UEA Unicorn 2025 Team Racing at Norfolk Broads Yacht Club
by Chloe Harding 1 Dec 17:40 GMT
UEA Unicorn 2025 © Paddy Wildman
After a long week of boat bimbling the stage was set for a weekend of incredible racing on Wroxham broad.
As the sun rose on Saturday morning, 18 teams arrived at NBYC ready to get on the water. A decision was made to launch with cutdowns, after a comprehensive weather report from weather man Steve (OrcaMet) - a call that was controversial but then greatly agreed with when the heavens opened and the wind built.
Saturday saw 91 races completed, racing well into the sunset - Southampton Black lead overnight with all teams having completed at least 10 races.
Norwich city centre was then descended on by 100 mythical creatures + the race committee, and a blurry night was ended in loft before a rough start on Sunday morning.
Despite the rain and hale we launched in full rigs Sunday morning with a promise of sunshine to come! With Will Pank as a militant race officer the full round robin was completed by 1pm (153 races!). After a consultation with a spreadsheet wizard from kSail, Southampton Black, Southampton Blue, Knot a clew and Loughbourgh Purple headed into the semi-finals.
With the weather taking a turn for the better semis and finals were run without a hitch. After some confusion on who was racing when, both Southampton teams advanced to the final and a derby was had for the trophy. In the end, despite Southampton Blacks dominance over the weekend, it was Southampton Blue who were victorious!
Congratulations to the team and thank you to everyone who came all the way to Norfolk to race.
This event would not have been possible without the support of so many people - a big thank you to anyone who gave up time to help us make this event a reality
Our final thank yous are to our sponsors:
- Panks Auto Electrical for sponsoring the event, making it easier to run the event.
- OrcaMet for providing a bespoke weather forecast over the weekend allowing our race committee to make the best choices to get the most racing!
We are already looking forward to next year.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Team |
|---|
| 1 | Southampton Blue |
| 2 | Southampton Black |
| 3 | Knot a Clew |
| 4 | Loughborough Purple |
| 5 | UEA Yellow |
| 6 | UEAncients |
| 7 | Warwick White |
| 8 | Snowflakes SC |
| 9 | Loughborough Pink |
| 10 | Lincoln Blue |
| 11 | Norwich School Blue |
| 12 | The 6‑7s |
| 13 | Loughborough White |
| 14 | Norwich School Red |
| 15 | UEA Blue |
| 16 | Horning |
| 17 | Marconi |
| 18 | Lincoln Yellow |