UK 5O5 Class National Championships 2022 at Brixham Yacht Club

by James Read 16 Jun 2022 19:02 BST 9-12 June 2022

A highly talented fleet, including multiple Olympic Medallists and World Champions assembled at the lovely Brixham Yacht Club for the UK 5O5 Class 2022 National Championships.

The four-day event between 9th and the 12th of June was superbly run by the race and shore team at the Brixham Yacht Club and the whole exercise of launching and recovery from the narrow slipway was super smooth and very well organised.

The first 3 days were raced in very similar conditions with predominantly Westerly breezes building during the day from the low teens up to the mid to high 20's, giving some high speed and exhilarating racing. Day one had 2 races, fast out of the blocks were the US team of Mike Holt and Rob Woelfel taking two wins to set out their plans for the week. This team like several others had just returned from the Euro Cup in Riva del Garda where they had taken the win, so were well practised and dialled in. Behind them several teams had their moments, Ian Pinnell and Charles Dyer scoring and 2/5, for 3rd overnight, Alex Barry and Harry Briddon with a 3/2 to be in 2nd.

Day 2 with very similar conditions saw Holt and Woelfel pushed harder by the chasing teams, particularly Nathan Batchelor and Sam Pascoe, who took a race win as did Roger Gilbert and Ben McGrane. However at the end of the day the Americans had extended their lead.

Day 3 and conditions were looking like another repeat and so it proved. However, to make life interesting Holt and Woelfel had a wobble and capsized at the leeward gate. Allowing Barry and Briddon to get a win and open up a glimmer of hope to the fleet. It was short lived though as they took back full control to win the next 2 races to take the event with a day and 2 races to spare. The battle for the podium spots though was stil very tight!

So, to the last day of an excellent championships, much more moderate conditions prevailed, Batchelor/Pascoe finished with 2 wins to take 2nd and Barry/Briddon pipped Gilbert/McCrane to 3rd on a tie break. On to Cork in August now for the World Championships!

Overall Results:
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Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Ots
1st	USA	9072	Mike Holt	Rob Woelfel	Santa Cruz YC	1	1	2	2	1	‑6	1	1	3	(DNC)	12
2nd	GBR	9240	Nathan Batchelor	Sam Pascoe	Tynemouth SC	‑5	4	3	1	‑6	2	3	4	1	1	19
3rd	GBR	9093	Alex Barry	Harry Briddon	Ogston SC	3	2	(RET)	‑13	7	1	2	2	4	9	30
4th	GBR	9215	Roger Gilbert	Ben McGrane	Frensham Pond / Netley	4	‑7	1	3	5	3	‑6	6	6	2	30
5th	GBR	9238	Ian Pinnell	Charles Dwyer		2	5	6	‑9	2	‑9	5	5	2	7	34
6th	ESP	9210	Michael Quirk	Tim Needham	CNP	7	3	5	4	3	7	4	3	‑11	‑14	36
7th	GBR	9196	Penny Clark	Russ Clark	SBSC	11	6	7	6	4	4	(RET)	(DNS)	13	5	56
8th	GBR	8935	Michael Sims	Carl Gibbon	Carsington	6	9	‑12	5	9	5	7	8	9	‑13	58
9th	USA	9153	Howard Hamlin	Caleb Paine	ABYC / NHYC	10	8	4	8	10	‑12	9	7	‑15	11	67
10th	GBR	9214	Andy Smith	Stuart Meers		9	11	8	‑12	‑12	10	8	9	10	10	75
11th	USA	9237	Bruce Edwards	Richard Mundell	Willamette Sailing Club	8	10	‑17	16	8	11	10	11	‑18	12	86
12th	GBR	8963	Martin Hodgson	Adrian Miles	Stone	19	(DNC)	9	17	11	14	11	(DNS)	5	4	90
13th	GBR	9085	Charlie Walters	Dougal Cram		12	‑17	11	11	13	‑15	13	10	14	8	92
14th	GBR	9232	Steve Irish	Norman Byrd	Draycote	‑17	14	14	7	15	8	16	16	7	‑17	97
15th	GBR	9158	Duncan Barr	Scott Dawson	Netley	14	15	13	14	14	13	‑18	14	‑16	6	103
16th	CAN	9200	Alexander Meller	Fiona Collins	International 505 Class	16	‑18	16	10	16	16	15	(DNS)	17	3	109
17th	GBR	8991	Nicholas Meadow	James Read		15	12	10	‑18	‑18	18	17	15	8	16	111
18th	AUS	9134	Jeff Robinson	Simin Burt		13	13	15	15	‑17	17	14	12	12	‑18	111
19th	GBR	8685	Gareth Caldwell	Tyler Harmsworth	Shoreham SC	18	16	18	‑20	‑20	19	12	13	19	15	130
20th	AUS	9221	Ian Brown	Phil Brown		(RET)	(DNC)	19	19	19	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	167
21st	GBR	800	Martin Spence	Robbie Spence		(DNS)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	176