ABP Cadet UK National Championship 2024 in Plymouth - The Ex-Cadets Race

by Magnus Smith 3 Aug 2024 21:09 BST 2 August 2024

More evidence that you don't have to leave the Cadet class for good! Sailors aged 18 to 60 could not resist the lure of the class. 25 entries made the start line in Plymouth, after the ABP Cadet UK Nationals had finished (and just before the Worlds opening ceremony). Each had sailed in Cadets when under 18, and now wanted a piece of the action, again.

Some were taking it seriously, some were just delighted to wallow in nostalgia, but all of them had a serious workout in F4-5 winds and plenty of chop. In a suspicious twist, one of the main organisers of the Nationals/Worlds won the race. Was it a fix? Or does he just have more National titles under his belt than the others?

No matter, everyone had huge smiles.

Overall Results: (blanks appear as some helms did not indicate borrowed boat)

Pos	Borrowed boat	Helm	Nation	Year left Cadets	Original own boat	Best Cadet result back in the day
1	10129	Alan Krailing	GBR	1994	8521	3rd Nationals 1992
2	10003	Ben Garner	AUS	2022	Resistance 9559	Winning the trophy my grandpa donated for Victorian State Titles
3	10001	Toby Bush	GBR	2023	10001 pushing it	2022 World Champion
4	9984	Connor Line	GBR	2018	Execalibur	10th at Worlds
5	10128
6	8521	Alex Page	GBR	2014	NAT	Nationals / Inlands and U‑15/16 Worlds
7	9961	Oleksandr Izarov	UKR	2013	9905	World champion 2012 Taz
8	9631	MJ Gifford	GBR	1991	Fantasy 8407	Winning the ex‑Cadet's race in 1992
9	8529	Dom Stanislaus	GBR	1994	Utopia 8529	2nd nationals 6th worlds
10	10002	Tom Walker	GBR	2022	Aeolus 10002	Regional champion and world team 2022
11	8997	Mathias Brands	BEL	2019	Executrix 8997	Won the u4 12th at the worlds
12	8533	Conrad Humphreys	GBR	1990	8408 Inspiration	6th Worlds. Poland 1990
13	8447	Magnus Smith	GBR	1992	7516 Paws For Thought	42nd in the combined indicators
14	8518	Cedric Geivers	BEL	2016	Nevermind 8326	English champion 2013
15	9028	Bee Nee	GBR	2021	She Who Dares 9028	5th at Nationals (first nationals)
16	9367	Fiona Nee	GBR	2023	She Who Dares 9028	6th in gbr cadet nationals
17	9836	Elias Kerre	BEL	2023	Speedy Gonzales	12th at the worlds in Nieuwpoort and 2nd at the Belgian nationals
18	9294	Richard Cain	GBR	1979	Sonic Boom 7285	South West Area Champ held at Parkstone
19	7279	Charlotte Gough (nee Neill)	GBR	1988	Poseur 8297	1988 Cadet National Champion and 6th &1st Girl Worlds
20	9985
21	10051
22	10004	Elke Speelman	BEL	1996	Double crossed 8338
23	7274	abbey willcox	AUS	2022	winning edge 9561	6th at aus nationals and went to the worlds
24	9038	Filip van daele	BEL	1991
25	10032