GJW Direct Topper NS3 Spring Championship at Rutland Sailing Club

 NS5, the last of the series, attracted over a 100 Topper sailors to Rutland Sailing Club. The forecast was for a strong breeze on both days. Sunshine greeted the sailors and the offshore wind was gusting through the boat park as boats were rigged.

Russ from Topper sailboats was on site early and busy helping sailors with last minute repairs. Class chair Martin Cooper lead the briefing thanking GJW Direct and all the class sponsors before handing over to the race officers.

Without delay the fleets were launched and 90, 5.3 and 20, 4.2 sailors headed off downwind towards the dam wall ready for a planned 3 races.

 The next UK stop is the Topper Nationals at WPNSA, entry is still open so we look forward to seeing you all there.

Overall Results:

5.3 Rig

Pos Champ No Sail No Helm Club Fleet R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts

1st 317 48153 Leo Yates Island Barn / Shoreham White ‑4 1 1 1 2 1 6

2nd 611 46391 Jessica Powell Draycote Water SC Blue ‑12 4 1 2 3 2 12

3rd 544 47636 Edward smith Chipstead SC White 1 ‑6 3 3 1 5 13

4th 698 47768 Lewis Bacon Leigh & Lowton SC Yellow 2 1 2 7 ‑16 2 14

5th 28 44036 Joseph Rowe Draycote Water SC Red 2 5 4 2 ‑28 1 14

6th 243 43834 Christopher Hampshire Ripon SC Blue 1 3 2 5 ‑8 3 14

7th 217 47765 Lily Browning Island Barn Reservoir SC Thames SC Yellow 3 3 ‑4 4 2 4 16

8th 618 48096 Ben Homer Dalgety Bay SC Yellow 6 2 ‑7 1 7 3 19

9th 286 47685 Jake Rawes Oxford SC White 3 2 ‑9 4 5 6 20

10th 539 49007 Jack Sims Llandegfedd SC Red 7 7 5 ‑15 3 4 26

11th 202 48508 Alex Purrier Parkstone YC Yellow 4 4 (UFD) 3 10 12 33

12th 179 48663 Erin Young Scaling Dam SC Red 6 ‑10 3 9 6 9 33

4.2 Rig

Pos Champ No Sailor Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Pts

1st 530 Harry Sims Llandegfedd SC 2 2 1 3 7 2 2 ‑9 19

2nd 352 Harry Mitchell Erith YC/King George SC ‑7 1 2 1 2 6 7 1 20

3rd 505 Thomas Semmens Brixham YC/Paignton SC 1 ‑5 5 4 1 3 3 4 21

4th 649 Sebastian Sitton Warsash SC ‑12 3 4 5 4 8 1 5 30

5th 502 Holly Norton Parkstone YC 4 4 ‑10 2 8 1 4 10 33

6th 315 Chloe Grayton Notts County SC 6 ‑7 3 7 3 7 6 3 35

7th 236 Jacob Davies Warsash SC (& JETS) 3 ‑9 8 8 6 4 9 2 40

8th 229 Marcus King Warsash SC 8 6 6 6 ‑10 5 8 6 45

9th 373 Mu En Zhong Queen Mary SC 10 10 9 ‑11 11 10 10 7 67

10th 600 Oscar Lay Desborough SC IBRSC 5 8 ‑13 13 13 13 5 13 70

11th 661 Eliska van der Veen Llandegfedd SC ‑14 12 11 TAL 9 9 12 8 75

12th 27 Oscar Rowe Draycote SC 9 13 7 9 14 11 13 (RET) 76