Yachting World Dayboat Week at the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club
by David Macfarlane 29 Jun 2021 21:23 BST
20-24 June 2021
Yachting World Dayboat Nationals in Falmouth © Hilton Willott
After the inevitable cancellation of last year's DB Week in Brixham, the class was determined to go ahead and hold an event in 2021.
Royal Cornwall Yacht Club in Falmouth hosted the event which ran from the 20th to the 24th June. As with previous visits the club laid a set of moorings for the fleet directly in front of the clubhouse and the club launch was available to ferry the sailors to and from their boats.
The race programme consisted of 5 points races, a Long-Distance race and an 'Opportunity' race for crews and ladies to take the helm. All races were held in the very picturesque sailing area of the Carrick Roads.
Unlike large parts of the rest of the country the weather gods looked favourably down on the fleet with light to medium breezes and lots of sunshine.
The racing for the 16 strong fleet was superbly managed by principal race officer Neil Hopkins and his very experienced committee boat and mark laying teams.
After an extremely closely fought series, with four different race winners, the final overall result was only decided on the last reach of the last race when Alastair & Jacqui Seaton (Bosham SC), secured 2nd place and were relieved to see that their closest rival for the title, Peter Hewitt (Poole YC), could only manage to finish in 4th place!
The 7 mile course for the Long-Distance Race held on the Tuesday consisted of one turning mark way up the Fal river right at the top of the Carrick Roads, and various navigational hazards including mud banks, an anchored ship and the King Harry Ferry! After rounding the turning mark the fleet ran back down the river to the finish off Loe beach where a number of boats stopped for a well-earned picnic lunch.
The race was won in the last 100m by Geoff & Margaret Pell (Shearwater SC).
Our sincere thanks go to the RCYC who hosted the event despite a Covid outbreak which temporarily closed the bar and restaurant at the club.
Overall Results:
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| Pos | Boat Name | Sail No | Helm & Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts |
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| 1st | Mojo | 653 | Alastair & Jacqui Seaton | Bosham SC | 2 | ‑7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2nd | Merlin | 669 | Peter Hewitt & Chris Lockett | Poole SC | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ‑6 | 8 |
| 3rd | Icarus | 673 | Mark & Shirley Stanton | Bosham SC | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ‑4 | 9 |
| 4th | Yellow Peril | 597 | David & Fiona Macfarlane | Bosham SC | ‑8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 5th | Dazer | 672 | Geoff & Margaret Pell | Shearwater SC | 4 | (DNC) | 7 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 6th | | 678 | Michael Hewitt/Steve Creasey | RYA | ‑9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 7th | Aurora | 675 | Steve & Annette Wilson | Poole SC | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | ‑10 | 25 |
| 8th | Casspiain | 614 | Tim Wilcock & Nigel Trent | Bosham SC | 10 | 5 | ‑13 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 9th | Avocet | 565 | Tim & Diana Parkinson | Thornbury SC | 6 | 8 | ‑9 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
| 10th | Daisy | 640 | Mark & Sue Ross | Bosham SC | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 | ‑12 | 38 |
| 11th | Liquid Luck | 674 | Barry & Jan Colgate | Bosham SC | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | ‑15 | 42 |
| 12th | Attila | 572 | Dave Allen & Alfie Allen | Thornbury SC | 13 | 12 | 10 | 13 | ‑14 | 48 |
| 13th | Widgeon | 660 | Penny & Steve Davies | Gravesend SC | 14 | 9 | ‑16 | 14 | 13 | 50 |
| 14th | Snazzy | 646 | Paul & Christine Sheldrick | Bosham SC | 15 | (DNC) | 12 | 15 | 9 | 51 |
| 15th | Vis Vitae | 618 | Adrian & Jane Weller | Bosham SC | 12 | (DNC) | 14 | DNC | 11 | 54 |
| 16th | Hazy Daze | 612 | Richard & Deborah Twyman | Gravesend SC | (DNC) | DNC | 15 | 11 | DNF | 60 |
Ladies race winner - Fiona Macfarlane (Bosham SC)
Crews race winner - Jacqui Seaton (Bosham SC)