2025 ILCA UK National Open 2 at the WPNSA - ILCA 6 fleet report
by Archie Munro-Price & ILCA UK 28 Mar 18:58 GMT
22-23 March 2025
The second National Open of 2025 for the ILCA 6 fleet took place at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA), drawing sailors from across the UK, including competitors from as far as Scotland.
The event saw a wide variety of sailors, from beginners testing their skills to athletes from the British Sailing Team. The fleet was an impressive 80 boats, which also led to a very long start line, as visible on the online tracking system.
Day 1
Day 1 greeted competitors with blue skies and a south-easterly gradient breeze of around 8 knots, the race committee opted to race in the bay, where the breeze remained consistent, though there was a small underlying swell.
Race 1: The race got off to a rocky start with several recalls due to the committee bias start line, which made it easier for sailors to be OCS (On Course Side). Once under way, the right-hand side of the course emerged as the favoured side, with more pressure and a small bend on approach. Molly Sacker dominated the race, breaking away from the tightly packed group at the first mark and maintaining the lead throughout. Daisy Collingridge followed in second, with Matilda Nicholls securing third.
Race 2: The second race mirrored the first, with the right-hand side again providing the best advantage. However, it was Matilda Nicholls who led the charge this time, with Archie Munro-Price in close pursuit. After a thrilling final downwind leg, Molly Sacker finished in third, showing great speed and determination.
Race 3: Pre-start conditions saw an unexpected left shift, which prompted many sailors to try starting at the pin end. Unfortunately, this tactic backfired, as the wind quickly returned to the right, leaving those on the left side struggling. The race was largely dominated by youth sailors, with Archie Munro-Price breaking away to take the win. Freddie Sunderland finished in second, followed by Thomas Bates in third.
Day 2
Day 2 brought completely different weather conditions, with a strong, cold northerly breeze filling in. Racing in the harbour was tricky, as the breeze remained unstable and dropped in strength throughout the day.
Race 1: A heavily biased port start line defined the first race of the day. Big shifts on the second upwind leg helped Jon Emmett rocket back into contention, but after a strong downwind leg, it was Matilda Nicholls who took the lead, followed by Jon Emmett in second and Leo Yates in third. Top ten performances in this race also came from Nathan Russell, Poppy Luxton, Lewis Bacon and Samson Cross.
Race 2: Race two proved to be just as shifty, with two distinct bands of pressure - one on the left and a more central right band. The fleet split early, but as the left band moved in at the top, it allowed the left group to cross ahead. Matilda Nicholls took her second victory of the day, followed by Toby Waggett in second and Archie Munro-Price in third.
Race 3: The final race of the day was marked by a significant wind hole in the middle of the course, trapping several sailors. Leo Yates led the race from the start, with Freddie Sunderland and Matilda Nicholls hot on his heels.
The 2025 ILCA 6 National Open 2 proved to be an event with two very different conditions, from the stable breezes of Day 1 to the unpredictable shifts of Day 2. Sailors needed to adapt to the different conditions and show consistency to success in this regatta.
Series and Event Sponsors: Noble Marine, Sailingfast, Rooster, Ovington Boats, Trac Trac/Blue Sky, Tideway Wealth.
Interviews with Competitors on the ILCA UK Facebook Page
TracTrac Race Tracking
Overall Results:
Pos | Nat | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pen | Pts |
1st | GBR | 225217 | Matilda Nicholls | Aldeburgh Yacht Club | 3 | 1 | ‑6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | 9 |
2nd | GBR | 226628 | Archie Munro‑Price | Castle Cove Sailing Club | 4 | 2 | 1 | ‑13 | 3 | 6 | | 16 |
3rd | GBR | 216115 | Jon Emmett | Castle Cove Sailing Club | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | ‑18 | | 23 |
4th | GBR | 221318 | Toby Waggett | Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | ‑28 | | 28 |
5th | GBR | 224969 | Freddie Sunderland | Draycote Water | ‑15 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | | 39 |
6th | GBR | 221490 | Leo Yates | Island Barn SC | 9 | 5 | ‑27 | 4 | 22 | 1 | | 41 |
7th | GBR | 224954 | Olly Mayo | Yarmouth SC | 7 | ‑17 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 12 | | 51 |
8th | GBR | 223957 | Poppy Luxton | Restronguet SC | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 18 | (BFD) | | 53 |
9th | GBR | 221327 | Tom Rawlings | Lyme Regis Sailing Club | 12 | 15 | 7 | (BFD) | 5 | 16 | | 55 |
10th | GBR | 225346 | Coco Barrett | Island Barn Reservoir SC | 13 | 10 | 8 | ‑23 | 11 | 19 | | 61 |
11th | GBR | 212405 | Tom Hakes | Parkstone Yacht Club | ‑25 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 11 | | 67 |
12th | GBR | 221854 | Charlotte Videlo | Frensham Pond SC / Stokes Bay SC | 11 | 21 | ‑28 | 27 | 4 | 5 | | 68 |
13th | GBR | 222541 | Ralph Musto | Corinthian Otters / Royal Hospital Schoo | 16 | 7 | ‑25 | 20 | 16 | 10 | | 69 |
14th | GBR | 214134 | Amelie Hacker | Aldeburgh YC | 26 | 20 | ‑33 | 11 | 7 | 7 | | 71 |
15th | GBR | 223088 | Iris Singleton | Draycote Water SC | 8 | 24 | ‑34 | 12 | 8 | 21 | | 73 |
16th | GBR | 224336 | Nathan Russell | RHYC | 22 | 14 | ‑29 | 6 | 15 | 17 | | 74 |
17th | GBR | 224685 | Lewis Bacon | Leigh and Lowton | ‑31 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 27 | 4 | | 84 |
18th | GBR | 222775 | Samson Cross | Shoreham | (BFD) | 18 | 17 | 9 | 21 | 25 | | 90 |
19th | HKG | 221934 | Samuel Tan‑Hardy | Royal Hospital School | 20 | 28 | 26 | ‑35 | 14 | 8 | | 96 |
20th | GBR | 223072 | Cameron McDaid | Largs Sailing Club | 21 | 22 | 11 | ‑30 | 20 | 22 | | 96 |
21st | GBR | 224541 | Megan Thomson | Island Barn Reservoir Sailing Club | 23 | 19 | 19 | ‑33 | 24 | 15 | | 100 |
22nd | GBR | 215383 | Thomas Bates | Yorkshire Dales SC | 14 | 32 | 3 | (BFD) | 19 | 44 | | 112 |
23rd | GBR | 218860 | Jon Gay | Lochaber Yacht Club | 32 | 27 | 14 | 32 | 30 | ‑47 | | 135 |
24th | GBR | 213140 | Katherine Gunn | Notts County SC / Draycote Academy | ‑42 | 37 | 18 | 22 | 33 | 26 | | 136 |
25th | GBR | 217000 | Gretel Haines | Gurnard Sailing Club | 29 | 33 | ‑51 | 15 | 32 | 32 | | 141 |
26th | GBR | 220097 | Oscar Bartlett | Hayling Island | 34 | 25 | 46 | 17 | ‑48 | 20 | | 142 |
27th | GBR | 219391 | Ruairi Herrington | Largs Sailing Club | 45 | (BFD) | 40 | 24 | 25 | 9 | | 143 |
28th | GBR | 226633 | Freddie Maclaverty | RWBSWC | (BFD) | 16 | BFD | 16 | 12 | 24 | | 149 |
29th | CHI | 199268 | Maria Jose Poncell Maurin | CNPR | 36 | 29 | ‑39 | 37 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 149 |
30th | GBR | 225211 | Billy Morris | Delph Sailing Club | 30 | 38 | ‑45 | 29 | 29 | 23 | | 149 |
31st | GBR | 223085 | Felicity Angell | Draycote Water Sailing Club | 40 | ‑42 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 37 | | 155 |
32nd | GBR | 225216 | Carys Attwell | Rutland SC | 17 | 12 | (DNC) | 19 | 34 | DNC | | 163 |
33rd | GBR | 224699 | Lauren Attwell | Rutland SC | 37 | 30 | ‑48 | 28 | 35 | 38 | | 168 |
34th | GBR | 219358 | Dan Powell | Cardiff Bay YC | ‑60 | 48 | 12 | 40 | 38 | 31 | | 169 |
35th | GBR | 151111 | Molly Sacker | BOSSC | 1 | 3 | 4 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | | 170 |
36th | GBR | 222555 | Max Hunt | Whitstable YC | 24 | 36 | 55 | 18 | 39 | (DNC) | | 172 |
37th | GBR | 212233 | Amelia Nuttall | Neyland Yacht Club | 52 | ‑57 | 38 | 21 | 57 | 14 | | 182 |
38th | GBR | 211078 | Jessica Powell | Draycote Water Sailing Club | ‑46 | 39 | 36 | 41 | 37 | 29 | | 182 |
39th | GBR | 212943 | Monty Desforges | Guernsey Yacht Club | ‑44 | 44 | 15 | 44 | 43 | 39 | | 185 |
40th | GBR | 224683 | Finlay Cochrane | Yorkshire Dales | 43 | 43 | 43 | (BFD) | 23 | 33 | | 185 |
41st | GBR | 219090 | Corneille Leprince | King George Sailing Club | 33 | DNE | 23 | 36 | ‑47 | 13 | | 186 |
42nd | GBR | 176848 | Nathan Clark | Waveney & Oulton Broad Yacht Club | 41 | 35 | ‑53 | 48 | 31 | 35 | | 190 |
43rd | GBR | 223826 | Sara Goujon | Hunts Sailing Club | 18 | 49 | (BFD) | 34 | 61 | 30 | | 192 |
44th | GBR | 221584 | Daisy Collingridge | Waldringfield SC | 2 | 8 | 21 | (DNC) | DNC | DNC | | 193 |
45th | GBR | 201872 | Hugh Andrews | Blackwater SC | 19 | 26 | ‑47 | DNE | 26 | 41 | | 193 |
46th | GBR | 218986 | William Brown | Island Barn Reservoir Sailing Club | 35 | 47 | 20 | 43 | ‑54 | 53 | | 198 |
47th | GBR | 223089 | Jessica Watson | Guernsey Yacht Club | 27 | 34 | (BFD) | 42 | 49 | 50 | | 202 |
48th | GBR | 221319 | Edward Roberts‑Straw | CBYC | ‑57 | 53 | 32 | 51 | 44 | 34 | | 214 |
49th | GBR | 221793 | Ellie Thwaites | Norwich School | 47 | 51 | 52 | 38 | 28 | (BFD) | | 216 |
50th | GBR | 213540 | Lucas Symons | Island Barn Reservoir Sailing Club | 50 | ‑55 | 37 | 53 | 36 | 40 | | 216 |
51st | GBR | 225661 | Flo Tovey | Mumbles YC / TATA | 38 | 40 | 49 | 26 | 65 | (BFD) | | 218 |
52nd | GBR | 213052 | Isla Todd | Island Barn Reservoir SC | 53 | 52 | 44 | ‑55 | 42 | 45 | | 236 |
53rd | GBR | 221789 | Tate Kump | Itchenor | 28 | 31 | 41 | DNE | (BFD) | 56 | | 237 |
54th | GBR | 226295 | Ethan Wild | Ripon Sailing Club | ‑63 | 56 | 59 | 39 | 41 | 43 | | 238 |
55th | GBR | 218865 | Maia Delin | WPNSA | 51 | 41 | 65 | 31 | 53 | (BFD) | | 241 |
56th | GBR | 221800 | Theo Whiter | Starcross YC | 58 | ‑72 | 31 | 57 | 46 | 51 | | 243 |
57th | GBR | 216298 | Steffan Williams | New Quay Yacht Club | 54 | 46 | 50 | 56 | ‑59 | 42 | | 248 |
58th | GBR | 221813 | Amelia Gilboy | Paignton sailing club | 59 | 61 | 30 | 45 | (BFD) | 54 | | 249 |
59th | GBR | 218940 | Christopher Kilshaw | Reading Sailing Club | 39 | (DNC) | 58 | 49 | 50 | 61 | | 257 |
60th | GBR | 185702 | Eva Farnell | Largs Sailing Club | (BFD) | 66 | 66 | 46 | 45 | 36 | | 259 |
61st | GBR | 184840 | Lottie Eyre | Poole YC | 48 | 54 | 42 | ‑65 | 64 | 59 | | 267 |
62nd | GBR | 223452 | Kieran Vanhoutte | Ely Sailing Club | 55 | ‑63 | 62 | 50 | 55 | 48 | | 270 |
63rd | GBR | 167590 | Keali Rhodes | Draycote sailing club | ‑71 | 70 | 57 | 47 | 51 | 46 | | 271 |
64th | GBR | 206428 | Sebastian Sitton | Warsash Sailing Club | 61 | 59 | 35 | 54 | ‑70 | 63 | | 272 |
65th | GBR | 210220 | Mortimer Mastin | dabchicks | 67 | 45 | 56 | 58 | ‑71 | 55 | | 281 |
66th | GBR | 210232 | William Le Grice | Warsash SC | 68 | 60 | 64 | (BFD) | 52 | 49 | | 293 |
67th | GBR | 204005 | Max Guiguet‑Belcher | KGSC | 65 | 58 | (BFD) | 52 | 58 | 60 | | 293 |
68th | GBR | 207082 | Louis Voss | Parkstone YC | ‑64 | 50 | 61 | 64 | 63 | 58 | | 296 |
69th | CAY | 221575 | Lyndon Pickering | Royal Hospital School | 56 | 64 | 54 | 60 | ‑73 | 69 | | 303 |
70th | GBR | 213611 | Tristan Somerville | Helensburgh | ‑70 | 62 | 60 | 63 | 68 | 62 | | 315 |
71st | GBR | 198531 | Louie Cornell | Felpham sailing club | 49 | ‑76 | 69 | 61 | 76 | 64 | | 319 |
72nd | GBR | 204535 | Natasha Baker | Tata Steel sailing club | ‑75 | 68 | 70 | 62 | 67 | 52 | | 319 |
73rd | GBR | 199777 | Nicholas O'Doherty‑Veru | Bough Beech sailing club | ‑77 | 75 | 63 | 67 | 56 | 68 | | 329 |
74th | GBR | 219798 | Will Taylor | Delph SC | 69 | 74 | (DNC) | 59 | 60 | 70 | | 332 |
75th | GBR | 222765 | Wilf Tovey | Mumbles / TATA | ‑74 | 69 | 72 | 68 | 69 | 57 | | 335 |
76th | GBR | 185722 | Finlay Todd | Island Barn Reservoir SC | 66 | 67 | 73 | 69 | ‑75 | 65 | | 340 |
77th | GBR | 85271 | Harry Baldwin | King George SC | ‑73 | 71 | 67 | 71 | 66 | 66 | | 341 |
78th | GBR | 221801 | Mathilde Phillipps | Snettisham Beach | 62 | 65 | 71 | (BFD) | 62 | BFD | 3 | 344 |
79th | GBR | 216373 | Jack Wright | Llandegfedd | 72 | 73 | 68 | 70 | ‑74 | 67 | | 350 |
80th | GBR | 219908 | Joseph Samuel | King George Sailing Club | 76 | ‑77 | 74 | 66 | 72 | 71 | | 359 |

-x-500(h)-202503101722.png)