420s dominate first day of Tiger Trophy

Just as John Merricks 20 years ago in his 420, the underpowered trapeze boat comes into its own in a strong breeze, and Plymouth University’s Craig Dibb and Matt Wallis won two of the three races, followed by Callum Airlie and Joe Butterworth and James Taylor and Tom Lovesey also in 420s.

Sunday is the final race, a non-discardable pursuit race, and it’s Ian Dobson and Sam Brearey lying in 4th place in their Fireball who look best place to steal the 20th Tiger Trophy from the rampant 420s. With another windy day in store, the 420s and Fireballs will be hard to stop.

Rank	Boat Class	Fast/Slow	sailnos	Helm	Crew	helm_club	PY	R1	R2	R3	Total	Nett
1st	420	SLOW	54182	Craig DIBB	Matt WALLIS	Plymouth University	1075	1	(209 DNC)	1	211	2
2nd	420	SLOW	54482	Callum AIRLIE	Joe BUTTERWORTH	Elyc	1075	3	-18	2	23	5
3rd	420	SLOW	1	James TAYLOR	Tom LOVESEY	NULL	1075	2	4	(209 DNC)	215	6
4th	Fireball	FAST	555	Ian DOBSON	Sam BREAREY	Bewl Valley S C	970	-15	3	3	21	6
5th	420	SLOW	53866	Annabel CATTERMOLE	Bryony BENNETT-LLOYD	Welwyn Garden City SC	1075	4	-10	5	19	9
6th	420	SLOW	54583	Matthew LULHAM-ROBINSON	Ben LULHAM-ROBINSON	Yorkshire Dales SC Yeadon And Otley	1075	5	-15	9	29	14
7th	420	SLOW	54415	Tim RILEY	Luke BURYWOOD	Warsash R.lymington	1075	-13	6	8	27	14
8th	Fireball	FAST	15083	Thomas GILLARD	Simon POTTS	Sheffield Viking Sailing Club	970	-99	7	10	116	17
9th	420	SLOW	54058	Lucy YEATES	Ed RILEY	Leigh And Lowton SC	1075	8	9	-17	34	17
10th	Tasar	SLOW	2833	Jeremy HAWKINS	Suzanne HAWKINS	Porthpean Sailing Club	1018	7	-44	12	63	19