Business as usual

Childerly, Russell and Marino win Etchells Nationals

Double Etchells World Champion and former Olympian Stuart Childerley stamped his authority on Etchells sailing in Britain with an impressive victory at the Volvo sponsored 2005 International Etchells Class National and British Open Championship. This showcase event was sailed out of the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Cowes, Isle of Wight from Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd July.

Childerley with his crew, Simon Russell and Roger Marino, counted four firsts and a second (6 points). Brothers Nils Razmilovic (11 points) and Ante Razmilovic (16 points) were second and third respectively. The 31-strong fleet included two teams from Ireland and one from the USA.

With the breeze from the south west on all three days, shifts provided opportunities but sensible sailing was highly rewarded. Good breezes ranging form 10 to 18 knots enabled Principle Race Officer Bob Milner to complete all races impeccably and to schedule.

As expected in these evenly matched keelboats, the competition was incredibly tight all the way through the fleet. There are now high hopes of strong performances from the ten GBR teams competing in the World Championships in San Francisco this September.

The Volvo sponsorship of the Etchells Nationals is part of a package agreed for key Etchells regattas in 2005.

More pictures on the following pages.

	Helm	Crew	Crew	Total
1	Stuart Childerley	Simon Russell	Roger Marino	6
2	Nils Razmilovic	Brian Hammersley	Asdam Turk	11
3	Ante Razmilovic	Simon Fry	Stuart Flynn	16
4	James Howells	Neil Miller	Craig Mitchell	27
5	Jervis Tilly	Andrew Dallas	Peter Tindale	32
6	Cordelia Ellis	David Rickard	A Short/S Allen	34
7	William Lacy	Stephen Quinn	David Heritage	38
8	Doug Flynn	Mark Cartwright	Alex Flynn	43
9	Robert Bicket	Nick Griffith	Mark Downer	46
10	Eddie Warwick	Mike Sparks	Tony Wetherall	47