Flying 15 World Championship – Vials and Turner maintain the pressure

Just one race after the Flying 15 competitors returned to the water for the second half of the 2025 World Championships.

Russell Peters and Zeb Elliott were the race 5 winners, ahead of overall leaders Graham Vials and Chris Turner and third placed Ben McGrane and Russ Clark. Peters and Elliott are now 7th overall.

In fourth were Jeremy Davy and Martin Huett maintaining their fourth place overall.

Fifth place finishers were Pete and Jo Allam, their best result so far this week, they are 35th overall.

The 12 knot starting breeze failed to continue for long, dropping to 3 knots by the finish and leaving 12 boats outside the time-limit. They will get a TLE score of number of finishers +1.

Time is also running out for anyone to upset a sixth world title victory for Graham Vials and Chris Turner . . . Just two days and a maximum five races.

2025 Flying 15 World Championship
Leaders after 5 races 1 discard (82 entries)

1st GBR Vials / Turner – – 5 pts
2nd GBR McGrane / Clark – – 9 pts
3rd GBR Mckee / Jones – – 12 pts
4th GBR Davy / Huett – – 15 pts
5th GBR Mackay / Lawson – – 22 pts
6th GBR Pinnell / Cadwallader – – 26 pts
7th GBR Peters / Elliott – – 32 pts
8th GBR Apthorp / Apthorp – – 38 pts
9th GBR Jameson / Alvarado – – 40.5 pts
10th GBR Whitworth / Scroogle – – 42 pts
11th GBR Wells / Tulloch – – 47 pts
12th GBR Hart / Childs – – 51 pts
13th AUS Jerwood / Tonnison – – 52 pts
14th GBR Tunnicliffe / Rigg – – 52 pts
15th GBR Cooper / Bundock – – 52 pts
16th ESP Waugh / Tullberg – – 54 pts
17th GBR Waples / Weatherill – – 59 pts
18th AUS Dunbar / Dunbar – – 65 pts
19th IRL Flaherty / Mcdonagh – – 82 pts
20th GBR Byers / Hunt – – 82 pts