With a 91 strong international fleet gathered on Portland for the A-class Catamaran World Championships, the taster event was the British National Championship.
Raced in classic and open division (foilers) the winner of the open division was Steve Brewin of Australia, who finished tied on points with Mischa Heemskerk of Holland.
In third place, just four points back, was Bruce Mahoney of the USA.
The Junior GBR sailor Oscar Lindley-Smith, finishing in 13th place overall was the top Brit in this strong field, and is the 2019 British Open National Champion.
In the classic division, Scott Anderson of Australia was the overall winner, with Alberto Farnesi of Sweden two points back in second and in third was Bruno Biedermann of Switzerland.
British sailor Owen Cox was in his element on his newly acquired DNA. He was fifth overall and is the classic division British National Champion as a result.
Cox is a lake sailor and sails at Bala Lake in Wales, so can handle shifts and the light stuff with ease.
The A-Class World Championship at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Association opens with a practice race on Saturday, 24 August.
The first championship races are on Sunday, with two races in the Open division, followed by two in the Classics at on the same course.
Light winds seem to be on the agenda for the week. Jellyfish were a feature of the first day of Nationals racing outside Portland Harbour, but it is hoped that they will be gone by the weekend, and they do seem to sink down when it’s sunny.
A-Class – 2019 British National Championship, Open Division
1st AUS 4 Steven Brewin – – 10 pts
2nd NED 7 Mischa Heemskerk – – 10 pts
3rd USA 311 Bruce Mahoney – – 14 pts
4th NZL 270 Dave Shaw – – 17 pts
5th AUS 1035 James Wierzbowski – – 24 pts
6th FRA 2 Emmanuel Dodé – – 31 pts
7th NED 207 Thijs Visser – – 40 pts
8th AUT 96 Michael Mödlhammer – – 41 pts
9th AUS 63 Mark Griffith – – 47 pts
10th AUS 51 Paul Larsen – – 56 pts
11th GER 6 Rainer Bohrer – – 70 pts
12th SUI 87 Nils Palmieri – – 72 pts
13th GBR 599 Oscar Lindley‑Smith – – 75 pts
14th ESP 16 Marc Verdaguer – – 76 pts
15th SUI 65 Charles Bueche – – 85 pts
16th POL 111 Michal Korneszczuk – – 88 pts
17th GBR 24 Dave Roberts – – 89 pts
18th NED 93 Willem Plokker – – 91 pts
19th GBR 21 Richard Hargreaves – – 92 pts
20th NED 12 Eric Lampier – – 94 pts
21st CZE 1 Vladislav Ptasnik – – 96 pts
22nd DEN 77 Tom Bøjland – – 96 pts
23rd SUI 33 Heiko Maier – – 101 pts
24th NZL 555 Phil Robertson – – 109 pts
25th BEL 19 Wim Deca – – 117 pts
26th SUI 17 Dominik Peikert – – 120 pts
27th DEN 19 Felix Jacobsen – – 130 pts
28th SUI 9 Daniel Caviezel – – 131 pts
29th GBR 1964 Alun Davies – – 131 pts
30th GBR 25 Sam Heaton – – 139 pts
31st ESP 11 Manuel Calavia – – 165 pts
32nd AUS 1067 Joseph Randall – – 165 pts
A-Class – 2019 British National Championship, Classic Division
1st AUS 31 Scott Anderson – – 6 pts
2nd SWE 59 Alberto Farnesi – – 8 pts
3rd SUI 56 Bruno Biedermann – – 17 pts
4th ESP 29 Francisco Javier Acosta Medina – – 32 pts
5th GBR 72 Owen Cox – – 34 pts
6th SUI 310 Valente Jacques – – 34 pts
7th AUS 27 William Michie – – 37 pts
8th AUS 992 Mark Capel – – 40 pts
9th GBR 111 Mike Bawden – – 45 pts
10th ESP 129 Javier Acosta Morales – – 48 pts
11th GBR 15 Struan Wallace – – 49 pts
12th GBR 3 Neil Klabe – – 53 pts
13th GBR 2 Colin Bannister – – 55 pts
14th AUS 9 John Dowling – – 60 pts
15th BEL 17 Astrid Janssens – – 65 pts
16th GBR 4 Gordon Upton – – 69 pts
17th GBR 8 Richard Bartholomew – – 76 pts
18th GBR 14 Anthony Wykes – – 83 pts
19th ESP 7 Michael Todd – – 90 pts
20th GBR 39 Luke Swain – – 104 pts
21st GBR 53 Hugh Macgregor – – 107 pts
