The Brixham Yacht Club, in Devon, hosted the 24th Devon Yawl National Championships over the weekend of 2nd & 3rd July. A total of eight Devon Yawls entered, including 3 boats from Topsham S.C., three from the Yealm Y.C, one from Newport Boat Club and one from Dawlish.
The weekend was forecast to be medium South Westerlies, 12-17 knots on the Saturday and more breeze on the Sunday from the North West.
Saturday arrived, a cloudy day, with overnight rain hanging around. However the day dried out and the breeze was as forecast.
The race format for the weekend was to be six races, (three each day) of approximately 1 hour duration on a triangle, sausage, triangle course.
What was noticeable was that there were five different winners from the six races, getting a good start, as ever is crucial in getting out into the lead and sailing your own race.
Brixham Yacht Club and Mike Roberts did a fantastic job of organising the boats to be recovered to their trailers, the shore crew using their Land Rover with front tow hitch, pulled all the yawls up the slipway and lined them up for packing away.
The prize-giving was held at Brixham Yacht Club, and thanks given to the race committee for organising the event, particularly Mike Roberts, race officer Peter, the committee boat crew and the rescue boat drivers, not forgetting the chef and bar staff for fantastic food and drink.
Looking forward to next year's Devon Yawl nationals at the Yealm Y.C. at Newton Ferrers.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm / Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1 DY13 Rob Graham / Alexandra Graham YYC 2 ‑4 3 1 3 2 11
2 DY351 Ed Williams‑Hawkes/ Strangler TSC 3 2 4 4 1 3 13
3 DY186 Tim Petitt / Gemma Petitt YYC 1 1 2 ‑5 5 5 14
4 DY304 Jay Williamson / Graham Williamson NBC 5 ‑6 5 2 2 1 15
5 DY96 James McNaugton / Lewis TSC 4 ‑5 1 3 4 4 16
6 DY91 Adrian Troop / Steve Keats TSC 6 ‑7 6 6 6 6 30
7 DY141 Michael Roberts / Rowan Roberts TCYC 7 3 7 (DNC) DNC DNC 35
8 DY121 David Matthews / Helen Matthews / Daniel Matthews YYC ‑8 8 8 7 7 7 37
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