Craftinsure National 12 Inland Championship at Northampton Sailing Club

by Tom Stewart 5 Nov 2024 05:21 GMT 2-3 November 2024

What a great event at Northampton Sailing Club. Despite the light and drizzly forecast, 24 boats travelled from as far as Loch Tummel in the North, Salcombe in the South and Ipswich in the East - no dampening of enthusiasm in the National 12 fleet.

The Inland Champions are Graham and Blue Camm from Burghfield Sailing Club in 3530, their scoreline included 3 firsts, 2 seconds, and a 5th to discard: a fantastic consistent scoreline, but they were pushed hard by the competitive fleet. Ian and Alex Gore (3525) from Up River Yacht Club found the drifty conditions on Saturday tricky but the extra knot or two on Sunday suited them. Their scoreline of 5,4,3,2,1 (to count) which matched John Meadowcroft and Jax Jacobs was enough to win them second place on the last race sailed tie break.

The fiercely fought youth prize (Under 21) was won by Chris Hampshire and Finn (3484) from Ripon SC. Chris and Finn were sailing a borrowed Paradigm with a retro-fitted foil showing just how competitive well sailed older boats can be when brought up to date.

Rob and Harley Ford won the prize for the first boat without a winged rudder, finishing 11th, seven places ahead of the next non-foiler.

The Vintage Prize was won by Ed Willett and David Harris (1833) from the fast-growing Whitefriars Sailing Club Fleet. Ed's lovingly looked-after boat is 64 years young and belonged to his family in the 1960's and 70s. She showed her beautiful transom to more than half the fleet in Saturday's lighter winds.

Our thanks to Northampton Sailing Club, the race team turned the races around in double quick time, set excellent courses and start lines, the food as always was good and plentiful and the firework display, if rain affected, was very impressive as always.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm Name	Crew Name	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1st	3530	Graham Camm	Blue Camm	Burghfield SC	1	1	2	‑5	2	1	7
2nd	3525	Ian Gore	Alex Gore	Up River Yacht Club	5	4	‑12	3	1	2	15
3rd	343	John Meadowcroft	Jax Jacobs	Salcombe Yacht Club	4	2	‑10	1	5	3	15
4th	3544	Tom Stewart	Tanya Copsey	Royal Harwich Yacht Club	3	6	6	2	4	‑7	21
5th	3483	Jon Brown	Henry Adamson	Burghfield Sailing Club	8	5	‑9	4	3	4	24
6th	3540	Jon Ibbotson	Felix Camm	Burghfield Sailing Club	2	‑8	4	8	6	5	25
7th	3515	Mark Addison	Jonathan Addison	Upper Thames Sailing Club	6	3	3	7	9	(DNC)	28
8th	3531	Steve Sallis	Joanne Sallis	Hykeham Sailing Club	‑9	7	5	6	7	6	31
9th	3527	Kevin Iles	Katie Meadowcroft	West Oxfordshire Sailing Club	7	‑11	1	9	10	10	37
10th	3484	Chris Hampshire	Finn	Ripon Sailing Club	‑13	10	7	11	13	12	53
11th	3459	Rob Ford	Harley Ford	Royal Harwich Yacht Club	14	9	8	13	‑15	14	58
12th	3471	Zoe Meadowcroft	Zoe Ballantyne	Salcombe Yacht Club	‑20	16	19	12	8	9	64
13th	3519	Ian MacIntyre	Maisie MacIntyre	Loch Tummel Sailing Club	11	12	13	14	14	‑16	64
14th	348	Sam Brown	Hayden Sellers	Burghfield Sailing Club	15	15	15	(DNF)	12	11	68
15th	3501	Robert Stewart	Charlotte Stewart	Royal Harwich Yacht Club/Waldringfield S	19	‑21	21	10	11	8	69
16th	3489	Steve Burgoine	Austin Burgoine	Banbury Sailing Club	12	13	11	15	19	(RET)	70
17th	3429	Tre Jacobs	Lyla Jacobs	Upper Thames Sailing Club	17	14	‑20	16	16	13	76
18th	1833	Ed Willet	David Harris	Whitefriars Sailing Club	10	‑18	16	18	17	17	78
19th	3528	Peter Miatt	Sam Harris	Carsington Sailing Club	18	19	14	19	‑20.5	15	85
20th	3549	Andy Ferguson	Jodie Ferguson	Loch Tummel Sailing Club	16	17	17	17	‑18	18	85
21st	2153	Angus Beytts	Olivia Joyce	Newburgh Sailing Club	21	20	18	21	‑22	19	99
22nd	3454	Philip Wherry	Sarah Wherry	Teesdale Sailing Club	22	22	‑23	20	20.5	20	104.5
23rd	352	Tom Evans	Fred Evans	Northampton Sailing Club	23	23	22	(DNF)	DNC	DNC	116