First of the season

The RS Feva fleet took to the water for a combined training anf Fat Face Circuit event.

A great combined weekend of training on the Saturday and the season’s first Fat Face Racing Circuit Event for the RS Feva fleet on Sunday was hosted by Papercourt.

The day dawned looking grey and wet but in fact the sun even appeared in the morning before rain descended during packing up late afternoon. The wind was an eventful force three with gusts of four and variable direction. The consequence was that, particularly in the early part of the day, there were some capsizes.

Following the intense winter training, four races were held for the 30 boat fleet. The stars on the day were also last year’s Fat Face Racing Circuit winners, Nathan and Anna Ackroyd from Norfolk Broads. They starred despite the pressure of still being able to be beaten by the local heroes Aaron Smith and Jeremy Williamson going into the final race. In fact in that last race The Ackroyds got a clear start and stretched away to a huge lead whilst Smith had to recover from fourth place at the first mark to make it back to second by the finish.

Next Open meetings are Whitstable on 5 & 6 May, with the back to back meetings at Emsworth and Chichester on 13 & 14 May respectively. The next training event is at Whitstable on 8 & 9 April with details on the website. Book now to avoid disappointment.

Results:

Pos	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	Tot
1	Nathan Ackroyd	Anna Ackroyd	2	1	1	1	3
2	Aaron Smith	Jeremy Williamson	1	2	3	2	5
3	Beckie Diamond	Fiona Hampshire	3	4	4	3	10
4	Alex Poyner	Holly Tucker	5	3	5	11	13
5	Rupert Jones Warner	Hugo Jones Warner	4	5	7	4	13
6	Ed Lowes	Will Lowes	6	8	2	6	14
7	Jonathan Holmes	Hamish Ellis	8	6	17	5	19
8	Laura Saunders	Matthew Purdon	10	11	12	7	28
9	Ross Williams	James Patience	21	9	10	9	28
10	Kirsty Hill	Hugh Gower	7	16	6	18	29
11	James Lovejoy	Lucy Preston	14	10	9	10	29
12	Michael Ellis	Lizzie Ellis	11	20	8	13	32
13	Jeremy Steele	Rodney Steele	15	7	16	12	34
14	Holly Watson	Brittany Mackinlay	9	13	25	15	37
15	James Bolingbroke	Matt Heathcoate	17	17	13	8	38
16	George Beck	Alex Groves	13	14	19	17	44
17	Freya Yullard	Jazzy Tucker	26	15	14	16	45
18	Natalya Eyre	Francesca Eyre	16	12	18	19	46
19	Lara-Jane Conway-Yates	Claire Trant	21	23	11	14	46
20	Matthew Devanso	Matt Barker	12	24	15	20	47
21	Hannah Maunder	Juliet Price	22	18	24	21	61
22	Liz Foreman	Amy Foreman	20	19	23	25	62
23	Julia Beck	Martha Paton	32	21	20	22	63
24	Caroline Culwick	Richard Culwick	23	22	28	23	68
25	Catherine Whitehill	Ben Truscott	24	32	22	27	73
26	Callum Rocks	Kieran Rocks	25	32	27	24	76
27	Lydia Mapstone	Camilla Mapstone	32	25	21	32	78
28	Nicolay Nilsson	Nicholas Woods	18	32	29	32	79
29	Tim Culwick	Lizzy Culwick	32	32	26	26	84