XOD Captain's Cup at Cowes Week 2024 - Day 5
by Rory Paton 31 Jul 22:24 BST
27 July - 2 August 2024
After a day off for no wind and a wonderful party sponsored by Hiscox and James Hallam insurers, quite a few of the fleet were grateful for a delay today. Mercifully the promised easterly kicked in just in time and we went racing from the RYS line at 16:30.
With a strong flood tide we were sensibly started under flag Z and there was a clear start. Early leaders from the start were Astralita, Mayfly and XRay and XL, oddly despite the tide, the right hand side of the course payed.
Al Ashford's Foxglove gained the lead at Royal London YC and managed to gybe towards the Island shore on the run to Prince Consort. Behind them mayhem ensued, but she was followed towards the Shrape by Roger Yeoman's Xcitatation and Rory and Amanda Paton and Tim Hire's Mayfly. The wind started to die, on the beat to Norris once again the southerly route paid and Mayfly overhauled Excitation. At a shortened course at Goodall Racing, Foxglove won convincingly from Mayfly and Xcitation.
Special mention today goes to the youth team on XL of Abby Hire, Kate and Tom Wharmby who on youth day finished 7th just ahead of the evergreen Barry Dunning in Crumpet with Carol Dunning and Mike Hobby.
After 4 races the overall standings have been shaken up somewhat with X166 Swallow Ben McGrane, Richie Faulkner and James Ross moving up to first overall following her 4th today. With two days left there is all to play for.
Results after Day 5:
| Pos | Boat Name | Skipper | Sat | Sun | Mon | Wed | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | SWALLOW | Richard Faulkner | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | FOXGLOVE | Al Ashford | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 3 | XCITATION | Roger Yeoman | 6 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | CLAIR DE LUNE | Max Crowe
Jeremy Baker & S McCarthy | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 5 | TORTOISE | Jonathan Clark | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | ASTRALITA | John Tremlett
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 31 |
| 7 | MAYFLY | Rory & Amanda Paton and Tim Hire | 12 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | ANN EX | Martin Sellars & Rupert Harding | 15 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 42 |
| 9 | X‑RAY | James Markby & David Bedford | 4 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 43 |
| 10 | GLEAM | James Meaning | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 46 |
| 11 | MADELEINE | Penelope Fulford | 13 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 56 |
| 12 | ONYX | Roger Heath & Roger Ewart Smith | 9 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 56 |
| 13 | FELIX | Peter Baines | 3 | 14 | 15 | 26 | 58 |
| 14 | LONE STAR | Ollie James
Phil Lawrence & Paul Woodman | RET | 12 | 10 | 4 | 62 |
| 15 | GONE AWAY | Steve Lawrence
Damian Ash & Finn McCormack | 7 | 8 | NOD | 12 | 63 |
| 16 | CRUMPET | Barry & Carol Dunning | 29 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 66 |
| 17 | XL | Abby Hire
| 22 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 69 |
| 18 | RELAXATION | Nick Andrews | RET | 10 | 14 | 11 | 71 |
| 19 | LARA | William McNeill | 16 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 76 |
| 20 | CONDOR | Philip Hutchinson | 14 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 77 |
| 21 | BEATRIX | John Claxon & David Russell‑Jones | 17 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 79 |
| 22 | XENON | Henry & Joanna Murray‑Smith | 24 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 80 |
| 23 | XOANA | Pete Robson | 25 | 17 | 29 | 15 | 86 |
| 24 | IBEX | Oli Broughton
Alan Perry & Steve Dover | 20 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 86 |
| 25 | LITTLE X | Gary & Claire Rossall | 18 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 90 |
| 26 | LA MOUETTE | Ken Williamson | 23 | 28 | 31 | 17 | 99 |
| 27 | MADCAP | Shaun Norris | 28 | 27 | 27.5 | 20 | 102.5 |
| 28 | MIX | Nick Dorley‑Brown
Mark Lacey & Tony Sceales | 21 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 107 |
| 29 | LUCREZIA | Thom Board | 30 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 109 |
| 30 | ATHENA | Andrew Cooper
John Boyce & Donna Cooper | RET | 22 | 17 | DNC | 111 |
| 31 | XACTLY | Esmond Jenkins | 27 | RET | 27.5 | 30 | 120.5 |
| 32 | FRIVOL | Robin Bromley‑Martin | 19 | 30 | RET | RET | 121 |
| 33 | BADGER | Ian Wilson | 26 | 32 | DNC | NOD | 130 |
| 34 | FIONA | Graham Knowles | RET | 33 | 30 | 31 | 130 |
| 35 | TYPHOON | Simon Olliff | RET | DNC | DNC | DNC | 144 |
