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ABP Cadet UK National Championship 2024 in Plymouth - The Ex-Cadets Race

by Magnus Smith 3 Aug 21:09 BST 2 August 2024

More evidence that you don't have to leave the Cadet class for good! Sailors aged 18 to 60 could not resist the lure of the class. 25 entries made the start line in Plymouth, after the ABP Cadet UK Nationals had finished (and just before the Worlds opening ceremony). Each had sailed in Cadets when under 18, and now wanted a piece of the action, again.

Some were taking it seriously, some were just delighted to wallow in nostalgia, but all of them had a serious workout in F4-5 winds and plenty of chop. In a suspicious twist, one of the main organisers of the Nationals/Worlds won the race. Was it a fix? Or does he just have more National titles under his belt than the others?

No matter, everyone had huge smiles.

Overall Results: (blanks appear as some helms did not indicate borrowed boat)

PosBorrowed boatHelmNationYear left CadetsOriginal own boatBest Cadet result back in the day
110129Alan KrailingGBR199485213rd Nationals 1992
210003Ben GarnerAUS2022Resistance 9559Winning the trophy my grandpa donated for Victorian State Titles
310001Toby BushGBR202310001 pushing it2022 World Champion
49984Connor LineGBR2018Execalibur10th at Worlds
510128     
68521Alex PageGBR2014NATNationals / Inlands and U‑15/16 Worlds
79961Oleksandr IzarovUKR20139905World champion 2012 Taz
89631MJ GiffordGBR1991Fantasy 8407Winning the ex‑Cadet's race in 1992
98529Dom StanislausGBR1994Utopia 85292nd nationals 6th worlds
1010002Tom WalkerGBR2022Aeolus 10002Regional champion and world team 2022
118997Mathias BrandsBEL2019Executrix 8997Won the u4 12th at the worlds
128533Conrad HumphreysGBR19908408 Inspiration6th Worlds. Poland 1990
138447Magnus SmithGBR19927516 Paws For Thought42nd in the combined indicators
148518Cedric GeiversBEL2016Nevermind 8326English champion 2013
159028Bee NeeGBR2021She Who Dares 90285th at Nationals (first nationals)
169367Fiona NeeGBR2023She Who Dares 90286th in gbr cadet nationals
179836Elias KerreBEL2023Speedy Gonzales12th at the worlds in Nieuwpoort and 2nd at the Belgian nationals
189294Richard CainGBR1979Sonic Boom 7285South West Area Champ held at Parkstone
197279Charlotte Gough (nee Neill)GBR1988Poseur 82971988 Cadet National Champion and 6th &1st Girl Worlds
209985     
2110051     
2210004Elke SpeelmanBEL1996Double crossed 8338 
237274abbey willcoxAUS2022winning edge 95616th at aus nationals and went to the worlds
249038Filip van daeleBEL1991  
2510032     

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