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Topic: belated report on nacra nationals Posted: 13 Dec 09 at 7:46pm |
NACRA NATIONALS
On the 7th and 8th November Nacra UK held its first Nacra Nationals incorparating Nacra 20 nationals,after a week of a mixture of high winds, rain,and cold weather the weekend was greeted with a surprising slot of moderate winds, good temperature, ideal for competetive racing. The event was held at Weston Sailing club alongside the weston cat open. Total entry for the cat open was 65 boats, ranging from dragoons, unicorns etc up to much faster f18's tornados and nacra 20's. There were 20 nacra's of various models racing on handicap. Saturday brought a great start to the racing with david White on his Infusion and Adam Piggott also sailing an Infusion dominating the first 2 races. Amongst the nacra 20's Nick Elmore took the first race from Paul Butler, he also went on to win the 2nd race with Chris Morris in 2nd place. Another Nacra that had a good day was the nacra 500 sailed by Duncan and Cathy Haynes. After sailing we were greeted with a superb evening meal, consisting of bangers and mash, at 8 oclock there was a proffesional fireworks display, then beer and bed. Sunday dawned with another mild day approx 12 knots of breeze,perfect for exciting cat sailing. Again the racing was dominated by the Infusions of Adam Piggott and David White, but there was much place changing in all races. Two notable performances came from Andrew Gallagher and crew Cat, and Adrian Allen and son Michael both sailing their new infusions for the first time,both showed great speed with Adrian Allen leading most of the last race before being overtaken by Adam Piggott. In the Nacra 20 fleet again Nick Elmore dominated winning all 3 races to take the nationals, Graham Barnet sailed a consistent series to finish second. Nacra Nationals Results 1st David White 2nd Adam Piggott 3rd Grant Piggott 4th William Sunnocks 5th Adrian Allen 6th Andrew Gallagher Nacra 20 nationals results 1st Nick Elmore 2nd Graham barnett 3rd Chris Morris 4th Paul Butler 5th Ian Conchie |
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