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2024 Hurricane 5.9 SX National Championship at Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club

by Ben Cutler-Sharp 1 Sep 13:35 BST 23-26 August 2024

Twenty-five Hurricane 5.9 SX catamarans visited Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club for their 2024 National Championship. Along with the usual travelling crowd, seven of those boats were attending their first national championship!

Storm Lilian brought strong winds recording over 52 knots to the first day's racing with the wind only abating enough to take boats off the trailers late in the afternoon, with sailors rigging through the evening, taking a quick break for beer and a BBQ! Whilst the wind blew, most of fleet had downed tents and taken a walk down the beach to the town to sample the local seafood in the lobster capital of Europe!

The event supported by AB Graphic International and the classes usual sponsors Sailing Chandlery, AW Sailboats and M2 Graphics eventually got under way on Saturday. Four races were scheduled with strong offshore SW breezes and a small swell from the south bringing some fruity conditions to begin with. The first race got under way with the top 7 boats enjoying some close racing, but it was the Stone SC boats that pulled through to the front with Jack Tindale & Hugo Bull taking the win followed by Trevor Bawden & Tom Wass in second and Richie Hanmore & Matt Kimber in third.

Race two got under way in similar conditions with Jack & Hugo leading the way enjoying the gusty, shifty conditions but this time it was Stokes Bay SCs Adam Charlesworth & Rich Robinson coming through to second after a great start and European Champions Alex Farrall & Alex Warrington from Thorpe Bay YC in third.

Race three started to see the breeze fade with the gusts still coming through strong making some snakes and ladders racing. Alex & Alex took the win from Jack & Hugo with Stones Dan Tindale & Lee Saunders in third. The last race of the day saw the wind easing off further and some tired bodies. Jack & Hugo took their third win of the day from Dan & Lee and Richie & Matt rounding out a Stone SC top three.

Sunday saw the strong winds return, with the morning showing 25-30 knots and chop. Hoping the wind would abate, the race team postponed racing until later in the afternoon with the fleet happy to have a little rest and again heading into town for some bowling and lunch. Revisiting the conditions and forecast at 2pm and the wind not backing down, racing was abandoned with more heading into town for beer and more bowling!

The final morning brought a good force 4 and with an early start and 4 races scheduled the fleet were too keen to get moving with race 5 being called back for a general recall. With the fleet reining their enthusiasm back in and a clean start, again the gusty conditions provided more snakes and ladders racing. Alex & Alex took the win from Trevor & Tom and Jack & Hugo. Race 6 got under way and with a turning tide saw Jack & Hugo take a big lead up the first beat and not look back. Dan & Lee followed in second and Richie & Matt in third.

The wind had begun to ease for the last 2 races with Alex & Alex taking race 7 from fellow Thorpe Bay YC sailors Paul & Robert Palmer and Trevor & Tom in third. The last race got under way with some tired bodies. Jack & Hugo took their 5th win of the regatta from Thorpe Bay YCs George & Howard Warrington and Simon & Sophie Boygle.

Jack & Hugo sailed a superb regatta showing consistency in very shifty and gusty conditions taking their 4th national championship win. Stone SC won the team trophy with 4 boats in the top 5 all showing impressive speed.

Other notable performances came from Starcross YC's Rupert & Caleb Greeves winning the battle of the maiden national championship contenders. Chris White & Mike Wright sailing their boat for the very first time out to race 1, having moved over from the local Dart fleet, showed some impressive speed towards the end of the regatta and won themselves a brand new jib in the raffle! With 4 under 19s in the fleet, 14 year old Rowan Greeves who only started helming a Hurricane at the beginning of this summer won the Reg White trophy.

Overall Results:

PosSail NoHelmCrewClubR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8Pts
1st229Jack TindaleHugo BullStone Sailing Club1121(3)1(4)17
2nd420Alex FarrallAlex WarringtonThorpe Bay Yacht Club631(7)1(10)1719
3rd481Trevor BawdenTom WassStone Sailing Club244(11)253(6)20
4th316Dan TindleLee SaundersStone Sailing Club4532(12)2(8)824
5th370Richie HanmoreMatt KimberStone Sailing Club3(7)(12)3635525
6th487George WarringtonHoward WarringtonThorpe Bay Yacht Club5(9)644(9)9230
7th335Paul PalmerRobert PalmerThorpe Bay Yacht Club88(11)8(11)42434
8th428Adam CharlesworthRichard RobinsonStokes Bay Sailing Club(10)28676(RET)1039
9th455Julian ReichertJeremy SandfordThorpe Bay Yacht Club7655811(DNC)(DNC)42
10th372Simon BoygleSophie BoygleThorpe Bay Yacht Club1111(16)1013(14)10358
11th333Greg ReedLord Huntingdon Warden 3rdStarcross Yacht Club(16)(16)131398111266
12th102Adrian BuntingJessica BuntingThorpe Bay Yacht Club.12129(15)(14)12131169
13th486Mike AbbeyHarry PickeringRYYC(15)14(20)1415157974
14th448Rupert GreevesCaleb GreevesStarcross Yacht Club141314(17)10(16)121477
15th340Kevin PorterEllis StonehouseRYYC17151012(RET)1914(RET)87
16th137Paul RavenVicky RavenStarcross Yacht Club(21)(RET)1591717171590
17th406Timothy RobertsChris SmithRunswick Bay S.C.(18)17171616(20)151394
18th429Ben Cutler‑ SharpKez Cutler‑ SharpStarcross Yacht Club9(DNC)(DNC)DNC57DNCDNC99
19th150Chris WhiteMike WrightRYYC22(RET)1918(RET)1861699
20th390James FellowsOliver FellowsStarcross Yacht Club1310722(DNC)(DNS)DNCDNC104
21st046Steven FowlerEmma RumsgayRYYC201818191913(DNF)(DNC)107
22nd421Rowan GreevesJoseph Buxton‑ SmithStarcross Yacht Club1919(21)2018(23)1617109
23rd351Philip PannettTony RalphRYYC23(DNS)(DNC)21DNC241818130
24th359Will RaydenEsther RaydenStokes Bay Sailing Club(RET)(DNC)DNCDNC2021DNCDNC145
25th444Ken PorterBrandon MarsdonRYYC(RET)(DNC)DNCDNC2122DNCDNC147

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