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Y&Y Report : Endeavour Homes 2023 Flying Fifteen World Championship at Fremantle – Overall

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Endeavour Homes 2023 Flying Fifteen World Championship at Fremantle – Overall

18-25 March 2023
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by Jonny Fullerton 25 Mar 06:36 GMT

Lavery & Green on day 1 of the Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia ©Regatta Services

Graham Vials and Chris Turner (GBR) win the Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia © Regatta Services

yysw406561.jpgLachy Gilmour and Ryan Donaldson (AUS) finish 3rd in the Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia ©Regatta Services

yysw406560.jpgNick Jerwood and Brad Sheridan (AUS) finish 2nd in the Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia ©Regatta Services

yysw406559.jpgFlying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia final day ©Regatta Services

yysw406558.jpgFlying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia final day ©Regatta Services

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 ©Regatta Services

Vials and Turner on Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 ©Regatta Services

Vials & Turner lead Jerwood & Sheridan on Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 ©Regatta Services

Andrew and Anne Knowles on Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 ©Regatta Services

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 ©Regatta Services

Jerwood & Sheridan lead Andrew & Anne Knowles on Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 ©Regatta Services

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 ©Regatta Services

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 ©Regatta Services

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 ©Regatta Services

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 4 ©Regatta Services

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 4 ©Regatta Services

Race 7 winners Nick Jerwood & Brad Sheridan on Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 4 ©Regatta Services

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 4 ©Regatta Services

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 4 ©Regatta Services

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 4 ©Regatta Services

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 4 ©Regatta Services

previous next After no sailing was possible on the penultimate day or the regatta only one race was sailed on the final day of the Flying Fifteen World Championship at Fremantle.

With an unassailable lead Graham Vials and Chris Turner (GBR) won their unprecedented fifth World Championship in the class. Vials and Turner from Derwent Reservoir / Lyme Regis SC won 5 of the 10 world championship races and with drops of a 4th and 8th they could not be beaten.

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia final day - photo © Regatta Services
Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia final day – photo © Regatta Services
The final race of the series was started at 1030 hrs on a sultry Saturday morning in a fading Easterly breeze which started at around 10 – 11 knots and by the end of the two lap windward / leeward course with a final upwind to the finish line, had dropped to a soft 6 knots.

Nick Jerwood and Brad Sheridan from South of Perth YC/Fremantle SC led the final race from start to finish extending on every leg. The Australian pair did everything possible to close the points gap on Floaty McFloat Face (Vials / Turner) but ended up just three points shy of the British boat.

Nick Jerwood and Brad Sheridan (AUS) finish 2nd in the Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia - photo © Regatta Services
Nick Jerwood and Brad Sheridan (AUS) finish 2nd in the Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia – photo © Regatta Services
Going into the last race the there was only one point difference between third and fourth place overall. The youngest crew in the fleet, ex Olympic sailors Lachy Gilmour and Ryan Donaldson from Royal Freshwater Bay YC / Esperance Bay YC had steadily improved throughout the regatta and again today had to work their way through the leading bunch to take second in the last race and secure an excellent third overall. Initially on the first lap of the course they trailed the British boat sailed by Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader but a slow gate rounding gave the opportunity to get away to form a comfortable gap.

Lachy Gilmour and Ryan Donaldson (AUS) finish 3rd in the Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia - photo © Regatta Services
Lachy Gilmour and Ryan Donaldson (AUS) finish 3rd in the Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia – photo © Regatta Services
‘Nellie and Caddy’ (Pinnell and Cadwallader) from Northampton SC slipped to 6th in the final race which dropped them to 4th overall. Hamish Mackay and Andrew Lawson representing the Royal Thames YC maintained fifth overall.

In the final race of the series a couple of boats sailed outstandingly, Kim Peaker and Neill White (SoPYC) finished in third and Esperance Bay boat sailed by David Swan and Matt Elliot finished 4th their best result of the series.

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia final day - photo © Regatta Services
Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia final day – photo © Regatta Services
The 2023 Flying 15 World Championship comes to a close with presentations at the organising club the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club.

Overall Results: (ten races, 2 discards)

Pos Sail No Boat Name Skipper / Crew (Nat) R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 Pts
1 4071 Floaty McFloat Face Graham Vials‑Chris Turner (GBR) 1 1 3 1 8 4 4 1 1 (DNC) 16
2 4105 Best Foot Forward Nick Jerwood‑Brad Sheridan (AUS) 2 2 15 3 6 6 1 2 2 1 19
3 3980 Ffast Lane 3 Lachy Gilmour‑Ryan Donaldson (AUS) 12 7 1 5 7 28 3 4 5 2 34
4 4096 Oooh La La Ian Pinnell‑Ian Cadwallader (GBR) 3 5 8 2 1 20 8 14 4 6 37
5 4089 Puffa Fish Hamish Mackay‑Andrew Lawson (GBR) 4 6 2 6 5 36 10 19 9 15 57
6 3933 El Toro Grant Alderson‑Luke Paterson (AUS) 15 4 9 13 9 7 5 10 14 13 70
7 4072 The Answer Greg Tonnison‑Nick Robinson (AUS) 16 10 5 36 4 (BFD) 6 8 20 7 76
8 4063 Firefly Philippa Packer‑Dean McAullay (Aus) 6 3 32 11 (UFD) 1 34 6 7 12 78
9 3822 A‑Squared Andrew Knowles‑Anne Knowles (AUS) 9 19 28 10 18 3 18 3 10 23 90
10 3986 Ineffable Mike Dunbar‑Paul Dunbar (AUS) 7 12 18 7 14 16 13 (UFD) 3 18 90
11 4004 Foof Charles Apthorp‑Charlie Apthorp (GBR) 8 11 17 20 17 58 20 5 11 5 94
12 3859 Tuffan Up David Yu‑Chris Nelson (AUS) 17 25 27 26 3 11 9 13 12 10 100
13 4098 Shotgunn Michael Wilson‑Peter Greenhalgh (GBR) 5 13 6 15 2 47 16 23 25 32 105
14 4083 Phoenix John Lavery‑Alan Green (IRL) 11 8 7 14 38 13 (BFD) 30 8 19 110
15 4082 Fforemark3 Terry Scutcher‑Chris Hewkin (GBR) 10 9 14 18 22 14 2 27 32 33 116
16 4053 Phar Lap David Swan‑Matt Elliot (AUS) 22 18 12 55 16 40 12 16 21 4 121
17 3662 WP3 Wayne Avery‑Ross Bannan (NZL) 18 29 10 17 19 45 7 15 17 21 124
18 4061 #Sparks Chris Waples‑Simon Hunt (GBR) 13 17 11 23 15 30 23 12 13 38 127
19 3992 Glamour Buoys Greg Leaversuch‑Peter Barblett (AUS) 24 16 25 9 25 9 19 7 23 25 132
20 3971 Quindici Controfigura Bill Chard‑Josh Preater (GBR) 26 23 22 45 12 2 36 18 37 14 153
21 4100 Fanatic 15 Johnny Cooper‑Luke Deegan (GBR) 34 20 13 12 24 29 (BFD) 17 16 22 153
22 3809 Neffarious Hamish Carnachan‑Peter Mudford (AUS) 19 15 29 22 10 39 22 39 18 20 155
23 4009 RandHedge Campbell Alexander‑Ralph Thomas (RSA) 14 24 39 21 21 23 (BFD) 9 6 44 157
24 3880 Where the Bloody Hell Are You Craig Rainey‑Ian Rainey (AUS) 50 28 35 25 (UFD) 8 24 24 29 17 190
25 3989 Ffast Lane 4 John Wilson‑Matthew Summers (AUS) 41 41 70 29 20 33 25 21 15 11 195
26 3890 The Flying Flamingo Lewis Davies‑John Radnell (AUS) 20 22 30 16 27 34 33 (DSQ) 42 16 198
27 3840 Ffrenetic Murray Gilbert‑Jonathan Burgess (NZL) 30 40 19 8 31 32 11 (UFD) 43 28 199
28 3972 Australian Expat Finance Ashley Smith‑Adam Kingston (HKG) 31 26 42 35 13 (BFD) 27 25 22 26 205
29 4003 The Godffather Sally Garrett‑Neil Easton (NZL) 23 21 16 19 45 42 15 46 65 29 210
30 4075 Final Fifteen John Hassen‑Kevin Griffiths (AUS) 28 30 21 28 60 (BFD) 17 28 26 41 219
31 3878 Orca Clive Beeton‑Justin Tremain (AUS) 40 32 20 40 11 12 47 52 36 34 225
32 3983 Nelsons Loose Cannon Peter Groom‑John Muscio (AUS) 29 31 43 30 23 26 21 42 30 64 232
33 3984 Faffin Carl Pettersson‑Kristine Pettersson (AUS) 46 53 26 48 47 24 28 22 39 9 241
34 3858 Second Breakffast Karen Dawes‑Russell Dawes (AUS) 47 51 36 38 26 22 32 20 28 54 249
35 3941 ARK David Tabb‑David Bennett (AUS) 27 39 37 24 30 17 (BFD) 36 48 40 250
36 3879 Aussie Way Kimberley Peaker‑Neil White (AUS) 54 27 44 54 41 5 26 (DNC) (DNC) 3 254
37 3987 Ffollow US Tim Walker‑Alan Sharpe (AUS) (UFD) 35 24 27 43 27 35 44 24 39 254
38 3857 Farfallina Rob Goddard‑Jack Muldon (GBR) 62 61 59 32 28 38 14 38 19 35 263
39 3841 Ffeene Marc Richardson‑David McIntyre (NZL) 35 48 23 52 40 21 30 47 40 56 284
40 3740 Flying Cloud Sarah Reynolds‑Peter Macartney (NZL) 42 37 (DNF) 51 39 18 40 45 38 27 286
41 3611 Ten Pound Note Trevor Williams‑Bently Conn (AUS) 43 44 62 37 37 49 37 11 44 43 296
42 3722 All Torque Peter Britten‑Oliver Merz (HKG) 38 43 45 34 42 56 39 29 55 36 306
43 3953 Le Forca del Vento Robert Hogben‑Noel West (GBR) 39 50 68 43 32 37 42 26 46 66 315
44 3930 Aussie Falcon Dale Collings‑Andrew Mason/Timothy Few (AUS) 25 42 41 46 50 25 50 41 (RET) 63 320
45 4062 Up Ship Creek Chris Villa‑Mark Holmes (AUS) 32 49 51 33 35 53 55 32 35 (DNF) 320
46 3909 Tuffa Nuff Ashley Reichstein‑Tim Buckman (AUS) 48 55 31 62 44 57 45 40 50 8 321
47 4064 Fly in the Ointment Sandy Dunn‑Greg Howell (AUS) 33 (RET) (DNC) (DNC) 33 44 43 31 31 30 322
48 3938 Ffantastic Mr Fox Niall Meagher‑Nicki Matthews (IRL) 53 (RET) 40 39 36 54 31 50 27 51 327
49 3781 Fit as a Fiddle Adam Semple‑Lisa Farnell (AUS) 58 56 52 41 29 31 46 48 47 46 340
50 3684 Deffcon 1 David Roberts‑Martin Arrowsmith (AUS) 45 38 49 42 34 55 41 (UFD) 41 59 345
51 4108 Uh Oh Rod Beurteaux‑Simon Wilder (AUS) 21 14 4 4 (DNC) (DNC) (DNC) (DNC) (DNC) (DNC) 351
52 3800 Saltheart Mark Gooding‑Michael Gooding (AUS) 49 46 34 49 52 65 48 37 45 48 356
53 3855 Fflashpoint Michelle Richardson‑Peter Rooke (AUS) 57 54 48 44 51 41 38 33 58 57 366
54 3935 Reservoir Flogs Andrew Colquhoun‑Victoria Blanckensee (AUS) 37 DG) 46 73 57 10 65 66 62 45 374
55 3739 Ffortune Jenny Price‑Alana Pooley (NZL) 52 34 67 50 63 43 29 43 68 68 381
56 4006 Ffortitude David Reid‑Mary‑Anne Reid (AUS) 60 57 47 70 65 15 57 55 57 37 385
57 4076 Vera May Gary Richardson‑Stuart Fitton (GBR) 61 (RET) 33 53 62 59 44 35 51 (DNC) 398
58 4010 Mr Fox Mark Millman‑Arron Parker (AUS) 56 52 38 65 56 35 52 61 59 61 409
59 3910 Yes Jennifer Sims‑Chris Howell (AUS) 59 59 60 58 (DSQ) 63 51 62 34 31 414
60 3846 Dare to Dream Colin Smith‑Nigel Moffit (AUS) 64 (RET) 73 61 53 19 49 65 54 50 415
61 3982 Storyteller C.R.A.FF.T Richard Blaquiere‑Duncan Parker (AUS) 66 (DNS) 69 63 68 46 62 49 49 24 427
62 4032 Freude Rob Donaldson‑Ryan Norris (AUS) 36 36 63 60 69 62 58 60 66 53 428
63 4079 Mind Re Set Stephen Fries‑Roy Woodcock (AUS) 44 33 (DNC) (DNC) (DNC) (DNC) (DNC) 34 33 55 430
64 3775 Fractal John Ryall‑Sam Ainsworth (AUS) 55 58 58 64 49 52 66 59 60 47 438
65 3743 Spot The Difference Murray Johns‑Natalie Waddell (AUS) 70 65 54 68 64 50 56 51 70 49 457
66 3619 Affrodisiac David Rooke‑Julia Rooke (AUS) 71 63 50 66 67 48 59 54 61 58 459
67 2876 Gripple Nipper Graham Latham‑Sara Briscoe (GBR) 67 64 64 56 48 60 63 57 63 52 463
68 3833 No Bull Seth Eggleston‑Rob Naish (AUS) 74 47 65 59 58 61 (DNC) 53 56 69 468
69 3931 Ffortuna Ed Brewis‑Matt Barry (AUS) 72 68 55 57 59 66 60 64 53 60 474
70 3754 Business Chris Reid‑Graeme Robinson (NZL) 68 60 53 67 55 64 53 58 67 65 475
71 3823 Ffhotofinish Nigel Sibun‑Oleg Smirnov (NZL) 63 67 71 71 66 (BFD) 61 56 64 42 490
72 4000 Relience 4K Darin Maher‑Kevin Norcott (AUS) 51 45 61 31 (DNC) (DNC) (DNC) (DNC) (DNC) (DNC) 496
73 3719 Ffast Lane Jeff Vance‑Greg Vance (AUS) (DNC) (DNC) 57 47 (DNC) (DNC) 54 63 52 (DNC) 504
74 3256 Down Under Harry Miller‑Steve Pidgeon (AUS) 69 62 72 69 61 51 64 67 69 70 512
75 3856 Feet and Fingers Willem Speelman‑David Hall (AUS) 73 66 66 72 54 67 67 68 71 67 526
76 3493 Ffullback Humphrey Hale‑Menno Weustink (AUS) 65 (DNF) 56 (DNS) 46 (DNS) (DNC) (DNC) (DNC) 62 537

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Yachts and Yachting Day 5 Report : Endeavour Homes 2023 Flying Fifteen World Championship at Fremantle

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Endeavour Homes 2023 Flying Fifteen World Championship at Fremantle – Day 5

18-25 March 2023
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by Jonny Fullerton 23 Mar 11:53 GMT

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 © Regatta Services
Two leaders edging away from the rest of the fleet

After an epic lay day where the vast majority of the fleet of 150 competitors took a boat trip to Rotto (Rottnest Island) 19 nm off Fremantle for a mass raft up of power vessel’s loaded to the gunnels with booze and food and a massive lunch at the pub, a day that will be remembered for a long time. Today we got back to the business of the Flying Fifteen World Championship.

Two more races held in light to moderate conditions produced similar results with the first two boats edging ahead of the rest of the fleet. Graham Vials and Chris Turner (GBR) won both races just ahead of Nick Jerwood and Brad Sheridan (AUS) (2/2). Both crews are putting a bit of daylight between themselves and the rest of the fleet.

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 - photo © Regatta Services
Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 – photo © Regatta Services
Race 8 began just after noon in a light 9 – 10 knot breeze from SW direction. Again the windward / leeward course of 2 laps was chosen. After the usual huge separation across the course, the usual suspects came into view at the top mark.

Vials and Turner rounded in front of Jerwood and Sheridan with a newcomer to the front of the fleet in the crew from Durban in South Africa, Campbell Alexander and Ralph Thomas (RNYC/PYC). By the turn at the gate the top two remained the same but Charles and Charlie Apthorp (GBR) and Andrew and Anne Knowles (AUS) entered the frame.

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 - photo © Regatta Services
Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 – photo © Regatta Services
One more upwind and the Knowles family from South of Perth YC challenged club mates Jerwood / Sheridan at the top mark rounding. On the long run back to the finish Vials / Turner held off the two Australians to take his fourth winning gun of the regatta. Jerwood / Sheridan collecting second and the Knowles family third. Working up to fourth was the steadily improving locals Lachy Gilmour and Ryan Donaldson from Royal Freshwater Bay YC. The Apthorp family claimed their best result of the regatta with fifth.

A short turn around and race 9 started with a course 6, two windward / leeward legs followed by a beat to the finish, under very similar conditions 8 – 11 knots from a bearing of 240 degrees. For the first lap it was the same story, Vials / Turner just in front of Jerwood / Sheridan but the fight for placings 3 – 6 still a good bun fight.

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 - photo © Regatta Services
Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 – photo © Regatta Services
Another South of Perth boat sailed by the Dunbar brothers Mike and Paul, were fighting it out with some regular top 6 boats, Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader (GBR) and Gilmour / Donaldson (AUS). The first two boats remained the same but the fight for third remained tight until the last 100 meters to the finish line. A couple of cover tacks and the Dunbars crossed third, their best result of the regatta.

After 9 races have been sailed the second discard comes into play so there has been a bit of movement in the overall results. Graham Vials and Chris Turner remain in front with a points gap of 6 points from Nick Jerwood and Brad Sheridan. The British pair have however now racked up 5 race wins in the series.

Jerwood & Sheridan lead Andrew & Anne Knowles on Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 - photo © Regatta Services
Jerwood & Sheridan lead Andrew & Anne Knowles on Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 – photo © Regatta Services
Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader remain in third overall but only one point ahead of Lachy Gilmour and Ryan Donaldson who themselves move into fourth overall. The Scots, Hamish Mackay and Andrew Lawson occupy fifth.

We move into the penultimate day of the regatta with it looking like a two horse race for the title but with three more races to sail it is still in the balance. Races 10 and 11 are scheduled for a 12 noon start local time with a forecast of similar light to moderate breeze.

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Vials & Turner lead Jerwood & Sheridan on Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 - photo © Regatta Services
Vials & Turner lead Jerwood & Sheridan on Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 5 – photo © Regatta Services

Races 8 and 9 : Provisional Results for Flying 15 World Championship 2023

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Provisional Results for Flying 15 World Championship 2023
after 9 races with 7 races to count
Pos’n Boat No Boat Name Skipper/Crew Total Nett 18/03
01		 18/03
02		 19/03
03		 19/03
04		 20/03
05		 20/03
06		 21/03
07		 23/03
08		 23/03
09
1 4071 Floaty McFloat Face Graham Vials-Chris Turner(GBR) 24 12 1( 1) 1( 1) 3( 3) 1( 1) [ 8]( 8) 4( 4) [ 4]( 4) 1( 1) 1( 1)
2 4105 Best Foot Forward Nick Jerwood-Brad Sheridan(AUS) 39 18 2( 2) 2( 2) [ 15]( 15) 3( 3) 6( 6) [ 6]( 6) 1( 1) 2( 2) 2( 2)
3 4096 Oooh La La Ian Pinnell-Ian Cadwallader(GBR) 65 31 3( 3) 5( 5) 8( 8) 2( 2) 1( 1) [ 20]( 20) 8( 8) [ 14]( 14) 4( 4)
4 3980 Ffast Lane 3 Lachy Gilmour-Ryan Donaldson(AUS) 72 32 [ 12]( 12) 7( 7) 1( 1) 5( 5) 7( 7) [ 28]( 28) 3( 3) 4( 4) 5( 5)
5 4089 Puffa Fish Hamish Mackay-Andrew Lawson(GBR) 97 42 4( 4) 6( 6) 2( 2) 6( 6) 5( 5) [ 36]( 36) 10( 10) [ 19]( 19) 9( 9)
6 3933 El Toro Grant Alderson-Luke Paterson(AUS) 86 57 [ 15]( 15) 4( 4) 9( 9) 13( 13) 9( 9) 7( 7) 5( 5) 10( 10) [ 14]( 14)
7 4063 Firefly Philippa Packer-Dean McAullay(Aus) 177 66 6( 6) 3( 3) 32( 32) 11( 11) [ 77](UFD) 1( 1) [ 34]( 34) 6( 6) 7( 7)
8 4072 The Answer Greg Tonnison-Nick Robinson(AUS) 182 69 16( 16) 10( 10) 5( 5) [ 36]( 36) 4( 4) [ 77](BFD) 6( 6) 8( 8) 20( 20)
9 3822 A-Squared Andrew Knowles-Anne Knowles(AUS) 118 71 9( 9) [ 19]( 19) [ 28]( 28) 10( 10) 18( 18) 3( 3) 18( 18) 3( 3) 10( 10)
10 3986 Ineffable Mike Dunbar-Paul Dunbar(AUS) 167 72 7( 7) 12( 12) [ 18]( 18) 7( 7) 14( 14) 16( 16) 13( 13) [ 77](UFD) 3( 3)
11 4098 Shotgunn Michael Wilson-Peter Greenhalgh(GBR) 152 80 5( 5) 13( 13) 6( 6) 15( 15) 2( 2) [ 47]( 47) 16( 16) 23( 23) [ 25]( 25)
12 4082 Fforemark3 Terry Scutcher-Chris Hewkin(GBR) 149 89 10( 10) 9( 9) 14( 14) 18( 18) 22( 22) 14( 14) 2( 2) [ 28]( 28) [ 32]( 32)
13 4004 Foof Charles Apthorp-Charlie Apthorp(GBR) 167 89 8( 8) 11( 11) 17( 17) 20( 20) 17( 17) [ 58]( 58) [ 20]( 20) 5( 5) 11( 11)
14 3859 Tuffan Up David Yu-Chris Nelson(AUS) 143 90 17( 17) 25( 25) [ 27]( 27) [ 26]( 26) 3( 3) 11( 11) 9( 9) 13( 13) 12( 12)
15 4083 Phoenix John Lavery-Alan Green(IRL) 207 92 11( 11) 8( 8) 7( 7) 14( 14) [ 38]( 38) 13( 13) [ 77](BFD) 31( 31) 8( 8)
16 3662 WP3 Wayne Avery-Ross Bannan(NZL) 177 103 18( 18) [ 29]( 29) 10( 10) 17( 17) 19( 19) [ 45]( 45) 7( 7) 15( 15) 17( 17)
17 4061 #Sparks Chris Waples-Simon Hunt(GBR) 157 104 13( 13) 17( 17) 11( 11) 23( 23) 15( 15) [ 30]( 30) [ 23]( 23) 12( 12) 13( 13)
18 3992 Glamour Buoys Greg Leaversuch-Peter Barblett(AUS) 157 107 24( 24) 16( 16) [ 25]( 25) 9( 9) [ 25]( 25) 9( 9) 19( 19) 7( 7) 23( 23)
19 4053 Phar Lap David Swan-Matt Elliot(AUS) 212 117 22( 22) 18( 18) 12( 12) [ 55]( 55) 16( 16) [ 40]( 40) 12( 12) 16( 16) 21( 21)
20 4009 RandHedge Campbell Alexander-Ralph Thomas(RSA) 234 118 14( 14) 24( 24) [ 39]( 39) 21( 21) 21( 21) 23( 23) [ 77](BFD) 9( 9) 6( 6)
21 4100 Fanatic 15 Johnny Cooper-Luke Deegan(GBR) 242 131 [ 34]( 34) 20( 20) 13( 13) 12( 12) 24( 24) 29( 29) [ 77](BFD) 17( 17) 16( 16)
22 3809 Neffarious Hamish Carnachan-Peter Mudford(AUS) 214 135 19( 19) 15( 15) 29( 29) 22( 22) 10( 10) [ 39]( 39) 22( 22) [ 40]( 40) 18( 18)
23 3971 Quindici Controfigura Bill Chard-Josh Preater(GBR) 221 139 26( 26) 23( 23) 22( 22) [ 45]( 45) 12( 12) 2( 2) 36( 36) 18( 18) [ 37]( 37)
24 3840 Ffrenetic Murray Gilbert-Jonathan Burgess(NZL) 291 171 30( 30) 40( 40) 19( 19) 8( 8) 31( 31) 32( 32) 11( 11) [ 77](UFD) [ 43]( 43)
25 3890 The Flying Flamingo Lewis Davies-John Radnell(AUS) 248 172 20( 20) 22( 22) 30( 30) 16( 16) 27( 27) [ 34]( 34) 33( 33) 24( 24) [ 42]( 42)
26 3880 Where the Bloody Hell Are You Craig Rainey-Ian Rainey(AUS) 301 174 [ 50]( 50) 28( 28) 35( 35) 25( 25) [ 77](UFD) 8( 8) 24( 24) 25( 25) 29( 29)
27 4075 Final Fifteen John Hassen-Kevin Griffiths(AUS) 316 179 28( 28) 30( 30) 21( 21) 28( 28) [ 60]( 60) [ 77](BFD) 17( 17) 29( 29) 26( 26)
28 3972 Australian Expat Finance Ashley Smith-Adam Kingston(HKG) 299 180 31( 31) 26( 26) [ 42]( 42) 35( 35) 13( 13) [ 77](BFD) 27( 27) 26( 26) 22( 22)
29 4003 The Godffather Sally Garrett-Neil Easton(NZL) 293 181 23( 23) 21( 21) 16( 16) 19( 19) 45( 45) 42( 42) 15( 15) [ 47]( 47) [ 65]( 65)
30 3989 Ffast Lane 4 John Wilson-Matthew Summers(AUS) 295 184 41( 41) [ 41]( 41) [ 70]( 70) 29( 29) 20( 20) 33( 33) 25( 25) 21( 21) 15( 15)
31 3983 Nelsons Loose Cannon Peter Groom-John Muscio(AUS) 276 190 29( 29) 31( 31) [ 43]( 43) 30( 30) 23( 23) 26( 26) 21( 21) [ 43]( 43) 30( 30)
32 3878 Orca Clive Beeton-Justin Tremain(AUS) 291 191 40( 40) 32( 32) 20( 20) 40( 40) 11( 11) 12( 12) [ 47]( 47) [ 53]( 53) 36( 36)
33 3858 Second Breakffast Karen Dawes-Russell Dawes(AUS) 300 202 [ 47]( 47) [ 51]( 51) 36( 36) 38( 38) 26( 26) 22( 22) 32( 32) 20( 20) 28( 28)
34 3941 ARK David Tabb-David Bennett(AUS) 336 211 27( 27) 39( 39) 37( 37) 24( 24) 30( 30) 17( 17) [ 77](BFD) 37( 37) [ 48]( 48)
35 3987 Ffollow US Tim Walker-Alan Sharpe(AUS) 337 215 [ 77](UFD) 35( 35) 24( 24) 27( 27) 43( 43) 27( 27) 35( 35) [ 45]( 45) 24( 24)
36 3857 Farfallina Rob Goddard-Jack Muldon(GBR) 352 229 [ 62]( 62) [ 61]( 61) 59( 59) 32( 32) 28( 28) 38( 38) 14( 14) 39( 39) 19( 19)
37 3984 Faffin Carl Pettersson-Kristine Pettersson(AUS) 333 232 46( 46) [ 53]( 53) 26( 26) [ 48]( 48) 47( 47) 24( 24) 28( 28) 22( 22) 39( 39)
38 3841 Ffeene Marc Richardson-David McIntyre(NZL) 337 237 35( 35) 48( 48) 23( 23) [ 52]( 52) 40( 40) 21( 21) 30( 30) [ 48]( 48) 40( 40)
39 3879 Aussie Way Kimberley Peaker-Neil White(AUS) 405 251 54( 54) 27( 27) 44( 44) 54( 54) 41( 41) 5( 5) 26( 26) [ 77](DNC) [ 77](DNC)
40 3611 Ten Pound Note Trevor Williams-Bently Conn(AUS) 364 253 43( 43) 44( 44) [ 62]( 62) 37( 37) 37( 37) [ 49]( 49) 37( 37) 11( 11) 44( 44)
41 3740 Flying Cloud Sarah Reynolds-Peter Macartney(NZL) 388 260 42( 42) 37( 37) [ 77](DNF) [ 51]( 51) 39( 39) 18( 18) 40( 40) 46( 46) 38( 38)
42 3953 Le Forca del Vento Robert Hogben-Noel West(GBR) 384 266 39( 39) [ 50]( 50) [ 68]( 68) 43( 43) 32( 32) 37( 37) 42( 42) 27( 27) 46( 46)
43 4062 Up Ship Creek Chris Villa-Mark Holmes(AUS) 376 268 32( 32) 49( 49) 51( 51) 33( 33) 35( 35) [ 53]( 53) [ 55]( 55) 33( 33) 35( 35)
44 3930 Aussie Falcon Dale Collings-Andrew Mason(AUS) 398 271 25( 25) 42( 42) 41( 41) 46( 46) 50( 50) 25( 25) [ 50]( 50) 42( 42) [ 77](RET)
45 3722 All Torque Peter Britten-Oliver Merz(HKG) 382 271 38( 38) 43( 43) 45( 45) 34( 34) 42( 42) [ 56]( 56) 39( 39) 30( 30) [ 55]( 55)
46 4108 Uh Oh Rod Beurteaux-Simon Wilder(AUS) 428 274 21( 21) 14( 14) 4( 4) 4( 4) 77(DNC) 77(DNC) 77(DNC) [ 77](DNC) [ 77](DNC)
47 3938 Ffantastic Mr Fox Niall Meagher-Nicki Matthews(IRL) 408 277 53( 53) [ 77](RET) 40( 40) 39( 39) 36( 36) [ 54]( 54) 31( 31) 51( 51) 27( 27)
48 3684 Deffcon 1 David Roberts-Martin Arrowsmith(AUS) 422 290 45( 45) 38( 38) 49( 49) 42( 42) 34( 34) [ 55]( 55) 41( 41) [ 77](UFD) 41( 41)
49 4064 Fly in the Ointment Sandy Dunn-Greg Howell(AUS) 447 293 33( 33) 77(RET) [ 77](DNC) [ 77](DNC) 33( 33) 44( 44) 43( 43) 32( 32) 31( 31)
50 3781 Fit as a Fiddle Adam Semple-Lisa Farnell(AUS) 409 295 [ 58]( 58) [ 56]( 56) 52( 52) 41( 41) 29( 29) 31( 31) 46( 46) 49( 49) 47( 47)
51 3800 Saltheart Mark Gooding-Michael Gooding(AUS) 426 309 49( 49) 46( 46) 34( 34) 49( 49) [ 52]( 52) [ 65]( 65) 48( 48) 38( 38) 45( 45)
52 3855 Fflashpoint Michelle Richardson-Peter Rooke(AUS) 425 310 [ 57]( 57) 54( 54) 48( 48) 44( 44) 51( 51) 41( 41) 38( 38) 34( 34) [ 58]( 58)
53 3909 Tuffa Nuff Ashley Reichstein-Tim Buckman(AUS) 433 314 48( 48) 55( 55) 31( 31) [ 62]( 62) 44( 44) [ 57]( 57) 45( 45) 41( 41) 50( 50)
54 3739 Ffortune Jenny Price-Alana Pooley(NZL) 450 315 52( 52) 34( 34) [ 67]( 67) 50( 50) 63( 63) 43( 43) 29( 29) 44( 44) [ 68]( 68)
55 3935 Reservoir Flogs Andrew Colquhoun-Victoria Blanckensee(AUS) 469 329 37( 37) 52(AVG) 46( 46) [ 73]( 73) 57( 57) 10( 10) 65( 65) [ 67]( 67) 62( 62)
56 4076 Vera May Gary Richardson-Stuart Fitton(GBR) 476 337 61( 61) [ 77](RET) 33( 33) 53( 53) [ 62]( 62) 59( 59) 44( 44) 36( 36) 51( 51)
57 4010 Mr Fox Mark Millman-Arron Parker(AUS) 475 348 56( 56) 52( 52) 38( 38) [ 65]( 65) 56( 56) 35( 35) 52( 52) [ 62]( 62) 59( 59)
58 4006 Ffortitude David Reid-Mary-Anne Reid(AUS) 484 349 60( 60) 57( 57) 47( 47) [ 70]( 70) [ 65]( 65) 15( 15) 57( 57) 56( 56) 57( 57)
59 3846 Dare to Dream Colin Smith-Nigel Moffit(AUS) 516 366 64( 64) [ 77](RET) [ 73]( 73) 61( 61) 53( 53) 19( 19) 49( 49) 66( 66) 54( 54)
60 4079 Mind Re Set Stephen Fries-Roy Woodcock(AUS) 530 376 44( 44) 33( 33) 77(DNC) 77(DNC) 77(DNC) [ 77](DNC) [ 77](DNC) 35( 35) 33( 33)
61 4032 Freude Rob Donaldson-Ryan Norris(AUS) 511 376 36( 36) 36( 36) 63( 63) 60( 60) [ 69]( 69) 62( 62) 58( 58) 61( 61) [ 66]( 66)
62 3910 Yes, No, Maybe! Jennifer Sims-Chris Howell(AUS) 524 384 59( 59) 59( 59) 60( 60) 58( 58) [ 77](DSQ) 63( 63) 51( 51) [ 63]( 63) 34( 34)
63 3775 Fractal John Ryall-Sam Ainsworth(AUS) 522 392 55( 55) 58( 58) 58( 58) [ 64]( 64) 49( 49) 52( 52) [ 66]( 66) 60( 60) 60( 60)
64 3833 No Bull Seth Eggleston-Rob Naish(AUS) 551 400 [ 74]( 74) 47( 47) 65( 65) 59( 59) 58( 58) 61( 61) [ 77](DNC) 54( 54) 56( 56)
65 3619 Affrodisiac David Rooke-Julia Rooke(AUS) 540 402 [ 71]( 71) 63( 63) 50( 50) 66( 66) [ 67]( 67) 48( 48) 59( 59) 55( 55) 61( 61)
66 3982 Storyteller C.R.A.FF.T Richard Blaquiere-Duncan Parker(AUS) 550 404 66( 66) [ 77](DNS) [ 69]( 69) 63( 63) 68( 68) 46( 46) 62( 62) 50( 50) 49( 49)
67 3743 Spot The Difference Murray Johns-Natalie Waddell(AUS) 549 409 [ 70]( 70) 65( 65) 54( 54) 68( 68) 64( 64) 50( 50) 56( 56) 52( 52) [ 70]( 70)
68 3754 Business Chris Reid-Graeme Robinson(NZL) 546 411 [ 68]( 68) 60( 60) 53( 53) 67( 67) 55( 55) 64( 64) 53( 53) 59( 59) [ 67]( 67)
69 2876 Gripple Nipper Graham Latham-Sara Briscoe(GBR) 543 412 [ 67]( 67) 64( 64) [ 64]( 64) 56( 56) 48( 48) 60( 60) 63( 63) 58( 58) 63( 63)
70 3931 Ffortuna Ed Brewis-Matt Barry(AUS) 555 415 [ 72]( 72) [ 68]( 68) 55( 55) 57( 57) 59( 59) 66( 66) 60( 60) 65( 65) 53( 53)
71 4000 Relience 4K Darin Maher-Kevin Norcott(AUS) 573 419 51( 51) 45( 45) 61( 61) 31( 31) 77(DNC) 77(DNC) 77(DNC) [ 77](DNC) [ 77](DNC)
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73 3256 Down Under Harry Miller-Steve Pidgeon(AUS) 585 444 69( 69) 62( 62) [ 72]( 72) 69( 69) 61( 61) 51( 51) 64( 64) 68( 68) [ 69]( 69)
74 3823 Ffhotofinish Nigel Sibun-Oleg Smirnov(NZL) 597 449 63( 63) 67( 67) 71( 71) [ 71]( 71) 66( 66) [ 77](BFD) 61( 61) 57( 57) 64( 64)
75 3856 Feet and Fingers Willem Speelman-David Hall(AUS) 605 460 [ 73]( 73) 66( 66) 66( 66) [ 72]( 72) 54( 54) 67( 67) 67( 67) 69( 69) 71( 71)
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18-25 March 2023

by Jonny Fullerton 21 Mar 10:17 GMT

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 4 © Regatta Services
Just one race today on yet another hot late summer day in Fremantle as the regatta passes the halfway point. The fleet was held ashore for a few hours until a soft sea breeze perked up about midday.

Race 7 begun in 7 – 11 knots from the SW. A course 6 was set which consisted of two windward / leeward legs followed by a beat to the finish. The race was started under black flag after one general recall.

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Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 4 – photo © Regatta Services
It has become usual that the fleet are spread over a massive distance after only half the 1.3nm upwind leg has been sailed. At one point the right looked good then the trusty left looked good and just sometimes tacking on the shifts up the middle seems to pay. On this occasion new faces appeared first at the top mark, a British crew Terry Scutcher and Chris Hewkin representing Dubai Offshore SC and Burton/Shotley. They were followed by Graham Vials and Chris Turner (GBR) and more new faces in the kiwi crew of Wayne Avery and Ross Bannan from Manly SC in Auckland.

Pressure was a bit weak on the run back down to the gate but this was were the leaders split, two went right and two went left with Lachy Gilmour and Ryan Donaldson (AUS) playing the middle. The left seemed to pay dividends with a new leader at the windward mark. Nick Jerwood and Brad Sheridan (AUS) rounded clear of Scutcher and Hewkin with Gilmour and Donaldson moving up to third.

Race 7 winners Nick Jerwood & Brad Sheridan on Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 4 - photo © Regatta Services
Race 7 winners Nick Jerwood & Brad Sheridan on Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 4 – photo © Regatta Services
Another long run with the big fleet split on each gybe. Places remained the same at the bottom gate with one more upwind to sail to the finish. By now it was Jerwood / Sheridan’s job to put a loose cover on the leaders to claim their first regatta win of the series. Scutcher and Hewkin were just able to defend second with Gilmour and Donaldson in third. Vials / Turner finished fourth and Grant Alderson and Luke Paterson (AUS) in fifth.

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The kiwi crew Avery / Bannan did a great job to finish 7th, their best result of the championship. Both the Irish crew Lavery / Green and South African’s Campbell Alexander and Ralph Thomas were the unlucky recipients of the black flag dropping down the overall leaderboard.

As the championship goes past the half way mark after 7 races with 1 discard, Vials / Turner remain in the lead overall but the gap is closing to second placed Jerwood / Sheridan. The other GBR boat Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader remain third overall.

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Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 4 – photo © Regatta Services
The fleet will enjoy an evening at Gage Roads Brewery on the Fremantle Harbour wall followed by daily presentations at the WA Maritime Museum. There is a lay day on Wednesday and racing resumes on Thursday.

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18-25 March 2023
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It was an early start for the fleet on day 3 of the 2023 Flying Fifteen World Championship held on another hot and sunny day off the coast of Fremantle. The forecast of an early Easterly which was due to shut down by lunchtime forced the PRO Kevin Wilson to set an early start time of 0905 hrs. As it turned out it was a wise decision as two windward / leeward races were completed just before the wind died.

Race 5 of the championship started at the second attempt in a shifty 10 – 11 knots off the land. With such large separation it was almost impossible to predict which boat would get to the top mark in the lead. As it turned out it was race 3 winners Lachy Gilmour and Ryan Donaldson (AUS) who briefly led from Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader (GBR) and Grant Alderson and Luke Paterson.(AUS).

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Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 3 – photo © Regatta Services
The downwind was quite a slog in the faint breeze. Places remained the same for the top three but Graham Vials and Chris Turner (GBR) were sniffing at the sterns in front of them.

On the second lap Gilmour / Donaldson dropped back whilst Michael Wilson and Peter Greenhalgh from the Isle of Man YC in the UK and Philippa Packer and Dean McAullay (AUS) pounced. Both turned the port gate mark for the short sprint to the finish. The British crew just got past with a little squirt of pressure just boat lengths from the line to take second. Sadly for Philippa and Dean they were shown on the board on the back of the committee boat as UFD so unable to count their result.

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Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 3 – photo © Regatta Services
Another local boat from Royal Freshwater Bay YC, David Yu and Chris Nelson snuck through the lead bunch to grab fourth, easily their best result of this world championship.

Race 6 of the championship had to wait a short while because the Easterly looked to be fading but again the patience of the RO paid off. A quick course alteration and off we went again with another windward / leeward course. This time the breeze was beginning to struggle and the shifts seem to be getting bigger.

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Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 3 – photo © Regatta Services
After the start it was again very difficult to predict the front boats with an enormous separation across the fleet. So much so that a complete new set of boats led on the first lap. Bill Chard and Josh Preater from Chew Valley Lake SC in the UK led from Kim Peaker and Neil White from South of Perth YC and light wind specialists Andrew and Anne Knowles from the same club.

By the gate on the first lap Philippa Packer and Dean McAullay (RFBYC) were making amends for their last race U flag by taking the lead as the breeze again threatened to collapse. Much to their delight the course was shortened at the top of the windward leg to enable the pair from the organising club to take their first winning gun of this world championship.

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Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 3 – photo © Regatta Services
Bill Chard and Josh Preater finished an awesome second and third went to the Knowles family. Current regatta leaders Vials and Turner climbed back up to fourth and Kim Peaker and Neil White a regatta best fifth place. Other notable performances include Craig and Ian Rainey from Gippsland Lakes YC in Victoria finishing 8th. Several of the top 10 boats in the rankings were deep in the fleet thus counting as their first discarded result.

So after 6 races of a total of 12 races, one discard comes into play. Graham Vials and Chris Turner (GBR) lead on 10 points net from the two Ian’s, Pinnell and Cadwallader (GBR) on 19 points and Nick Jerwood and Brad Sheridan (AUS) also on 19 points.

On day 4 of the championship only one race is scheduled with a planned start time of 12 noon. The advanced forecast is for more light shifty breezes.

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18-25 March 2023
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Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 2 © Lisa Smith
It was a long day on the water for the fleet of 76 Flying Fifteens competing at the World Championships off Fremantle on day two of the regatta. A new day and a new wind direction meant an earlier start time of 1200 noon. However the early morning Easterly breeze was always due to dye out and the sea breeze fill in the afternoon. The question was when would the change happen?

The PRO Kevin Wilson managed to get race 3 going on the second attempt after one general recall. A new course axis and a new course, a straight forward 2 lap windward/leeward with a distance of 1.3nm legs. Race 3 started in a gentle 10 knots from 90 degrees.

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Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 2 – photo © Lisa Smith
Another upwind leg with huge separation but the team who read the tricky conditions best was local WA Olympic sailors Lachy Gilmour and Ryan Donaldson (RFBYC/EBYC). The young West Australians led round mark one and down to the gate holding off the British crew of Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader with Irelands John Lavery and Alan Green from Dublin again in the top three.

The whole fleet had to endure the shifty breeze off the land which meant a lot of tacking and searching for pressure. This time the leaders sailed more up the middle of the course. At the windward mark second time around Gilmour / Donaldson just held their lead from Pinnell / Cadwallader but gradually picking their way through the lead bunch was none other than the four time world champions Graham Vials and Chris Turner (GBR).

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Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 2 – photo © Lisa Smith
The last downwind leg to the finish was stressful when the soft breeze began to fade and the leaders were approaching the final gate mark rounding from both gybes. It was going to be a very close rounding but Gilmour / Donaldson just squeezed round to finish only a couple of boat lengths from Hamish Mackay and Andrew Lawson (GBR) who cruised in from the other gybe. Vials / Turner also gained buoy room at the last moment to cross third. Rod Beurteaux and Simon Wilder (SoPYC / EFYC) finished an excellent fourth and another South of Perth YC boat Greg Tonnison and Nick Robinson an impressive fifth.

The breeze shut down completely and the whole fleet had to sit in the warm sunshine for what seemed like hours but the race committee were rewarded for their patience when a soft sea breeze started to waft in from the South.

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Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 2 – photo © Lisa Smith
Finally in the late afternoon sunshine race 4 of the Worlds got started at 1515hrs. A two lap race with one windward / leeward followed by a triangle in a 6 – 10 knot southerly.

It wasn’t rocket science to work out the leader at the top, the familiar faces of Graham Vials and Chris Turner (GBR). Places 2 – 5 were however still up for grabs. Around the second lap as the fleet had really separated, Pinnell / Cadwallader (GBR) and Jerwood / Sheridan (AUS) contested for the podium.

Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 2 - photo © Lisa Smith
Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 2 – photo © Lisa Smith
Vials / Turner made it 3 wins in 4 races to take a comfortable lead in the championship. Pinnell / Cadwallader crossed second and Jerwood / Sheridan third. Beurteaux / Wilder came in another 4th to jump into the top ten overall in the rankings. Another steady day for the Irishmen Lavery / Green moving up to 7th overall.

An early start is scheduled for the third day of racing with a start time of 0900 hrs to hopefully take a chance on the early Easterly breeze. The fleet enjoyed a real treat of a Wagyu beef BBQ served on the sundeck, supplied by legendary Western Australian Match Racing guru Peter Gilmour and his family including his son Lachy, the race winner of the first race of the day.

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18-25 March 2023
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Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 1 © Regatta Services
76 Flying Fifteens from 6 countries left Fremantle Sailing Club for the first two races of the 2023 Flying Fifteen Worlds Championship held off Fremantle under cloudless skies.

It was Fremantle back to its best offering up race 1 in a SW sea breeze starting at around 12 knots and increasing during the afternoon to a feisty 16 knots with a building chop making the downwind legs a real pleasure to sail.

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Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 1 – photo © Regatta Services
The PRO Kevin Wilson set Course 1 for the first race of the series. A windward/leeward followed by a triangle to give the fleet an opportunity for some screaming reaches and some entertainment for a building fleet of spectators enjoying the weekend watching the action at the wing mark.

Under U flag the start only caught out one boat. At the top the familiar blue kite of current world champions Graham Vials and Chris Turner (GBR) popped a good distance from the rest of the fleet. A flurry of Australian and British boats followed downwind including Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader (GBR), Nick Jerwood and Brad Sheridan (AUS), Hamish Mackay and Andrew Lawson (GBR) and Charles and Charlie Apthorp (GBR).

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Vials & Turner on day 1 of the Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia – photo © Regatta Services
By lap 2 on the reach to the wing mark Vials and Turner had opened up an unassailable lead leaving Pinnell / Cadwallader and Jerwood / Sheridan to fight for second and third place. The Australians pulled through to take second leaving Pinnell / Cadwallader in third. The Scots Mackay / Lawson crossed fourth and an excellent fifth for Michael Wilson and Pete Greenhalgh (GBR).

During the break the wind increased a notch to a steady 15 – 16 knots along with the short chop wich made for some glamour downwind surfing. A lot of dolphins were spotted out on course dancing off the bows of the fifteens in the waves.

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Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 1 – photo © Regatta Services
Course 6 was signalled for race 2, which was two windward / leeward legs of 1.5nm in length followed by a final beat to the finish. After a clear start the majority of the fleet seemed to prefer the left hand side (shoreside) of the upwind leg. Yet again it was the sail number we are getting used to seeing at the turn (GBR4071) Vials and Turner with a handy lead.

This time it was Australians Philippa Packer and Dean McAullay (RFBYC) who had a peach of a start at the committee boat end and rounded with the Irish crew John Lavery and Alan Green (National YC) in close pursuit. Maybe it was off the back of the Paddy’s day celebrations the day before but the Irishman were on fire. These three boats had clear water behind them to the chasing fleet.

Lavery & Green on day 1 of the Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia - photo © Regatta Services
Lavery & Green on day 1 of the Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia – photo © Regatta Services
On lap two Vials / Turner again stretched their lead but the chase for second was a lot closer. Nick Jerwood and Brad Sheridan (SoPYC/FSC) closed in on Packer / McAullay whilst local Australians Grant Alderson and Luke Paterson (RFBYC) were also on the move.

On the final work to the finish Vials / Turner from Derwent Reservoir SC/Lyme Regis SC in the UK were out of sight to finish the opening day with two bullets.

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Flying 15 Worlds at Fremantle, West Australia day 1 – photo © Regatta Services
Jerwood / Sheridan finished the day with two second’s and third this time was Packer / McAullay. Lavery / Green (IRL) scored an impressive 8th.

So after day one of the Worlds it is shaping up to be a bit of an ‘Ashes’ battle between GBR and AUS occupying the top 9 places overall. The Irish crew sit in 10th overall.

Racing continues on Sunday with a slightly earlier warning signal of 1200 noon. Let us just hope the gorgeous sailing conditions continue and the racing is just as much fun for the 76 boat fleet and those watching the action.

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16 March 2023

by Jonny Fullerton 16 Mar 08:26 GMT

previous next The final day of the Flying Fifteen Australian Championship was set up to go down to the wire on the final day of racing and it certainly did that.

A rare sight on the Indian Ocean off Fremantle, grey clouds rolling in from a rare direction NW. The earlier forecast predicted a swing to the regular sea breeze direction of SW but when would be the question.

The fleet set off from Fremantle Sailing Club for one final race due to start just after noon. PRO Kevin Wilson set a course 6 which was two windward/leeward legs of 1.4nm in distance followed by an upwind leg to the finish. At the start the breeze was only about 7 – 10 knots but it was always due to increase.

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1st overall Vials Turner – Flying 15 Australian Championship 2023 – photo © Regatta Services
A clear start this time under U flag so no need for the black flag. At the top it was the usual suspects, Graham Vials and Chris Turner (GBR) led by a couple of boat lengths from a close cluster including Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader (GBR), Nick Jerwood and Brad Sheridan (AUS) and regatta leaders Grant Alderson and Luke Paterson (AUS).

Downwind Alderson / Paterson slid down on an inshore track to gain second place at the gate behind Vials / Turner. Jerwood / Sheridan moved into third. Back upwind for the second time and the skies begun to get darker with a real threat of rain, a very unusual phenomenon in these parts! Was this the change we were all expecting?

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Fleet downwind – Flying 15 Australian Championship 2023 – photo © Regatta Services
On the second lap there were several place changes below the top three boats but it was now beginning to look like a two horse race to the finish and a rapid look at the overall results to look at the maths.

Rounding the gate for the last time, Vials and Turner held a several boat length lead from Alderson and Paterson but the local Australians representing Royal Freshwater Bay YC would claim the win in the regatta on count back if places stayed the same. Alas a bit more drama was to come!

2nd overall Alderson Paterson - Flying 15 Australian Championship 2023 - photo © Regatta Services
2nd overall Alderson Paterson – Flying 15 Australian Championship 2023 – photo © Regatta Services
Vials and Turner were unlikely to be caught with a loose cover on Alderson / Paterson but any of the chasing boats could change the end result if one boat got between the race winners and Alderson / Paterson. This is exactly what happened, finally the big change came in the wind swung and the final beat became a fetch to the finish line in rapidly increasing pressure.

Graham Vials and Chris Turner from Derwent Reservoir SC/Lyme Regis SC in the UK, crossed the finish line in the mizzle to become Australian Champions. Nick Jerwood and Brad Sheridan (SoPYC/FSC) snatched second place in race 7 and by finishing third in the final race, Grant Alderson / Luke Paterson (RFBYC) had to settle for second overall missing out on the title by one solitary point.

Brits Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader (Northampton SC) finished third overall and another British boat, Hamish Mackay and Andrew Lawson from Royal Thames YC finished fourth overall. Fifth overall went to Nick Jerwood and Brad Sheridan.

The remaining top 10 places were taken up by Australian teams with notable performances by the ex olympic sailors Lachy Gilmour and Ryan Donaldson (RFBYC/Esperance Bay YC) in sixth, Rod Beurteaux and Simon Wilder from (SoPYC/East Fremantle YC) the Viper sportsboat experts in seventh.

Philippa Packer and Dean McAullay (RFBYC) finished 8th, the Dunbar brothers from (SoPYC) in 9th and Andrew and Anne Knowles (SoPYC) in 10th.

The 79 boat fleet have a well earned lay day tomorrow before the whole show re-starts on Saturday 18 March with seven days of World Championship racing.

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14 March 2023
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Gilmour & Donaldson on Flying 15 Australian Championship Day 3 © Regatta Services

Andrew and Anne Knowles on Flying 15 Australian Championship Day 3 © Regatta Services

Fremantle just keeps on delivering, another beautiful blue sky day and another two races in lighter 7 – 10 knot SW breezes. The water may be clear enough to see the bottom but there was quite a lot of weed floating around so a number of boats were seen clearing their foils before the start of race 5 of the series.

The fleet left Fremantle Sailing Club for race 6 due to start at 12 noon. As the breeze was a little lighter the leg distance was reduced to 1.3nm using course 1 which is a sausage followed by a triangle.

As has become a regular occurrence the fleet was well spread upwind. Graham Vials and Chris Turner (GBR) led briefly at the windward mark but Grant Alderson and Luke Paterson (RFBYC/FSC) overtook by the time they reached the downwind gate. Also closing fast was Andrew and Anne Knowles from (South of Perth YC) who seemed to excel in the lighter conditions. Other local sailors Rob Beurteaux and Simon Wilder (SoPYC / East Fremantle YC) were making an appearance in the top 10.

The two Australian boats pulled away on the triangle legs to take positions one and two, whilst Vials and Turner had to settle for third. Beurteaux / Wilder finished fourth and Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader (GBR) in fifth.

Race 6 had to go through the motions, first a U flag caught out FFI Commodore Chris Waples (GBR) and then two subsequent Black flag starts caught out a batch of competing crews. Vials and Turner were amongst the culprits heading home for an early bath.

Finally around 1415 hrs race 6 got started using course 3, a two lap windward / leeward course with a longer 1.5nm leg length. The soft breeze just held but did give more importance to getting clear lanes on the upwind legs and pressure on the downwind legs.

Flying 15 Australian Championship Day 3 - photo © Regatta Services
Flying 15 Australian Championship Day 3 – photo © Regatta Services
At the top of the course Pinnell / Cadwallader rounded just ahead of Alderson / Paterson with Nick Jerwood / Brad Sheridan (SoPYC/FSC) back in the mix. Beurteaux / Wilder and local lads Lachy Gilmour and Ryan Donaldson were amongst the leaders again.

Alderson / Paterson got away downwind to lead at the gate with Jerwood / Sheridan closing on their stern. Positions 3 to 5 were however shuffling. Another RFBYC crew Greg ‘Levo’ Leaversuch and Peter Barblett came into contention for a podium finish. The two lead boats separated downwind and with the breeze softening it looked like it could go either way but when they converged Alderson / Paterson passed through the bottom gate a couple of boat lengths ahead of Jerwood / Sheridan to take the gun for the second time in the day and take the overall lead in the regatta. Gilmour / Donaldson finished an excellent third to maintain their healthy position overall.

Flying 15 Australian Championship Day 3 - photo © Regatta Services
Flying 15 Australian Championship Day 3 – photo © Regatta Services
Queenslanders Ashley Smith and Adam Kingston (sailing under a HKG flag) sailed their best race of the regatta finishing sixth in race 5. New Zealanders, Murray Gilbert and Jonathan Burgess from Royal Akarana YC in Auckland, had their best result of the regatta scoring an 8th in race 6.

Now that the only race discard comes into play Alderson / Paterson lead the rankings by 1 point from Vials / Turner with Pinnell / Cadwallader in third overall. There is then a small gap in points to Hamish Mackay and Andrew Lawson (GBR) in fourth and Jerwood / Sheridan in fifth.

Flying 15 Australian Championship Day 3 - photo © Regatta Services
Flying 15 Australian Championship Day 3 – photo © Regatta Services
It is all to play for with one more race to decide the Australian Championship which is scheduled for a warning signal at 1200 noon. The advanced forecast is for a shifty morning breeze which is due to build in the afternoon and swing to the SW with a lot more guts.

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