Ben Flower leads the 2023/24 Seldén SailJuice Winter Series

After four events, 256 boats have achieved rankings.  Ben Flower (ILCA 7 –  Paignton SC),  is the first to qualify with four results and tops the overall leaderboard. Ben was last winter’s runner-up and will be looking to go one better.   Sam Pascoe (Musto Skiff – Castle Cove SC),  winner of three events,  moves up two places to second overall.  Another previous Series runner-up,  Luke Fisher (RS Vareo – Emberton Park SC), jumps 13 places to third overall.

 

There are now 65 classes that have competed across the first four events.  ILCA 7s were just ahead of the RS400s at the Brass Monkey,  Musto Skiffs dominated the Grafham GP with four boats competing.  Overall,  ILCA 7s hang on to the top spot,  followed by RS200s,  and Musto Skiffs up two places to third overall.  Top Class rankings based on the best three results for each class across every race.  

 

 

109 sailing clubs have been represented across the first four events.  Yorkshire Dales SC was the dominant club at their home event, the Brass Monkey,  similarly, Grafham was the Top Club for the Grand Prix.  Overall Draycote jumped one place to take the lead,  and Burghfield up two places to second overall.  Castle Cove,  who have been number one from the first event,  slip back two places to third overall.

 

 

Based on extracted results for various GBSC ranking categories,  across every race with a discard per every three races.

 

 

 

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Here are the winners of the Seldén goodies for getting their bow sticker spotted by Series photographer Tim Olin’s camera…

 

 

RS Feva XL – Mia Hateley & Mona Nygård, South Staffs SC

 

 

Lark – Olly Saunders & Zara Frankton, Shustoke SC

 

 

 

 

THIS SATURDAY: THE BLOODY MARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo Credits: Tim Olin

2022/23 Peter Gray & Geoff Edwards (Osprey)

2021/22 Roger Gilbert & Ben McGrane (505)

2020/21 Simon Horsfield & Katie Burridge/ Natalie Johnson (2000)

2019/20 Simon Horsfield & Katie Burridge (2000)

2018/19 Simon Horsfield & Katie Burridge (2000)

2017/18 Alistair Goodwin (Laser)

2016/17 Matt Mee & Emma Norris (RS200)

2015/16 Ian Dobson & Andy Tunnicliffe (GP14)

2014/15 Nick Craig & various crews (Merlin Rocket)

2013/14 Michael Sims (Solo)

2012/13 Tom Gillard & Simon Potts (Fireball)

2011/12 Peter Gray & Rachael Rhodes (Scorpion)

2010/11 Andy Peake (Musto Skiff)

2009/10 Olly Turner & Richard Whitworth (Merlin Rocket)

 

SailJuice.com is the ‘how to sail and race faster’ website, with hundreds of articles and exclusive interviews with National, World and Olympic Champions. Professional sailing journalist and editor of SailJuice.com, Andy Rice, came up with the concept of the SailJuice Winter Series (originally known as the SailJuice Global Warm-Up) as a way of increasing participation levels in dinghy racing during the off-season in the UK.

 

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