Fifteen Kestrel dinghies entered the UK National Championship hosted at the RYA Impact Award winning Royal Tay Yacht Club. Winds and tides combined to provide a highly competitive series of close races with places changing lap by lap.
A south westerly wind pattern over a flood tide allowed the race committee to set beats that offered both left and right options. The opportunity for peril on the start line, by being pushed over was largely avoided, there were no general and only a couple of individual recalls. At the top end of the beat, the flood tide gave opportunities for late arrivals on port tack to squeeze round inside starboard tackers who ended up over-standing the mark. On the runs, there was no hiding from the adverse tide which provided more time for boats to cover, overtake or choose wider routes. The angles were worked out very well and encouraged close racing. Over the four days, all but two of the 10 races were won and lost at the end of the last downwind leg.
The last race of the UK Championship and the second of the Scottish Championship was started in a marginally fresher wind with marginally stronger gusts. These were strong enough to produce a few capsizes and to give exciting racing which kept the fleet bunched closely together.
There were some wicked shifts on the beats which could result in three or four places being lost or gained in the blink of an eye. This did not unsettle Worsley and Harper who once more produced a commanding performance to win the Scottish Championship day.
The competition for places was intense, none more so than the fight for second place overall. This was finally decided on the 20 metre hitch from the last mark to the finish line after an hour of close racing. Murdoch and Scott-Brown managed to gybe quicker and sail over Enkel and Tebbutt. Only one point separated their final scores after 10 races.
Retiring KOA chair Liz Le Mare gave a vote of thanks to the RTYC, the sponsors, the caterers, the safety crews, the PRO, and then passed comment on each of the teams!
During the event everyone had received a prize and there were special prizes and trophies awarded before the final presentation of the championship trophy. Prizes sponsored by Hartley Boats and a anonymous class supporter.
Overall Results :-
Helm Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 Points
1 1638 Malcolm Malcolm Worsley Richard Harper 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 9
2 1648 Pure Dead Seathing Stewart Murdoch Ken Scott‑Brown 2 2 2 3 5 2 1 OCS 3 2 17
3 1574 Buttercup Howard Enkel Danni Tebbutt 3 3 4 1 3 4 2 2 1 3 18
4 1633 Purple Paul Barnett Robin Lamb 4 5 3 4 2 3 RET OCS 4 5 30
5 1644 On the Fiddle Ian R Hunter Alisdair Hunter 7 4 7 7 4 11 9 3 6 4 42
6 1636 kestrel Steven Worf David Hearsum 5 6 8 RET 6 7 4 5 7 7 47
7 408 Chicken Chris Grice Kenny Hobbs 9 9 5 5 9 5 10 6 5 6 50
8 1632 The boat with no name Alexander Bremner Ailsa Anderson 6 8 9 6 8 6 6 8 RET 8 56
9 1606 Alison Jane Angus Broadhurst Rory Broadhurst 8 7 6 RET 7 8 5 7 11 10 58
10 1605 In the Red Paul Wilkinson Jane O Brien 11 11 10 8 11 9 7 9 12 13 76
11 1621 Ga Sands David Sturrock Edith Carmichael 10 12 12 9 12 13 8 10.5 10 9 80.5
12 1567 Windhover Richard Le Mare Liz Le Mare 12 10 DNC DNC 10 10 RET 10.5 9 12 87.5
13 1472 Pure Genius Karin Grice Katherine Wilkinson 13 13 DNF RET DNC 12 11 DNC 13 11 101
14 1610 Newcome Tom Moore Tanya Wilson DNC DNC 11 RET DNC DNC DNC 4 8 DNC 101
15 1640 Red Larry King Richard Roberts DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 128
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