Nationals

Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club

06/10/2023 to 08/10/2023

The 2023 CO32 Nationals hosted by Cowes Corinthian YC were held on 6th-8th October. Following a dramatic weekend of racing, Andaxi retained their title placing first in 3 of the five races. In doing so, they completed the triple crown as Nationals, Cowes Week and Inshore series champions. Two races were completed on Friday with Merak II leading overnight, followed by Drumbeat then Andaxi. However, a collision between the top 2 boats shortly after starting in the first race on Saturday ended Drumbeats regatta and despite Merak II completing races 3 & 4, she was forced to retire from Race 5 to prevent further damage. This allowed Andaxi to capitalise on the situation and placed 1st in all three races on Saturday. Unfortunately the breeze never filled in on Sunday and so no more racing took place leaving Andaxi as overall winners.

Sail No.	Name	SH	Overall	1	2	3	4	5
CO701	Andaxi		1	2	3	1	1	1
CO401	Merak II		2	1	2	2	3	RDG
CO370	Jemmana		3	5	6	3	2	3
CO682	Blanco		4	7	8	4	4	2
CO511	Jemima of Farley		5	4	5	5	6	5
CO640	Concerto		6	6	4	6	5	6
GBR5765	Assent		7	8	7	7	7	4
CO651	Drumbeat		8	3	1	DSQ	DNS	DNS
GBR3285	Fritha of Wight		9	10	11	8	8	DSQ
CO926	English Rose		10	9	9	10	10	10
GBR2958	Corafin		11	11	10	9	9	DSQ
CO753	Starstreak		12	12	12	13	11	8
GBR5154	Wild Thyme		13	13	13	12	13	7
GBR1370R	Coh Karek		14	DNC	DNC	11	12	9
GBR590	Colemere		15	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

RORC

RORC

23/09/2023 to 24/09/2023

Three races in light winds on Saturday with winds starting at 5kts building to 10kts. Winds were from the West and very shifty. Sunday was breezier with 20kts again from the West. Wall to wall sunshine all weekend.

Sail No.	Name	SH	Overall	1	2	3	4
CO701	Andaxi		1	2	1	1	1
CO682	Blanco		2	1	3	2	3
CO370	Jemmana		3	3	2	4	2
CO711	Teela	2H	4	4	5	5	4
GBR2958	Corafin		5	6	6	3	5
GBR5500	Muscadet de Havelet		6	7	4	DNS	6
GBR5154	Wild Thyme		7	5	DNF	6	DNS
CO718	Carinosa	2H	8	8	DNF	DNS	7

PSC

Portsmouth Sailing Club

09/09/2023 to 10/09/2023

Another light wind event with only one race possible each day. Saturday was wall to wall sunshine and most boats took the opportunity for a swim whilst waiting for the wind. When it did fill in, it rarely reached any more than six knots with Andaxi taking the win in the one short windward-leeward race. Sunday was a more mixed affair, with rain showers bringing large shifts and winds ranging from 2kts to 20kts. Blanco took the win in the shortened round the cans race, meaning they took the overall prize.

Sail No.	Name	SH	Overall	1	2
CO682	Blanco		1	2	1
CO701	Andaxi		2	1	2
GBR2958	Corafin		3	4	3
GBR5500	Muscadet de Havelet		4	3	4
GBR1370R	Coh Karek		5	5	DNC
CO718	Carinosa	2H	6	DNS	DNF

Cowes Week

Cowes Combined Clubs

29/07/2023 to 04/08/2023

A huge range of conditions with big winds at the start of the week (resulting in Sunday & Wednesday being abandoned), leading to lighter shiftier conditions at the end. 18 boats made the startline including three entirely comprised of under-25s and a couple of others with multiple youngsters onboard. The racing was exceptionally close with five different winners throughout the week and Andaxi and Drumbeat went into the final day tied on points, however Andaxi took the win ahead of Drumbeat and Blanco.

Sail No.	Name	SH	Overall	1	2	3	4	5
CO701	Andaxi		1	2	1	5	2	7
CO651	Drumbeat		2	1	2	1	6	11
CO682	Blanco		3	4	7	6	9	2
GBR5765	Assent		4	AVG	4	7	12	1
CO370	Jemmana		5	3	OCS	4	3	3
CO671	Mary Rose Tudor		6	RET	5	2	5	4
BEL629	Lecas		7	6	8	3	14	5
CO776	Nimbus		8	11	6	10	4	6
GBR2958	Corafin		9	8	9	9	10	8
GBR1222L	Longay II		10	9	13	12	1	12
GBR568	Gualin		11	5	11	11	11	9
CO718	Carinosa		12	10	10	8	OCS	10
GBR1370R	Coh Karek		13	13	14	14	7	13
GBR5500	Muscadet de Havelet		14	12	12	13	13	14
CO511	Jemima of Farley		15	7	3	NER	NER	NER
CO753	Starstreak		16	14	15	DNF	8	15
CO697	Boudicca	2H	17	NER	NER	NER	15	16
GBR3318T	Pelican		18	RET	NER	NER	NER	NER

Taittinger

Royal Solent Yacht Club

14/07/2023 to 16/07/2023

A very windy weekend with no racing at all on Saturday. Only one race was held on Sunday morning before a building breeze and wind-over-tide conditions made the Western Solent too big for racing. Six boats ventured to the startline with only two making it to the finish. Nick Bradley of Merak said: It was windy! There was quite a bit of breeze, We were with a #3 jib and one reef in the main and the Contessa behind us had a #2 and two reefs and we were about the same speed, but when the puffs came in, we were a lot faster. We went with a port flyer off the start and luckily there were so few boats around and we had a bit of space and, basically, got away with it and led all the way round.

During Saturday's postponement some boats took part in a Contessa triathon of crazy golf, bumper boats and the penny arcades. Trevor was victorious with a score of 6 points (1st in golf (102 shots), 3rd in bumper boats (4 laps), 2nd in penny arcades (75 coins)). Andaxi (4th in golf (112 shots), 2nd in bumper boats (5 laps), 1st in penny arcades (99 coins)) and Carinosa (2nd in golf (104 shots), 1st in bumper boats (6 laps), 4th in penny arcades (71 coins)) were tied in 2nd. Muscadet de Havelet came 4th (2nd in golf (102 shots), 4th in bumper boats (3 laps), 3rd in penny arcades (73 coins))

Sail No.	Name	SH	Overall	1
CO401	Merak II		1	1
GBR2958	Corafin		2	2
CO370	Jemmana		3=	DNF
CO640	Concerto		3=	DNF
GBR1370R	Coh Karek		3=	DNF
GBR5154	Wild Thyme		3=	DNF
CO651	Drumbeat		3=	DNC
CO682	Blanco		3=	DNC
CO687	Equator		3=	DNC
CO701	Andaxi		3=	DNC
CO718	Carinosa		3=	DNC
CO776	Nimbus		3=	DNC
GBR5500	Muscadet de Havelet		3=	DNC
GBR5555Y	Growler III		3=	DNC

RTI

Island Sailing Club

01/07/2023 to 01/07/2023

A fresh south-westerly, gusting over 30kts at times, and large seas round the back of the island, made for a exciting and exhausting Round the Island race. 34 CO32s entered which was the largest fleet since the 1990s and made us the most represented class in the event. 30 boats finished with Binkie II taking the win (again) although Growler III and Drumbeat were both less than 2 1/2 mins behind - not bad after over 9 hours of racing.

Sail No.	Name	SH	Overall	1
GBR3419	Binkie II		1	1
GBR5555Y	Growler III		2	2
CO651	Drumbeat		3	3
CO701	Andaxi		4	4
GBR5765	Assent		5	5
GBR8874Y	Bugler of Hornet		6	6
CO640	Concerto		7	7
CO511	Jemima of Farley		8	8
CO370	Jemmana		9	9
GBR634T	Harlequin		10	10
CO450	Nyaminyami		11	11
GBR1222L	Longay II		12	12
CO710	Speedwell		13	13
CO682	Blanco		14	14
GBR5163	Solent Seraph		15	15
GBR3285	Fritha of Wight		16	16
GBR3420T	Mons Meg		17	17
CO944	Bird		18	18
GBR2958	Corafin		19	19
CO753	Starstreak		20	20
CO510	Tantris		21	21
CO687	Equator		22	22
CO718	Carinosa		23	23
CO700	Goosander 2		24	24
GBR3053	Augusta		25	25
GBR5500	Muscadet de Havelet		26	26
GBR5342	Wizard		27	27
CO486	Baltimore Beacon		28	28
GBR3318T	Pelican		29	29
K5165	Toucan		30=	XWL
GBR5154	Wild Thyme		30=	RET
CO697	Boudicca	2H	30=	RET
CO401	Merak II	2H	30=	RET
GBR1370R	Coh Karek		30=	DSQ

Contessa

Royal Solent Yacht Club

10/06/2023 to 11/16/2023

The inaugrual Contessa Regatta hosted by the Royal Solent YC, incorporating the CO32s, CO26s & CO28s. Fantastic socials but light winds and strong tides made for tricky racing and many boats unable to finish some of the races. The local knowldege of Merak & Concerto proved to be the deciding factor with a Yarmouth 1-2.

Sail No.	Name	SH	Overall	1	2	3
CO401	Merak II		1	1	2	1
CO640	Concerto		2	3	3	2
CO370	Jemmana		3	6	1	8
CO682	Blanco		4	9	4	3
CO701	Andaxi		5	2	DNF	5
GBR5765	Assent		6	5	DNF	4
GBR2958	Corafin		7	4	DNF	6
BEL629	Lecas		8	7	DNF	7
GBR5500	Muscadet de Havelet		9	8	DNF	DNC
GBR1370R	Coh Karek		10	10	DNC	DNC
CO718	Carinosa	2H	11	11	DNF	DNC
GBR5154	Wild Thyme		12	12	DNF	DNC
CO697	Boudicca	2H	13	13	DNF	DNC
GBR3629	Red Jacket		14	14	DNC	DNC

ISC

Island Sailing Club

13/05/2023 to 00/01/1900

An absolutely glorious Saturday for the 2023 Season opener organised by the Island Sailing Club. 10 boats made it to the start line in 10-15kts from the North. 3 races were held with the lead changing hands frequently at the top of the fleet and plenty of fun at the back also. A fabulous dinner on the Saturday resulted in many sore heads that were pleased Sunday's racing was abandoned due to no wind.

Sail No.	Name	SH	Overall	1	2	3
CO701	Andaxi		1	3	1	2
CO370	Jemmana		2	2	2	3
CO682	Blanco		3	1	3	4
CO651	Drumbeat		4	4	5	1
GBR2958	Corafin		5	6	4	5
GBR1370R	Coh Karek		6	5	7	6
GBR5154	Wild Thyme		7	8	6	8
CO718	Carinosa	2H	8	7	9	9
GBR5500	Muscadet de Havelet		9	DNF	8	7
CO753	Starstreak		10	9	10	DNF