![]() This guide is full of what I have discovered. However, there are technical tricks and techniques that are handy, and sometimes necessary, to know, in order to fully enjoy the experience. Thanks to headline sponsors Gul for the vouchers, Hyde Sails for the spinnaker prize, Roddas for the clotted cream in the goodie bags and other companies for the spot prizes.Ace of Spades blog has a marvelous community of commenters, and you are free to join in without any sign-up, and you may comment under any name you prefer. (Trophies in strikethrough text were not returned) The Aberdeen Trophy, the Gulf Cup, the Western Trust & Savings Trophy and the Navigators & General Trophy were not awarded. HL Twentyman Challange Cup (originally the Crew's Trophy was awarded, but this has been missing since 2008) Youngest combined age to compete all racesĪmerica Cup not returned, the Mylor Yacht Harbour Trophy was awarded instead Lucas Trophy (which appears to be lost, the Victor Shaw Trophy has been used instead recently)īest Devon or Cornwall Boat Helm & Crew U18 Leading Helm & Crew U13 other than overall winnersīest Team of three boats entered from same Club Not returned, should have been awarded to Milly Tregaskes & Taryn BanksĢnd place Helm & Crew U15 other than 2nd overall Leading Helm & Crew U15 other than overall winners Leading Helm & Crew U19 other than overall winners Sailed: 8, Discards: 1, To count: 7, Entries: 43, Scoring system: Appendix A Rank There are more boat photos from Cornwall based photographer Mary Fletcher on Lens2Print. There was a 'guess the number of sweets in the jar' competition to win a Hyde Sails spinnaker. Prizes were kindly provided by Gul with spot prizes from North and others. Top wooden boat (sporting her original gaff rig) was Barney & Willow Smith sailing 69020 'Ida' in 11th. The best team of three boats were from Brightlingsea SC. Youngest helm was 8 year old Bethan Reynolds in 25th. Youngest crew was 5 year old Ellie Marks in 12th. ![]() U19) were Hannah Staff & Ruby Porter from Looe in 21st.īest U13 boat was George Lenney & Florence Luxton. ![]() U15) racing was very close with countback needed to split Milly Tregaskes & Taryn Banks in 15th from Poppy Luxton & Lottie Tregaskes in 16th. Simon Hiscocks had 7 year old Josephine Rist-Heppell crewing and David Edwards had 10 year old Hattie. Ben McGrane had 7 year old Keira crewing. After everyone was changed and re-fuelled, a post-racing debrief by Chris Balding with input from Chris Fuller and Ben McGrane.Īdult helms with child crews dominated the top end of the fleet and racing was close. Once again we had What HAppened Today? (WHAT?). But the race team went out and set up, and after a short postponement, a light south easterly started to build, the sky cleared leaving sunshine and a force 2-3 for the last two races. On Sunday, as boats launched around 10:00, the prospects did not look good - overcast, calm, forecasts of very light wind from various directions, depending on the forecast model - it looked like there was little chance of any racing taking place. All races were started under the 'U' preparatory flag which resulted in no general recalls and the races starting in a timely manner.įriday and Saturday both had a pretty solid 3-4 southerly which brought in a bit of swell & chop from Falmouth Bay. Great racing in the sheltered waters of the Carrick Roads, cracking weather, (apart from Saturday), camping adjacent to the club and, despite the restrictions imposed by Covid-19, the club did their best to be welcoming and accommodating.Ĭompetitors enjoyed great race management with PRO Phil Slater and his team working hard to keep races the correct length, with minimal delays between the races. 43 boats including the reigning National Champions Chris & Daisy Fuller, ex-Olympian Simon Hiscocks, ex-World champion Chris Balding & ex-National B14, Contender & RS800 Champion Ben McGrane plus a host of other top sailors, gathered at Restronguet SC for the Gul UK Mirror Nationals from 3rd to 6th June. ![]()
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