Please select your home edition
Edition
William Pitt SIR

National 12 Scottish Series Round 1 at Annandale Sailing Club

by Angus Beyts 18 Apr 2019 06:03 BST 13-14 April 2019
National 12s at Annandale © Angus Beyts

A select group of National 12 sailors arrived at Annandale for the first of the Scottish Area series. Only a couple of hours earlier the Loch had been like a mill pond. But by the time the intrepid 12 sailors set sail the wind had increased to a respectable 12-15 knots with the odd gust of 26 knots going through.

Angus Beyts sailing a Feeling Foolish for the first time and sporting a brand-new foiling rudder with Local crew Trudie Mitchell was soon feeling rather foolish with two capsizes before the start of the first race and many more after it. Soon exhaustion kicked in and was forced to limp home for an early tea without finishing a race. Vintage sailors Brian Herring and Ros Stevenson decided discretion was the better part of valour and remained firmly on dry ground. It was left to Tim Hampshire and Patrick Hamilton to fight it out. There was a strong Hampshire family presence as Tim was crewed by his daughter Emma and Patrick was crewed by Tim's son Christopher.

Tim sailing Crusader 88 3330 could not match the off wind speed of Patrick's Big Issue and a dip or two didn't help and Patrick won all three races despite using the National 12 age related handicaps.

After racing was finished for the day National 12 sailors joined with the GP14 sailors for a meal in a local pub. After which Patrick and Angus went on a pub crawl of all the pubs in Lochmaben. As there are only 3 pubs in Lochmaben this was a rather short lived pub crawl and both were able to get back to the club in a reasonable state.

Sunday dawned to another mill pond but by the time the sailors set forth the wind had risen to similar levels of the previous day. Once again Brian and Ros decided to stay on dry land. Angus and Trudie did venture out and managed considerable better than the day before finishing all three races firmly in last place but with only one capsize. Patrick remained in control winning all three races.

As there were so few boats between the GP14s and the National 12s it was decided that they would race against each other on handicap. Unfortunately somebody who has already felt foolish this weekend managed to lose the result before he got home so those results can't be posted here!

Overall Results:

PosHelm CrewBoat
1stPatrick HamiltonTim Hampshire3502 Carbonara
2ndTim HampshireEmma HampshireLOO
3rdAngus BeytsTrudie Mitchell3475 Un Poco Loco

Related Articles

Endeavour Trophy 2025 Event Video
Action from on the water, interviews with the sailors! The Endeavour Trophy is one of the most coveted in UK sailing, gathering National Champions for each dinghy class to battle it out at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club at Burnham-on-Crouch over an October weekend. Posted on 6 Oct
505 champs win Endeavour Trophy 2025
UK's Champion of Champions event sees gusts over 30 knots at Burnham-on-Crouch Big winds reaching over 30kts tested the 30 dinghy champions to the limit on Sunday and, with just four races to count with no discard, it was always going to be an interesting outcome. Posted on 6 Oct
Big winds stop play at Endeavour Trophy
Champion of champions' big event blasted by 50kt + winds It was supposed to be the opening day of racing for the Endeavour Trophy today, but with relentless strong winds reaching over 50kts in the gusts, Edwin Buckley and his team had no option other than postpone the racing until tomorrow. Posted on 4 Oct
64th Endeavour Trophy Welcomes New Melges 15
New chapter for dinghy champion of champions event at Burnham-on-Crouch Despite the threat of Storm Amy disrupting proceedings at the 64th Endeavour Trophy (3-5 October), a total of 30 national champions gathered at the Royal Corinthian YC, Burnham-on-Crouch this morning for the opening day's training session. Posted on 3 Oct
National 12 training and open at Whitefriars
The first N12 event in the Cotswold Water Park since the 1980s The weekend of the 6th and 7th September saw the first N12 event at Whitefriars SC in the Cotswold Water Park since the 1980s. The two day event comprised a Training day on the Saturday followed by racing on the Sunday. Posted on 9 Sep
Allen National 12 Burton Week Overall
A fantastic week with various race courses, wind conditions and wave patterns Last Saturday, the National 12 class descended on Brightlingsea Sailing Club for the most exciting championships of the summer so far. We had a fantastic week with various race courses, wind conditions and wave patterns. Posted on 27 Aug
Allen National 12 Burton Week Update
Ollie Meadowcroft and Cally Terkelsen hold a small lead over Graham and Blue Camm With five races sailed in National 12 Burton Week at Brightlingsea Ollie Meadowcroft and Cally Terkelsen hold a small lead over Graham and Blue Camm with two races to sail on Tuesday. Posted on 26 Aug
Allen N12 Burton Week runners and riders
Back to Brightlingsea after previous Nationals in 2016 and 2011 The National 12 fleet return to Brightlingsea Sailing Club this year for their national championships, having previously visited in 2016 and 2011. The whole event is sponsored by Allen. Posted on 20 Aug
National 12s at North West Norfolk Week
Incredibly competitive sailing although unusually all the trophies were won by one team This year was the final edition of North West Norfolk Week in its current format - with the future to be decided over the next few weeks. The week was a fantastic success with 13 National 12s taking part over the week. Posted on 18 Aug
Welcome back to the top table!
P&B winning in One-Designs It's been a superb start to the 2025 Championship Season for P&B, with their sails winning events up and down the country, as well as further afield. Posted on 1 Aug