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

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
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