Ben Cooper and Richard Bundock will take a four point lead into day 2 of the Flying Fifteen Bulwark Trophy at Hayling Island SC.
The 17 entries were held ashore for the wind to fill in, before heading out into Hayling Bay for three scheduled races. They finally managed to overcome the strong flooding tide, and despite the light breeze three races were completed.
Cooper and Bundock won the first ahead of Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader, with Charles and Charlie Apthorp taking third.
In the second race Greg Wells and David Tulloch took the win ahead of Cooper and Bundock, with Simon and Kato Childs in third.
The third race shuffled the leaders, with Jeremy Davy and Martin Huett taking the win ahead of Dave and Harry Lucas, with Wells and Tulloch in third.
This leaves Cooper and Bundock in a strong position on 8 pts with a 1, 2, 5, Wells and Tulloch second on 12 pts with 8, 1, 3, and Davy and Huett third with 14 pts from a 5, 8, 1, scoreline.
A stronger breeze is expected for Sunday with two more races and the discard coming into play.
Flying Fifteen 2024 Bulwark Trophy Day 1 after 3 races
1st 3904 Ben Cooper and Richard Bundock – – 1 2 5 – – 8 pts
2nd 4112 Greg Wells and David Tulloch – – 8 1 3 – – 12 pts
3rd 3760 Jeremy Davy and Martin Huett – – 5 8 1 – – 14 pts
4th 4126 Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader – – 2 5 8 – – 15 pts
5th 3957 Charles Apthorp and Charlie Apthorp – – 3 7 7 – – 17 pts
6th 3884 Mark Nicholson and Steve Culpitt – – 4 4 12 – – 20 pts
7th 4017 Dave Lucas and Harry Lucas – – 7 12 2 – – 21 pts
8th 3736 Peter Bannister and Ian Nicholson – – 11 6 4 – – 21 pts
9th 4080 Simon Patterson and Simon Thompson – – 10 11 6 – – 27 pts
10th 4104 Simon Childs and Kato Childs – – 12 3 13 – – 28 pts
11th 4069 Bill Chard and Josh Preater – – 6 16 9 – – 31 pts
12th 3953 Robert Hogben and G Morgan – – 13 9 11 – – 33 pts
13th 4030 Alastair Stevenson and David / Howard – – 14 10 10 – – 34 pts
14th 4061 Chris Waples and Simon Weatherill – – 9 15 14 – – 38 pts
15th 3903 Gary Stuart and Tom Evans – – 15 13 16 – – 44 pts
16th 3918 Paul Busby and Neil Barford – – 16 14 15 – – 45 pts
17th 3912 Charlie Mckee and Simon Montague – – 17 17 17 – – 51 pts
