Musto Skiff Nationals at Sunderland Yacht Club overall
by Paul Manning 31 Aug 2004 09:21 BST
Prize winners at the Musto Performance Skiff nationals © Sunderland YC
The Musto Performance Skiff UK National Championships sponsored by Diamond Drilling and Cutting awoke to testing conditions on both Day 3 and Day 4 of their championships.
With 25 - 30 knots forecast the Race Officer managed to get one race in before the weather closed in on Sunday, and although all efforts were made to sail on Monday, the weather was not going to behave.
Sunday afternoon was spent taking a RIB ride up the River Wear to check out the local pubs, and the evening live band added to the enjoyment.
The fleets racing has become even closer in the last season, as the sailors from all round the country and abroad get more experienced. However, the well deserved winner was Kevin Anderson from Sunderland Yacht Club who has been very close to winning on previous occasions.
The fleet are looking forward to their International Championships in Lake Garda at the end of September, where Kev has promised to take his lucky camper, otherwise known as Hotel Anderson.
The class would like to thank Sunderland Yacht Club for their hosiptality, and to Ken Ward of Diamond Drilling and Cutting for his generous sponsorship.