Ben & George took the bullet and the Winter trophy with Christian & Sam in second. Taxi & Pippa got third, while Tim Saxton & Mary Henderson sailed into fourth, Alex Jackson & Chris Kilsby were fifth and James & Chris finished sixth. Dan & Ben Alsop were first silver fleet, and first bronze was Ben Archer and Olivia Bellini.
The overall results were close, but not close enough in the end, meaning Stu and Tom claimed the Championship title. Christian and Sam did put up a great fight to finish second with a consistent score line even with no practice sailing together this year. Ben and George certainly found their mojo on the last day, and without the gear failures on day one, it may well have been a different story, but they finished in third. Taxi and Pippa came in a very credible fourth, Tim and Mary were fifth and Ian and Charlotte finished much better than they started the week, ending up sixth.
First silver fleet was James and Anna, who had some excellent results all week, and first bronze fleet were newcomers in the Merlin fleet, Tom and Ed Low.
Huge thanks to East Lothian Yacht Club and all the volunteers for being a wonderful host club and for such a fantastic reception, it’s a stunning venue and is definitely worth a visit. Also, thanks to our race officer and his team for dealing with the sometimes tricky conditions and giving us some great racing.
Many thanks to our sponsors HD sails, SSE, NB Distillery, Fernhurst Books, Triggernaught Sportsglasses and our title sponsor Aspire Financial Advisers.
The Merlin Rocket Nationals 2022 will be hosted by Mount's Bay 31st July to 5th August.
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