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The 37th Bloody Mary Pursuit Race took place in freezing temperatures, snow flurries and gusting northerly 25 knot winds. Cited in Yachts and Yachting as one of the top sailing 5 events in the world. Despite the appalling conditions in the week leading up to the event and on the day itself, 61 boats entered
In previous years, the only classes eligible to win the main Bloody Mary Pursuit Race Trophy have been those with an RYA published Portsmouth Yardstick Number. As of the 2010 Bloody Mary, all monohull dinghies, including foilers, and those keelboat classes accepted by Queen Mary Sailing Club were eligible to win the Bloody Mary Trophy.
The full range of dinghies entered from a Topper to an RS600 FF. The lead was progressively taken from the Topper by a Miracle, a Laser and a Merlin.
With 20 minutes to go a 505 sailed by Andy Smithy and Tim Needham took the lead and retained it until the end despite an RS800 snapping at their heels. Andy and Tim from Staunton Harold Sailing Club who had only just purchased the boat were the successful winners of this first ever fully open Bloody Mary.
Winner of the Ladies Helm was Sarah Allen from Royal Southern helming an RS200 with Mark Ampleford , the Hyde Sails Foilers Trophy was Geoff Carveth in an International Moth. The first Queen Mary Helm was James Boyce sailing with Sam Tozer in an RS200.
Class prizes were won by Jim Downer and John Price (RS400) of Royal Victoria and Andrew Hurst (Laser) from Queen Mary.
Prize winners walked away with a bag of goodies including vodka juice and tomato juice, tickets for the London Boat Show, fabulous watches from Nautica and free subscriptions to sailjuice.com.
The winners thanked the volunteers and staff of the Club who worked so hard to make this happen in such extreme weather conditions
Rank | SailNo | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | Class |
1 | 9012 | Andy Smith | Tim Needham | Staunton Harold | 1 | 505 |
2 | 978 | Neil Ashby | Sam Procton | Bough Beech SC | 2 | RS 800 |
3 | 3691 | Richard Whitworth | Olly Turner | Parkstone SC | 3 | Merlin Rocket |
4 | 2698 | Peter Barton | Ben Paton | Royal Lymington YC | 4 | Cherub |
5 | 3707 | Simon Blake | Alex Jackson | Shoreham SC | 5 | Merlin Rocket |
6 | 1318 | Nick Craig | Frensham Pond SC | 6 | Phantom | |
7 | 1 | Daniel Holman | Netley SC | 7 | Punk | |
8 | 1210 | Jim Downer | Jon Price | Royal Victoria YC | 8 | RS 400 |
9 | 1088 | James Boyce | Sam Tozer | QueenMary SC | 9 | RS 200 |
10 | 2495 | Stuart Hydon | Fiona Gray | Shustoke SC | 10 | Lark |
11 | 155 | David Hitchcock | Ian Nicholson | QueenMary SC | 11 | RS K6 |
12 | 951 | Michael Iszatt | Fishers Green SC | 12 | RS 600 | |
13 | 4016 | Neal Gibson | Redoubt SC | 13 | Miracle | |
14 | 3095 | Chris Guy | Simon Cowdell | Castaways | 14 | Firefly |
15 | 3445 | Geoff Carveth | RYA | 15 | International Moth | |
16 | 1293 | Andrew Boyce | Charlie Beck | Papercourt SC | 16 | RS 200 |
17 | 1000 | Sam Pascoe | Castle Cove SC | 17 | RS 600 FF | |
18 | 7 | Andrew Hurst | QueenMary SC | 18 | Laser | |
19 | 7 | Simon Hiscocks | Weymouth and Portland SA | 19 | RS 600 FF | |
20 | 189092 | Gareth Edwards | QueenMary SC | 20 | Laser | |
21 | 1209 | Graham Newton | Simon Raglione-Hall | Restronguet SC | 21 | RS 400 |
22 | 3692 | Marinus Zilvold | Julie Nuttall | Whitstable YC | 22 | Merlin Rocket |
23 | 167555 | James Bayliss | QueenMary SC | 23 | Laser Radial | |
24 | 471 | Russ Hopkins | Tewkesbury SC | 24 | RS 300 | |
25 | 119 | Terry Wilkinson | Sarah White | QueenMary SC | 25 | RS K6 |
26 | 1231 | Sarah Allen | Mark Ampleford | Royal Southern YC | 26 | RS 200 |
27 | 2997 | Jon Steward | Nick Yannakoyorgos | Wembley SC | 27 | Merlin Rocket |
28 | 1084 | Graham Stones | Alcian Banister | Spinnaker SC | 28 | RS Vision |
29 | 693 | Jon Smith | Valentin Nedyalkov | QueenMary SC | 29 | RS 400 |
61 | 3370 | Ben Sutcliffe | QueenMary SC | DNF | International Moth | |
61 | 3516 | Steve Nerbury | Andi Hill | RYA | DNF | National 12 |
61 | 14755 | David Ryder | Michelle Ryder | Blackwater SC | DNF | Fireball |
61 | 154746 | Chris Bilton | Alton Mere SC | DNF | Laser | |
61 | 953 | Stuart Halman | Sue Brannam | Leigh and Lowton SC | DNF | RS 400 |
61 | 1359 | Simon Hawkes | Chew Valley SC | DNF | Phantom | |
61 | 108 | Phil Eltringham | Gareth Loncoln | Northampton SC | DNF | AltO |
61 | 805 | Martin Phillips | Callum Bright | Great Moor SC | DNF | RS Vision |
61 | 3366 | Alex Adams | Castle Cove SC | DNF | International Moth | |
61 | 3495 | Jonathan Peats | QueenMary SC | DNF | International Moth | |
61 | 856 | Colin Hall | Hunts SC | DNF | British Moth | |
61 | 2503 | David Lynch | Nick Hydon | Shustoke SC | DNF | Lark |
61 | 190846 | George Spedding | QueenMary SC | DNF | Laser | |
61 | 785 | David Hayes | Sean Dwyer | Hayling Island SC | DNF | B14 |
61 | 14099 | Glenn Bolton | Datchet Water SC | DNF | Fireball | |
61 | 8 | Tim Garvin | QueenMary SC | DNF | D-One | |
61 | 3614 | Doug Pybus | QueenMary SC | DNF | International Moth | |
61 | 3146 | Andrerw Friend | QueenMary SC | DNF | International Moth | |
61 | 193651 | Matt Reid | Spinnaker SC | DNF | Laser | |
61 | 729 | Nick Creak | Rock Sailing Club | DNF | Blaze | |
61 | 192782 | Tim Palmer | QueenMary SC | DNF | Laser Radial | |
61 | 14579 | Martin Walker | Stewart Scarff | Shoreham SC | DNF | Fireball |
61 | 324 | David Poston | QueenMary SC | DNF | Musto Skiff | |
61 | 3579 | Charlie Morgan | Stuart Colley | Tamesis Club | DNF | Merlin Rocket |
61 | 749 | Xavier Quillien | Benedicte Rancourt | Barnes SC | DNF | RS 200 |
61 | 3347 | James Phare | QueenMary SC | DNF | International Moth | |
61 | 146 | Griff Tanner | QueenMary SC | DNF | Musto Skiff | |
61 | 1 | Adrian Brunton | Mengeham Rythe SC | DNF | D-One | |
61 | 11 | Andy Rice | RYA | DNF | D-One | |
61 | 1233 | James Bolingbroke | Dabchicks SC | DNF | 29er | |
61 | 1272 | Andy Wilcox | Scott Bilham | Ely SC | DNF | RS 400 |
61 | 45770 | William Fitz-Gibbon | QueenMary SC | DNF | Topper |