A blustery October weekend welcomed 25 Cadets from Frensham Pond and Rickmansworth to join the strong home fleet at Waldringfield Sailing club on the River Deben. The sailors had benefited from some excellent preparation before the event from the legendary Michael MacNamara but could they put it into practice?
Day one saw the regatta fleet race wins go to Jenna and Daisy and Emily and Clara with three races sailed across high tide. Whilst the main fleet winners of Sam and Isabelle, Hettie and Clementine and Alex and Jude ensured the standard Waldringfield sibling rivalry was off to a good start.
An increase in wind strength ensured that the sailors were in for an exciting second day of the event.
Whilst the safety boats kept an eye on the approaching front, the race officer managed to get in two more exciting races with Alex and Jude gaining their second win followed by Rhona and Sophie who with their consistent scores were hot on their transom for the event win.
Things were equally close in the regatta fleet with Jenna and Daisy and Emily and Clara both securing another race win.
It was all to play for in race 6. And then the squall hit. The safety boats were suddenly very busy as the 32 knots of wind was accompanied by a synchronized capsize mostly the regatta fleet. Meanwhile the main fleet battled round one lap before the course was shortened and finished. Well done to all the sailors and fleet winners.
Emily and Clara regatta fleet winners proved that mindset is everything and set out to win the regatta fleet at their first open event.
Regatta Fleet Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Pts
1st 903 Emily Krailing Clara Vellacott Waldringfield SC ‑5 1 1 2 1 5
2nd 8333 Jenna Berry Daisy Cox Frensham Pond SC 1 2 ‑9 1 2 6
3rd 8427 Charlotte Noren Topham Miles Hardy Frensham Pond SC 2 3 2 3 (OCS) 10
4th 9034 Tommy Lay Rosemary Fish Waldringfield SC 4 4 3 5 ‑6 16
5th 8403 Tom Stoddart Austin Berry Frensham Pond SC 3 ‑9 5 6 3 17
6th 9633 Nicole Richardson Elliot Mason Waldringfield SC ‑7 6 7 4 5 22
7th 7279 Anna Thomas James Walk Rickmansworth SC 8 5 4 (DNF) 7 24
8th 9400 George Letts Jasper Bush Waldringfield SC ‑9 8 6 8 4 26
9th 9020 Zoe Thomas Amelie Pedley Rickmansworth SC 6 7 ‑8 7 8 28
Main Fleet Results:
Pos Fleet Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1st Gold 10012 Alex Enkel Jude Baldock Waldringfield SC 3 3 1 1 ‑8 3 11
2nd Gold 9982 Rhona Enkel Sophie Ringland Waldringfield SC 2 2 4 5 1 ‑8 14
3rd Gold 9028 Sam Nee Isabelle Davies Frensham Pond SC 1 ‑6 5 3 6 1 16
4th Gold 10032 Hettie Thorogood Clementine Denny Pickess Waldringfield SC 6 1 7 (DNF) 2 6 22
5th Gold 9985 Gwen Thorogood Primrose Denny Pickess Waldringfield SC 4 5 (DSQ) 4 3.5 7 23.5
6th Gold 9289 Dylan McCardle Lewis Walker Waldringfield SC (RET) 7 3 6 9 2 27
7th Gold 10001 Kemmel Thorogood Georgina Loader Waldringfield SC 11 4 6 2 7 (UFD) 30
8th Silver 9631 Dominik McCardle Eliza Card Waldringfield SC ‑15 12 2 10 3.5 4 31.5
9th Silver 10055 Daniel Ringland Lucas Fish Waldringfield SC 5 10 10 8 ‑11 5 38
10th Gold 10003 Oscar Bush Harriet Walker Waldringfield SC 8 11 8 7 10 (UFD) 44
11th Gold 9984 Tom Krailing Ella Edwards Waldringfield SC 7 8 11 (NSC) 5 DNF 48
12th Silver 10094 George Cox‑Olliff Jemima Cox‑Olliff Waldringfield SC 9 13 9 9 12 (DNC) 52
13th Silver 10007 James Vellacott Oliver Walker Waldringfield SC 13 9 13 11 14 (DNF) 60
14th Silver 9042 Kali Karaskas Araminta Denny Pickess Waldringfield SC 10 14 (DNF) 12 13 DNF 66
15th Silver 9026 Imogen Bush Elsa Stock Waldringfield SC 14 (DNF) 12 13 15 DNF 71
16th Silver 10002 Ava Stoddart Penelope Davies Frensham Pond SC 12 15 14 (DNC) DNC
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