2015 WSSYSA Report

Felpham cadets are West Sussex County Champions again!

West Sussex Schools and Youth Sailing Association Annual Regatta

Report by Roger Belton on 5-6 September 2015

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Once again, for the seventh time in eight years, Felpham Sailing Club cadets are the top dinghy racing team in the County of West Sussex. Over 114 children in 89 dinghies raced in three fleets at the West Sussex Schools and Youth Sailing Association annual Regatta. Competition for places was tough, but the Felpham youngsters showed their dominance in all three fleets.

With points being scored for the top five placed sailors in the three fleets, Felpham SC were clear team winners with 46 points. Crawley Mariners YC were second with 197 and Arun Youth Aqua Centre a close third with 202 points. Teams from Arun YC, Dell Quay SC, Sussex YC and Pagham Lagoon Sailing also entered.

The rain stayed away and the winds were kind to the young sailors over the two day event. Sea sailing can be challenging for inland sailors but with the northerly winds promising a flat sea, shifting winds, and gentle neap tides, the inland teams were potentially favoured. However the home club sailors demonstrated their mastery. Around midday on Sunday a sea breeze kicked in turning the wind through 180 degrees and there were some waves and stronger wind for all to enjoy.

Tom Rusbridge (National Race Officer) set a variety of courses to test the sailors, and the youngsters demonstrated their knowledge of the flag signals and race instructions in sailing the right course each time. Dave Cockerill (Race Coach) gave instruction to all who wanted to listen prior to each day’s racing and then gave video debriefing after each session. In a special amendment to the Rules of Sailing, coaching was permitted during racing to those at the back of the fleet enabling them to keep closer to the hot shots!

Daniel Gibson
Daniel Gibson

In the Fast Handicap Fleet Daniel Gibson (Crawley Mariners – pictured left) showed excellent form scoring three wins in the six race series to hold top place on 8 points. Showing a high level of sailing skill, Daniel was racing an RS Aero 7 having only started sailing the dinghy less than two weeks before competing.

Mitchell Campbell
Mitchell Campbell

He was closely followed by Ed Gerwat (Felpham SC) who was showing consistent form in his dad’s Laser never scoring less than a third place to finish on 10 points. Mitchell Campbell (Felpham SC – pictured right) racing his Solution was third on 14.5 points. Phoebe Noble(Dell Quay SC) was awarded the best placed female sailor in her Laser Radial in fifth place.

Beth Wilkinson
Beth Wilkinson

Alex Mayger (Felpham SC) once again showed dominant form repeating his perfect score at Chichester Harbour Week by recording five bullets in his Laser 4.7 to take top place in the Slow Handicap Fleet. Felpham took five of the top six places with Beth Wilkinson (13pts – pictured left) and Sophie Bentley (14pts) showing consistent form behind Alex ahead of Tom and Amelia Simpson (RS Feva), Shaun Kerrigan from Arun YC in his Laser 4.7 and Sam Atherton with James Hurren in the Topaz Vibe.

The Topper fleet was very close at the top with the top two tied on 12 points; Frankie Jolly took first on count back from Alfie Lester. With just one point more, Liam Gray took third. All three sailors were from Felpham SC. Erin Aldis-Hobbs (Felpham SC) was awarded best placed female Topper sailor for her seventh place.

The organisation of the Regatta was a significant team effort with seven safety boats, many of which had been supplied by visiting clubs. A big kitchen team sold out on bacon butties and the huge parental beach team made swift work of recovery at the close of racing. Thank you to all who helped.

Fast Fleet Results

Pos Class Sail No Helm Crew Rating Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1st AERO 7 1529 Daniel Gibson 1065 Crawley Mariners 2 -3 1 1 1 3 8
2nd LASER 169157 Ed Gerwat 1091 Felpham Sailing Club -4 2 2 2 3 1 10
3rd SOLUTION 428 Mitchell Campbell 1090 Felpham Sailing Club 1 1 -7 6 2 4.5 14.5
4th LASER 163286 Turner James 1091 Arun Yacht Club 3 (OCS) 4 5 4 7 23
5th LASER RADIAL 189368 Phoebe Noble 1135 Dell Quay Sailing Club 7 4 9 -11 5 2 27
6th RS200 563 Max Clarke Jack Gibbs 1047 Arun Youth AC 10 9 5 3 -16 15 42
7th LASER 2000 21232 George Colcomb Angus Kirk 1100 Crawley Mariners -18 15 3 9 9 9 45
8th LASER RADIAL 143573 Scott Pearce 1135 Felpham Sailing Club 14 10 6 -16 7 8 45
9th LASER EPS 117 Liam Vass 1024 Felpham Sailing Club 5 8 16 8 (DNF) 13 50
10th FINN 88 Stephen Armstrong 1042 Crawley Mariners 11 6 10 -17 15 11 53
11th LASER RADIAL 86785 Jake Aldis-Hobbs 1135 Felpham Sailing Club 16 -21 8 20 10 6 60
12th LASER RADIAL 155969 George Mason 1135 Sussex YC 13 11 -14 12 14 10 60
13th LASER 188585 Henry Gosine 1091 Arun Yacht Club -19 12 15 13 12 12 64
14th LASER 157700 Tom Shorten 1091 Arun Youth AC 8 5 17 -18 17.5 18 65.5
15th LASER 180668 Abi Blondell 1091 Arun Youth AC 12 18 11 -19 13 14 68
16th LASER 140077 Josh Wilkinson 1091 Felpham Sailing Club (DNC) DNC DNC 4 6 4.5 68.5
17th LASER 183526 Charles Taylor 1091 Arun Yacht Club 17 13 12 14 -20 16 72
18th RS200 430 Tom Bettle James White 1047 Dell Quay Sailing Club 9 22 (DNF) 10 11 DNF 79
19th LASER 180332 Cameron Massey 1091 Pagham Lagoon 6 7 13 (DNC) DNC DNC 80
20th LASER RADIAL 195767 Georgia Miles 1135 Arun Yacht Club -20 17 19 15 17.5 17 85.5
21st LASER 166393 Owen Aldous? 1091 Felpham Sailing Club (DNC) DNC DNC 7 8 19 88
22nd LASER RADIAL 85185 Imogen Gregory 1135 Sussex YC 15 16 20 21 21 (DNC) 93
23rd LASER 0 Alex Edge 1091 Arun Youth AC -24 14 21 24 23 21 103
24th LASER RADIAL 175778 Jasper McGarry 1135 Dell Quay Sailing Club -23 23 23 23 19 20 108
25th RS200 218 Elle Hunter Sarah Elliott 1047 Arun Youth AC -22 20 22 22 22 22 108
26th LASER RADIAL 152663 Alex Reeves 1135 Arun Yacht Club 21 19 18 (DNC) DNC DNC 112

Slow Fleet Results

Pos Class Sail No Club Helm Crew PY R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1st LASER 4.7 184351 Felpham Sailing Club Alex Mayger 1195 1 1 1 -2 1 1 5
2nd LASER 4.7 177952 Felpham Sailing Club Beth Wilkinson 1195 -4 2 2 3 4 2 13
3rd LASER 4.7 167771 Felpham Sailing Club Sophie Bentley 1195 5 3 3 1 2 -6 14
4th RS FEVA XL 759 Felpham Sailing Club Tom Simpson Amelia Simpson 1233 3 6 -8 7 6 3 25
5th LASER 4.7 150783 Arun Yacht Club Shaun Kerrigan 1195 6 7 6 -11 3 4 26
6th TOPAZ VIBE 6329 Felpham Sailing Club Sam Atherton James Hurren 1185 2 8 7 6 -10 9 32
7th RS FEVA XL 5469 Crawley Mariners Leon Stein Ollie Townsend 1233 10 9 5 -18 7 5 36
8th RS FEVA XL 2271 Arun Youth AC Jamie Dadswell George Myers 1233 -16 13 4 5 8 12 42
9th LASER 4.7 37 Pagham Lagoon William Stephens 1195 8 -15 9 9 12 8 46
10th RS FEVA XL DQ7 Dell Quay Sailing Club Alice Atkins Maddy Thorne 1233 -15 5 11 4 13 15 48
11th Topper Topaz (no Spinaker) 7387 Felpham Sailing Club Molly Ayline Chloe Miller 1235 12 4 -18 8 17 14 55
12th LASER 4.7 2011 Arun Yacht Club Holly Walker 1195 9 12 (DSQ) 15 11 10 57
13th LASER 4.7 149416 Arun Yacht Club Jonathon Brown 1195 -18 11 12 12 16 7 58
14th RS FEVA XL 3352 Arun Yacht Club Josie Peck Binnie Burgess 1233 13 19 15 (DNS) 9 11 67
15th RS FEVA XL 2270 Arun Youth AC Francesca Blondell Lauren Hunter 1233 14 -20 20 10 14 18 76
16th TOPAZ UNO 2003 Dell Quay Sailing Club Gregory Kies Harry Pullenger 1243 20 14 14 16 -21 13 77
17th RS FEVA XL 996 Arun Yacht Club Alana Rowland Claudine Hodges 1233 17 22 10 (DNC) 15 19 83
18th RS FEVA XL 87 Dell Quay Sailing Club Lou Dicker Hazel Jones 1233 11 17 (RET) 17 5 DNF 84
19th LASER PICO 2001 Dell Quay Sailing Club Lizzie Kies 1330 -24 18 13 19 18 16 84
20th LASER PICO 6795 Felpham Sailing Club Bradley Corbould Matthew Corbould 1330 19 21 22 13 19 (DNC) 94
21st RS FEVA XL 195 Arun Yacht Club Carl Mielau Alife Peck 1233 22 -23 17 14 20 23 96
22nd LASER PICO 11 Dell Quay Sailing Club Josie Thorne 1330 21 16 19 (DNC) 23 20 99
23rd RS FEVA XL 2272 Arun Youth AC Megan Renson Olivia Stockton 1233 7 10 16 (DNC) DNC DNC 101
24th RS TERA PRO 434 Dell Quay Sailing Club Adam Hall 1351 23 -24 23 20 24 21 111
25th LASER PICO 3961 Dell Quay Sailing Club Ned Potter 1330 33 31 21 (DNC) 22 17 124
26th LASER PICO 58 Pagham Lagoon Jack Goodland 1330 25 29 25 (DNC) 27 22 128
27th LASER PICO 46 Pagham Lagoon Callum McKay Theo West 1330 27 28 27 (DNC) 25 25 132
28th LASER PICO 5F Felpham Sailing Club Lily Kracke Hayden Kracke 1330 31 25 (DNC) DNC 26 24 140
29th OPTIMIST 5201 Dell Quay Sailing Club Max Sydenham 1665 26 26 (RET) DNC 28 26 140
30th LASER PICO 72 Pagham Lagoon Cerys Dickinson Ben Cotton 1330 32 32 26 (DNC) 29 28 147
31st RS TERA SPORT 1221 Arun Yacht Club Adelicia Lavender 1457 30 27 (DNC) DNC 30 29 150
32nd LASER PICO 6F Felpham Sailing Club Toby Turner Jessica Turner 1330 29 30 24 (DNC) DNC DNC 151
33rd LASER PICO 1 Dell Quay Sailing Club Manon Francis Braconi Rose Potter 1233 28 (DNF) DNC DNC 31 27 154

Topper Fleet Results

Pos Sail No Club Helm R1 R2 R3 R5 R6 Pts
1st 40552 Felpham Sailing Club Frankie Jolly 8 -10 2 1 1 12
2nd 25726 Felpham Sailing Club Alfie Lester 1 3 5 -9 3 12
3rd 30576 Felpham Sailing Club Liam Gray 2 2 4 5 -6 13
4th 37461 Dell Quay Sailing Club William Lynas 7 -9 1 4 7 19
5th 28828 Felpham Sailing Club Samuel Brackley 4 1 (DNC) 2 14 21
6th 45155 Crawley Mariners Robin Stein 5 4 8 -10 8 25
7th 40384 Felpham Sailing Club Erin Aldis-Hobbs -13 13 3 7 4 27
8th 41544 Arun Youth AC Aerial Darling 3 5 9 -20 10 27
9th 981 Felpham Sailing Club Karl Pearce 16 -19 6 6 2 30
10th 41658 Arun Youth AC William Dadswell 6 8 -16 12 13 39
11th 8 Arun Youth AC Oliver Wattam 11 7 10 -14 12 40
12th 41294 Felpham Sailing Club Tom Twist 10 -17 13 3 15 41
13th 27130 Sussex Yacht Club Ella Moulding 9 11 12 -19 11 43
14th 42545 Felpham Sailing Club Lucy Gerwat 18 -20 11 11 5 45
15th 43851 Arun Youth AC Connor Gillam -21 6 14 13 20 53
16th X1 Dell Quay Sailing Club Fleur Moranne (DNC) DNC 7 8 9 60
17th 47209 Felpham Sailing Club Phoebe Wheeler 15 12 -18 16 18 61
18th 41313 Dell Quay Sailing Club Rachel Dicker 12 -24 17 17 17 63
19th 47786 Felpham Sailing Club Lily Wheeler 20 14 19 -25 22 75
20th SYC1 Sussex Yacht Club Felix Mason (DNC) 25 22 15 16 78
21st 47005 Arun Yacht Club Charlotte Walker 19 -23 15 21 23 78
22nd SYC3 Sussex Yacht Club James Arnott 17 18 20 -26 26 81
23rd SYC6 Sussex Yacht Club Katie Buckman -24 22 24 18 19 83
24th 5 Felpham Sailing Club Alice Serna 14 15 21 (DNC) DNC 86
25th 20139 Felpham Sailing Club Toby Pelling 23 16 -25 22 25 86
26th SYC2 Sussex Yacht Club Cameron Lee 22 21 23 -28 24 90
27th 47420 Crawley Mariners Maria Townsend 25 26 26 24 -27 101
28th 47004 Arun Yacht Club James Spratt 26 28 (DNF) 27 28 109
29th 19252 Dell Quay Sailing Club Charlotte Binning (DNC) DNC DNC 23 21 116
30th SYC4 Sussex Yacht Club Henry Hoare-Exley 27 27 (DNF) 29 DNC 119
31st Arun Yacht Club Isabelle Kerrigan (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC 144
31st Arun Yacht Club Harvey Steer (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC 144
31st 47580 Crawley Mariners Miles Vidler (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC 144
31st 12280 Felpham Sailing Club Jorja Riley (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC 144
31st Arun Yacht Club Mary Kerrigan (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC 144