CLUBS & CLASSES
420 team score Bloody Mary glory
The 420 team of Dylan McPherson and Jack Lewis blew away the competition at the GJW Direct Bloody Mary in big breeze conditions that made London’s Queen Mary Reservoir a sea of colour, thrills and spills as sailors battled the gusty field of play.
The 5th leg of the Seldén SailJuice Winter Series at Queen Mary SC saw 288 entries representing 59 classes and 120 clubs, with the slowest boats starting at midday and Topper sailor Henry Koe leading from the first mark.
It was 20 racing marks later at the end of the second lap when McPherson/Lewis took over the lead. In the high winds, topping 30 knots, this pair extended a commanding lead.
In the hunt were Simon Horsfield and Katie Burridge in their 2000 and hot on their heels were former Fireball world champions DJ Edwards and Vyv Townend. However, the young 420 team held their nerve to hang on for a big victory.
Fourth overall went to another 420 team, Callum Davidson-Guild and Szymon Matyjaszczuk, with 29er sailors Leo Wilkinson and Sam Jones in fifth, and the first lady helm prize going to Megan Farrer, also in a 420.
Jez Entwistle, from event title sponsor GJW Direct, commented: “I was pleased to see so many youth sailors competing today – and holding their own against the adults – which is a great testament to the RYA youth programme and the UK dinghy sailing scene as a whole.”
Brits dominate International 14 worlds Down Under
Britain’s Archie Massey and Harvey Hillary on Zog secured the CST Composites i14 2020 Perth World Championship with a day to spare. After counting three race wins and two seconds, this was the fifth world title for Massey but the first
