Etchells Regatta at Island Sailing Club, Cowes
by Shamal 25 Jul 15:34 BST
20-21 July 2024
Etchells Regatta at Island SC, Cowes © Mark Wayte-Smith
The Saturday of the event provided a south westerly breeze ranging between approximately 220
to 250 degrees with a strength of 7 to 10 knots.
Tango scored two bullets closely followed by Ada, leaving them tied on points at the end of day
one. Further down the field results were varied substantially, leading to very close points gap for
most of the fleet going into day 2.
The breeze on Sunday started light at roughly 5 knots from the North West allowing one race to
be squeezed in before it dropped off further. After a long postponement the race committee was
quick to move the committee boat and relay the race course further North when the breeze
came in and swung left to become a South Westerly breeze, reaching 9 to 13 knots.
They got us under way quickly to get two short sharp races in. Palaver (Greig City Academy) had a
successful day achieving second place constantly in all three races, allowing them to secure
second place overall, beating Ada (Jeremy Thorpe) by just one point.
Man's Best Friend (Oliver
MacLean) finished in the number one youth and number one Corinthian spot after a solid
performance on Sunday as well, managing one bullet.
Tango (Chris Hampton) was the overall
winner, with a large points gap between them and second place.
Huge thanks to the Island Sailing Club race team headed by PRO Phil Hagan for a very well run
event despite some tricky wind conditions!
Overall Results:
| Pos | Boat | Sail No | Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | Tango | AUS 1466 | Chris Hampton / Sam Haines / Elliot Hanson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Palaver | GBR 1014 | Corneille LePrince / Felipe Garcia / Max Guiguet‑Belcher / Matt Reid | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | Ada | GBR 1517 | Jeremy Thorp / Harry Blowers / Quentin Bes‑Green | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | Exabyte | GBR 1459 | Shaun Frohlich / Duncan Truswell / Ed Wright | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Man’s Best Friend (Corinthian) (Youth) | GBR 1460 | Oliver Maclean / Ewan Wilson / Calum Bell / Olly Dowson McGill | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | Ice | GBR 1407 | Robby Boyd / Arthur Brown / James Crampton | 6 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Audrey | GBR 1351 | Jon Warwick / Ted Blowers / Killian Boag | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| 8 | Alison (Corinthian) (Youth) | GBR 957 | Harry Cowell / Matt Barrett / Matty Evans / Santi Sesto‑Cosby | 4 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
| 9 | Mano (Corinthian) (Youth) | GBR 1194 | Harry Blythe / Sam Barnes‑Thornton / Jake Hardman / Jake Bowhay | 11 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 37 |
| 10 | Rocketman (Corinthian) | GBR 1439 | Rob Goddard / Arlo Braund / Meven Flao | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 39 |
| 11 | Shamal (Corinthian) (Youth) | GBR 927 | Max Bradley / Tiger Tellwright / Charlie Cooper / Becky Caiger | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 51 |
| 12 | SUMO (Corinthian) (Youth) | GBR 1020 | Hamish Pimm / Camereon Yates / Hugo Peace | 14 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 52 |
| 13 | Pulse (Corinthian) (Youth) | GBR 782 | Maisie Harkess / Lia Horne / Alicia Biggs/Naomi / KT Byne | 13 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 53 |
| 14 | Ziggy (Corinthian) (Youth) | GBR 1271 | Henry Heathcote / Calum Cook / Charlotte Boyle / Rex Rogers | 12 | 11 | 14 | DNC | DNC | DNC | 67 |