The 2022 Dart 18 National Championships was hosted at the South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club (SCYC), which has a proud history of hosting many prestigious championship events within the surrounding waters of Cardigan Bay and the very popular holiday destination of Abersoch on the doorstep. The Dart 18 Fleet were certainly going to fit in nicely.
Twenty-Five Dart 18s entered, with 12 UK Sailing Clubs being represented. Most of the Darts were sailed two-up with a varied combination of family members, partners or borrowed crews. There was just the one singlehanded entry without the jib (and at times without a helm!).
The weather throughout the event was varied, with a bit of everything thrown into the mix. The First weekend was Wet and Wild (luckily the wet bit mostly came at night). Once 'wet' had gone, we were left with just 'wild' who kindly abated to just 'windy' towards the end of the week and throughout the sun kept appearing to top up the summer tans and ensure ice cream sales remained high..
Prizes were awarded for the top five boats, as follows:
1. David Lloyd of Stokes Bay & JoJo Trafford of Worthing SC (UK National Champions 2022)
2. Caleb Cooper & Chloe Millward of Worthing SC (First Youth Trophy & First Couple Trophy)
3. Michael Mourizzi & Mark Stones of Dee SC
4. Ben Willis & Dalton Smith of Runswick Bay (RBBSC)
5. Deborah Waters (First Lady Helm) & Barry Peters of Worthing SC
In addition to the above trophies the following were also awarded:
First Parent & Child Trophy: Matt & Jakob Exon (RYYC)
Masters Trophy (Combined age of 116+) Andrew McLeish & Peter Rauxloh (Fairlop Waters SC)
Moo'comer Trophy (first attended Nationals) - Simon Lake
Handicap Results (first 3 most improved on handicap):
1. Ellis & Tilly Stonehouse (RYYC)
2. Paul Hemsworth & Rachel Meddick (Mumbles YC)
3. Neil White & Brandon (RYYC)
The Captain Catastrophe Trophy went to Joe Franks
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