Endeavour Trophy at Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Burnham
by Gael Pawson 13 Oct 2008 10:22 BST
11-12 October 2008
Fourth Endeavour title for Craig
Nick Craig and Toby Lewis have won the Dinghy champion of champions event, the Endeavour Trophy, in Burnham over the weekend.
With Topper boosting the event with their sponsorship of the boats, and last minute prize sponsorship fund from Musto, a total of 30 boats (the maximum entry) contested the title, which was held in light wind conditions. For Craig the win is his fourth Endeavour title, making him undoubtedly one of the country's top dinghy sailors.
Musto provided a prize fund of £1000 for the event, £500 for the John Merricks Sailing Trust and £500 to the winner.
Meanwhile, staunch supporters of the Endeavour for many years now, Topper provided the Xenon dinghies for all the competitors, which helped the event to achieve its maximum entry for the first time for many years - showing how well the event has recovered, recapturing its rightful status as THE trophy to win.
Watch out for a full report in the December issue of Yachts and Yachting Magazine, which also includes our famous dinghy racing classes review.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Class | Helm | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 11 | B14 | Nick Craig | Toby Lewis | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 22 | RS 200 | Roger Gilbert | Jane Willan | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 4 | National 12 | Graham Camm | Zoe Ballantyne | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 24 |
| 4 | 2 | Enterprise | Tim Sadler | Richard Sault | 7 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 29 |
| 5 | 17 | GP14 | Ian Dobson | Andy Tunnicliffe | 1 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 31 | 38 |
| 6 | 24 | 49er | John Pink | Rick Peacock | 3 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 31 | 39 |
| 7 | 20 | Europe | Chris Gill | Jon Gill | 2 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 41 |
| 8 | 27 | Fireball | David Wade | Ben McGrane | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 31 | 47 |
| 9 | 3 | Comet | Ian Coppenhall | Mark Coppenhall | 10 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 52 |
| 10 | 6 | Firefly | Paul Kameen | Steve Tylecote | 15 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 54 |
| 11 | 28 | Streaker | Steve Cockerill | Keri Harris | 12 | 17 | 8 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 60 |
| 12 | 29 | RS 600 | Christian Reynolds | Tim Miller | 9 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 60 |
| 13 | 25 | Cherub | Peter Barton | Olivier Vidal | 14 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 31 | 62 |
| 14 | 19 | Osprey | Martin Cooney | Jon Gorringe | 18 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 64 |
| 15 | 26 | RS 700 | Paul Bayliss | Jane Olive | 22 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 31 | 71 |
| 16 | 12 | Hornet | Mike Hart | Duncan West | 19 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 72 |
| 17 | 18 | Pico | Dan Henderson | Bruce Spratt | 8 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 78 |
| 18 | 7 | Laser 2000 | Rob Burridge | Amy Hulley | 17 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 31 | 79 |
| 19 | 13 | RS Feva | Tim Gratton | Chris Taylor | 6 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 31 | 80 |
| 20 | 23 | Vortex | Ian Escritt | Ben Rayner | 13 | 10 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 31 | 81 |
| 21 | 1 | Mirror | Emma Barry | Dave Gibbons | 20 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 31 | 90 |
| 22 | 14 | Musto Skiff | Richard Stenhouse | Kit Stenhouse | 21 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 31 | 92 |
| 23 | 5 | Supernova | Mike Gibson | Keith Bond | 24 | 13 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 31 | 104 |
| 24 | 21 | Laser 4.7 | Olly Porter | Ben Harden | 25 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 3 | 106 |
| 25 | 15 | Cadet | Arthur Henderson | Will Henderson | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 31 | 116 |
| 26 | 9 | OK | Terry Curtis | Chris Downham | 27 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 31 | 128 |
| 27 | 10 | ISO | Neil Ashby | Graham Oliver | 30 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 31 | 138 |
| 28 | 16 | Lightning | Jonathan Pakes | Richard Pakes | 26 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 27 | 31 | 138 |
| 29 | 8 | Lark | Christopher Fish | Beth Condie | 29 | 25 | 26 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 141 |
| 30 | 30 | Laser EPS | Matthew Jones | Andrew Jones | 28 | 30 | 31 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 144 |
