Goat Marine Enterprise National Championship at Looe Sailing Club - Overall

by Alice Allen 2 Aug 14:17 UTC 27 July - 2 August 2024

The final day of the Goat Marine Enterprise National Championship at Looe brought yet more sunshine and the promise of champagne sailing. The Race Officer set an earlier start time, with the aim of getting in three races to complete the series.

With a steady NNW forecast, it was also decided to treat the fleet to a gate start with Johnny Woodward and Alex Homer as pathfinder. All got off cleanly, with the early starters favoured with Darren and Hayley Roach first to the windward mark, followed by Paul Hobson and Craig Wheatley, with Charles Morrish and Dan Swaffield third and Alice Allen and Chris Baker fourth. A wind shift resulted in the next beat becoming right hand favoured and despite some close tussles, the top four places in Race 6 remained consistent to the finish.

Race 7 saw Martin and Abigail Honnor as pathfinder. With the fleet enjoying some of the finest sailing conditions of the week, the race team set an extended course including an extra 'sausage' into the buffet. Once again, it was Darren and Hayley Roach who rounded the windward mark first.

With the wind building steadily, the Race Officers set the table for the final race, with a change of course to include an extra final beat which would finish the fleet marginally nearer the beach. It was the turn of local Looe sailors, Ollie and Archie Hawkins to set off as pathfinder, with the feisty 15 knots of wind seeing a few casualties in the melee of the start - but at least enabling Gracie Jaycock to test out her new wetsuit - apparently an 'incentive gift' to sail with her big sister Daisy! This time it was Paul Hobson and Craig Wheatley on the pace (and having potentially had a few pies) taking advantage of their weight to keep the boat flat and fast to round the windward mark first, closely chased by Martin and Abigail Honnor and Darren and Hayley Roach in third, and Jeremy and Lloyd Williams in 4th. With a more shifty beat, there was plenty of place changing as fatigue took hold for some, with others taking advantage to pick off places to improve their overall scores. But with a clear margin, their third place was sufficient for Darren and Hayley to hold first place overall. Coming 11th in the final race was still sufficient for father and daughter team Jeremy and Rebecca Stephens to be 2nd overall, with Paul Hobson and Craig Wheatley third.

With the conclusion of a great sunny week on the water, and praising the race team for getting a full series in despite the challenges of the wind, the Enterprise fleet turned to its second favourite thing - having a good time! After a highly successful class meeting mid-week, the Enterprise fleet looks set for a resurgence with new Commodore Gez Brown in place supported by a team of volunteers including Jeremy and Rebecca Stephens to plan next year's championships.

With great support from sponsors including Goat, Zhik, Robline, Allen, Helly Hansen, Noble Marine and Fernhurst Books, there was a great spread of prizes throughout the Bronze and Silver fleet, prizes for age categories, classic boat, and the Ginga Trophy (for the last boat having completed every race) won by Rob and Katie Dewe from Looe SC.

Local crews Mia and Archie Sadler, Joseph Wright and Jowan Carnell were thanked with prizes for stepping in to crew for visiting helms, as well as prizes for first time entries James Eastbury and Jowan Carnell from Gresford SC. The first lady helm was Alice Allen crewed by Chris Baker, with Hayley Roach wining the Mary Arnold Baker Trophy for first lady crew as well as the Rolling Pin Trophy for being first 'couple'. With the famous "Shite Night" music ready to roll, it was left to overall winners Darren and Hayley Roach to thank the club, especially Steve Sargent as the overall Looe SC / Enterprise organiser, along with the Race Team of Arthur Kinver, Francis Marshall and Brain Bowdler, the shore support team lead by Enys Dan, and the safety team comprising the Crabb family and others with the biggest cheer going to the stalwart bar team led by Karen Bowdler.

Overall Results:
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Pos	Fleet	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1st	G	23307	Banged Up	Darren Roach	Hayley Roach	1	‑10	7	3	1	1	1	3	17
2nd	G	22652	That's Entertainment	Jeremy Stephens	Rebecca Stephens	‑12	3	1	7	2	5	2	11	31
3rd	G	23421	Margret	Paul Hobson	Craig Wheatley	2	8	(RET)	5	9	2	7	1	34
4th	G	22619	Riotvan	Martin Honnor	Abigail Honnor	5	2	‑12	8	6	8	5	2	36
5th	S	23170	Harken	Nick Jackson	Rebecca Bradley	8	4	10	2	(BFD)	13	6	6	49
6th	G	22940	Rebel Rouser	Dave Jackman	Jazz Jackman	4	1	9	12	5	‑14	13	10	54
7th	S	23089	Simply Red	Charles Morrish	Dan Swaffield	6	13	14	1	12	3	9	‑15	58
8th	S	2276	Da's Boat	Ollie Hawkins	Archie Hawkins	‑23	15	2	10	10	7	8	9	61
9th	G	22544	Comfortably Numb	Jeremy Williams	Lloyd Williams	7	‑18	16	11	3	9	11	4	61
10th	G	23275	Wimp	Matt Jaycock	Ivan Jaycock	10	6	4	9	7	10	‑16	16	62
11th	S	22501	Blue Job	Alice Allen	Chris Baker	14	7	5	13	11	4	14	‑21	68
12th	G	23270	Kitty	Phil Ford	Jane Humpage	3	5	‑19	19	18	12	4	12	73
13th	G	22762	Churchfield 2	Steve Sargent	Eloise Jaycock	9	12	8	16	4	‑18	15	14	78
14th	G	22456	Unlawful Entry	Nigel Bird	Mhairi Ogilvie	13	9	6	‑23	15	17	10	8	78
15th	G	22439	Floozy	Phil Bevan	Chris Keatley	11	17	13	‑20	14	16	3	5	79
16th	S	23274	Roy Kent	Johnny Allen	Libby Allen	18	16	‑25	6	16	6	20	13	95
17th	G	23410	Wimp	Ges Brown	Julie Moore	19	11	3	4	(BFD)	11	12	RET	96
18th	S	23443	Wannabe Red	Jonathan Woodward	Alex Homer	17	19	17	14	8	‑23	21	7	103
19th	S	23347	Minion	Callum Dingle	Connor Langan	15	14	11	17	13	‑19	17	17	104
20th	B	22763	Enterbubble	Phil Sowden	Archie Sadler	‑28	20	15	18	20	15	19	28	135
21st	B	22874	Life of Riley	James Eastbury	Jowan Carnell	20	21	21	26	19	21	18	‑32	146
22nd	S	22702	Espadarte	Nick Scutt	Mia Sadler	16	28	22	15	17	‑30	28	22	148
23rd	B	23140	My Aim is True	Richard Leach	Alex Rich	26	24	26	‑27	22	22	24	18	162
24th	S	22972	Mercury	Tom Mclaren	Emrys Franklyn	25	‑29	28	24	21	20	26	19	163
25th	B	22935	Malabar	Chris Palmer	Helen Cummins	24	26	18	22	26	‑29	22	26	164
26th	S	22901	Out of the Blue	Paul Young	Douglas Ogilvie	21	22	23	25	23	25	‑32	27	166
27th	B	23227	Ship Faced	Daisy Jaycock	Gracie Jaycock	22	27	20	21	25	27	27	(RET)	169
28th	B	23136	Brandy	Toby Bray	Charlotte Handy	‑29	25	29	28	28	24	25	23	182
29th	S	22422	Aquaholic	Anthony Wheatley	Ben Wheatley	27	23	24	(DNC)	DNC	28	23	24	185
30th	B	22704	Poubelle	Karl Evans	June Keen	32.5	30	‑33	29	24	26	31	25	197.5
31st	B	23193	Flashback	Mark Puckey	Goron Jones	32.5	32	27	32	31	‑33	30	20	204.5
32nd	B	23169	Snow Picnic	Lauren Bowdler	George Mclaren	32.5	‑33	30	30	27	31	29	29	208.5
33rd	B	22096	YER‑TIZ	Oliver Whitling	Joseph Wright	32.5	31	(RET)	31	30	32	33	30	219.5
34th	B	22270	She's Electric	Andrew Macdonald	David Van Rooyen	32.5	34	32	33	29	35	34	(RET)	229.5
35th	B	22659	Cederic Cederend	Rob Dewe	Katie Dewe	32.5	‑35	31	34	32	34	35	31	229.5