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Sailing Chandlery K6 Nationals 2023 at Royal Torbay Yacht Club

by Dave Hall 4 Oct 2023 08:59 UTC 21-24 September 2023
K6 Nationals at Torbay © 50 North Photography

This year the K6 fleet shared their championship in the wonderful Torbay with the SB20s who were also holding their championship. For the first day of the event there was a change of format consisting of a sprint series.

This format was a first for the K6 fleet, 6 windward/leeward sprint races with 1 discard and the total score to count towards the overall Championship. The wind had been building during the morning into a 15 to 20 knot breeze. The short two lap format proved to be a great introduction to the Championships and an instant reintroduction to the Class for Lawrence & Luca Crispin. Their dominance included chasing down John Tabor, Tom Kosteletos and James Bennett who had taken full advantage of an early tack onto a wind shift and led for three of the four legs of race 4. Overall, the day ended with the top three of Lawrence & Luca, Dave Hall, Heather Chipperfield & Maria Richards in second and Dave Gorringe & Geoff Havers third. Full sprint results are shown below.

Day 2 forecast more of the same. The wind duly obliged and with three races, alternating starts with SB20s on the course, the fleet enjoyed sun, wind and waves on the longer course. Lawrence and Luca set the tone, winning all three races. Racing for the chasing pack was close with team Hall and team Gorringe fighting it out.

The weather Apps forecast light winds for day 3, how wrong they were! Three races closely contested within the fleet with the exception of Lawrence and Luca who were seen overtaking the backmarkers of the SB20 fleet. Dave Hall and team posted consistently high finishes, second in two of the three races to cement their position overall..

Sunday dawned with building stormy conditions, gusts in excess of 30kts were predicted. Wisely the Race Officer assessed the conditions early and abandoned racing. With a perfect score of 7 bullets, discarding a win(!), clear and dominant winners were Lawrence & Luca Crispin, followed home by Dave Hall, Heather Chipperfield & Maria Richards in second and Dave Gorringe & Geoff Havers in Third, 6 points clear of George Barker & Russel Woodley in forth. Full results in the table below.

Heroic crew award went to Amy Owen who, expecting to be the third member of the crew, found herself the only crew when her brother Oliver was taken ill. Great work Amy!

This report would be incomplete without mentioning the hugely efficient RTYC race team. With clear and timely signals, immaculate course settings and blisteringly quick results, they made the event so enjoyable for everyone.

Thanks also go to event sponsor, Sailing Chandlery, for its support and generosity.

Sprint Results:

PosBoat NameSail NoHelmCrew 1Crew 2ClubOwnerR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
1st 222Lawrence CrispinLuka Crispin Stone SCNeil Fulcher11111‑45
2ndBabooshka142David HallHeather ChipperfieldMaria RichardsBlackwater SC ‑62234112
3rd!143David GorringeGeoff Havers Lymington Town SC 33‑442214
4thSnork Maiden209George BarkerRussel Woodley Oxford SC 24‑555319
5th 122John TaborJames BennettTom KosteletosOxford SC 55‑626523
6thBob114Tony HarperSteve Watson Notts County SC 46‑863625
7thTonic166Fraser ElmsGeorgie Smith Hayling Island SC ‑77377731
8thHappy Feet124Paul OwenAmy Owen Oxford SC 8‑9988841
9th 161Jeffrey Vander BorghtDave Guthrie Lyme Regis SC (DNC)8799DNF43

National Championship Overall Results:

PosBoat NameSail NoHelmCrew 1Crew 2ClubOwnersSprint ResultsR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
1st 222Lawrence CrispinLuka Crispin Stone SCNeil Fulcher1‑1111116
2ndBabooshka142David HallHeather ChipperfieldMaria RichardsBlackwater SC 2‑52223213
3rd!143David GorringeGeoff Havers Lymington Town SC 3243‑62317
4thSnork Maiden209George BarkerRussel Woodley Oxford SC 443435‑623
5thTonic166Fraser ElmsGeorgie Smith Hayling Island SC 735‑844730
6th 122John TaborJames BennettTom KosteletosOxford SC 5‑77756434
7thBob114Tony HarperSteve Watson Notts County SC 6665‑88536
8th 161Jeffrey Vander BorghtDave Guthrie Lyme Regis SC 98‑9697847
9thHappy Feet124Paul OwenAmy Owen Oxford SC 898(RET)79950

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