Miracle National Championship 2023 at Brixham Yacht Club - Day 3
by Hannah Metcalfe-Smith 15 Aug 2023 20:15 BST
13-18 August 2023
The Miracles were greeted by sunshine for the third day of the 2023 Miracle Nationals, sponsored by Sailing Chandlery.
The fleet were out to the start line on time today. The race started with little wind, and the beat was tough going, but Lilly and Ian Brown were going well and got to the windward mark first, with Jon and Jess Willars following in second, Hannah and Tom Metcalfe-Smith in third. After the gybe mark, the racing was tight with the lighter crews doing well. The fleet got around the leeward mark only for the wind to die to nothing for a while.
With the wind spinning around, some brave souls decided to put their kites up as the wind had gone far enough round for the beat to become a spinnaker leg. The wind filled in from the right-hand side of the course and got the fleet moving slowly again, after some time bobbing around. With the course now back to front, a change in positions occurred, with the Fryetts coming from the middle of the fleet to the front to take the gun, our visitors from the Netherlands; father and daughter duo Marcel and Giulia Neuteboom took 2nd, with Baabii'o Flowers and Thomas Semmens in 3rd. Jon & Jess Willars ended up in 13th place and the Metcalfe-Smith's suffered a significant collapse down the fleet to 15th.
The racing was abandoned for the day after a period of time bobbing around with very little wind to speak of.
Results after Day 3:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | 4011 | lan Fryett | Ella Fryett | RYA | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 2nd | 4115 | Carolynn Smith | Nicholas Smith | Thornbury SC | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3rd | 4010 | Baabii'o Flower | Thomas Semmens | Paignton SC | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| 4th | 4114 | Graham Watts | Helen Jacks | Staunton Harold SC | NSC | 1 | 6 | 25 |
| 5th | 4007 | Simon Reddecliffe | Mark Atherton | Delph SC | 3 | 10 | 12 | 25 |
| 6th | 2007 | Marcel Neuteboom | Giulia Neuteboom | ARZV Netherlands | NSC | 8 | 2 | 28 |
| 7th | 4121 | Wayne Atherton | Angela Sweeney | Delph SC | NSC | 5 | 5 | 28 |
| 8th | 4098 | Lilly Brown | lan Brown | Delph SC | 5 | 15 | 9 | 29 |
| 9th | 4050 | Simon Turnbull | Vivienne Turnbull | Pembrokeshire YC | NSC | 6 | 7 | 31 |
| 10th | 3834 | Jon Willars | Jessica Willars | Beaver/Filey SC | NSC | 3 | 13 | 34 |
| 11th | 3461 | Andrew Clarke | Stephanie Clarke | Wilsonian SC | 6 | 16 | 16 | 38 |
| 12th | 3813 | Richard Smith | Teddy Smith | Broadwater | NSC | 13 | 8 | 39 |
| 13th | 3805 | Hannah Metcalf‑ Smith | Thomas Metcalfe‑ Smith | Thornbury SC | NSC | 7 | 15 | 40 |
| 14th | 4020 | John Tippett | Kathy Boulton | Draycote Water SC | NSC | 12 | 10 | 40 |
| 15th | 4120 | James Robinson | Tanya Copsey | Ely SC | NSC | 14 | 11 | 43 |
| 16th | 4110 | Paul Robinson | Nathan Robinson | Whitefriars SC | NSC | 11 | 14 | 43 |
| 17th | 4021 | Brian Jones | Jago Wightman Smith | Maidenhead SC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 54 |