Whooper Wins British Classic Week

Following on from last weeks story, Here’s a summary of the event by Helen Porter

After a six-race series in windy conditions, Laurent Giles designed sloop Whooper triumphed to win this year's British Classic Week regatta overall. There was just one point between Whooper and second place Timoa after a competitive week of fast-paced racing. 

Regatta overall winner Whooper

This year's British Classic Week welcomed a fleet of over 40 classic and modern classic sail and motor yachts from the UK and across Europe. Yachts ranged from a 26ft Stella to a recently launched Spirit 72DH. The oldest yacht in the fleet was a gaff rigged yacht named Eilun built in 1896.

This year's entries also included a 6mR class competing in an eight-race series ahead of the 6mR worlds later in the summer. 

Despite high winds forcing postponement of racing on day one of the regatta, the race management team at the Royal Yacht Squadron managed to hold a full six-race series for the main fleet, including the 30nm NAB Tower Race and the Lady Helm Race. 

Class 1 was won by Spirit 52 Happy Forever, which travelled to British Classic Week from Spain. Overall regatta winner Whooper won class 2, and class 3 was won by a Kim Holman designed Stella named Timoa. Whooper also won the Lady Helm Race and Timoa took the title for the NAB Tower Race. 

In the 6mR Open Division, Oiva delivered four wins and four second places to win the class. Abu made it five wins out of eight races to win the 6mR Classic Division. 

The dates for next year's British Classic Week are set for 13th - 20th July 2024.