Thirteen RS600s turned up to Grafham Water Sailing Club for the Inland Championship 2025. We weren't greeted with the fantastic forecast we had seen earlier in the week, but it seemed there was plenty of wind to get trapezing around the course.
Race 1 kicked off with Rich Smith guarding his spot by the committee boat. However, this didn't stop George Smith from trying to squeeze in above him, just for Rich to not only shut the door on George, but also allow Will Russell to sail underneath and over the top to give him a bunch of dirt up the beat. Thanks to this, Jamie Mawson was able to get himself into a comfortable position and win the race.
It was definitely paying to go left up the beat, so those who didn't tack too early, usually got themselves in a good position after the windward mark. Also of note, Matt Banbrook was reminding us of his speed from Garda last year sailing around at the front too.
Race 3 was starting to look a bit lighter, with the sun making an appearance. This time, the pin was seeming like the favoured end. Jamie managed to redeem himself by getting ahead but George wasn't far behind. He managed to hold off and get the lead, with George in second and Rich Bone in third.
This meant Jamie was leading overnight but it was all to play for going into Sunday. Afterwards, the fleet had some food and drinks while discussing events for 2026
Going into Sunday, the forecast was looking to be a bit lighter than Saturday but we were greeted with a nice trapezable breeze when we turned up. The wind was due to shift a little to the north east in the early afternoon so it was all up in the air whether we'd be hit by that before the end of racing with an early 10:30 start.
After race 4 and 5 it was onto Race 6 and the results were fairly set in stone but the wind wasn't. The breeze was starting to shift to the east so the wind was starting to drop. As we got into the start of Race 6, the breeze was very marginal with some trapezing happening up the beat. It was dropping down as we got to the windward mark, but picked up big time as we got towards the run.
However, the wind was now very much coming more from the east. With this odd weather, the race officer put the shortened course flag up after 1 lap to conclude the Inlands.
Well done to George Smith for winning the 2025 Inland Championships. Thanks to Grafham Water Sailing Club for putting on a great event, even if the wind was being challenging at times.
Next up on the Rooster National Tour is the Warsash Open on the 21/22nd June. We look forward to seeing you there!
Overall Results: -
Pos Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1st 1005 George Smith Bough Beech Sailing Club 2 1 2 1 1 ‑3 7
2nd 1001 Jamie Mawson Notts County Sailing Club 1 ‑4 1 2 3 1 8
3rd 980 Richard Bone Bough Beech Sailing Club ‑3 2 3 3 2 2 12
4th 1011 Will Russell Grafham Water Sailing Club 4 3 ‑5 4 4 4 19
5th 803 Richard Smith Medway Yacht Club 7 5 4 5 9 (DNC) 30
6th 754 Matt Banbrook Bowmoor Sailing Club 6 6 10 ‑11 7 5 34
7th 918 Rhys Triffitt Bough Beech Sailing Club ‑9 7 7 8 5 8 35
8th 850 Neil Cooney Carsington Water Sailing Club ‑10 9 6 9 6 6 36
9th 648 Alistair Farman Grafham Water Sailing Club 8 8 ‑11 7 8 7 38
10th 848 David Nunn Bowmoor Sailing Club 5 12 9 10 12 (DNC) 48
11th 710 Graham Timms Grafham Water Sailing Club ‑11 11 12 6 10 10 48
12th 815 Ed Bellamy Grafham Water Sailing Club ‑12 10 8 12 11 9 50
13th 838 Brian Briggs Grafham Water Sailing Club (DNC) DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 70
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