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420s dominate first day of Tiger Trophy
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In a fleet of more than 200 boats, the young sailors of the 420 fleet are dominating the leaderboard after three tough races in cold, strong winds gusting up to 30 knots on Saturday at the Tiger Trophy at Rutland Water.
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 |
Article Author Andy Rice 2/2/2013 17:19
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