Articles by Jenni

Sport Fleet:
Greg Kelly 3rd
Ffinlo Wright 6th
Matthew Petts 11th
Ben Batchelor 31st

Pro Fleet:
Amie Shute 9th
Tony Pitt RTD

The wind picked up considerably just in time for the run on this race, causing a few capsizes – Tony included! This was the end of his day’s racing, but to his credit he sailed superbly given that this is his first experience of UK competition and only his second time sailing with the Pro rig. He had some really excellent starts and showed promise up the beats. In Race 2 he finished 15th in a fleet of 30 boats – an excellent effort in a very competitive fleet.

Sport Fleet:

Greg Kelly 4th
Ffinlo Wright 8th
Ben Batchelor 22nd
Matthew Petts 23rd

Pro Fleet:
Amie Shute 11th
Tony Pitt 25th

Sport Fleet:
Greg Kelly 5th
Ffinlo Wright 10th
Ben Batchelor 15th
Matthew Petts 23rd

Pro Fleet:
Tony Pitt 15th
Amie Shute 16th

Results for Manx Youth Sailing Squad Sailors, Race 1:

Sport Fleet

Greg Kelly 3rd
Ffinlo Wright 5th
Ben Batchelor 9th
Matthew Petts 22nd

Pro Fleet:
Amie Shute 20th

Tony Pitt 23rd

The Manx Youth Sailing Squad will travel to Alton Water S.C. in Suffolk this weekend for the RS Tera annual Inland Championship.

Tony Pitt (age 11) will experience his first taste of UK competition. He has worked hard over the last two years, firstly to achieve selection to the MYSS and during this season to raise his sailing in preparation for UK competition. Tony will sail in the ‘Pro’ fleet at the weekend, after upgrading from the Sport to the Pro rig only last weekend.

For Greg Kelly and Amie Shute this will be the fourth Inland championship they have competed at. Amie will sail in the Pro fleet and Greg will do his final regatta in the Sport fleet.

Ffinlo Wright and Matthew Petts, who won the IAPS UK schools regatta last May will sail in the Sport fleet, along with the team’s youngest member Ben Batchelor.

We will try and keep up-to-date results here as best we can. The first race starts at 11.30am on Saturday.

We found two guillemots in the bay today that were covered in oil and unable to fly. The MSPCA were straight down to collect them. Wish I had a photo of Jon defending a baby guillemot from seagulls whilst trying to catch it with a cardboard box. Thanks MSPCA for good advice and quick response.

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The final two races of the RS Tera World Championship we sailed yesterday with all four Manx sailors having a great day of racing.

Greg Kelly won the first race and finished third in the final race of the series. In the overall standings he finished in 4th place, but the results at the top of the fleet we extremely close with only two points difference between second and fourth! Greg finished in the top five in six out of eleven races and also had two more results in the top 10. This is an outstanding achievement for the youngster in what was a very tough and close competition. Well done Greg!

In the Pro fleet Amie Shute finished the series with two 2nd places in the final races which moved her up to 5th overall and 2nd placed girl in the fleet. Amie will be delighted with these results, which after years of commitment, determination and training, are thoroughly deserved.

Izzy Sharpe, also racing in the Pro fleet, finished in 8th place overall, a very credible result in this light airs regatta. Izzy (and all the Manx sailors) preferring to sail in stronger winds and big waves, conditions we are very familiar with here!

Ffinlo Wright, the youngest member of the Manx team, sailed in the Sport fleet and finished in 14th place overall, managing to score three top 10 results during the series. Every year we are seeing better and better results from him, let’s hope he continues with the same dedication over the next few years.

The Manx Youth Sailing Squad have trained intensively throughout the winter and summer months, for all their efforts they have once again been a credit to themselves and the Isle of Man. I cannot express how difficult it can be to sail in a big fleet in light winds and maintain consistent results, but on the whole they guys have done it. Their results really are outstanding at this World Championship.

After nine races at the RS Tera World Championship results for the Manx Youth Sailing Squad are….

In the Pro fleet Amie is 7th (4th girl) and Izzy is 8th (5th girl). With a couple of good races tomorrow they may still be able to move up a few places in the overall standings.

In the Sport fleet after his superb results today Greg has moved up to 7th overall and Ffinlo is currently lying in 15th place.

There are two more races to be sailed tomorrow to complete the World Championship series. Let’s hope there is a bit of breeze for them….

With more wind at the Worlds today the Manx are back on form with Greg Kelly scoring a win and two 2nds in the three races sailed.

Amie had a good day in the Pro fleet with a 4th, 6th and 7th, she may be lying first girl now but we are still waiting for confirmed overall results.

Ffinlo has had a steady day with a 12th, 12th and 15th in the Sport fleet. Izzy finished 9th, 8th and 17th.

I will post another update once we have more news.

Fingers crossed for more wind in Denmark tomorrow!!

Four sailors from the Manx Youth Sailing Squad are in Denmark to represent Great Britain at the 2011 RS Tera World Championship.

Sixty-five competitors from seven countries are participating in the event, open to sailors aged 18 and under. There are 26 boats in the Pro rig fleet and 45 boats in the Sport fleet.

The squad have taken part in a pre-championship training camp over the weekend to familiarise themselves with the sailing conditions in the sheltered waters of the Aabenraa Fjord.

The Championship will began on yesterday with the first three races. Izzy Sharpe and Amie Shute racing in the Pro fleet made a steady start to the regatta. Amie scored a 6th, 26th and 12th, Izzy 8th, 26th and 8th.

Only 6 boats finished Race 2. In the very light winds the race committee had moved one of the marks by 30 degrees which caused much confusion in the fleet resulting in twenty boats sailing the wrong course. Amie realised the error and corrected her course but was unable to finish within the time limit.

In the Sport fleet Greg finished 9th, 46th and 10th. Ffinlo 16th, 46th and 21st. Again the Sport fleet suffered the same confusion as the Pros and only two boats sailed the correct course.

Today has been another light airs day but there have been some good results from the Manx team. Izzy is currently lying in fifth place, and 2nd girl, in the Pro fleet after an 8th, 6th and 6th today. Amie is 3rd girl, 8th place overall after a 12th, 11th and 7th.

There are a lot of mixed results at the top end of the Sport fleet with the light conditions. Greg got a 14th, 4th and 14th leaving him in 9th place overnight.

Ffinlo came 12th in race 4 and 10th in Race 5 but unfortunately was over the line at the start of race 6 and scored the full 46 points for OCS. He will have to be more cautious for the rest of the week as he has already used his two discards in races 2 and 6. At present this puts him in 19th place.