Seldén Sailjuice Winter Series - Maxed Out for Grafham Grand Prix, Take 2
by Andy Rice 6 Feb 09:31 GMT
8 February 2026
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The Seldén Sailjuice Winter Series continues this weekend with the Grafham Grand Prix. Postponed from its original date, the re-run is maxed out with 95 boats filling out the limited-entry line-up for Sunday.
There are 46 classes represented, and it's the usual eclectic mix of hiking, trapezing and foiling dinghies, with a few sportsboats and catamarans thrown into the mix.
Here's the entry list for Sunday.
Overall results so far
Four event wins for Tom Gillard and Rach Gray make the Merlin Rocket team unstoppable for overall victory in the Series. Their performance in a range of conditions has been outstanding, confirming Gillard and Gray's status as one of the best dinghy racing duos in the country.
However the rest of the top ten is still wide open...
What's next?
After Grafham, just one more event to go in the Series: Oxford Blue, Oxford Sailing Club, 14 February 2026
Enter now
Navigators and General Coaching debrief
Resident coach of the Seldén Sailjuice Winter Series, Simon Horsfield, is providing tips and advice throughout the eight events of the season. Supported by new sponsor, insurance company Navigators & General, Simon is a three-time winner of the series and well qualified to help sailors of all levels.
With his wife Katie, Simon helmed his 2000 to third overall in the Tiger Trophy. Here's a recording of Simon's debrief from Rutland....
Magic Marine extracted rankings
Still very close across Magic Marine extracted rankings, based on every race, with a discard every third race...
Old-Boats:
1st: Enterprise, Paul YOUNG & Ig BAKOWSKI, Midland Sailing Club (24)
2nd: ILCA 6 / Laser Radial, John CANT, Erith Yacht Club (28)
3rd: Scorpion, Steven MCCARTHY & Delyth HOPKINS, The Chase Sailing Club (63)
Junior:
1st: 2000, Benjamin PASCOE & Sam PASCOE, Castle cove (93)
2nd: ILCA 4 / Laser 4.7, Toby TURNER, Draycote Water Sailing Club (107)
3rd: ILCA 4 / Laser 4.7, Faith TURNER, Draycote Water Sailing Club (118)
Youth:
1st: 2000, Benjamin PASCOE & Sam PASCOE, Castle cove (156)
2nd: ILCA 4 / Laser 4.7, Toby TURNER, Draycote Water Sailing Club (182)
3rd: ILCA 4 / Laser 4.7, Faith TURNER, Draycote Water Sailing Club (194)
19-30:
1st: Snipe, Matthew WOLSTENHOLME & Lloyd ROBERTS, Bough Beech SC (40)
2nd: 2000, Jack BARRETT & Abigail SKEITH, RNSA (123)
3rd: ILCA 6 / Laser Radial, Hugh LEACH, Reading Sailing Club (128)
31-60:
1st: Merlin Rocket, Thomas GILLARD & Rach GRAY, Sheffield Vikings SC/ Staunton Harold SC (13)
2nd: RS200, Alistair HODGSON & Ella SPAIN, Draycote Water Sailing Club (144)
3rd: ILCA 6 / Laser Radial, John CANT, Erith Yacht Club (175)
Masters:
1st: Hadron H2, Gavin FLEMING, Grafham Water / Hunts SC (62)
2nd: Osprey, Roger BLAKE & Jamie BLAKE, Great Moor SC (73)
3rd: Enterprise, Paul YOUNG & Ig BAKOWSKI, Midland Sailing Club (79)
Female:
1st: Supernova, Serena STEWARDSON, Emberton Park (109)
2nd: ILCA 4 / Laser 4.7, Faith TURNER, Draycote Water Sailing Club (115)
3rd: 2.4 mR, Megan PASCOE, Frensham Pond SC (123)
FastS:
1st: Merlin Rocket, Thomas GILLARD & Rach GRAY, Sheffield Vikings SC/ Staunton Harold SC (12)
2nd: Osprey, Roger BLAKE & Jamie BLAKE, Great Moor SC (76)
3rd: RS600, Will RUSSELL, Grafham Water Sailing Club (183)
FastA:
1st: RS500, Nigel DAVIS & Aaron DAVIS, Draycote Water SC (143)
2nd: Musto Skiff, Brennan ROBINSON, Grafham water sc (152)
3rd: Vortex, Jonathan CARTER, rickmansworth sailing club (162)
SlowA:
1st: RS200, Alistair HODGSON & Ella SPAIN, Draycote Water Sailing Club (46)
2nd: 2000, Jack BARRETT & Abigail SKEITH, RNSA (54)
3rd: RS Vareo, Luke FISHER, Emberton Park (75)
SlowS:
1st: Snipe, Matthew WOLSTENHOLME & Lloyd ROBERTS, Bough Beech SC (73)
2nd: Hadron H2, Gavin FLEMING, Grafham Water / Hunts SC (116)
3rd: Enterprise, Paul YOUNG & Ig BAKOWSKI, Midland Sailing Club (164)