National 12 Burton Week 2026 at Shoreham Sailing Club, sponsored by Bloodred and Allen - Overall

National 12 Burton Week at Shoreham Day 3 © Warwick Baker / www.warwickpics.co.uk

National 12 Burton Week at Shoreham Day 3 © Warwick Baker / www.warwickpics.co.uk

The National 12 Championship (a.k.a. as Burton Week) continued with another two races on Tuesday, in the brutal seas off Shoreham, the Burton Cup race was concluded and the points series winner decided.

The Burton Cup race, a two hour marathon of triangles, set off in lighter winds, as forecast, that gradually built as the race progressed. Graham and Felix Camm led briefly, to be overtaken by Zoe Meadowcroft & Zoe Ballantyne on the first reach. Rory Gifford and Ben Whaley then took the lead from Team Zoe on the second reach and then extended their lead. Tom & Isobel eventually worked through the pack, and in to second place, and that is how the 2026 Burton Cup race finished.

The lighter winds, and the favourable forecast, meant that the older boats and less experienced sailors were finally able to see what the rest of us had been talking about, having been prudent and stayed onshore for Sunday and Monday.

A second race got away, in more wind, just before the 14.00 deadline, Jon Ibbotson and Rhona Enkel led initially, with Tom and Isobel chasing. Once again the pale green of N3483, sailed by Rory and Ben, found the pace to pull through and take the win.

With two more wins under their belt, in their 23 year old borrowed boat (thanks Uncle Jon!) it was Rory and Ben that were named National Champions. Rory is probably the first winning helm to be younger than the boat he was sailing, and breaks the stranglehold of the Stewart and Camm clans over the past 17 years. Ben continues his summer of attending almost every hiking dinghy championship... including having won the Fireflys helming earlier in the summer!

Once again the Shoreham team did a great job, managing to keep the two classes almost entirely separate on the water and put on excellent racing for all. Thanks are also due to Blood Red and Allen, the two event sponsors.

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National 12 Burton Week at Shoreham Day 3 - photo © Warwick Baker / www.warwickpics.co.uk