Hyde Sails team crowned F18 UK Champions
by Jo Roberts & Simon Flack 22 Sep 2015 17:28 BST
18-20 September 2015
Hyde Sails team Simon Northrop and Josh O'Brien crowned F18 UK Champions © Jon Worthington
Hyde Sails team Simon Northrop and Josh O'Brien crowned F18 UK Champions
Congratulations to the Hyde Sails team on their win at the weekend. Simon and Josh raced with a full suite of Hyde Sails, with second and third place using Hyde Sails kites and a further 11 across the fleet. Hyde Sails OL manager Luke Yeates took second place with crew Oli Egan.
2015 UK F18 nationals hosted by SCYC in the idyllic Abersoch was a sparkling success.
Three fantastic days all totally different and testing in differing ways.
Day one saw sparkling 10-12knts, day two racing delayed until late afternoon with shifty 4-7knts and day three (big Sunday) saw 19-25knts with wind over tide in race 8 and spectacular downwind legs leaving sailors wanting more more more...
Many whoops, giggles and "yee haaa"s were heard as boats crossed the finish line. A very big well done to Simon and Josh! They didn't have an easy task in being consistent in the mix of conditions and tough opposition but nevertheless came out on top to become F18 National Champions.
Overall Results:
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| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts |
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| 1 | 51 | Simon Northrop | Josh O'Brien | Minnis Bay SC | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 |
| 2 | 500 | Luke Yeates | Oli Egan | Weston SC | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 3 | 503 | Matt Young | Simon Farren | Minnis Bay SC | 20 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | 1828 | Grant Piggott | Adam Kay | Weston SC | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| 5 | 47 | John Worthington | Sebastien Greber | Dee SC | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | 501 | W Sunnucks | Freddie White | BSC | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | 1511 | Paul Wakelin | Oli Greber | Mumbles YC | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 29 |
| 8 | 1234 | David White | Aarron Reynolds | TBYC | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 30 |
| 9 | 1577 | Tim Neal | Bob Fry | Parkstone YC | 1 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 38 |
| 10 | 1825 | Simon Flack | Neil Green | Baal | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 54 |
| 11 | 311 | John Tuckwell | Chelsea Furber | Bala | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 64 |
| 12 | 29 | Ghislaine Melaine | Hugo Sunnucks | Whitstable YC | 8 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 67 |
| 13 | 1024 | Liz Kempton | Alice | TMSC | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 68 |
| 14 | 695 | Alex Reilly | Oliver Bond | Weston SC | 20 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 75 |
| 15 | 5 | Ian Dudley | Adam Jones | Bala | 15 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 86 |
| 16 | 1495 | Pete Jones | Huw Pugh | | 13 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 87 |
| 17 | 16 | Steve Leonard | Suzanne Zwaanswijk | TMSC | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 89 |
| 18 | 545 | James Miller | Jonny Harris | Dee SC | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 103 |
| 19 | 8 | John Hickman | Stephen McGrath | Bala | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 106 |