Jeremy Davy and Martin Huett continued where they left off yesterday to take a one point victory at the Flying Fifteen Bulwark Trophy.
A win in race 4, the first race of day 2, took Davy and Huett into the overall lead, tied on 7 points with overnight leaders Ben Cooper and Richard Bundock.
Chris Waples and Simon Weatherill took second in that race, with Charles and Charlie Apthorp in third, and closing on the leaders after the discard.
Charles and Charlie Apthorp then upped their pace to win the final race ahead of Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader, with Waples and Weatherill taking third.
But it was overall victory for Davy and Huett (3760) with a fourth place giving them 11 pts, one point ahead of Cooper and Bundock (3904) who could only finish with a discard tenth place.
Charles and Charlie Apthorp (3957) moved into third overall on 14 pts, ahead of Pinnell and Cadwallader (4126) with 15 pts, Greg Wells and David Tulloch (4112) fifth on 17 pts and Dave and Harry Lucas (4017) completing the top six with 23 pts.
Flying Fifteen 2024 Bulwark Trophy Day 1 after 5 races, 1 discard
1st 3760 Jeremy Davy and Martin Huett – – 5 -8 1 1 4 – – 11 pts
2nd 3904 Ben Cooper and Richard Bundock – – 1 2 5 4 -10 – – 12 pts
3rd 3957 Charles Apthorp and Charlie Apthorp – – 3 -7 7 3 1 – – 14 pts
4th 4126 Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader – – 2 5 -8 6 2 – – 15 pts
5th 4112 Greg Wells and David Tulloch – – -8 1 3 7 6 – – 17 pts
6th 4017 Dave Lucas and Harry Lucas – – 7 -12 2 5 9 – – 23 pts
7th 4061 Chris Waples and Simon Weatherill – – 9 -15 14 2 3 – – 28 pts
8th 4104 Simon Childs and Kato Childs – – 12 3 -13 8 5 – – 28 pts
9th 3884 Mark Nicholson and Steve Culpitt – – 4 4 12 -14 8 – – 28 pts
10th 3736 Peter Bannister and Ian Nicholson – – 11 6 4 -11.5 7 – – 28 pts
11th 4080 Simon Patterson and Simon Thompson – – 10 11 6 13 -15 – – 40 pts
12th 4069 Bill Chard and Josh Preater – – 6 -16 9 15 11 – – 41 pts
13th 3953 Robert Hogben and G Morgan – – -13 9 11 11.5 12 – – 43.5 pts
14th 4030 Alastair Stevenson and David / Howard – – 14 10 10 10 -16 – – 44 pts
15th 3918 Paul Busby and Neil Barford – – -16 14 15 9 13 – – 51 pts
16th 3903 Gary Stuart and Tom Evans – – 15 13 -16 16 14 – – 58 pts
17th 3912 Charlie Mckee and Simon Montague – – -17 17 17 17 17 – – 68 pts
