ABP Cadet UK National Championship 2024 in Plymouth - The Ex-Cadets Race
by Magnus Smith 3 Aug 2024 20:09 UTC
2 August 2024
More evidence that you don't have to leave the Cadet class for good! Sailors aged 18 to 60 could not resist the lure of the class. 25 entries made the start line in Plymouth, after the ABP Cadet UK Nationals had finished (and just before the Worlds opening ceremony). Each had sailed in Cadets when under 18, and now wanted a piece of the action, again.
Some were taking it seriously, some were just delighted to wallow in nostalgia, but all of them had a serious workout in F4-5 winds and plenty of chop. In a suspicious twist, one of the main organisers of the Nationals/Worlds won the race. Was it a fix? Or does he just have more National titles under his belt than the others?
No matter, everyone had huge smiles.
Overall Results: (blanks appear as some helms did not indicate borrowed boat)
| Pos | Borrowed boat | Helm | Nation | Year left Cadets | Original own boat | Best Cadet result back in the day |
|---|
| 1 | 10129 | Alan Krailing | GBR | 1994 | 8521 | 3rd Nationals 1992 |
| 2 | 10003 | Ben Garner | AUS | 2022 | Resistance 9559 | Winning the trophy my grandpa donated for Victorian State Titles |
| 3 | 10001 | Toby Bush | GBR | 2023 | 10001 pushing it | 2022 World Champion |
| 4 | 9984 | Connor Line | GBR | 2018 | Execalibur | 10th at Worlds |
| 5 | 10128 | | | | | |
| 6 | 8521 | Alex Page | GBR | 2014 | NAT | Nationals / Inlands and U‑15/16 Worlds |
| 7 | 9961 | Oleksandr Izarov | UKR | 2013 | 9905 | World champion 2012 Taz |
| 8 | 9631 | MJ Gifford | GBR | 1991 | Fantasy 8407 | Winning the ex‑Cadet's race in 1992 |
| 9 | 8529 | Dom Stanislaus | GBR | 1994 | Utopia 8529 | 2nd nationals 6th worlds |
| 10 | 10002 | Tom Walker | GBR | 2022 | Aeolus 10002 | Regional champion and world team 2022 |
| 11 | 8997 | Mathias Brands | BEL | 2019 | Executrix 8997 | Won the u4
12th at the worlds |
| 12 | 8533 | Conrad Humphreys | GBR | 1990 | 8408 Inspiration | 6th Worlds. Poland 1990 |
| 13 | 8447 | Magnus Smith | GBR | 1992 | 7516 Paws For Thought | 42nd in the combined indicators |
| 14 | 8518 | Cedric Geivers | BEL | 2016 | Nevermind 8326 | English champion 2013 |
| 15 | 9028 | Bee Nee | GBR | 2021 | She Who Dares 9028 | 5th at Nationals (first nationals) |
| 16 | 9367 | Fiona Nee | GBR | 2023 | She Who Dares 9028 | 6th in gbr cadet nationals |
| 17 | 9836 | Elias Kerre | BEL | 2023 | Speedy Gonzales | 12th at the worlds in Nieuwpoort and 2nd at the Belgian nationals |
| 18 | 9294 | Richard Cain | GBR | 1979 | Sonic Boom 7285 | South West Area Champ held at Parkstone |
| 19 | 7279 | Charlotte Gough (nee Neill) | GBR | 1988 | Poseur 8297 | 1988 Cadet National Champion and 6th &1st Girl Worlds |
| 20 | 9985 | | | | | |
| 21 | 10051 | | | | | |
| 22 | 10004 | Elke Speelman | BEL | 1996 | Double crossed 8338 | |
| 23 | 7274 | abbey willcox | AUS | 2022 | winning edge 9561 | 6th at aus nationals and went to the worlds |
| 24 | 9038 | Filip van daele | BEL | 1991 | | |
| 25 | 10032 | | | | | |
