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ILCA 7 UK Open and National Championships 2026 at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy
\n by Robin Phipps 31 Jul 21:42 BST
\n 22-28 July 2026<\/p>\n

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\nDay 1 \n<\/p>\n


\n5-8 knot Southerly in the bay with some lovely leftover swell created some challenging conditions for the sailors in the bay. In Race 1, Ali B led to the windward mark after winning the pin and sailed away from the fleet from there, while Sam Whaley managed to work his way back through the fleet to 2nd and Sam Grayton ended up in 3rd. \n<\/p>\n


\nIn Race 2, Nathan Russel made another excellent start before being pipped to the top mark by Sam Whaley and Ali B, who proceeded to battle it out in the distance (a common theme), with Sam taking the win and Joe Rowe coming back from 13th to the first windward to 3rd over the line. \n<\/p>\n


\nDay 2 \n<\/p>\n


\n6-10 knots SW in the harbour provided some extremely tactical racing where linking shifts and pressure up and downwind was the name of the game. In the first race of the day, Ali B managed to do this best, leading from start to finish, closely followed by Ed Baker to the windward mark, who ended up 4th over the line, with Sam W and Sam G finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively. \n<\/p>\n


\nRace 4 saw Sam Grayton take his first win of the regatta as he managed to hold of the chasing Sam Whaley from the first windward to the finish. Ralph Musto managed to convert his 3rd place to the top mark on the scorecard. \n<\/p>\n


\nThe third race of the day completed an excellent day for Sam Grayton as he won again, leading from start to finish by some distance; however, a left shift on the second beat with some pressure allowed some changes in position on the second lap, best done by Archie Munro-Price and Joe Rowe, who completed the podium. \n<\/p>\n


\nDay 3 \n<\/p>\n


\n10-15 building to 14-17 by the start of the second race, westerly in the bay. It was a long day for the 7s as the only fleet to make the commute to the bay, where boat speed and the start were probably the most important things for the day. Race 6 was a bit of a drag race back to the right after a left shift a few minutes in. Luke Anstely successfully linked the two shifts and led to the windward mark, closely followed by Sam Whaley, who then sailed into the distance once given the space, but Luke managed to hold on to second with Robin Phipps in 3rd. \n<\/p>\n


\nIn race 7 we had a straightforward drag race left where Sam Whaley led Ali B to the windward, where they battled the whole rest of the race with Sam just about coming out on top at the end of the last downwind, and Robin Phipps managed to convert his 3rd into the windward into a third over the line. \n<\/p>\n


\nRace 8 followed a similar pattern apart from Michael Atkinson managing to connect to a right shift to lead to the first windward; however, after this Sam W managed to 100% Day 3, followed by Robin and Ali in the last race before the long sail in. \n<\/p>\n


\nDay 4 \n<\/p>\n


\n20-25 knots Westerly classic Weymouth harbour conditions; however, as it shifted more north, it became a more tactical day than initially thought. Race 9: Sam Whaley converted the right-hand side into a start-to-finish win, where Nathan Russel managed to make the left work to be 2nd to the windward; however, a big gust on the left on the first downwind mixed up the positions, with Fin Cochrane getting into second and generally having a great day with a 4,5.
\nAlfie Noel and Ali B showed off their speed on the second lap, managing to recover positions into 3rd and 2nd respectively. \n<\/p>\n


\nRace 10 saw the breeze pick up and Alfie Noel hit another gear as he led convincingly to the windward mark, only bested by Sam W over the line. Hugh Andrews also sailed impressively, managing to sail fast and in the right direction, something not easy in those conditions, as he picked up a 3rd. \n<\/p>\n


\nDay 5 \n<\/p>\n


\nSimilar conditions to day 3, however with the forecast including a persistent left shift. Race 11 saw Olly Mayo lead to the windward mark and held off Sam W for a while, but not long enough, as he took his 7th win so far, and Olly finished 2nd, and Sam G put in some impressive downwinds to finish 3rd. \n<\/p>\n


\nRace 2 saw the left shift kick in, meaning Robin, who won the pin, managed to lead to the windward mark; however, Sam W yet again sailed through to take the win, and Robin stayed in 2nd place, and Luke, who was 3rd to the windward mark, completed the top 3. \n<\/p>\n


\nThe last race of the day saw a left shift a few minutes after go, rewarding those who started at the pin, including Robin and Hugh, who were first and 2nd to the first mark; however, they weren’t far enough ahead to stop Sam and Ali working their way back to 1st and 2nd over the line with Robin holding onto 3rd. \n<\/p>\n


\nDay 6 \n<\/p>\n


\nA not so hopeful forecast meant we did some waiting onshore until the seabreeze started to kick in giving us a 5-7knts SW in the harbour we had some familiar suspects lead us round in these conditions with Ali B and Sam G 1 and 2 to the windward and over the line however a special congratulations to Leo Yates who claimed his 1st podium of the week to top an extremely consistent week only counting top tens. \n<\/p>\n


\nAnd winning him (Leo) the U19 National Championship. Sam Grayton Won the U21 Championship, and Sam Whaley won the overall title for the third time, winning 9\/14 races, and Ali B finished 2nd with a worst result of a 4th. \n<\/p>\n


\nThanks to our sponsors Ovington<\/a>, Sailingfast<\/a>, Rooster<\/a>, Noble Marine<\/a> and Fernhurst Books and we used Trac Trac technology for the racing. \n<\/p>\n


\nPrizes: \n<\/p>\n


\nOpen Championship\t1st\tGBR – ILCA 7 227491 Sam Whaley

\nOpen Championship\t2nd\tGBR – ILCA 7 223070 Alastair Brown

\nOpen Championship\t3rd\tGBR – ILCA 7 227539 Sam Grayton

\nNational Championship Master\t1st\tGBR – ILCA 7 221507 Tony Woods

\nNational Championship U17\t1st\tGBR – ILCA 7 222765 Wilf Tovey

\nNational Championship U19\t1st\tGBR – ILCA 7 226479 Leo Yates

\nNational Championship U19\t2nd\tGBR – ILCA 7 228326 Olly Mayo

\nNational Championship U21\t1st\tGBR – ILCA 7 227539 Sam Grayton

\nNational Championship U21\t2nd\tGBR – ILCA 7 226483 Alfie Noel

\nNational Championship U21\t3rd\tGBR – ILCA 7 226480 Robin Phipps

\nNational Champions\t1st\tGBR – ILCA 7 227491 Sam Whaley

\nNational Champions\t2nd\tGBR – ILCA 7 223070 Alastair Brown

\nNational Champions\t3rd\tGBR – ILCA 7 227539 Sam Grayton
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\nOverall Results: \n<\/p>\n


\nPosNatSail NoHelmR1R2R34R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14Pts
\n1stGBR227491Sam Whaley2122\u2011411111111(RET)15
\n2ndGBR223070Alastair Brown1214\u2011542324\u2011532129
\n3rdGBR227539Sam Grayton34311955\u20111283\u2011137251
\n4thGBR226483Alfie Noel\u201115\u2011106108744324651069
\n5thGBR226480Robin Phipps55\u201117157332810\u201119231679
\n6thGBR226479Leo Yates10695\u20111251086\u201114979387
\n7thGBR227327Joe Rowe93\u2011147368\u2011145961413891
\n8thGBR221798Luke Anstey414\u201115116261115(RET)7441195
\n9thGBR228326Olly Mayo129116\u20111910\u20111310106210812106
\n10thGBR219833Ralph Musto711133\u201118139911\u201119816106116
\n11thGBR224336Nathan Russell8712121111\u20111577(UFD)1051115116
\n12thGBR201872Hugh Andrews1312781615715\u201117315\u20111869126
\n13thGBR228667Archie Munro\u2011Price(DSQ)8592\u20112316231471615165136
\n14thGBR224741Edward Baker617416912\u20112013\u2011181117121514146
\n15thGBR226633Freddie Maclaverty21\u20112281310\u2011251269151417214150
\n16thGBR224683Finlay Cochrane141519\u201123\u201125161112451291422153
\n17thGBR215620Julien Rohart16131818\u201121817\u20112113121181219165
\n18thGBR221852Tom Rawlings1719161413181418\u2011231718\u201124197190
\n19thGBR220097Oscar Bartlett111621\u201124\u201130211916202121111720214
\n20thSVK218394Peter Rajsky202010211414\u2011252221202019\u20112318219
\n21stSUI218554Ferruccio Arvedi2427\u201129\u20112922222120161313221823241
\n22ndHKG209950Wai Chak Tsui23\u2011292422232018191916232520\u201128252
\n23rdGBR221507Tony Woods19\u201124\u2011262020172324222322202421255
\n24thGBR213644Sam Romer1821(RET)17172426272524(DNC)232717266
\n25thGBR216385Gordon Bennell\u201126252025\u201131262425242224262213276
\n26thGBR227566Michael Atkinson2828(DNC)(DNC)DNC192217261825282529304
\n27thGBR224125William Whittaker2526272828292726(RET)2527\u2011322624318
\n28thGBR218838Andrew Lees292322191535313227(RET)323633(DNC)334
\n29thGBR195787Richard Thomas2230252727\u20113432293127\u201133303126337
\n30thGBR225621Nicholas O’Doherty\u2011Veru\u201131\u201131232629312928282630313027338
\n31stGBR217437Giovanni Bianchi323632312432(DNS)(DNC)DNCDNC26212830370
\n32ndGBR218744Bryce Musto2718283026282830(DNC)(DNC)DNCDNCDNCDNC371
\n33rdGBR186249Harry Rooksby33323433323033(DNC)(RET)DNS34273232391
\n34thGBR214934Charlie Taylor3034353536273031(DNC)(DNC)3533BFD31396
\n35thGBR189175Peter Collyer35353034343334(DNC)(DNC)DNC31352933402
\n36thGBR222765Wilf Tovey3433333633(RET)(DNS)DNC29DNS2934BFD25403
\n37thGBR224647Patrick Whitton373736373736(DNS)(DNC)302828293434403
\n38thGBR227576Henry Knight3638313235(RET)(DNS)DNCDNSRETDNCDNCDNCDNC\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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