{"id":1069331,"date":"2026-07-05T05:03:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T05:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1069331\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T05:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T05:03:29","slug":"vaikobi-british-finn-national-championship-2026-at-brixham-yacht-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1069331\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaikobi British Finn National Championship 2026 at Brixham Yacht Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vaikobi British Finn National Championship 2026 at Brixham Yacht Club – Day 2
\n by Robert Deaves 4 Jul 21:36 PDT
\n 3-5 July 2026<\/p>\n

\"Henri-Lloyd
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\nMatt Howard has extended his lead at the Vaikobi<\/a> British Finn National Championship at Brixham YC. He again won the first two races of the day before recovering from a mid-fleet top mark rounding in Race 6 to cross in fourth. He holds an 11 point lead into the final day over Peter McCoy with Cameron Tweedle a further three points back.<\/strong> \n<\/p>\n


\nSaturday brought lighter westerly winds, off the shore and very shifty. After winning the opening race with ease, Martin Hughes led the second race until just before the finish when he was handed a yellow flag, gifting the wind to Howard. \n<\/p>\n


\nThe wind increased in the last race with Oscar up for one leg, and a huge right shift o, the first upwind that left Howard rounding in the mid-20s. Nick Craig eventually won after a tight battled with Tweedle. A possible two races remain on Sunday, though the forecast a very light \n<\/p>\n


\nThe British Nationals, sponsored by sailperformance.co.uk and Vaikobi, is Leg 4 of the WTF Grand Slam series. 36 Finn sailors are present in Brixham. \n<\/p>\n


\nFull gallery here.<\/a> \n<\/p>\n


\nResults after Day 2:<\/b> \n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\nPosBow NoSail NoHelmClubR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n1st<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n550<\/td>\nMatt Howard<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n(4)<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n2nd<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n88<\/td>\nMcCoy<\/td>\nWarsash SC<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n(5)<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n3rd<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n64<\/td>\nTweedle<\/td>\nHyde Sails<\/a><\/td>\n3<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n(13)<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n4th<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n74<\/td>\nLawrence Crispin<\/td>\nStone SC<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n(13)<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n5th<\/td>\n38<\/td>\nAUS2<\/td>\nRob McMillan<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n(12)<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n6th<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n24<\/td>\nNick Craig<\/td>\nFrensham SC & Burghfield SC & Lee on Sol<\/td>\n(RET)<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n7th<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n5<\/td>\nGreenwood<\/td>\nWest Kirby and Blithefield SC<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n(10)<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n8th<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n8<\/td>\nTim Carver<\/td>\nWarsash SC<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n(17)<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n9th<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n799<\/td>\nJack Kristian Bartlett Acton<\/td>\nChristchurch SC<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n(12)<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n10th<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n567<\/td>\nMartin Hughes<\/td>\nWarsash SC<\/td>\n(18)<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n11th<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nAllen Burrell<\/td>\nThorpe Bay YC<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n(19)<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n12th<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n90<\/td>\nRichard Sharp<\/td>\nEmsworth Slipper SC<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n(17)<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n13th<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n635<\/td>\nSimon Percival<\/td>\nChristchurch SC<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n(17)<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n14th<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n26<\/td>\nMatthew Webb<\/td>\nWest Kirby and Blithefield SC<\/td>\n(21)<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n15th<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n708<\/td>\nAlistair Higgins<\/td>\nAberdeen and Stonehaven YC<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n(23)<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n16th<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n61<\/td>\nJohn Heyes<\/td>\nWarsash SC<\/td>\n(RET)<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n17th<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n119<\/td>\nMark Macdonald<\/td>\nMengeham Rythe SC<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n(27)<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n18th<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n124<\/td>\nCarrington<\/td>\nNorfolk Broads YC<\/td>\n(24)<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n19th<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n738<\/td>\nMark Cooper<\/td>\nBurghfield SC<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n(23)<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n20th<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n776<\/td>\nSpruce<\/td>\nWarsash SC & Lee on Solent SC<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n(24)<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n21st<\/td>\n34<\/td>\nNOR55<\/td>\nArild Heldal<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n(29)<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n22nd<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n51<\/td>\nDavid Kitchen<\/td>\nDalgety Bay SC<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n(26)<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n102<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n23rd<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n16<\/td>\nNick Mason<\/td>\nEmsworth Slipper SC<\/td>\n(29)<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n117<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n24th<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n33\/750<\/td>\nBurden<\/td>\nNetley SC<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n(RET)<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n121<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n25th<\/td>\n36<\/td>\nAUS3<\/td>\nPhillip Smith<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n(34)<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n26th<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n34<\/td>\nPeter Blick<\/td>\nChristchurch SC<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n(33)<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n127<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n27th<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n612<\/td>\nRob Fisher<\/td>\nHighcliffe SC<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n(30)<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n127<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n28th<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n692<\/td>\nJez White<\/td>\nDraycote Water SC<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n(DNS)<\/td>\n132<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n29th<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n40<\/td>\nRussell New<\/td>\nChristchurch SC<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n(33)<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n138<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n30th<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n20<\/td>\nAndy Denison<\/td>\nChristchurch SC<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n(35)<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n138<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n31st<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n18<\/td>\nJonathan Pyke<\/td>\nHayling Island SC<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n(DNC)<\/td>\nDNC<\/td>\nDNC<\/td>\n141<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n32nd<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n564<\/td>\nPatrick Keen<\/td>\nRutland SC<\/td>\n(RET)<\/td>\nDNS<\/td>\nDNS<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n141<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n33rd<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n85<\/td>\nGarry Phare<\/td>\nRoyal Torbay YC<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n(RET)<\/td>\nDNS<\/td>\n148<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n34th<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n42<\/td>\nRichard Phillips<\/td>\nChristchurch SC<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n(34)<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n153<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n35th<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n603<\/td>\nUpton<\/td>\nTeign Corinthian YC<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n(33)<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n\n36th<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n777<\/td>\nHoward Sellars<\/td>\nWarsash SC<\/td>\n(DNC)<\/td>\nDNC<\/td>\nDNC<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n166<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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