Over 50 young, hardy cadet sailors made their way from clubs around the country to Waldringfield for the 2024 Cadet Open. Out of 26 boats competing 13 were in the Regatta fleet, demonstrating the success the class and local squadrons have had in bringing on enthusiastic crews into enthusiastic new helms. Even within the Gold and Silver fleets there was many new pairings with new crews starting their Cadet sailing adventure. The number of new crews and helms prompted a change in format from last year's Open, with the first day dedicated to training from the excellent Alex Corby and Harry Chatterton. There were separate training groups for the Regatta, Silver and Gold fleets, with everyone being brought together for some very competitive practice racing.
The competition proper started on the second day. It was a gloomy grey day with winds forecast to be light so three races were planned for the day. Despite the forecast, on the water the wind proved to be sufficient, though the strong tide provided challenge around the course particularly for the newer helms. The Regatta fleet had performed well in training and race officer Alex Corby decided to start all fleets together.
Thank you to everyone who made this such a fantastic weekend of autumnal sailing, including Sara Cox Olliff the event organiser, Alex Corby race officer and Gold and Silver fleets coach, Harry Chatterton Regatta fleet coach, visiting sailors from Fishers Green, South Cerney, Frensham Pond and Rickmansworth sailing clubs, all the volunteers on and off the water and finally to Heidi in the galley who worked so hard keeping everyone well fed.
Next up in the Cadet calendar is training at Northampton Sailing Club on 16 and 17 November.
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Overall Results :-
Pos Fleet Boat Name Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 Pts
1st Gold Fleet Boombastic 10032 Hettie Thorogood Clementine Denny-Pickess Waldringfield SC 1 -2 2 3
2nd Gold Fleet Hypersonic 10128 George Cox-Olliff Evie Winchester Waldringfield SC 2 1 -3 3
3rd Gold Fleet Joint Effort 10012 Alex Enkel Rhona Enkel Waldringfield SC -3 3 1 4
4th Gold Fleet Pushing it 10001 Kemmel Thorogood Georgina Loader Waldringfield SC 4 -9 6 10
5th Gold Fleet Enigma 10003 Dylan McArdle Harriet Walker Waldringfield SC 5 -7 5 10
6th Regatta Fleet White Stuff 9000 Jude Baldock Alvy Jones Waldringfield SC 7 -12 4 11
7th Silver Fleet Roadrunner 9042 Kali Karaskas Araminta Denny-Pickess Waldringfield SC (DSQ) 4 7 11
8th Silver Fleet Sorcerer 9983 James Bailey Oliver Walker Waldringfield SC 6 10 (OCS) 16
9th Silver Fleet Hurricane 10121 Lewis Walker Camille Ballam Waldringfield SC -16 5 12 17
10th Regatta Fleet Twocan 9985 Primrose Denny-Pickess Penelope Reid Waldringfield SC -22 8 11 19
11th Regatta Fleet She who shall not be named 9400 George Letts Sophie Baer Waldringfield SC 8 11 -14 19
12th Gold Fleet Matador 10129 Tom Krailing Clara Vellacott Waldringfield SC 11 (NSC) 9 20
13th Regatta Fleet The Bullet 9292 Samuel English Minnie Palmer Frensham Pond SC -14 13 10 23
14th Regatta Fleet Zest 9876 Ella Edwards Edith Pynn Waldringfield SC 20 6 (NSC) 26
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