21st & 22nd April

This was the first time the National 12s have visited Pagham and the fleet of 12 boats was warmly welcomed by the club, bright sunshine and a light breeze. The open meeting was held jointly with the Larks who started first and indicated what the tide and wind were doing. Over five races Graham Camm & Zoe Ballantyne in Babel Fish battled for the lead all the way round the course with Tom Stewart & Liz Ross in Silverfin.

Silverfin and Babel Fish’s leads were challenged several times during the weekend. Antony & Jo Gifford in Fatso clinched second in race 1 aided by Silverfin being on course side at the start. Gavin & Sabrina Willis spotted that the wind had swung to the right in the final race and established a substantial lead by the windward mark and went on to win race 5 with Jon Ibbotson & Charlotte Stewart in Monkey Business taking second.

Results

1^st Babel Fish Graham Camm & Zoe Ballantyne

2^nd Silverfin Tom Stewart & Liz Ross

3^rd Monkey Business Jon Ibbotson & Char Stewart

Results

Place	Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew	Club
1	3492	Babel Fish	Graham Camm	Zoe Ballantyre	Burghfield
2	3501	Silverfin	Tom Stewart	Liz Ross	Northampton
3	3494	Monkey Business	Jon Ibbotson	Charlotte Stewart	RHYC
4	3450		Richard Williams	Clare Hunter	RHYC
5	3485		Gavin Willis	Sabrina Willis	Bristol Crinthian
6	3455	Bart	Caroline Martin	Sam Childs	Burghfield
7	3484	Fatso	Antony Gifford	Jo Gifford	Aldeburgh YC
8	3473	Max Factor	John Meadowcroft	Katy Meadowcroft	Henley SC
9	3431	Zippy	Frances Gifford	Sophie Mackley	Aldeburgh
10	3443		John Thornton	A Thornton	Henley SC
11	3490		Rick Perkins	Sarah Perkins	Whitstable YC
12	3502	Carbanara	David Peacock	Tricia Wood	Trent Vally Sailing Club