Ronstan A-Class Catamaran Nationals during the Gill Cat Open at Grafham Water Sailing Club

Grafham Water Sailing Club hosted the Ronstan A-Class Catamaran National Championship as part of the recent Gill Cat Open. 

Seven A-Class sailors entered the Nationals: 1 foiler and 6 classics. What we lacked in numbers we made up for in quality having Grafham sailors Hugh MacGregor and Julian Bosch fresh from competing in the Europeans in Lake Garda. Clacton sailors Peter Boxer and Dan Brzezinski making the journey from the east coast. Gordon Upton representing Rutland and Neil Klabe and Simon Longstaff also from Grafham.

The first day's sailing was a typical fantastic Grafham Autumn day with blue skies and a nice force 3 -4 wind. The race officer John Reynolds put to the fleets the option of having 4 races on the Saturday and two on the Sunday as the forecast for the Sunday did not look great.

So, battle commenced, and the race officer set a Great Course up wind down wind avoiding the area of the lake where an Island is beginning to surface due to the water level, which was last seen in 1976!

 A great time was had by all. Grafham again did a fantastic job under difficult circumstances with great race management both on the water and off. Thank you to all the race officers, mark layers and competitors. See you all next year! Grafham Water SC would like to thank their sponsors Gill for their generous support of the club and the prizes. Special thanks to all the club members who volunteered for race and rescue duties. 

1st A-Class Foiling National Champion Julian Bosch

1st A-Class Classic National Champion Hugh MacGregor

Overall Results:

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

1st 18 Hugh Macgregor Grafham Water Sailing Club 126 1 1 ‑2 1 1 1 5

2nd 16 Julian Bosch Grafham Water Sailing Club 0.981 ‑6 2 1 4 5 2 14

3rd 30 Daniel Brzezinski Clacton Sailing Club 126 3 3 ‑5 2 4 4 16

4th 3 Neil Klabe Grafham Water Sailing Club 126 2 4 4 3 3 ‑5 16

5th 1963 Peter Boxer Clacton Sailing Club 126 4 ‑5 3 5 2 3 17

6th 1097 Tony Welch Grafham Water Sailing Club 126 (DNC) DNC DNC DNC 6 6 39

7th 166 Simon Longstaff Grafham Water Sailing Club 126 5 (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC 41

8th 4 Gordon Upton Rutland SC 126 (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 45