Pre Championships Sea Event Weymouth

54 helms, from as far away as Scotland, descended on the National Sailing Academy hoping for a repeat of last years superb sailing. They were not to be dissapointed. Glorious weather, with a F3 on Saturday, and a F5 on sunday, was great prepartaion for the Nationals, and whilst the one mile beats may have bee a little tiring, the fun offwind was worth all the effort. Three races held back to back both days were managed splendidly by the Race team, with no hanging about between races. The fact that there was only one OCS and no black flag starts testament to the fairness of the line each start.

Free oranges all weekend, were very refreshing and the distribution of Chocale bares after saturdays racing, added a nice touch. The Academy also donated three bottles of wine for the top helms, in addition to the Class Prizes.

I regret I am unable to provide a race by race commentary, but the results speak for themselves, with Charlie Cumbley taking the Honours with 4 firsts, a second and a 3rd, Matt Howard, 2nd with 2 firsts, three seconds and a 3rd.

Negotiations are already underway with Portland for a return in 2011 and maybe even 2012.

Overall results should be available on the Academy web site soon.

1st Charlie Cumbley

2nd Matt Howard

3rd Jim Hunt

4th Robbie Wilson

5th Andrew Bonsey

6th Geoff Henstridge

7th Chris Brown

8th Kevan Gibb

9th David Mitchell

10th Paul Ellis

Veterans

1st Geoff Henstridge

2nd David Mitchell

3rd Nick Brook (17th)

Masters

1st Ray Collins (20th)

2nd Derek Jackman (26th)

3rd Bob Taylor (27th)