Etchells Cowes Fleet Red Funnel Regatta at the Royal London Yacht Club
by Harry Blythe 26 Jun 21:58 PDT
22-23 June 2024
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June saw 16 Etchells take to the Solent for the Red Funnel Regatta. The fifth event of the series hosted by the Royal London Yacht Club produced some extremely close racing throughout the fleet. It was great to see a mixture of seasoned Etchells sailors and youth boats all battling it out for the top places.
Saturday morning brought a 12 knot west north westerly providing excellent conditions for the three scheduled races. With Tango, Exabyte and Palaver each taking a race win on day one it was all to play for going into Sunday.
On Saturday night, the Royal London Yacht Club hosted a drinks reception and presentation of jackets to the Etchells Youth Academy teams followed by supper.
After a delayed start on Sunday morning the breeze filled in to provide champagne conditions for the remaining three scheduled races to be completed with Tango taking two wins on day two to secure the overall regatta win, congratulations to Chris Hampton, Quentin Bes-Green and Charlie Cumbley. Second and third overall were taken by Shaun Frohlich's Exabyte and the boys from Greig City Academy on Palaver respectively.
In the Corinthian division, Harry Cowell, Arthur Brown and Matt Barrett on Alison took the win followed by Rocketman and Mano. And finally in the Youth division, Ted Blowers, Ryan Orr, Kelly Hillier and Killian Boag on Audrey won followed by Alison and Astrid.
Thank you to Mike Randall and his race team for providing a fantastic weekend of racing, and we look forward to more tight racing in a fortnight's time at the Southern Area Regatta hosted by RTYC.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Yacht Name | Skipper/Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | AUS 1466 | Tango | Chris Hampton / Quentin Bes‑Green / Charlie Cumbley | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | GBR 1459 | Exabyte | Shaun Frohlich / Ed Wright / Duncan Truswell | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | GBR 1014 | Palaver | Corneille LePrince / Felipe Garcia / Matt Reid / Max Guiguet‑Belcher | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | GBR 1517 | Ada | Paul Blowers / Rhos Hawes / Harry Blowers | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | GBR 1351 | Audrey (Youth) | Ted Blowers / Ryan Orr / Kelly Hillier / Killian Boag | 10 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | GBR 1353 | The Plant Hunter | Malcom Offord / Laurence Mead | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | RET | 26 |
| 7 | GBR 957 | Alison (Corinthian) (Youth) | Harry Cowell / Arthur Brown / Matt Barrett | 6 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 35 |
| 8 | GBR 1407 | Astrid (Youth) | Tom Ballantine / Lucy Rutter / Katie Dabson / Maddy Anderson | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 13 | RET | 41 |
| 9 | GBR 1439 | Rocketman (Corinthian) | Rob Goddard / Arlo Braund / Jack Peycke | 12 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 43 |
| 10 | GBR 1194 | Mano (Corinthian) (Youth) | Harry Blythe / Robert Richardson / James Cunliffe / MJ Piper | 14 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 43 |
| 11 | GBR 1495 | Louise Racing (Corinthian) (Youth) | Phoebe Connellan / Oliver Aldridge / Carys Randeria / Tom Fenmore | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 49 |
| 12 | GBR 1148 | Ariel (Corinthian) (Youth) | Ben NICOLL / George Sellwood / Naomi Scott / Kate MacAdorey | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 50 |
| 13 | GBR 927 | Shamal (Corinthian) (Youth) | Owen Colbern / Charlie Cooper / Max Bradley / Becky Caiger | 5 | 11 | 7 | RET | DNC | DNC | 57 |
| 14 | GBR 782 | Pulse (Corinthian) (Youth) | Maisie Harkess / Lia Horne / Elise Fitzgerald / AJ Luxton | 11 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 59 |
| 15 | GBR 1046 | Scruffy (Corinthian) | David Tydeman / Sasha Tydeman / Remy Bennett / tba tba | RET | DNC | 15 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 62 |
| 16 | GBR 1271 | Ziggy (Corinthian) (Youth) | Oscar Cawthorne / Henry Heathcote / Hector Bennett / Rex Rogers | 13 | 15 | 9 | DNC | DNC | DNC | 71 |