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2017 Six Metre National Championships
@
Norwich Model Yacht Club
​13th and 14th May 

17 sailors from 10 different clubs and as far away as Dartmoor and Fleetwood attended the 6 metre National Championships at Norwich Model Yacht Club . A total of 8 different yacht designs were taking part.
​As a sign of respect for Mick Shillington, who as we all know has recently passed away, and who was a great supporter of the 6m class, all competing yachts carried Mick's personal number of 28, he will be sadly missed in the class.
​Saturday morning dawned with a light SW wind which meant that PRO Vinnie Zammit had to set a starboard rounding triangular course, knowing that conditions would be tricky especially when approaching the windward mark.
As there were 17 boats in the competition HMS was used with 4 up and 4 down promotion / relegation.
​The seeding races were completed and all had a taste of how fluky conditions could be with the wind in this direction. Unfortunately this only allowed for 3 races to be completed before lunch, however as the day went on the wind increased and went further to the west which allowed for a reasonable beat to windward.
​By lunchtime the positions were Terry Burton followed by Shaun Holbeche and Bernie Guest with 13 points covering the first 5 yachts.
​The afternoon racing was carried out in more favourable conditions and all skippers enjoyed the sometimes testing wind shifts plus the occasional severe gusts which kept the spectators entertained. At the end of the first day the positions were Terry, Shaun and John Hanton.
​The Saturday evening most of the sailors and the race committee met at the local hostelry to take on some beer and buffet and managed to sort out the world.
Sunday morning arrived with a fresher westerly wind which slowly increased throughout the day. Unfortunately the increasing wind caused some breakages despite most of the skippers reducing sail by lunchtime the fleet was down to 13 boats, the conditions suited Shaun who won 3 of the 4 races in the morning and he moved in front of Terry by 2 points John Hanton was still in 3rd.
​With the reduction in fleet size to 13 (2 yachts held together with cable ties) PRO Vinnie decided to reduce to one fleet after lunch, this produced some of the best racing of the event  in lovely sunny conditions with a stiff breeze. Both Shaun and Terry continued to dominate proceedings with Shaun coping with the conditions better than Terry, Shaun ended up a convincing winner with Terry second and Mike Ewart 3rd (on countback) 
​Mention must be made of the gentlemanly attitude of the leading skippers and their attitude to the other skippers.
​With 19 races completed the PRO called it a day, much to the relief of some very tired skippers.
​Well done to all the competitors, on their conduct on the water and a big thank you to all the helpers from the Norwich club in running the event.

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Shaun Holbeche our 2017 National Champion
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Terry Burton 2nd Place 2017 Nationals
During the Nationals a listing was made of what equipment was being used by all the competitors
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  • Home
    • News @ Six
  • About
    • History
    • Radio Sailing
    • Free Sailing
    • Boatography
  • Six Competitions/Reports/Results
    • 2021 Competitions
    • 2020 Competitions >
      • Report Fleetwood Open 26/1/20
    • 2019 Competitions >
      • NOR Sextant Trophy 2019
      • Report 2019 National Championship, 7th and 8th September 2019 Dartmoor MBC
      • Report Fleetwood Open 25/8/2019
      • Fleetwood Open Meeting 25th August 2019
      • Report Midland League Series R3
      • Doug Tomlinson Vase 29th June 2019
      • Introduction to the 2019 National Championship
      • Report Midland League Series R2
      • Report Midland League Series R1
      • Report Fleetwood Open 14th April 2019
      • Notice of Race, Fleetwood
      • Results and Notice of Race, SW District 6m Championship
      • Report Shearwater Trophy 5th May 2019
      • Notice of Race Shearwater Trophy 2019
    • 2018 Competitions >
      • 6th May 2018 Shearwater Trophy, Broads RYC
      • 2nd June 2018 Dartmoor SWD R6m Championship
      • 30th June 2018 Tomlinson Vase, Harwich & Dovercourt MBC
      • 1st/2nd September National Championship 2018, Bournville RS&MBC
      • 4th November, Sextant Trophy, Lee Valley MYC
    • 2017 Competitions >
      • 28th October 2017 - Midlands District Championship >
        • MDC Entry Form
      • 23rd September Open - Abington Park MYC
      • 19th August Two Islands Open Report
      • 16th July Sextant Trophy, 2002T R2 Lee Valley MYC
      • 17th June Dartmoor Open
      • 13th/14th May 2017 Six Metre National Championship
      • 16th April Shearwater Trophy Broads RYC
      • 25th March Two Islands RYC
      • 25th February APMYC @ Hollowell SC Open
    • 2016 Competitions >
      • 26th & 27th March MYA National
      • 12th November Hollowell SC Open
    • 2015 Competitions >
      • MYA National Championship 2015
    • 2002 Trophy Series >
      • 2002 Trophy History
  • Rules
    • 2017 Proposed Rule Amendments
    • Measurement & Registration >
      • A picture guide to measurement
  • Design & Build
    • Available Plans
    • Planking >
      • Introduction
      • Part One
      • Part Two
      • Part Three
      • Part Four
    • John Lewis Designs
    • Graham Bantock Designs
    • Michel Selig II
    • Romanza Build Blog
  • Clubs
  • For Sale
  • Wanted
  • Contact
  • Suppliers
  • Forum
  • Link Page
  • Miscellaneous
    • UK Competition Update 2020
    • Average Windspeeds for previous Nationals venues