DF95 Global Championship 2023 at Fleetwood Model Yacht Club

DF95 Global Championship 2023 at Fleetwood Model Yacht Club - Overall

by Derek Priestley 24 May 10:40 PDT 12-19 May 2023

Craig Richards wins the DF95 Global Championship at Fleetwood © Sue Brown

We had 78 competitors from 15 countries who completed 22 races each (that's 88 heats, about 100 starts including several general recalls with i and black flags used occasionally!).

Mostly the sailors were well behaved but sometimes a windward gate (in/out) was used after several port/starboard pileups at the windward mark. Most races lasted approx 12mins. Wind strength varied from 6 to 18 knots and A, B and C rigs were used.

All competitors went home tired but happy after the grand prize-giving & awards ceremony in the North Euston Hotel Ballroom.

Vintage Marbleheads ploughing through the chop (after the DF95 Global Championship at Fleetwood) - photo © Sue Brown

For the weekend we did something rather more genteel, racing Classic & Vintage 'free sailing' Marbleheads. These boats date mainly from the 1950s to the mid 1970s and eleven boats took part.

We raced Saturday and Sunday in very light winds but a full tournament of racing was completed. Overall winner, and winner of the classic class, was Derek Priestley of Fleetwood MYC with a 1970s Clem Edwards designed and built boat. Winner of the vintage class was Derek Moreland of the Gosport MYC with a beautiful self-restored Stan Witty "Wasp" design from the late 1950s.

Overall Results:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Pts
1	GBR	5	Craig Richards	46
2	GBR	51	John Tushingham	65
3	USA	142	Peter Feldman	102
4	AUS	719	Chris Dance	114
5	SWE	121	Michael Collberg	129
6	USA	111	Sean Fidler	148.3
7	USA	155	Mark Golison	152
8	SWE	301	Thomas Enwall	165
9	GBR	87	Shaun Priestley	215
10	SWE	1	Magnus Bood	226
11	GBR	33	Mark Dicks	229
12	NOR	190	Odd Ornulf Stray	242
13	GBR	20	David Potter	244
14	FRA	49	Gerald Rogivue	268
15	NED	180	Tjakko Keizer	270
16	SWE	93	Rolf Andersson	285
17	RSA	85	Roy Gardener	311
18	GBR	12	Buzz Coleman	319.8
19	SWE	15	Peter Freden	340
20	USA	11	Brig North	350
21	AUS	272	Richard Fisher	353
22	GBR	84	John Brierley	364
23	GBR	83	Ken Binks	418.6
24	GBR	214	John Taylor	434
25	ITA	130	Paolo Cappa	460
26	GBR	840	David Fowler	468
27	GBR	330	Dave Burke	493
28	SWE	58	Ulf Lindberg	512
29	NZL	23	David Lindsay	523
30	RSA	6	Bruce Schnell	523
31	USA	101	Chuck LeMahieu	525
32	SUI	43	Gregoire Pilly	531.3
33	GBR	358	David Adams	550
34	AUS	36	John Wyatt	572.7
35	GBR	46	Mick Chamberlain	606.9
36	AUS	801	Phil Burgess	609
37	USA	720	Reichard Kahle	614
38	IRL	52	Martin Gray	614
39	FRA	82	Erwan Le Bot	617.3
40	USA	466	Gary Winton	648
41	GBR	35	Gordon Bayliff	670
42	GBR	683	Dorian Crease	703
43	BER	21	Chuck Millican	738.9
44	GBR	38	Mark Rose	758.8
45	GBR	55	Nigel Brown	759.9
46	RSA	95	David Booth	773
47	FRA	67	Yann Bonard	775.5
48	GBR	42	Wayne Stobbs	788
49	AUS	63	Peter Newman	796
50	USA	7	Martin Bowers	821
51	ITA	14	Paolo Patrini	863
52	GBR	666	Simon Fairman	891
53	GBR	199	Tim Long	930
54	AUS	514	Andew Donkin	948
55	CAN	27	Bob Lewis	963
56	GBR	141	Bob Conner	964
57	GBR	30	Adrian Tomlinson	978
58	RSA	2	John Jorgensen	985
59	SWE	64	Rolf Danehammar	985
60	RSA	96	Andrew Bosworth	990
61	GBR	182	Malcolm Price	991
62	GBR	61	John Sharman	1004
63	GBR	24	Shaun Anderson	1036
64	USA	188	Ray Seta	1048
65	RSA	132	Tim Phillips	1052
66	GBR	16	Paul Middleton	1058
67	RSA	88	Barry Loubser	1059
68	BAH	178	Skip Miller	1067
69	GBR	712	Gary Box	1087
70	SWE	114	Mats Hagman	1092
71	FRA	229	Olivier Voisin	1097
72	GBR	57	Jim LaRoche	1174
73	GBR	69	Jen Hand	1197
74	CAN	90	Julian Kenney	1201
75	RSA	56	Dave Oldham	1245
76	RSA	4	Brian Buddell	1255
77	USA	66	Joe Roddy	1266
78	AUS	91	Bruce Robins	1290