 | 13 | 9 | ‑14 | 34 |
| 13th | 48878 | Megan Cerrato | Warsash SC | ‑15 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 37 |
| 14th | 49200 | Henry Noel | Warsash SC | 13 | ‑14 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
| 15th | 41604 | Ewan Lampard | Hill Head SC | 14 | ‑15 | 15 | 15 | 44 |
| 16th | 46983 | Barnaby Everett | Itchenor SC | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | DNC | 51 |
Next up we're at Stokes Bay SC for the weekend of June 15th & 16th.