Greg Wells and David Tulloch were winners of the Flying 15 Southerns and Bulwark Trophy OM hosted by Hayling Island SC.

The local pair were the only crew to keep their results in single figures finishing with a four point advantage over second placed Andy McKee and Richard Jones (Dovestone SC), with Richard Lovering and Matt Alvarado (HISC / WYC) in third.

None of the individual race winners ended in the top two finishers! 

The wind direction had a major impact on the conditions, being a consistent north-easterly breeze. The full sunshine made for a contradictory sea breeze that built up from the south making the first race one where despite the windward-leeward course gave a beat to the finish line!

Race 1. Light and shifty from the NE.  The race officer made a brave call to start. A challenging race ensued though with loads of holes and plenty of place changing - Half a dozen different boats must have led at some stage.  Pinnell/Cadwallader eked out a good lead but on final run Wells/Tulloch took the lead only to become becalmed at the final turning mark.  The father and son Lucas duo came from the outside to take the gun having passed 10 boats on their final run.  Pinnell/Cadwallader were 2nd,  with European champs Mckee/Jones 3rd.     

Race 2. A bit of a wait for a weak SE sea breeze to develop.  A bit more solid but still plenty of holes and shifts.  Peters/McBride went hard right and found a nice shift to lead comfortably.  Jameson/Grant went hard left and rounded 2nd! Those 2 boats sailed away.  A good battle for the minor places took place with 3rd eventually going to Wells/Tulloch and 4th to the Apthorps.

Race 3. The wind was a bit more solid but still shifting between SE and S. A left hand shift at the start allowed the boats at the pin end to take a commanding lead.  Davy/Huett started on the pin and led from start to finish.  Stevenson/Hanson started one up from Davy/Huett and were 2nd at windward mark with Wells/Tulloch on his hip. At the leeward mark Stevenson/Hanson had a problem with their drop allowing Wells through to take 2nd.  Pinnell/Cadwallader had a great last lap to move up to 3rd.

Race 4 on Sunday morning.  The north easterly persisted with plenty of lake style shifts and holes but more solid than Saturday.   Wells/Tulloch started on the pin and led at windward mark closely followed by Davy/Huett who had started on the Committee Boat!  These two pulled out a healthy lead and following a few tacking and then gybing duels the lead changed several time with Davy/Huett just getting the inside overlap at the final mark to take the gun.   Lovering/Alvarado crossed 3rd but alas were UFD.  Jameson/Grant crossed next but were also UFD so the 3rd spot went to McKee/Jones.  These UFD's had a significant bearing on the overall title going into the last race....

Race 5. The north-east breeze continued building and gave the best conditions of the weekend, but it was still shifty! 

Following the UFD's from Race 4 Wells/Tulloch virtually had the regatta sewn up.  If Davy/Huett finished in top 3 Wells/Tulloch needed to be within 3 places of them or if Mckee/Jones won Wells/Tulloch had to be 6th or lower.   

Wells/Tulloch started and stayed near Davy/Huett who worked the RHS.  However, the leaders initially (Woodsy and his wife Anne-Marie) all came out of the LHS in better pressure but this group included McKee/Jones.  Wells/Tulloch opted to leave the cover on Davy/Huett to get over to the RHS and managed to squeeze round in the top 10.  Lovering/Alvarado sailed through to lead and went on to win followed by McKee/Jones who just slipped past Jameson/Grant near the finish.   Wells/Tulloch managed to pass a few boats on the 2nd beat and final run to take 4th and the overall win.

Report complied from input by Gerald New and Greg Wells

Photos courtesy of Peter Hickson

Sailed: 5, Discards: 1, To count: 4, Entries: 25, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Sail No	Helm Name	Crew Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5		Total	Nett
1st	4112	Greg Wells	David Tulloch	HISC	(7.0)	3.0	2.0	2.0	4.0		18.0	11.0
2nd	4005	Andy McKee	Richard Jones	Dovestone SC/Shotwick Lake SC	3.0	7.0	(11.0)	3.0	2.0		26.0	15.0
3rd	4002	Richard Lovering	Matt Alvarado	HISC / WYC	5.0	6.0	4.0	(26.0 UFD)	1.0		42.0	16.0
4th	3760	Jeremy Davy	Martin Huett	Draycote Water SC	9.0	(13.0)	1.0	1.0	9.0		33.0	20.0
5th	3951	Nick Peters	Guy	HISC	11.0	1.0	5.0	(16.0)	6.0		39.0	23.0
6th	4004	Charles Apthorp	Charlie Apthorp	HISC	6.0	4.0	(14.0)	4.0	10.0		38.0	24.0
7th	3793	Peter Allam	Jo Allam	Parkstone YC	4.0	8.0	9.0	5.0	(26.0 RET)		52.0	26.0
8th	4055	ian Pinnell	Ian Cadwallader	HISC	2.0	(15.0)	3.0	10.0	12.0		42.0	27.0
9th	4061	Chris Waples	Simon Weatherill	HISC	8.0	(14.0)	8.0	7.0	8.0		45.0	31.0
10th	4017	Dave Lucas	Harry Lucas	GWSC	1.0	12.0	(13.0)	13.0	7.0		46.0	33.0
11th	4060	Andrew Jameson	James Grant	WYC/HISC	12.0	2.0	16.0	(26.0 UFD)	3.0		59.0	33.0
12th	4033	Justin Waples	Jackie Mckellar	RCYC	15.0	5.0	15.0	9.0	(17.0)		61.0	44.0
13th	3918	Paul Busby	Neil Barford	Northampton/HISC	(26.0 UFD)	17.0	6.0	11.0	15.0		75.0	49.0
14th	4107	Mark Wood	Anne-Marie Wood	HISC / WYC	13.0	(21.0)	18.0	14.0	5.0		71.0	50.0
15th	3953	Robert Hogben	Glyn Morgan	Bewl Valley	14.0	18.0	10.0	8.0	(26.0 RET)		76.0	50.0
16th	4030	Alastair Stevenson	John Hanson	RYA	10.0	19.0	7.0	15.0	(20.0)		71.0	51.0
17th	3971	Bill Chard	Josh Preater	Chew Valley SC	(23.0)	9.0	20.0	6.0	18.0		76.0	53.0
18th	3914	Adrian Tattersall	Keith	Parkstone/Fishguard	(22.0)	10.0	17.0	12.0	14.0		75.0	53.0
19th	4080	Simon Patterson	Simon Thompson	Draycote Water SC	16.0	16.0	12.0	(19.0)	11.0		74.0	55.0
20th	3903	Adrian Simpson	Carl Whitehill	HISC	17.0	11.0	(22.0)	22.0	13.0		85.0	63.0
21st	3884	Mark Nicholson	Steve Culpitt	HISC	18.0	22.0	(26.0 DNC)	17.0	16.0		99.0	73.0
22nd	4011	Jeremy Valentine	Richard Hall	Datchet Water SC	19.0	20.0	21.0	20.0	(22.0)		102.0	80.0
23rd	3939	Athol King	Roger King	HISC	21.0	23.0	19.0	21.0	(26.0 UFD)		110.0	84.0
24th	4041	Simon Cooper	Alastair Cooper	Bewl Sailing Assoc	20.0	(24.0)	23.0	23.0	19.0		109.0	85.0
25th	3912	Charlie Mckee	Simon Montague	HISC	(26.0 DNC)	26.0 DNC	26.0 DNC	18.0	21.0		117.0	91.0