Merlin Rocket River Championship at the Bourne End Week Regatta

 The 2021 Merlin Rocket River Championships were hosted at Upper Thames Sailing Club over the August bank holiday weekend.

Incorporated into the club's annual Bourne End week regatta it had as so many events this year been shifted. Normally held over the late May bank holiday. Considering this, a good turnout of eighteen Merlin Rockets attended.

The silverware was pretty much all to play for in the final race.

All in all, a great event with Upper Thames providing some great socials and a well-organised race box team.

Overall Results:

Pos Boat Name Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts

1st Queen Philippa 1996 Chris Kilsby Pippa Kilsby Thames 1 3 4 1 (OCS) 2 11

2nd Katy Lou 1493 Mark Barwell Louise Johnson Lymington Town SC ‑7 1 5 2 3 1 12

3rd Quiver 774 Martin Hunter Tim Williams UTSC 3 4 1 ‑6 2 3 13

4th Flinkidink 1097 Stuart Jenkins Nicola Scaddan UTSC 2 2 2 5 ‑6 4 15

5th Hullabaloo 1692 Rob Cage Sel Shah Thames 4 5 3 4 1 ‑13 17

6th Andromeda 3259 Charlie Morgan Amanda Batten Tamesis 8 7 ‑9 3 5 6 29

7th Masquerade 995 Matthew Jones Arthur Jones Tamesis 6 ‑9 7 9 4 7 33

8th Seven Eye 3520 Tim Metcalf Flora Laidlow Tamesis ‑12 8 8 8 7 5 36

9th Luka 3560 Oliver Houseman Egle Tumosa Tamesis 5 11 6 7 11 ‑12 40

10th Exequisite 2266 Chris Rathbone Sonia Rathbone UTSC 9 6 10 10