Bosham Sailing Club at the British and Irish National 18 Championships 2011 hosted by the Royal Cork Yacht Club, Crosshaven, Ireland 24th to 29th July.

Brian Hoolahan's Classic National 18 Theorette and Tony Hows' Chichester Harbour18 Deja Blue both competed in the Classic Division at the largest ever British and Irish National 18 Championships last week in Cork.

The total entry of 52 was split with 35 boats in the modern Ultimate Division and 16 boats in the Classics, with racing over 6 days incl the practice race.

The BSC team rotating crews for the two boats were: Tony Hows, Alan Rolf, Frank McCormack, Tim Reynolds, Tom Reid, Brian Hoolahan, Roger Powley and Andrew Young.

In the Classic series of races, over 5 days, we managed 7 races with a further 2 lost because of the lack of wind.

Theorette 133 came 3rd overall (but was the 2nd wooden boat !) with Deja Blue CH10, 12th, having missed a few races with minor gear failure.

    
  
 
The Classic series was won by ‘Nimrod 233 ’ a beautiful and very fast local wooden classic competing for her first time with new owner Colman Garvey and his crack crew. The modern Ultimate series was won by Colin Chapman’s local boat Aquaholics 370.

  


We enjoyed some wonderful racing in variable winds, improved our kite handling skills no end, got to know spectacular Cork Harbour, enjoyed some great company and hospitality by the Class Association and RCYC and made new friends in the wider National 18 community.

We are already planning our visit to next year’s Championships at Royal Findhorn YC in Scotland and then Chichester Harbour in 2013...... 

Frank McCormack as a BSC Rear Commodore and Tim Reynolds representing the BSC National 18s presented a BSC burgee to the Royal Cork’s Rear Admiral of Dinghies Dr Larrie Martin.

.......A more telling report may appear in due course once our special correspondent

Bleary O’Beamish has recovered sufficiently….

Andrew Young & Frank McCormack

Results:   

Classics http://bit.ly/n0QwO3       Moderns : http://bit.ly/oVqZg8

Practice Race : http://bit.ly/rgG6ui

Royal Cork event news: http://bit.ly/qrRmkF

Pictures

BSC team gallery: http://bit.ly/rsulFZ

Royal Cork gallery: http://bit.ly/q8XFpe