Firefly National Championships 2024 at Restronguet Sailing Club

Firefly National Championships 2024 at Restronguet Sailing Club - Day 4

by Jono Pank 1 Aug 19:25 NZST 27 July - 2 August 2024

Wednesday's distance race (The Gore) was rescheduled to Thursday due to light winds forecast. The forecast wind was not due to materialise until 2ish so the fleet was under AP from 11 onwards. The fleet eventually launched at 2;30, having watched Alex Yee get his triathlon gold medal. The fleet sailed out into a direction southerly sea wind for racing in Carrick Roads.

The race officer put the fleet under immediate U flag in an attempt to start quickly.

It was pin bias coming off the line with the fleet tacking quite early, right hand side dominated on the first beat. The mark was offset to the right, relatively unshifty beat, port tack was the long tack. A left shift a few minutes in advantaged those who held on starboard off the line before heading up to the mark.

Firefly Nationals at Restronguet Day 4 - photo © Frances Davison

At the first mark, Ben Tylecote and Lucy Cox and then Jamie and Joe McEwen followed, Steve (snr) Tylecote Tash Hughes-Armstrong followed. Arthur Greaves and Will McEwen had also sailed themselves into contention.

The reaches were light and fairly arduous with a few people getting caught out low but mostly the fleet staying in order. Up the second beat the breeze remained very stable with most of the fleet holding long on port and then tacking up to the top of course.

Firefly Nationals at Restronguet Day 4 - photo © Frances Davison

The top 5 remained the same going into the final run.

Steve went low and managed to gain second place squeezing past the McEwens.

Ben Tylecote and Lucy Cox won their first nationals race by some distance. Followed by dad Steve and Tash. The McEwens filling the podium.

Arthur/William finished in a comfortable 4th followed by Rob and Mel Sherrington 5th, and Jono Pank and Helena Lucas MBE taking 6th.

Games Night during the Firefly Nationals at Restronguet - photo © Frances Davison

Well done to the race officer for getting a race completed against the odds. And then sending us ashore for paella at Flushing Sailing Club. Sailing resumes on Thursday for the 13 mile Sir Ralph Gore Cup and Marlow Ropes Trophy in Falmouth Bay.

Results after Day 4:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R6	Pts
1	F1954	Pogie	Jono Pank	Helena Lucas	Imperial Poona YC	(OCS)	3	1	4	6	14
2	F3037	Grasshopper	Steve Tylecote	Tasha Armstrong	Rutland SC	‑39	1	8	7	2	18
3	F2649	Mustard	Alex Davey	Stella Davey	Royal Harwich YC	2	5	6	5	‑13	18
4	F3007	Tip Top Too	Nigel Wakefield	Emily Saunderson	Netley Sailing Club	1	8	7	3	‑10	19
5	F3850	Fursty Ferret	Stuart Hudson	Lizzie Hudson	Royal Lymington YC	‑12	4	4	2	9	19
6	F2937	Smutty	Chris Kameen	Jenny Johnson	Imperial Poona Yacht Club	‑19	7	3	1	18	29
7	F3671	Purple Doris	Ben Tylecote	Lucy Cox	Rutland SC	15	11	‑21	6	1	33
8	F3871	Go Ballistic	Terry Hacker	Annabelle Hacker	Rutland SC	14	2	2	23	‑25	41
9	F3695	Officer Dibble	Angus Cook	Lucie Hopkins	Castaways	6	‑22	16	8	11	41
10	F3617	Iris	Rob Sherrington	Mel Sherrington	OCSS	10	19	9	‑20	5	43
11	F4220	Scruffy	Gordon Cogan Sivarajan	Lizzy Linsdell	OCSS	18	‑28	12	10	8	48
12	F3318	Lynestra	Guy Davison	Sally Wakefield	Llangorse and Netley S C	5	9	‑37	14	23	51
13	F3764	Tic Tac	Jamie Tylecote	Alice Lucy	Rutland SC	21	10	5	16	‑22	52
14	F999	Alarm	William Pank	Steve Carver	NBYC ‑ UEA sailing club	4	18	‑19	15	16	53
15	F3154	Gemini Too	Dom Johnson	Sophia Johnson	West Kirby Sailing Club	17	13	10	21	‑29	61
16	F2065	Bonkers	Jason Aldous	Josephine Mason	Papercourt sailing club	7	27	15	‑37	17	66
17	F1384	Pooh	Thomas Davey	Cameron Bowden	Royal Hospital School	9	14	‑47	26	21	70
18	F4444	Fournication	Alex Baxter	Ella Vincent	OCSS	‑43	17	11	17	27	72
19	F3615	Skirmish	Jamie McEwen	Ben McEwen	Royal Lymington YC	25	‑35	34	11	3	73
20	F3609	Shocker	Angus Armstrong	Poppy Armstrong	West Kirby Sailing Club	32	‑44	13	19	12	76
21	F3119	Horror	Roger Morris	Izzy Bretherton	Royal Lymington YC	(OCS)	12	17	24	24	77
22	F3414	Tigger	Toby Smith	Harriet George	Royal Hospital School	24	6	‑31	25	26	81
23	F3625	Squabbling Phoenix	Jenny Smallwood	Philip Aldhous	OCSS	8	26	28	‑33	19	81
24	F973	Spiderling	David Sincock	Betty Sincock	Restronguet SC	11	20	‑40	13	40	84
25	F2502	Cyclone	Sophia Hulbert	Alan Hulbert	Restronguet SC	22	23	22	18	‑44	85
26	F3023	Fourwood Thinking	Barney Smith	Alannah Hebbert	Hamble River Sailing Club	3	33	‑36	29	28	93
27	F1867	Cumulus	Steven Greaves	Jane Hudson	Royal Lymington YC	23	‑40	29	12	36	100
28	F2659	Kong	Ben Lumby	Liz Evans	Restronguet SC	44	32	20	‑45	7	103
29	F3874	Tarantella	William McEwen	Robbie Hudson	Royal Lymington YC	26	‑48	32	39	14	111
30	F2485	Fury	Luke Rowlands	Jude Beatty	Rutland SC	28	29	‑41	22	33	112
31	F2925	Dignity	Sebi Schmidt	Claudia Bazyk	Penzance Sailing Club	20	21	‑56	55	20	116
32	F3690	Mutsy	Rosie Davey	Jessica Green	Royal Harwich YC	13	24	‑51	47	41	125
33	F2012	KEM	Ben Pym	Sarah Hickman	RORC	34	‑51	18	36	37	125
34	F4125	Threshdar	Joe Scarborough	James Nicoll	West Oxfordshire SC	33	38	25	‑40	34	130
35	F888	Desparado	Dylan Beatty	Oliver McKee	Rutland Sailing Club	37	‑39	30	31	32	130
36	F2294	Nerapi	Thommie Grit	Hannah Crogan	NBYC ‑ UEA sailing club	30	49	39	‑52	15	133
37	F4000	Walrus	Will Mason	Amy Bowden	Burghfield SC	35	15	45	‑46	39	134
38	F3556	Hush	Ted Ashworth	Isla Armstrong	Netley SC	46	‑56	14	34	47	141
39	F3801	Frieda	Damian Boreham	Toby Sherrington	Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club	16	34	42	49	‑53	141
40	F3739	Willow	Lucy Boreham	Rachel Crebbin	Chichester Yacht club	‑56	36	43	28	35	142
41	F3095	Mensonge	Christian Guy	Iona Sherwood	Castaways	(DNS)	46	26	43	31	146
42	F3677	Wiki Wiki	Hugh Tomkins	Helen Jones	OCSS	38	30	27	‑58	51	146
43	F1979	The Winter of Discontent	Harry Rowlands	Harry Burge	Rutland SC	45	31	23	‑56	50	149
44	F3741	Ma Hon	Arthur Greaves	William McEwen	Royal Lymington YC	(DNS)	DNS	DNS	9	4	151
45	F3554	Striga	James Ball	Freya Halsall	West Oxfordshire Sailing Club	42	42	‑54	27	42	153
46	F4400	Swaggle	Erin Pank	Charlie Phillips	Castle Cove SC	52	16	33	54	‑57	155
47	F3288	Tinkerbell	Ellen Morley	Sam Dernie	CUCrC	27	‑50	50	30	48	155
48	F4234	Vader	Izzy Johnson	Anna Morris	West Kirby Sailing Club	41	41	38	‑51	43	163
49	F2587	Chi Chi	Richard Whitefoot	Elizabeth Whitefoot	Norfolk Broads YC	‑49	43	46	38	38	165
50	F339	Mazurka	Ellie Maynard	Charlie Whelan	Burghfield SC	54	52	24	41	‑60	171
51	F3713	Barry Girl	Edward Morris	Dominic Bowden	Spinnaker Sailing Club	31	47	48	‑61	49	175
52	F2525	Hookey	Gideon Sherwood	Ben Sherwood	Dell Quay Sailing Club	40	‑58	44	48	46	178
53	F3837	Calypso	Fiona Tylecote	Jane Hutchins	Rutland SC	51	37	49	42	(DNS)	179
54	F900	Kingfisher	Annabel Caldecott	Georgiana Caldecott	Rutland	47	(UFD)	52	50	45	194
55	F2900	Snark	Andrew Mckee	Abigail Mckee	Rutland SC	29	(DNS)	DNS	32	DNS	199
56	F3476	Atalanta	Maddie Greaves	Polly Mason	Royal Lymington YC	‑57	55	35	57	52	199
57	F3820	Silly Goose	Chloe Harding	Georgia Evans	NBYC ‑ UEA Sailing Club	48	45	53	‑64	56	202
58	F3133	Thermopylae	Amy Morris	Gilly Phillips	Royal Lymington YC	(DNS)	DNS	DNS	44	30	212
59	F3915	Bon Journo	Harris Goodman	Ben Tweedle	University of Warwick SC	36	53	61	65	(DNS)	215
60	F8	Fate	Guy English	Becca Scouse	Restronguet SC	53	54	59	53	(DNS)	219
61	F3957	Maccatoo	Andrew Robson	Naomi Richardson	West Oxfordshire SC	50	59	‑62	59	55	223
62	F3893	Rockin Robin	Anna Kennedy	James Kennedy	Keyhaven Yacht Club	55	57	57	‑62	61	230
63	F3550	Water Spider	Ewan McLellan	Jonquil Hackenberg	Imperial Poona YC	(DNS)	25	DNS	RET	DNS	232
64	F400	TBC	Matthew Mason	Dan Cowley	Hayling Island SC	58	60	55	‑63	59	232
65	F3916	Thatcher	Ffion Morgan	Alex Long‑Weather	University of Warwick SC	59	‑62	60	60	54	233
66	F4378	Pixie	Louise Woodley	Caitlin Kent	NBYC ‑ UEA sailing club	60	61	58	‑66	58	237
67	F3610	Serenity	Noa Moskovitch	Gabs Burlton	Royal Lymington YC	(DNS)	DNS	DNS	35	UFD	242
68	F2100	Old Pine	David Chisholm	Alex Barone	HISC	(DNS)	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	276