Yachting World Dayboat National Championships at Salcombe Yacht Club

by Malcolm Mackley 19 Jun 2015 14:14 BST 7-11 June 2015

The 2015 Yachting World Dayboat National Championships was held under the burgee of Salcombe Y.C between the 7th to 11th June and these sturdy 14ft classic clinker sailing dinghy's experienced sunny and increasingly windy sailing conditions during the week.

Twenty-two Dayboats - mainly from UK club strongholds at Poole, Bosham, Gravesend and Thornbury Sailing Clubs - completed four Championship races and a long distance race from Salcombe to the Crabshell Inn at Kingsbridge.

The Championship racing was dominated by one family with Peter Hewitt crewed by Chris Lockett taking overall victory.

Second place was followed by son Michael Hewitt crewed by Natalie French, and third place by yet another son, James Hewitt crewed by Rachael Bullingham.

The Dayboat Association organised a range of other prizes for different aspects of the racing and these all went to non-Hewitt sailors!

Overall Results:
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Position	Boat	Boatname	Helm	Helm	Club	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	Points
1	669	Merlin	Pete	Hewitt	Poole Y C	Chris Lockett	1	1	[4]	3	5
2	649	Mandarin	Michael	Hewitt	Poole Y C	Natalie French	[4]	3	2	1	6
3	629	Kerfuffle	James	Hewitt	Island Cruising Club	Rachael Bullingham	[7]	6	1	2	9
4	674	Liquid Luck	Jim	Macgregor	Poole Y C	Christine Macgregor	6	4	[8]	4	14
5	647	Alice	Colin	Blewett	Poole Y C	Charlie Campbell	2	2	[12]	11	15
6	597	Yellow Peril	David	Macfarlane	Bosham S C	Fiona Macfarlane	8	8	[13]	5	21
7	616	Debutant	Alastair	Seaton	Bosham S C	Jacqui Seaton	13	7	3	[24]	23
8	650	Hullabaloo	Sue	Clayton	Poole Y C	Howard Clayton	[14]	5	7	11	23
9	565	Avocet	Tim	Parkinson	Thornbury S C	Diana Parkinson	[19]	15	5	6	26
10	659	Lyberty	Murray	Glenister	Poole Y C	Teresa Glenister	3	17	10	[24]	30
11	604	Men Behaving Badly Again	John	Waters	Poole Y C	Trevor Vale	10	[11]	9	11	30
12	641	Lucky	Bob	Davis	Poole Y C	Kath Davis	11	9	14	[24]	34
13	672	Dazer	Geoff	Pell	Shearwater S C	Margaret Pell	9	12	15	[24]	36
14	535	Ozone Frlendly	Paul Winterflood	Winterflood	Gravesend S C	Rob Turpie	12	14	[23]	11	37
15	632	Don't Panic	John	Lokier	Poole Y C	Phil Lokier	16	13	11	[24]	40
16	661	Moonrunner	Gerry	Philbrick	Poole Y C	Caroline Cake	5	20	17	[24]	42
17	673	Icarus	Mark	Stanton	Bosham S C	Shirley Stanton	21	18	6	[24]	45
18	675	Aurora	Steve	Wilson	Poole Y C	Annette Wilson	15	19	16	[24]	50
19	652	Sophie Boo	Ian	Norman	Bosham S C	Katharine Hodgson	22	10	18	[24]	50
21	475	Flo	Paul	Dewing	Bosham S C	Katie Prentice	18	21	19	[24]	58
22	618	Vis Vitae	Adrian	Weller	Bosham S C	Jane Weller	20	22	[24]	24	66
23	622	Simply Red	David	Thompson	Gravesend S C	Mark Thompson	[24]	23	23	24	70