Nordic Folkboat UK National Championships at Royal Lymington Yacht Club

by Chris Baldwick 4 Oct 2019 19:35 BST 21-22 September 2019

17 Nordic Folkboats competed for the 2019 National Championships. PRO Ken Kershaw, ably assisted by Gary Barnett, had some lovely conditions for everyone to play with on the Saturday with sun and a South easterly force 4-6.

Fleet Captain Chris Baldwick showed no ill effects of cracked ribs to bring Bonnie home ahead of Tak and FlutterBy in race 1.

Stuart and Caroline Watson's Crackerjack put a disappointing race behind them to win the second and third races.

Jeremy Austin's Tak was the leader at the end of the first day with 2,2,4 in the results.

If Saturday was sublime Sunday was a little different.

After a wait for a wet and soggy frontal system to pass through, the fleet got away in a filthy squall. Early leader Chris Hill's Padfoot made the most of a big shift just ahead of FlutterBy only for the race to be abandoned. From the restart Ed Donald's Madeleine made the best of some excellent lay line calls to win ahead of FlutterBy and Tak.

Further back, the results meant that in the last race Crackerjack needed to finish in the top four places and ahead of Tak to win the Championship.

Padfoot lead the final race from start to finish ahead of Madeleine and FlutterBy. Tak had been in fourth for much of the race only to have a problem at a leeward mark when her traveller exploded!

This allowed Mistral and Crackerjack past and Crackerjack just managed to finish fourth and thus secure the Championship win on count-back from Tak, in a repeat of the same situation in 2018!

Overall Results:
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Pos	Boat	Sail no	Club	Entered By	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1st	Crackerjack	718	RLymYC	Stuart Watson	‑7	1	1	5	4	11
2nd	Tak	713	RLymYC	Jeremy Austin	2	4	2	3	‑6	11
3rd	Madelaine	707	RSolYC	Ed Donald	‑5	5	5	1	2	13
4th	Flutterby	727	RLymYC	Peter Tunney	3	‑7	6	2	3	14
5th	Mistral	732	RLymYC	Claire & Julian Sowry	4	3	3	‑7	5	15
6th	Bonnie	736	RLymYC	Chris Baldwick	1	2	9	8	(DNF)	20
7th	Padfoot	723	RLymYC	Chris Hills	6	‑9	7	6	1	20
8th	Njord	692	RSolYC	Patrick Farrell	‑8	6	4	4	8	22
9th	Otter	729	LTSC	Nicholas Ingram	12	12	‑13	9	7	40
10th	Fritha	743	RLymYC	Nigel Campling & Gill Thomas	‑11	11	10	10	11	42
11th	Scaramouche	738	RLymYC	John Whyte	(DNS)	14	8	11	12	45
12th	Jos	672	RLymYC	Chris Brown	‑14	10	14	12	10	46
13th	Svane	702	RSolYC	Harry Hall	9	8	12	(DNC)	DNC	47
14th	SAMPHIRE OF OYKEL	712	RLymYC	Graham Coulter / James Hoare	13	‑15	15	13	9	50
15th	WOMBAT	664	RLymYC	Jonathon Proctor	10	13	11	(DNC)	DNC	52
16th	Ajax	747	RSYC	John Gallimore	15	(DNS)	DNC	DNC	DNC	69
17th	Nordic Bear	731	RLymYC	John Barns	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	72