NeilPryde UK Laser National Championship at Largs Sailing Club - Overall

In a week that started with the aftermath of Hurricane Bertha and then gradually moderated until by Friday there was just enough breeze to allow all four fleets to get in the two races necessary to complete their full racing programme. Only the Radial Gold fleet 'lost' a race on Thursday evening.

The titles in three of the fleets was not decided until the Friday's races. Only in the Radial Silver fleet had Hamish Eckstein a comfortable lead over his rivals going into the final day and he further improved his score line by winning both of his races. It was also consistent results on the final day that gave Scotland's Jack Aitken (R.N.C.Y.C.) the Standard title, Jon Emmett (Weir Wood) the Radial title and Arran Holman (Hollowell) the Laser 4.7 title.

Although numbers in each fleet were down this year it was good to see a strong contingent from Ireland on the water and whilst not taking any of the major prizes they were well represented at the top of each fleet. There were far too many prizes handed out to list them all here but they and all the rest of the results can be found at the UK Laser website under the Results button.

The Association would like to thank the club and all its staff and volunteers for their organisation both on and off the water. This year's social events were really good. In particular, the sell-out Bar-B-Que and Grand Draw on Thursday evening after a very long day afloat was well worth staying for. Thanks also to Chairman Ken Falcon for acting as PRO and Dot Beadsworth and her team for doing all the admin. Finally but by no means least of all our sincere thanks to NeilPryde for being the Title Sponsors and for committing to next year's Nationals when the class return to the South Coast, also thanks to Harken UK for staying on board as the Equipment Sponsors. Both these companies' contributions added to the 'overall experience' of the competitors' week.

Full results for each fleet can be found on the event website.