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The RS Feva associations e-Newsletter

July/August 2006 edition

RS Feva Breaking News...

  • The RS Ball 2006 dates are now set!

  • The 2006 RS Feva National Championships had 160 competitors in 80 boats!!

  • Less than 1 month to the RS Feva World Championships in Garda!

  • Next Fat Face event is Warsash on the 2nd & 3rd September!

Welcome
Welcome to the first addition of RS Feva Sailing Today, the new planned regular e-newsletter from the RS association. We plan to bring you the latest news, views and technical articles and anything else that maybe of interest to the RS Feva sailor!

To make this happen though we need your help with providing the material. So don't delay - Get writing and email me with your RS Feva articles and don't forget those pictures!

In this issue we have:

GUL RS Racing Sprint Champs and RS Ball
Report from Papercourt
Down at Chichester
Royal Burnham
RS Fat Face circuit 2006
2006 Feva Nationals report
An article on General Sail care from Hyde Sails

Good luck at your World Championships in Garda!!

Enjoy the read!

Duncan Ellis
duncan.ellis@progressivetechnology.co.uk


 

For 2006 ....   A brand new event for the RS fleets!   And a date for the 2006 RS Ball for those of you worrying that you'd heard nothing to date.

Saturday November 4th - Rutland Sailing Club & Barnsdale Lodge Hotel

The Sprint Champs will be a series of short (15-20 minute) races in flights of 10 boats in separate fleets, with a complicated scoring system, finishing off with flight finals.   Something very different, excellent racing and spectating, and great prizes, courtesy of GUL.

The RS Racing  Ball will be held 3 miles from Rutland SC at the Barnsdale Lodge, a beautiful 18th century privately owned hotel.    There will be the normal revelry of band, disco, 4 course dinner, bar extension, and maybe even a few fireworks ...   Dress will be black tie.

The Sprint Champs will cost approximately £10/boat in advance, and will double for entries received after 14th October.   The RS Ball is £25 per person, tickets must be booked by 14th October via the RS Office at East Hayes, Grove Road, Lymington, SO41 3RN.  

There is lovely, plush accommodation at the Barnsdale Lodge from £40/person., and dormitories at Rutland SC from £12/person, and lots in between.  See the RS website under events for more details.  

Put it in your diary now!   And don't forget to book in ...

  
 

Papercourt SC - 26th March
A great combined weekend of training on the Saturday and the season’s first Fat Face Racing Circuit Event on the Sunday was hosted by Papercourt. Despite it being Mothering Sunday the club managed an impressive array of volunteers to get the show on the road with superb organisation and catering. Four races were held with extremely close racing for the 30 boat fleet following the intense winter training. The stars on the day were also last years 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 4th place at the first mark to make it back to 2nd by the finish. Beckie Diamond and Fiona Hampshire also from the home club sailed a fantastic series to claim 3rd overall and first all girl team. The battle for 4th wasn’t settled until after countback with Alex Poyner and Holly Tucker (also 2nd all girl team) beating the Jones-Warner brothers of Rupert and Hugo by counting a 3rd place to the J-W’s best 4th place. The Asbo boys (as the J-W’s are known to some of the fleets less reputable elements) performed the sailing feat of the weekend by still coming 5th in race 2 despite having to sail half the race less jib when the halyard snapped. 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 3 with gusts of 4 and variable direction. The consequence was that, particularly in the early part of the day, there was many a capsize. But those who were frisky enough to try their hand at breaststroke invariably showed great staying power and continued to the end. Whilst at the Nationals there will be a lot of adults sailing the reputation of the elders (and betters) was nobly upheld here by Rodney Steele who was crewed by his son Jeremy. He’ll be looking for a top 10 finish next so the younger generation had better be warned! There were notable feats throughout the fleet with perhaps a synchronised back flip being performed by both helm and crew of one boat with a stylish feet first water entry after a full somersault in midst capsize perhaps taking the biscuit. The importance of listening properly to briefings and reading the SI’s was also demonstrated by the boat that honourably did a 720 after a small misdemeanour only to find out afterwards that for the Fevas this year (NOT at the Nationals or Worlds) the penalty for an infringement has been amended to being a 360! This is an interesting class initiative to try to increase rule observance amongst those who have had the shortest exposure to the rules. Judging by the large number of 360’s performed it seems to be working but its early days yet. 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.

Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
1 834 Nathan Ackroyd Anna Ackroyd Norfolk Broads 2 1 1 1 3
2 20 Aaron Smith Jeremy Williamson PSC 1 2 3 2 5
3 22 Beckie Diamond Fiona Hampshire PSC 3 4 4 3 10
4 1103 Alex Poyner Holly Tucker   5 3 5 11 13
5 936 Rupert Jones Warner Hugo Jones Warner Chichester 4 5 7 4 13
6 1226 Ed Lowes Will Lowes   6 8 2 6 14
7 1001 Jonathan Holmes Hamish Ellis   8 6 17 5 19
8 845 Laura Saunders Matthew Purdon   10 11 12 7 28
9 223 Ross Williams James Patience   21 9 10 9 28
10 129 Kirsty Hill Hugh Gower   7 16 6 18 29
11 251 James Lovejoy Lucy Preston PSC 14 10 9 10 29
12 151 Michael Ellis Lizzie Ellis   11 20 8 13 32
13 931 Jeremy Steele Rodney Steele Broadwater 15 7 16 12 34
14 1028 Holly Watson Brittany Mackinlay HISC 9 13 25 15 37
15 839 James Bolingbroke Matt Heathcoate Dabchicks 17 17 13 8 38
16 247 George Beck Alex Groves PSC 13 14 19 17 44
17 194 Freya Yullard Jazzy Tucker   26 15 14 16 45
18 848 Natalya Eyre Francesca Eyre Thorp Bay 16 12 18 19 46
18 80 Lara-Jane Conway-Yates Claire Trant   21 23 11 14 46
20 1076 Matthew Devanso Matt Barker Highcliffe 12 24 15 20 47
21 439 Hannah Maunder Juliet Price HISC 22 18 24 21 61
22 444 Liz Foreman Amy Foreman Queen Mary 20 19 23 25 62
23 21 Julia Beck Martha Paton   32 21 20 22 63
24 25 Caroline Culwick Richard Culwick PSC 23 22 28 23 68
25 23 Catherine Whitehill Ben Truscott PSC 24 32 22 27 73
26 870 Callum Rocks Kieran Rocks Hamble River 25 32 27 24 76
27 1429 Lydia Mapstone Camilla Mapstone Chichester 32 25 21 32 78
28 1286 Nicolay Nilsson Nicholas Woods PSC/Weston 18 32 29 32 79
29 24 Tim Culwick Lizzy Culwick PSC 32 32 26 26 84
Chichester YC - 14th May
On Sunday, May 14th, twenty-eight Fevas came to Chichester Yacht Club for their Open meeting. Sixteen clubs were represented, including the Norfolk Broads Yacht Club on Wroxham Broad. They were set a straightforward windward/leeward course, and in the prevailing easterly the need to read the shifts both upwind and down proved a good test of the youngsters’ sailing, (watched avidly from the shore by their parents) but the Norfolk brother and sister pair were masters of this, and scored two wins to take the overall prize.

At the prize-giving, Race Officer Peter Robson, gave a summing-up of the racing, and congratulated the mostly teen-age sailors on their performance. There were special prizes for particular categories of sailor, and the event was sponsored by Fat Face.

The newly-completed Club Room, with its essential Tea Bar, as well as the new Changing Rooms and Showers, was a scene of frantic but well-ordered activity as the sailors surged in to be refreshed in the short interval between the second and third races. Feva Fleet Captain Jane Jones-Warner, assembled a splendid team of helpers on shore and afloat, to make the first Open event for which she has been responsible a great success.

 

Sailed:3, Discards:1, To count:2, Ratings:None, Entries:28, Scoring system:Default scoring system

Rank SailNo Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 Total Nett
1st 834 Nathan Ackroyd Anna Ackroyd Norfolk Broads YC (3.0) 1.0 1.0 5.0 2.0
2nd 1582 Alex Poyner Holly Tucker Emsworth SC 2.0 (3.0) 3.0 8.0 5.0
3rd 1226 Ed Lowes Will Lowes Whitstable YC 4.0 2.0 (14.0) 20.0 6.0
4th 375 Simon Kitchen Abbie Page CYC (10.0) 5.0 2.0 17.0 7.0
5th 1429 Lydia Mapstone Camilla Mapstone CYC (7.0) 4.0 5.0 16.0 9.0
6th 1333 Toby Holloway Oliver Stevens Burghfield SC 1.0 10.0 (18.0) 29.0 11.0
7th 1290 Austen Scully Bethany Robson WSC/CYC (6.0) 6.0 6.0 18.0 12.0
8th 1001 Jon Holmes Hamish Ellis ESSC (13.0) 9.0 4.0 26.0 13.0
9th 151 Michael Ellis Elizabeth Ellis Hillhead SC 5.0 (13.0) 9.0 27.0 14.0
10th 936 Rupert Jones-Warner Hugo Jones-Warner CYC (9.0) 7.0 7.0 23.0 14.0
11th 937 Nick Robson Alex Parfitt CYC (14.0) 8.0 8.0 30.0 16.0
12th 1131 James Aylward Otto Collier Hayling Island SC 8.0 (12.0) 11.0 31.0 19.0
13th 469 Alex Orton Steph Orton CYC 11.0 11.0 (17.0) 39.0 22.0
14th 931 Rodney Steel Jermey Steel Broadwater SC 15.0 (28.0 DNF) 10.0 53.0 25.0
15th 845 Laura Sanders Matt Purdon Thorpe Bay (17.0) 15.0 13.0 45.0 28.0
16th 247 Clare Michelmore Lucy Preston Papercourt 19.0 (24.0) 12.0 55.0 31.0
17th 1434 Hannah Maunder Juliet Price Hayling Island SC (22.0) 14.0 19.0 55.0 33.0
18th 444 Liz Foreman Amy Foreman Queen Mary (23.0) 18.0 15.0 56.0 33.0
19th 848 Natalya Eyre Francesca Eyre Thorpe Bay 16.0 17.0 (20.0) 53.0 33.0
20th 1185 Lucy Goff Daniel Pitt DQSC 18.0 16.0 (21.5) 55.5 34.0
21st No Number Mattie Ponsford Ben Hoddy CYC 20.0 (21.0) 16.0 57.0 36.0
22nd 1301 Guy Hickman Billy Hickman Pagham YC 12.0 28.0 OCS (DNC) 69.0 40.0
23rd 380 Dan Fenn Syd McLean NSSC (29.0 DNF) 22.0 21.5 72.5 43.5
24th 870 Callum Rocks Kieran Rocks Hamble River SC (29.0 DNF) 19.0 25.0 73.0 44.0
25th 812 Georgina Page Harry Renton-Rose CYC 21.0 (23.0) 23.0 67.0 44.0
26th 774 Sam Denyer Stuart Denyer DQSC 25.0 20.0 (DNC) 74.0 45.0
27th 1113 Will Jones-Warner Calum Murray CYC 26.0 (28.0 DNF) 24.0 78.0 50.0
28th 212 Simon Boakes Bertie Boakes CYC 24.0 (DNC) DNC 82.0 53.0
 

Royal Burnham YC - 17th June
The Royal Burnham Yacht Club hosted the RS Feva Fat Face Racing Circuit Open on 16th/17th June, attracting 28 entries with sixteen visiting boats.  The event which was sponsored by Fat Face along with prizes most generously donated by Holt was dominated by the visitors.  Light to moderate airs, brilliant sunshine and challenging tidal currents created interesting start-line and sailing conditions.

There were 2 races on Saturday afternoon and three on Sunday, with packed lunches provided on the water.  Nathan and Anna Ackroyd (Norfolk Broads YC) won the event with 6 points - two 1st’s, two 2nd’s and a discarded 3rd.   Austen Scully and Kate Sanders (Thorpe Bay YC) were a very close second with 7 points - three 1st’s, a 4th and a discarded 7th and Rupert and Hugo Jones-Warner (Chichester YC) were third with 15 points.  Chris Hardy and Joshua Aldridge won the prize for the youngest helm and crew with a combined age of 22 years and 8 months while Sarah Adams and April Phillips won a merit prize for smiling and laughing throughout, even though they found themselves trailing the fleet most of the time. 

The Royal Burnham Yacht Club entertained competitors on Saturday evening with a delicious barbeque held in the dinghy park, cooked skilfully by Race Officer Richard Galloway, brother Stuart and supervised by Liz Adams; a ‘Rave’ for the teens was masterminded by Tim Galloway in the ‘Billiards’ Room and a New Orleans Jazz Band played on the sundeck for the parents to relax to.  A good time was had by all.
Sail No Boat Helm Crew Points Place R2 R1 R3 R4 R5
834 Scarlett Feva Nathan Ackroyd Anna Ackroyd 6 1 1 2 1 2 3
1290   Austen Scully Kate Sanders 7 2 7 1 4 1 1
936   Rupert Jones-Warner Hugo Jones-Warner 15 3 2 8 2 6 5
848   Natalya Eyre Robert Palmer 21 4 12 5 7 3 6
151   Michael Ellis Elizabeth Ellis 22 5 13 7 3 4 8
1226 Smoke on the Water Ed Lowes Will Lowes 22 6 5 18 5 5 7
498 Arrow James Dallimore Annabel Bates 26 7 3 6 12 7 10
931 J20 Rodney Steel Jeremy Steel 30 8 10 14 8 8 4
1333   Toby Holloway Oli Stevens 33 9 4 10 10 9 12
129   Kirsty Hill Ashley King 41 10 9 15 11 12 9
845 Ice Ice Feva Laura Sanders Matt Purdon 44 11 15 11 6 13 14
1001   Jon Holmes Hamish Ellis 49 12 14 4 14 17 18
839   James Bollingbroke Matt Heathcote 50 13 29 29 9 10 2
1522 Slippery Dick Chris Hardy Josh Aldridge 50 14 19 3 16 18 13
1523   Fred Brown Josh Coleman 55 15 6 9 25 20 20
1250   Ollie Kemp George Simmons 56 16 11 20 15 15 15
1486 Drama Queen Ella Brown Arthur Brown 60 17 8 19 23 11 22
1453   Stuart Paul Lauren Bates 63 18 21 12 13 19 19
1374   Samuel Rowell Oli Ball 64 19 20 13 20 21 11
502 Daemon Rory Galloway George Starr 67 20 17 22 17 16 17
500   Anna Musto Katie Barr 71.3 21 16 17 19 25 APA19.3
496 Scarlet Feva Tim Galloway Fiona MacFarlane 80 22 22 23 21 14 27
501 Tactitian Allie Galloway Nicky MacFarlane 84 23 24 16 27 23 21
503 Mojo Tom Adams George Topche 85 24 26 21 24 24 16
1251   Francesca Eyre Ellen Palmer 89 25 25 26 18 22 24
338   Sam Weetch Portia Hutchings 90 26 18 24 22 27 26
499 Phoenix Edward Phillips Harry Davies 99 27 23 27 29 26 23
497 Golden Eye Sarah Adams April Phillips 103 28 27 25 26 28 25
 
RS Feva Fat Face Circuit 2006
Date Venue   No of Entries Results
26 March Papercourt SC   29 1st Nathan Ackroyd/Anna Ackroyd
2nd Aaron Smith/Jeremy Williamson
3rd Beckie Diamond/Fiona Hampshire
14 May Chichester YC   28 1st Nathan Ackroyd/Anna Ackroyd
2nd Alex Poyner/Holly Tucker
3rd Ed Lowes/Will Lowes
17 June Royal Burnham YC   28 1st Nathan Ackroyd/Anna Ackroyd
2nd Austen Scully/Kate Sanders
3rd Rupert Jones-Warner/Hugo Jones-Warner
2-3 September Warsash SC      
9-10 September Poole Youth Regatta      
8 October Hillhead SC      
 

Sunsail Feva Nationals 2006 - Hayling Island SC

The sun shone, shone some more and then shone again. The wind was light, variable, then light again with a mild sea-breeze to finish (all predicted by theyr.net!!). The level of competition was awesome. The regular Feva sailors were supplemented by a lot of parents being crewed by their children (3 in the top five and nothing less than national champions in boats such as Fireballs and ff15’s between them!) and by what seemed like the entire Oppie heavy artillery (talent that is, not weight). A total of 85 Fevas. Five boats made up the first ever Regatta fleet and they had wicked amounts of fun with David and William Acres winning with Dan Fenn and Syd Williams second . The other 80 presented a serious challenge to the Race officer who did a great job of imposing order with the black flag. The top 10 (representing 9 different clubs) only had 3 black flags between them. From 15th to 23rd there were 11 black flags – a lesson perhaps?

Ultimately a major championship will never be won without a lot of talent, great execution and a modest dose of luck. Well the new champion had all these in spades. Aaron Smith is well known in Oppie circles and will in due course be known by many more. He warmed up his Feva skills by coming second in the Papercourt Open earlier this season. This familiarity with the class was possibly a key factor compared to the rest of the heavy brigade! After the first two days he was in a position to challenge for the podium. Race 5 saw Aaron crewed by Jeremy Williamson winning his first race. Day 3 was when they turned the afterburners on reeling off 3 more bullets on the spin. Given the conditions and the crowded starts that was miracle enough even ignoring the competition.

Pre-event favourite and commanding leader of the fleet, James Peters crewed by Ben Gratton had their rudder knocked off in the pre-start melee for race 5 and were subsequently awarded average points. Having miraculously made the start line for race 6 they were perhaps overeager and got a black flag. Perhaps as a result James’ next 2 starts weren’t the usual top drawer leading to them having to stage remarkable comebacks.  It wasn’t enough however to unseat Aaron from a well deserved 1 point victory.

Next came the charge of the families with parents helming for their younger and betters. 3rd overall was Rob Cage crewed by Georgina. Rob warmed up for the event by becoming the first adult winner of Feva Open in Emsworth. They showed fantastic consistency in being able to discard a 10th place. 4th overall was Barry Parkin crewed by Jack and they were hardly less impressive being able to discard a 14th place. Derek Ness crewed by Eleanor were the 3rd of the veteran’s triumvirate with an 11th place discarded.

6th and 7th had to be split on count back. Phil Sparks with Sam Batten had led after day 2 and just got the nod over James and David Grant. These 4 sailors are all part of the successful Oppie programme and clearly have star quality. Is 2012 to early? Probably but don’t write any of these guys off! Milly Stevens and Hermione Stanley came a fantastic 8th and were first all girl team having scored an impressive 4 top 7 results.

The top 10 were rounded off by Nathan and Anna Ackroyd (despite being family, not of the same veteran status as the other family teams but rather a great brother/sister team) in 9th and Nick Robson crewed by Alex Parfitt in a career best of 10th.

Big lessons were no doubt being learned about big fleet starts and championship strategies by Laura Sanders and Matt Purdon who set a record with 3 black flags.

Just by way of some limited points to note: There were 7 Oppie national squadders in the top 16. There were 3 Feva Squadders in the top 15. There were also 4 adults in the top 14. If you exclude the Oppie visitors and the adults then James Peters was first, Nathan Ackroyd 2nd, Nick Robson 3rd. Harry Derbyshire and James Poyner haven’t done any circuit events yet but have sailed together for some 2 months at their club and would be 4th.

Ultimately the Feva’s lived up to their reputation as a fun class and it was the Olympic ideal of taking part that counted. This was epitomized by Laurie Pike with Stephen Henderson who engaged with Jazzy Tucker and Tom Dear for the boat that had the most fun during the regatta.  There was also the famous JD award for the parent most resoundingly beaten by their offspring (and named after the famous JD – anybody who knows the RYA hierarchy will know the inaugural winner of this trophy after whom it is named) and this year that went to a member from the same club – James Lavery beaten by daughter Jess with Phillipa Lawson who came 24th.

Finally there were a fair few new Feva sailors out there who are going to be regular on the circuit. Welcome to all of you and we look forward to seeing you all at forthcoming events and the selectors for the winter training squads. Good luck and above all else have a barrel load of laughs and fun!

For some it was…. if only. But what was certain was the welcome from HISC, their fantastic organization, the terrific facilities and…yes, the sand! Thank you HISC. An event like this is also not possible without the generosity of its sponsors and the class thanks Sunsail very much for this (they are also sponsoring the Worlds at Lake Garda in July!) as well as LDC Racing Sailboats.

Sailed:9, Discards:2, To count:7, Entries:80

Rank SailNo Helm Crew Club
1st PSC21 Aaron Smith Jeremy Williamson Paper Court
2nd 825 James Peters Ben Gratton HISC
3rd 1545 Rob Cage Georgina Cage  
4th 1097 Barry Parkin Jack Parkin HISC
5th 1300 Derek Ness Eleanor Ness Gurnard
6th 1640 Phil Sparks Sam Batten Lymington
7th 1192 James Grant David Grant Restronguet
8th 1639 Milly Stevens Hermione Stanley Bowmoor
9th 834 Nathan Ackroyd Anna Ackroyd Norfolk
10th 1714 Nicholas Robson Alex Parfitt Chichester
11th 1290 Austen Scully Bethany Robson Chichester
12th 223 Ross Williams Ben Harden Graffham
13th 1125 Tom Britz Liam Garrison Highcliffe
14th 345 Bill Tucker Hugo Tucker ESC
15th 936 Rupert Jones-Warner Hugo Jones-Warner Chichester
16th PSC23 Becky Diamond Fiona Hampshire Paper Court
17th 1102 Harry Derbyshire James Poyner ESC
18th 1354 Craig Davis Ethan Davies HISC
19th 523 Matthew Rainback Jonathan House Poole
20th 1641 Paul Minors Mark Minors Royal Lymington
21st 1690 Charlie Esse Henry Loyed Williams Lymington
22nd 1193 James Hamer Brett Hill HISC
23rd 1226 Ed Lowes Will Lowes Whitstable
24th 696 Philippa Lawson Jess Lavery ESC
25th 1489 Craig Dibb Gilly Sutcliffe Warsash
26th 1691 Tim Gratton Chris Taylor  
27th 972 Thomas Durham Barnaby Thorsby ESSC
28th 848 Natalya Eyre Francesca Eyre  
29th 1433 Izzy Allerston Charlotte Alderton HISC
30th 151 Micheal Ellis Elizabeth Ellis Hillhead SC
31st 1098 Tracey Jacobs Alice Masterman HISC
32nd 1110 Roddy Lacey James Bibby PDSC
33rd 1582 Alex Poyner Holly Tucker ESC
34th 1076 Matthew Davanzo Matthew Barker Highcliffe
35th 1583 David Thomas Jamie Diamond Warsash
36th 1581 Katie Polglase Eilidh McIntyre HISC
37th 839 James Bolingbroke Matt Heathcote Mersey
38th 997 Matt Reid Joshua Irons Spinnaker
39th 1333 Toby Holloway Oli Stevens Burghfield
40th 1671 James Lavery Tom Lavery ESC
41st 403 Adrian Clay Josh Sparks Lymington
42nd 1482 Charlie Williams Will Nicholls HISC
43rd 250 Matthew Thomas Duncan Hampshire Paper Court
44th 1486 Ella Brown Molly Brown RBYC
45th 1452 Tom Collie Matthew Collie HISC
46th 931 Rodney Steel Jeremy Steel Broadwater
47th 1694 Phil McCoy Max Yoward ESSC
48th 129 Kirsty Hill Hugh Gower BEWL SC
49th 1131 James Aylward Otto Collier HISC
50th 418 Alex Kirk Joel Kirk Neyland YC
51st 1693 Philip Mileham Douglas & Fraye Rosie HISC
52nd 1579 Jon Holmes Hamish Ellis ESSC
53rd 1478 Tom Eastell Alex Stone ESC
54th 845 Laura Sanders Matthew Purdon TBSC
55th 503 Tom Adams Sarah Adams RBYC
56th 1028 Holly Watson Brittney Mackinlay HISC
57th 469 Alex Orton Stephanie Orton Chichester
58th 444 Liz Foreman Amy Foreman Queen Mary
59th 247 Clare Michelmore Lucy Preston Paper Court
60th 812 G Page A Page  
61st 1133 Stewart Hawthorn Alexandra Hawthorn  
62nd 80 Lara Jane Conway Yates Claire Trant HISC
63rd 984 Pippa White Jeremy White ESC
64th 1434 Hannah Maunder Juliet Price HISC
65th 1301 Guy Hickman Billy/Rosie Hickman Pagham
66th 594 Nathasha Phillips Edward Phillips  
67th 502 Rory Galloway George Star RYBC
68th 400 Lucy Jarvies Megan Davies ESC
69th 983 Matthew Osborne Jonathan Welch HISC
70th 301 Henry Message Dan Lytton HISC
71st 774 Samantha Denyer Stuart Denyer Dell Quay
72nd 971 Peter McCoy Jack Spencer ESSC
73rd 870 Callum Rocks Kieran Rocks Hamble River
74th 349 Julian Hase Harriet Hase HISC
75th 853 Jordan Watson Edward Andrew HISC
76th 925 Tom Briggs A Briggs HISC
77th 199 Chris Moore Ted Moore or Dan Moore HISC
78th 1144 Sam Sykes    
79th 344 Jazzy Tucker Tom Dear ESC
80th 1095 Laurie Pike Stephen Henderson HISC
 

General Sail Care

Although this article is not specific to RS Feva sailors you may find some points of interest.

With Thanks to Hyde Sails for allowing the RS Association to re use this article

During the Season

At the end of any sail, may it be a three week cruise or a round the cans race, you have to decide how to store your sails until the next time. We are lucky that modern materials are resistant to moisture and salt crystals, and they can be left on the boat for the duration of the season without incurring unnecessary wear and tear. But if you do have the opportunity to rinse them in this period you should always take it. Salt holds moisture into the cloth, and the crystals will chafe the fibres. Also, glued sails degrade quickly when left wet in the bottom of the boat.

Sails made from any cloth are best rolled, as this does less damage to the cloth finish than the creasing that is inevitably involved in folding or flaking sails. Roller furler systems have this advantage, although it does mean the sail is left to the battering of the elements while it is up there, particularly sunlight. That's the importance of the sunstrip. If you leave the sail on the furler make sure you ease the halyard tension, otherwise you can permanently stretch the sail. You should never leave a sail on the furler unless it has a sunstrip fitted, even for one night. If you take your sails off the spars, roll them if at all possible, and get bags big enough that they don't need any further folding. If they are stored down below, politely ask your crew and guests to avoid sitting or standing on them as much as possible!

The one sailcloth material that is badly affected by moisture is nylon; it loses strength and changes shape when wet. Because sails take longer to dry when salty, the best treatment for a nylon spinnaker is to take it home each time and rinse it on the drive or lawn. Alternatively, leaving the sail loose out of the bag in the forepeak is the next best thing. Don't hang sails in the rigging to dry them, unless it is completely calm - the flogging does more damage than leaving them wet! Incidentally, none of the materials like excessive heat, so avoid leaving them in a car in the middle of the summer.

At the end of the year

Although sails can mostly be left to their own devices during the summer season, it is well worth storing them properly for the winter lay-up, as even hard wearing modern materials will not take kindly to being left damp, salty, dirty and creased for six months. The main rules are to rinse and dry the sails, then leave them loosely rolled. Wash them if possible - some dirt, like rust, can be corrosive. Once clean store them somewhere dry, cool and out of the sun. Hyde Sails offer a winter valet service that will take these jobs off your hands. In addition they will check for routine maintenance, which is outlined in the following section, and do any necessary repairs.

Maintenance

At the end of any season's sailing you should have a good look at your sails to see if there are any areas that need work. And it's a good idea to do the same check before a period of extended cruising or race regatta, particularly if you will be some distance from the services of a sailmaker.

The luff, foot tapes and bolt ropes are a good place to start. Chafing is the biggest problem, particularly if it has worn right through the cloth to the rope. It can then catch in the groove as the sail is hoisted and tear badly. If you have slides, hanks or cars, have a good look at each of them to see if there is any cracking or signs of fatigue failure (discoloration or roughening of the surface).

The attachment of any hardware to the sail is a potential problem area, because of the fastening of soft sailcloth to harder metal and plastic. The headboard, batten pockets and battens, cunningham and outhaul rings are all worth careful inspection for chafe and broken stitching. In fact all the seams are worth scanning to see if they are showing signs of wear.
 

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