UK Nationals History

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Most Visited Nationals Venue - Mounts Bay, Cornwall, England

The first National Championship was held in 1958 on the 7th & 8th June at Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

EA Phillips of Saundersfoot SC, sailing Osprey sail number 8 (Stardust), was the 1st National Champion with the designer of the class, Ian Proctor 2nd overall.

Are there any volunteers who are willing to provide additional information about the history of the class national championships and preferably write the information for this page.

Below is a table of where the UK National Championships have been held and the number of boats competing. 

Championship 
Number		 Venue Year Number 
of Boats		 Overall 
Average		 Rolling 
5-year 
Average		 Rolling 
10-year
Average
1 Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, Wales July 1958 22      
2 Mounts Bay SC, Marizion, Cornwall, England July 1959 23 22    
3 Stone, Essex, England July 1960 36 27    
4 Lyme Regis, Dorset, England July 1961 39 30    
5 Newquay, Cardingshire, Wales July 1962 38 32 32  
6 Hayling Island, Hampshire, England July 1963 52 35 38  
7 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England July 1964 26 34 38  
8 Plymouth, Devon, England July 1965 74 39 46  
9 Mumbles, Glamorgan, Wales July 1966 69 42 52  
10 Mounts Bay SC, Marizion, Cornwall, England July 1967 88 47 62 47
11 Sheppy, Kent, England July 1968 65 48 64 51
12 Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, Wales July 1969 99 53 79 59
13 Mounts Bay SC, Marizion, Cornwall, England July 1970 117 58 88 67
14 Filey, Yorkshire, England July 1971 114 62 97 74
15 Plymouth, Devon, England July 1972 110 65 101 81
16 Mumbles, Glamorgan, Wales July 1973 93 67 107 86
17 Minnis Bay, Kent, England July 1974 97 68 106 93
18 Carnoustie, Scotland July 1975 98 70 102 95
19 Mounts Bay SC, Marizion, Cornwall, England July 1976 123 73 104 100
20 Filey, Yorkshire, England July 1977 99 74 102 102
21 Mumbles, Glamorgan, Wales July 1978 110 76 105 106
22 Shoreham, Sussex, England July 1979 52 75 96 101
23 Mounts Bay SC, Marizion, Cornwall, England July 1980 75 75 92 97
24 Mounts Bay SC, Marizion, Cornwall, England July 1981 61 74 79 92
25 Filey, Yorkshire, England July 1982 46 73 69 85
26 Shoreham, Sussex, England July 1983 53 72 57 81
27 Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales July 1984 76 73 62 79
28 Poole, Dorset, England July 1985 79 73 63 77
29 Mounts Bay, Cornwall, England July 1986 88 73 68 74
30 Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales July 1987 76 73 74 72
31 Paignton, Devon, England July 1988 68 73 77 67
32 Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales July 1989 56 73 73 68
33 Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales July 1990 70 72 72 67
34 Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales July 1991 57 72 65 67
35 Poole, Dorset, England July 1992 66 72 63 69
36 Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales July 1993 55 71 61 69
37 Mounts Bay SC, Marizion, Cornwall, England July 1994 72 71 64 69
38 Sunderland, Yorkshire, England July 1995 50 71 60 66
39 Hayling Island, Hampshire, England July 1996 56 70 60 63
40 Poole, Dorset, England July 1997 70 70 61 62
41 Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales July 1998 46 70 59 60
42 Weymouth, Dorset, England July 1999 60 70 56 60
43 Sunderland, Yorkshire, England July 2000 37 69 54 57
44 Highcliffe SC, Christchurch, Dorset, England July 2001 40 68 51 55
45 Plymouth, Devon, England July 2002 26 67 42 51
46 Poole, Dorset, England July 2003 51 67 43 51
47 Penzance, Cornwall, England July 2004 34 67 37 47
48 Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales July 2005 28 65 36 45
49 Parkstone, Dorset, England August 2006 36 65  35  43 
50 Porthpean, Cornwall, England July 2007 29 64 36 39
51 Poole, Dorset, England July 2008 51 64 36 39
52 Mounts Bay SC, Marizion, Cornwall, England July 2009 43 63 37 37
53 Porthpean, Cornwall, England July 2010 33 63 38 37
54 Lee on Solent, Hampshire, England July 2011 33 62 38 36
55 Parkstone, Dorset, England July 2012 29 62 39 39
56 Weymouth, Dorset, England July 2013 40 61 36 36
57 Porthpean. Cornwall, England July 2014 40 61 35 36
58 Highcliffe SC, Christchurch, Dorset, England July 2015 34 60 35 37
59 Mumbles YC, Swansea Wales August 2016 35 60 36 37
60 Poole YC, Poole, Dorset, England August 2017 37 60 37 38
61 Weymouth YC, Weymouth, Dorset, England August 2018 44 59 38 37
62 Mounts Bay SC, Marizion, Cornwall, England August 2019 41  59 38 37
63 Castle Cove SC, Weymouth, Dorset July 2020        
64 Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales          

 

Maximum entries 123
Minimum entries 22
Average entries 59
5-year rolling average 38
10-year rolling average 37

 

 

 

 

Number of UK Nationals Hosted by Club
Host_Club Number of times
Filey Sailing Club 3
Hayling Island Sailing Club 2
Highcliffe Sailing Club 2
Isle of Sheppy Yacht Club 1
Lee on Solent Sailing Club 1
Lyme Regis Sailing Club 1
Mayflower Sailing Club 1
Minnis Bay Sailing Club 1
Mounts Bay Sailing Club 10
Mumbles Yacht Club 4
New Quay Sailing Club 1
Paignton Sailing Club 1
Parkstone Yacht Club 2
Penzance Sailing Club 1
Plym Yacht Club @Mountbatten Sailing Centre 1
Poole Yacht Club 6
Porthpean Sailing Club 3
Pwllheli Sailing Club 4
Royal Corinthian Yacht Club 1
Royal Tay Yacht Club 1
Saundersfoot Sailing Club 2
Scarborugh Sailing Club? 1
Stone Sailing Club 1
Sunderland Yacht Club 2
Sussex Motor Yacht Club 2
TBA 1
Tenby Sailing Club 4
Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy 1
Weymouth Sailing Club 2

 

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