The UK Wayfarer Association National Circuit, kindly supported by our title sponsor Craftinsure with additional support by Allen Brothers, Hartley Boats and McNamara Sails, made a welcome comeback after a winter hibernation at the Inland Championships at Datchet Water over the weekend of the 13-14th April.
This is the first of several opens at prestigious sailing locations across the country that constitute the National Circuit for this great all-round boat.
Some familiar faces were joined by some fleet newcomers on the Saturday morning with a forecast that offered a wide range of conditions that certainly came to fruition. With the wind sock flying and the sun threatening to make an appearance it promised to be an exciting weekend.
After six exciting races had been completed a similar situation to the Inland Championship at Blithfield last year, the calculators needed to come out to determine the overall result but the consistency of the Wilsons prevailed to give them a well-deserved Inland championship title. Chris and Matt came second but deserve much credit for their three bullets over the course of the weekend. Guy and Sam won a tight Bough Beech inter-club battle to take third from Ian and Sam. 5th and first wooden boat was the family team of Colin and Lexie.
Many thanks go to Derek Lambert for pulling together an excellent event in conjunction with exemplary shoreside and on the water support for the Datchet Water teams. Fantastic hosts at a fantastic venue.
The next open meeting for the Wayfarers is this weekend at West Oxfordshire (20-21 April) followed by a trip to Shoreham on the 18-19 May. We then have a trip to Banbury for the Westerns (1-2 June) before what promises to be an awesome event at Paignton for the National Championships (13-16 June).
Overall Results:
Pos Helm Crew Sail No Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Points
1 Andrew Wilson Tom Wilson 11093 Datchet Water SC 2 1 2 ‑3 3 1 9
2 Chris Bunn Matt Frary 11398 Lady Yacht Club 1 ‑5 1 2 1 5 10
3 Guy Marks Sam Boniface 11120 Bough Beech SC 4 4 ‑5 5 2 2 17
4 lan Foxwell Samuel Pygall 11170 Bough Beech SC 3 2 7 4 ‑8 3 19
5 Colin Goodman Lexie Goodman 998 Bexhill SC 6 7 4 1 4 ‑8 22
6 Simon Sydenham Rupert Sydenham 10776 Aldeburgh SC 5 3 3 ‑7 6 6 23
7 Nick Harris Luke Howells 11223 Datchet Water SC ‑10 6 8 6 9 4 33
8 Timothy Wood Sarah Elliott 11448 Walton & Frinton SC 9 8 6 ‑10 5 9 37
9 Nigel O'Donnell Belinda O'Donnel 11458 Swarkestone SC 7 ‑13 9 9 10 7 42
10 Derek Lambert Sue Risbridger 10828 Datchet Water SC 8 9 ‑10 8 7 10 42
11 Conrad Payne Martin Dolling 9416 Datchet Water SC ‑11 10 11 11 11 11 54
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