XOD Captain's Cup at Cowes Week 2024 - Overall
by Rory Paton 3 Aug 08:24 NZST
27 July - 2 August 2024
Going in to the final day of the Captain's Cup it was all to play for with the top 3 boats separated only by 3 points.
With a strong ebb tide, fresh SW breeze and a big course it was almost inevitable that we would have a general recall and so it proved. Once away there were still a couple of OCS boats but early leaders were X Ray, Astralita, Swallow and Mayfly.
On the 4 nautical mile beat to MDL Marina Astralita gradually established a lead and managed to pull away from the fleet.
The long run against the tide was fairly fraught as the fleet edged around the Island shore. Gradually Swallow made her way up the fleet to hold second ahead of X-Ray and Xcitation.
Overall it was close but Astralita won another Cowes Week including four wins from a very consistent Swallow and Xcitation. Cowes Week have really worked hard to make this a world class regatta for us, the competition has been as ferocious as ever but also a lot of fun. Special mention today goes to Graham Knowles who has competed in every Cowes Week in X74 Fiona since 1968.
Overall Results:
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| Pos | Boat Name | Skipper | Sat | Sun | Mon | Wed | Thu | Fri | Pts |
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| 1 | ASTRALITA | John Tremlett / Tim Copsey / Fraser Graham | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | SWALLOW | Richard Faulkner | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | XCITATION | Roger Yeoman | 6 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | FOXGLOVE | Al Ashford | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | TORTOISE | Jonathan Clark | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 36 |
| 6 | MAYFLY | Rory & Amanda Paton and Tim Hire | 12 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | CLAIR DE LUNE | Max Crowe / Jeremy Baker & S McCarthy | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 38 |
| 8 | LONE STAR | Ollie James / Phil Lawrence & Paul Woodman | 36 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 41 |
| 9 | GONE AWAY | Steve Lawrence / Damian Ash & Finn McCormack | 7 | 8 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 42 |
| 10 | X‑RAY | James Markby & David Bedford | 4 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 46 |
| 11 | ANN EX | Martin Sellars & Rupert Harding | 15 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 23.5 | 50 |
| 12 | MADELEINE | Penelope Fulford | 13 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 20 | 51 |
| 13 | FELIX | Peter Baines | 3 | 14 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 53 |
| 14 | GLEAM | James Meaning | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 53 |
| 15 | ONYX | Roger Heath & Roger Ewart Smith | 9 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 57 |
| 16 | RELAXATION | Nick Andrews | 36 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 68 |
| 17 | CRUMPET | Barry & Carol Dunning | 29 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 75 |
| 18 | XL | Abby Hire / Alex Paton / Kate Wharmby & Tom Wharmby | 22 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 85 |
| 19 | BEATRIX | John Claxon & David Russell‑Jones | 17 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 88 |
| 20 | LARA | William McNeill | 16 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 89 |
| 21 | CONDOR | Philip Hutchinson | 14 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 91 |
| 22 | XOANA | Pete Robson | 25 | 17 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 92 |
| 23 | LITTLE X | Gary & Claire Rossall | 18 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 100 |
| 24 | XENON | Henry & Joanna Murray‑Smith | 24 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 28 | 27 | 107 |
| 25 | IBEX | Oli Broughton / Alan Perry & Steve Dover | 20 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 27 | 26 | 112 |
| 26 | ATHENA | Andrew Cooper / John Boyce & Donna Cooper | 36 | 22 | 17 | 36 | 3 | 36 | 114 |
| 27 | LA MOUETTE | Ken Williamson | 23 | 28 | 31 | 17 | 30 | 25 | 123 |
| 28 | XACTLY | Esmond Jenkins | 27 | 36 | 27.5 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 124.5 |
| 29 | MADCAP | Shaun Norris | 28 | 27 | 27.5 | 20 | 26 | 36 | 128.5 |
| 30 | LUCREZIA | Thom Board | 30 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 36 | 138 |
| 31 | MIX | Nick Dorley‑Brown / Mark Lacey & Tony Sceales | 21 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 139 |
| 32 | FRIVOL | Robin Bromley‑Martin | 19 | 30 | 36 | 36 | 31 | 23.5 | 139.5 |
| 33 | FIONA | Graham Knowles | 36 | 33 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 36 | 163 |
| 34 | BADGER | Ian Wilson | 26 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 166 |
| 35 | TYPHOON | Simon Olliff | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 180 |
