Nacra 15 West Country Championship at Windsport, Mylor
by Eliza Pritchard 10 Sep 05:52 BST
30-31 August 2025
Nacra 15 West Country Championship at Mylor © Phillipa Patterson
On Saturday morning, after recovering from Friday's RYA British Youth Sailing Team bleep test, the sailors were greeted with windy and rainy weather. However, this didn't put them off as they were keen to get out and racing before the wind picked up later that afternoon. Once launched they were faced with some challenging conditions in the form of tide, wind and rain!
Race 1 proved tricky with most teams choosing to make the most of the outgoing tide for the upwind leg, however the order was reshuffled after some teams forgot to go through the line after each lap. This resulted in Will and Eliza on GBR 334 taking the lead and eventually going on to take the first race win of the event.
Race 2 was similar tactically with GBR 334 and GBR 070 battling it out at the front with GBR 378 not far behind. Eventually its was Will and Eliza who took the race win. Their second bullet of the day.
Race 3 saw Thomas and Ffion of GBR 162 lead round the windward mark however Marcus and Maddie on GBR 378 found their groove and took the overall race win.
This concluded the racing for the first day as the wind really started to pick up and the rain started to pour. The results at the end of the first day were as follows:
1st Will and Eliza
2nd Marcus and Maddie
3rd Patrick and Jess
4th Thomas and Ffion
It was all still to play for going into the second day as only one point separated the top two boats.
On Sunday the conditions were very much similar with the plan being the same as yesterday, to launch early as get as many races in as possible.
The first race of the day was largely dominated by Maddie and Marcus who pieced together a near perfect race. 2nd and 3rd was very close between Patrick and Jess of GBR 070 and Will and Eliza, with close racing right up until the end.
The next race was also won by GBR 378 closely followed by GBR 334 and GBR 162 after GBR 070 had to retire due to boat breakages.
Therefore with only 3 boat on the course for the next race the line was a lot more open giving boats the chance to push harder. In the end the order was the same as the previous race.
On the final race GBR 070 now back on the race course and rocking a new spinnaker pole saw all 4 boats back on the start line. With the wind now really starting to fill in, it allowed the sailors to push boat speed to the maximum. GBR 334 lead round the first windward mark and managed to remain calm despite the challenging conditions around them, and hold off the other boats taking the final race win. Not far behind was GBR 378 and GBR 070 who had a great battle for 2nd and 3rd.
However, even after winning the final race of the day it wasn't quite enough to hold on to the lead, with the event win going to Marcus and Maddie on GBR 378 by only one point!
Congratulations to all boat who took part! The final results are as follows:
1st Marcus and Maddie GBR 378
2nd Will and Eliza GBR 334
3rd Patrick and Jess GBR 070
4th Thomas and Ffion GBR 162
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