UK National Championships

An excellent turnout of 50 boats for the Flying 15 northern championship, after high winds over the last couple of days, were greeted with plenty of sunshine and a mirror like lake, with a forecast of F1 from the east. 
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2024 is a worlds qualifying year for the Flying 15 class and not surprisingly, a large and high quality fleet of 40 boats turned up at Grafham to find the sun shining and some wind blowing.

Principal Race Officer Nigel Denchfield told the assembled sailors at the briefing to expect some possible windshifts on the race course- how right he was!
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The magnificent scenery of Loch Earn and the surrounding hills created a dramatic backdrop

A very competitive championships despite the lower than usual numbers. Graham Vialls and Chris Turner ended up worthy champions (again!). Read the full report for race by race details.

There are some high scores showing after the first day of the British Isles Championships in Strangford Lough. Read more for full report.

In case you missed it or are not a follower of social media, here is the Y&Y report of the Southern Championships.
Click to read more on the F15 UK website, see a full results list and find a link to photos from the event.
 

As a bookend to this year's National Championships at Strangford Lough, here are the SI's for the same event in 1956. Click to read more.

For the 2024 season, UKFFA has arranged an exciting Championship Series encompassing Area, National and Inland Championships staged across the UK. Read more about the locations and events.

The class National Championships took place over 4 days in Portland. 50 boats signed in for the event and the early arrivals were greeted by Storm Nigel with lashing rain and high winds. After this there was excellent racing conditions out in Weymouth Bay until the next storm arrived on Saturday resulting in a wild and windy race in the harbour.

Like many of us, I can remember when you just turned up at an Open Meeting and sat it out, drinking coffee, until some wind appeared.