Grafham Water Sailing Club hosted the Gill Dart 15 Inland Championship 2023 over the weekend of 14th & 15th October, with a turnout of 19 Dart 15 sailors drawn to GWSC given a sunny & sometimes breezy weather forecast leading up to the event.
The ever efficient race officers & Dart 15 aficionados were Fiona & Nigel Denchfield assisted on the water by the renowned Grafham mark layers and rescue boat drivers/crews who between them put on a superb race course with swift race turnarounds and optimum racing angles. 6 races were scheduled with 3 each day, however the softening breeze made it an easy decision for race management to elect 4 races on Saturday & 2 on Sunday.
Sunday dawned and just as expected the pressure had dropped along with the temperature, so another layer or two were needed for the 10:30 start & 2 races.
After completing all racing and with all boats ashore the fleet packed themselves away, changed into some warm clothing and prize-giving followed in the top bar.
Gill generously sponsored prizes were awarded to the top 6 finishers. The Inland Championship Bowl and GWSC Grafham Cat Open cup went to Jason Clarke, a very well deserving winner. The tankard for first placed GWSC competitor went to Mark Aldridge and the Grafham Youth Trophy was won by John Ball, crewing for his Dad.
The Gill Dart 15 Inland Championship at Grafham was the fifth and final TT in the 2023 Summer Series. The Summer Series prizes were also presented with fifth place going to David and John Ball from Marconi, Fourth to Angus Cook from North Devon YC, Third to Jenny Ball from Marcon, Second to Jason Clarke from Marconi and Series Winner was Liam Thom from Shanklin. The Team trophy was won by Marconi SC.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1st 2037 Jason Clarke Marconi Sailing Club 1 ‑3 1 1 2 1 6
2nd 66 Mark Aldridge Grafham Water Sailing Club 3 1 2 2 3 (DNF) 11
3rd 2025 Jenny Ball Marconi Sailing Club 2 ‑6 3 6 1 5 17
4th 1923 David Ball John Ball Marconi Sailing Club ‑8 2 6 5 6 2 21
5th 2019 George Love Carsington 6 7 ‑10 3 4 3 23
6th 1962 Jacob Aldridge ‑9 5 4 4 5 7 25
7th 2035 Jon Pearse Marconi Sailing Club 5 4 5 8 (OCS) 8 30
8th 2022 Stuart Snell Grafham Water Sailing Club 4 11 9 (DNC) 7 4 35
9th 1359 Scott Wilcox Stewartby Watersports Club 7 9 7 ‑13 11 6 40
10th 1940 Derek James Draycote 10 10 8 9 10 ‑12 47
11th 1776 David Clarke Marconi Sailing Club 12 ‑17 11 7 12 10 52
12th 1899 Andy Bunyan Stewartby Watersports Club ‑14 12 14 10 8 14 58
13th 2015 Nigel James Marconi Sailing Club ‑16 13 16 12 14 9 64
14th 2016 Keith Chidwick Datchet Water SC ‑17 14 17 14 9 11 65
15th 1702 Mark Patten Stewartby Watersports Club 15 15 12 ‑17 13 13 68
16th 1983 Peter Richardson Marconi Sailing Club 13 8 13 16 (DNC) DNC 70
17th 2028 Ray Gall Carsington Sailing Club 11 16 15 11 (DNC) DNC 73
18th 1292 Colin Wright Stewartby Watersports Club (DNC) 18 18 15 15 15 81
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