A total of 24 boats took to the water for the Bank Holiday National 12 open meeting at Royal Harwich YC.

Competitors were greeted by very windy conditions on the Saturday. Most of the fleet went swimming and not many finished. Antony and Jo Gifford won the first race with Jon Ibbotson and Heather Back in second. The second race was just as exhilarating with Tom Stewart winning and Jon coming second again. This left Stewart and Ibbotson on equal points after the first day.

Sunday was drifty, Bank Holiday weather did not really allow the sea breeze to kick in and this definitely benefited Caroline Martin and Andrew Douglas who were somewhat overpowered the day before. The Burton Salver was sailed in the morning on the low tide. Stewart won with Martin in second and Ibbotson third.

The afternoon races were very close and the lighter airs provided a mix up of results with some of the lighter crews having good races. Caroline won one of the races and Tom the other.

Monday was similar and the racing was postponed for a quite a while before any breeze appeared. Paul and Guy Pelling won the final race although it did not change the overall results.

Overall Results

1st Tom Stewart and Liz Ross

2nd Jon Ibbotson and Heather Back

3rd Caroline Martin and Andy Douglas

1st Admirals Cup and 8th overall Jerry and Margaret Garner

Burton Salver

1st Tom Stewart and Liz Ross

2nd Caroline Martin and Andy Douglas

3rd Jon Ibbotson and Heather Back