Day One of the 2016 UKGlobal Flying Fifteen UK Nationals from Hayling Island Sailing Club. Cracking one-design racing in typical Hayling Bay conditions. A dominant start by Richard Lovering and Matt Alvarado clinching a clean sweep of two bullets with Ollie Stewart and James Grant lying second over night (even though it was Ossie's first time in a FF)! The fleet features a pletherora of former Olympic, World, European and National medalists proving the Flying Fifteen is one of the most competitive keelboat classes to race. Interviews with the current top three boats including Ian Cadwallader and Dave Sweet.
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Up Next in 2016
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HP30 Class IRC Nationals 2016
Royal Ocean Racing Club hosted the IRC Nationals and the new HP30 Class were competing in a range of fast sailboats in the 30 feet range. These included Melges 32, Farr 280, Farr 30 and Far East 28r - John Reviers in Drop Bear M32 took line honours with Malcolm Wootton (Pegasus) and Lloyd Thornb...
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2016 UKGlobal Flying Fifteen UK Natio...
Hayling Bay stepped it up - literally - on day two. Strong South Westerly breeze created some serious speed humps for the sailors to navigate, with the top crews catching some fast rides downwind; today was the day to see a Flying Fifteen on the plane! The harsh conditions also took some casualti...
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2016 UKGlobal Flying Fifteen UK Natio...
One-Design racing doesn't get much closer than this. Another stunning July day at Hayling Island Sailing Club with 20+ knots of breeze and patches of sunshine. The atmosphere in the boat park is warm like the weather, despite the tussle in the top ten! All change at the top with Jeremy Davy and M...
