Finn and D One Open at Warsash Sailing Club

 Thirty-five boats sailed in absolutely perfect conditions at Warsash Sailing Club for the British Finn and D-One Open event.

The two fleets of largely Devoti built boats sailed the end-of-year championship in fantastic sailing conditions, with 31 Finns and 4 Devoti D-Ones. A clear briefing from the race team established the programme of racing and the sailing area. A slow sail in light airs to the Hill Head plateau got the fleets out to the sailing area and allowed for some rig tweaking along the way.

Overall fleet wins went to Rob Jones, followed by Jason Pyke and Michelle Collier-Brookes in the D-One's. In the Finn fleet, Kristian Sjoberg took the overall win by a two-point margin, followed by Allen Burrell and Lawrence Crispin - showing the benefit of all three regularly racing together at Thorpe Bay Yacht Club.

The Warsash open meeting marked the final event in the 2022 British Finn Association Travellers Series. Trophies were awarded to the top Finn sailors in each age category across eight Traveller events and the overall winner's historic Silver Finn trophy. The 2022 series saw a healthy 74 sailors compete in the series, demonstrating the undying appeal of the Finn, despite its loss of Olympic status. The winners of each age category all receive a £100 grant towards the cost of entering a Finn World or European Championships in 2023.

Overall British Finn Traveller Series 2022 Winner: Lawrence Crispin

First Master: Andy Couch

First Grand Master: Lawrence Crispin

First Great Grand Master: John Heyes

First Legend: Howard Sellars

Overall Results:

Pos Division Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Pts

Devoti Fleet

1st Standard 11 Robert Jones Warsash ‑2 2 1 1 1 1 1 7

2nd Standard GBR908 Jason Pyke Burghfield Sailing Club 1 1 2 ‑3 2 2 3 11

3rd Standard 907 Michelle Collier‑Brooks Oxford ‑3 3 3 2 3 3 2 16

4th Standard 9 Gordon Davies QMSC 4 4 4 (DNF) 4 4 4 24

Finn Fleet

1st Great Grand Master FIN 201 Kristian Sjoberg NJK 2 3 2 ‑4 3 2 1 13

2nd Grand Master GBR 2 Allen Burrell Thorpe Bay YC ‑9 1 1 3 1 5 4 15

3rd Open 74 Laurance Crispin 7 5 3 1 (UFD) 1 2 19

4th Great Grand Master GBR567 MARTIN HUGHES Warsash SC ‑13 6 4 2 2 4 8 26

5th Master 33 Kieron Holt Warsash 4 7 ‑11 7 4 3 7 32

6th Grand Master GBR 86 Fergus Allan Loch earn sc 3 4 6 8 6 ‑14 5 32

7th Great Grand Master GBR‑61 John Heyes Warsash SC & MRSC (UFD) 2 7 15 7 7 6 44

8th Grand Master 803 Ivan Burden Psc 5 ‑20 14 5 8 10 11 53

9th Grand Master GBR 3 Simon Pettit MRSC (UFD) 13 12 9 5 11 12 62

10th Master 679 James Cole Warsash (UFD) 12 9 12 9