Gul UK Mirror National Championship at Restronguet Sailing Club

by Martin Egan 7 Jun 2021 21:31 BST 3-6 June 2021

Chris and Daisy Fuller just ahead of Simon Hiscocks and Josephine Rist-Heppell during the Gul Mirror Nationals at Restronguet © Kyle Brown

Youngest helm Bethan and Huw Reynolds during the Gul Mirror Nationals at Restronguet © Kyle Brown

43 boats, including the reigning National Champions Chris & Daisy Fuller, Olympian Simon Hiscocks, ex-World champion Chris Balding & ex-National B14, Contender & RS800 Champion Ben McGrane plus a host of other top sailors, gathered at Restronguet SC for the Gul UK Mirror Nationals from 3rd to 6th June.

Great racing in the sheltered waters of the Carrick Roads, cracking weather, (apart from Saturday - Cornish mizzle), camping adjacent to the club and, despite the restrictions imposed by Covid-19, the club were very welcoming and accommodating.

Competitors enjoyed great race management with PRO Phil Slater and his team working hard to keep races the correct length, with minimal delays between the races. All races were started under the 'U' preparatory flag which resulted in no general recalls and the races starting in a timely manner.

Friday and Saturday both had a pretty solid 3-4 southerly which brought in a bit of swell & chop from Falmouth Bay. On Sunday, as boats launched around 10:00, the prospects did not look good - overcast, calm, forecasts of very light wind from various directions, depending on the forecast model - it looked like there was little chance of any racing taking place. But the race team went out and set up, and after a short postponement, a light south easterly started to build, the sky cleared leaving sunshine and a force 2-3 for the last two races.

Once again we had What HAppened Today? (WHAT?). After everyone was changed and re-fuelled, a post-racing debrief by Chris Balding with input from Chris Fuller and Ben McGrane.

Adult helms with child crews dominated the top end of the fleet and racing was close. Ben McGrane had 7 year old Keira crewing. Simon Hiscocks had 7 year old Josephine Rist-Heppell crewing and David Edwards had 10 year old Hattie. In the Silver Fleet (i.e. U15) racing was very close with count back needed to split Milly Tregaskes & Taryn Banks in 15th from Poppy Luxton & Lottie Tregaskes in 16th.

Top Youths (i.e. U19) were Hannah Staff & Ruby Porter from Looe in 21st. Best U13 boat was George Lenney & Florence Luxton. Youngest crew was 5 year old Ellie Marks in 12th. Youngest helm was 8 year old Bethan Reynolds in 25th. The best team of three boats were from Brightlingsea SC. Top wooden boat (sporting a gaff rig) was Barney & Willow Smith sailing 69020 'Ida' in 11th.

Prizes were kindly provided by Gul with spot prizes from Hyde Sails, North Sails and others. There was a 'guess the number of sweets in the jar' competition to win a Hyde Sails spinnaker.

Overall Results:
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Pos	Sail No	Fleet	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Age codes	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Net Pts
1	70987	G	Elsa	Ben McGrane	Keira McGrane	M U39 U8	Netley SC	1	3	1	4	1	5	6	‑9	21
2	70636	G	Flying Saucepan	Simon Hiscocks	Josephine Rist‑Heppell	M O39 U8	Brightlingsea Sailing Club	7	(DNF)	11	2	2	4	1	1	28
3	70967	G	Delilah	David Edwards	Hattie Edwards	M O39 U11	Tata SC	2	‑7	5	5	4	1	7	6	30
4	70810	G	YOLO	Chris Balding	Adriana Balding	M O39 U10	Island Barn Reservoir Sailing Club	8	4	3	7	6	3	‑12	2	33
5	70915	G	Ripples	Chris Fuller	Daisy Fuller	M O39 U13	Hayling Island Sailing Club	5	5	6	‑15	5	6	3	5	35
6	70739	G		Melissa Heppell	Louis Hiscocks	F O39 U12	WPNSA	3	2	10	‑11	11	7	4	3	40
7	70538	G	Ace of Spades	Alan Krailing	Emily Krailing	M O39 U10	Waldringfield Sailing Club	‑13	1	2	6	8	9	13	10	49
8	70573	G		Andy Smith	Lily Smith	M O39 U12	Bassenthwaite	6	9	7	12	‑15	2	10	4	50
9	70964	G	Primary Cru	Paul Smalley	Harrison Smalley	M U39 U9	CVLSC	4	(UFD)	4	14	10	8	8	7	55
10	70587	G	Hummingbird	Robert Larke	Ella Larke	M O39 U6	Hamble River SC	15	(UFD)	8	1	3	10	2	18	57
11	69020	G	Ida	Barney Smith	Willow Smith	M O49 U12	Hamble River SC/RAFYC	‑16	15	12	10	12	14	5	12	80
12	70721	G	Ruby	JP Marks	Ellie Marks	M O39 U6	CUCRC	11	6	9	17	‑28	16	14	11	84
13	70960	G	Little Hot Milk	J Kemp	Barnaby/Blaise Kemp	M O39 U8/...	ASC	10	8	(DNS)	3	7	UFD	9	8	89
14	70998	G	Clewless	Emma Appleton	Finlay Appleton	F O39 U12	Brightlingsea	19	11	14	9	9	13	‑20	20	95
15	70390	S	Salty Dog	Milly Tregaskes	Taryn Banks	F U14 U14	Restronguet SC	9	12	13	‑24	13	15	23	22	107
16	69667	S	Bold Forester	Poppy Luxton	Lottie Tregaskes	F U15 U12	Restronguet SC	‑25	19	16	16	14	12	17	13	107
17	70617	G	Crabstix	Graham Tribbeck	Isobella Tribbeck	M O39 U13	Hill Head SC	22	10	18	‑26	19	11	18	14	112
18	70743	G	Yeti	Willow Cross	Stephen Cross	F U12 O19	Brightlingsea Sailing Club	21	21	19	13	‑24	22	11	21	128
19	70347	G	Blue	Ed Upton‑Brown	Mark Upton‑Brown	M U13 O19	Bosham	17	‑23	23	22	18	17	16	15	128
20	70785	S	Veggiemite Sandwich	Max Phypers	Emma Sellwood	M U13 U14	Restronguet SC	18	17	15	‑27	20	18	22	24	134
21	70857	G	Odyssey	Hannah Staff	Ruby Porter	F U17 U16	Looe Sailing Club	23	14	17	‑30	17	23	28	16	138
22	15563	G	Blyskawica	Martin Egan	Janie Holloway	M O49 U12	Restronguet SC	‑28	18	25	21	27	26	21	17	155
23	70549	G	Purple Reign	Nuala Sellwood	Oscar Phypers	F U17 U16	Restronguet SC	14	13	21	(RET)	DNC	19	26	19	156
24	70505	G		Lloyd Williams	Roisin Mooney	M U19 U15	Penzance SC	20	24	26	20	21	‑27	24	25	160
25	70790	G	te‑fiti	Bethan Reynolds	Huw Reynolds	F U9 O19	Restronguet SC	24	16	27	23	22	24	25	‑34	161
26	70654	G	Snowy	Andy Oddie	Oliver	M O39 U9	Itchenor SC	33	(DNF)	22	19	23	21	27	28	173
27	70606	G	Misty Blue	Julie Vass	Shiloh Woodroffe‑Vass	F O39 U12	Reading SC	32	26	28	18	16	20	(DNC)	DNS	184
28	70673	S	Gone with the wind 3	George Lenney	Florence Luxton	F U13 U13	Restronguet SC	27	25	24	25	29	25	‑30	30	185
29	70190	G	Va Va Voom	Freya Brown	Grace O'Halloran	F U15 U16	Restronguet SC	26	20	31	29	25	32	‑36	27	190
30	70513	G	Squirt	Ron Vass	Levi Woodroffe‑Vass	M O49 U10	Reading SC	‑34	30	32	28	31	31	15	26	193
31	70321	G		Laura Baldwin	Finn Caldecoat	F O39 U9	WPNSA	12	22	20	8	(DNS)	DNC	DNS	DNS	194
32	71007	G	Dipperforce	Paul Nichols	Gabriel Nichols	M O49 U9	Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club	31	28	29	32	26	‑34	34	31	211
33	70840	G	MCA	Alex Balding	Priti Balding	M U12 O19	Island Barn Reservoir Sailing Club	‑36	33	33	36	34	29	31	23	219
34	70519	I		Steven Bland		M O49	Poole	37	36	30	‑38	37	37	19	29	225
35	70725	S	Greyhound	Tristan Sellwood	Torrunn Brown	M U12 U13	Restronguet SC	30	27	(DNS)	39	32	35	29	35	227
36	26825	G	UP'N'DOWN	Susie Upton‑Brown	Elsie Upton‑Brown	F O49 U11	Bosham	‑41	31	36	34	36	30	32	33	232
37	70228	G	Red Oktober	Toby Griffen	Lucy Griffen	M U17 U13	Poole Yacht Club	35	32	35	31	30	28	(DNC)	DNS	235
38	69907	G	Crianza	Richard Holloway	Rosa Holloway	M O49 U10	Restronguet SC	‑39	37	34	37	39	38	33	32	250
39	59254	B	EMILY	Richard Trevithick	Sophie Trevithick	M O49 U10	Whitefriars SC	‑38	35	37	35	38	36	35	37	253
40	68099	B	Redwing	George Harston	Rosie Harston	M U39 U11	NBYC/OCSS	29	29	(DNS)	33	35	DNS	DNS	DNS	258
41	70291	G	FFÔ DÔS	Beverley Smith	Bailey Smith	F O39	Chichester	40	34	(DNS)	DNS	40	DNC	DNF	36	282
42	47357			Katie Truman‑Grieve	Luli Truman‑Grieve	F O39 U11	RNSYC & NBYC	42	(DNF)	DNS	DNS	33	33	DNC	DNS	284
43	70936	G	Moana	Daniel Willett	Daisie Willett	M O39 U6	Brightlingsea	(DNF)	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNS	308