BOSHAM TRIUMPH AT YWDB NATIONALS

Published 12:52 on 28 Jun 2021

BOSHAM TRIUMPH AT YWDB NATIONALS

8 boats from the Bosham YWDB fleet travelled to Cornwall for DB Week 2021.

The event was hosted by the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club in Falmouth. The race programme consisted of 5 points races, a long distance race and an 'Opportunity' race for crews and ladies to take the helm. All races were held in the very picturesque sailing area of the Carrick Roads.

With the exception of one day, the weather gods looked very favourably down on us with light to medium breezes and lots of sunshine.

The racing for the 16 strong fleet was superbly managed by principal race officer Neil Hopkins and his very experienced committee boat and mark laying teams.

After an extremely closely fought series, with four different race winners, the final overall result was only decided on the last reach of the last race when Alastair & Jacqui Seaton secured 2^nd place and were relieved to see that their nearest adversary for the title, Peter Hewitt, could only manage to finish in 4^th place!

Many congratulations to Alastair and Jacqui.

The DB national championships have been held since 1957, and this is the first time that a Bosham boat has won the event. Bosham also excelled this year with 3 club boats finishing in the top 4 places overall.

Overall Results:

1^st Alastair & Jacqui Seaton Bosham SC -7 pts

2^nd Peter Hewitt & Chris Lockett Poole YC - 8pts

3^rd Mark & Shirley Stanton Bosham SC - 9pts

4^th David & Fiona Macfarlane Bosham SC - 16pts

5^th Geoff & Margaret Pell Shearwater SC - 20pts

Ladies race winner- Fiona Macfarlane Bosham SC

Crews race winner- Jacqui Seaton Bosham SC

David Macfarlane

YWDB Class Captain

Last updated 11:51 on 12 March 2024