The thirtieth anniversary Doyle Inshore Champs was a fitting celebration of the events history with seventeen entrants contesting the series with close results across the four classes sailed. Saturday provided some tough conditions with a building north westerly keeping crews working hard both up and downwind in the four races sailed. Sunday's forecast was unfortunately spot of with light and variable northerly that dropped out for a shortened course, with a wait and a course reversal for race six keeping course volunteers and RO (and Inshore Champs instigator 30 years past) Greg Rowsell busy, getting two races in, great work by the whole on-water crew.

Running through the placings the first year of the SB20 division was well supported with five SBs entered, the win went to Simone Wood with 49erfx sailor Chloe Fisher and Laura Thomson, all showing their skiff skills to take the win, in Short Circuit on 7 points. TYC Vice Commodore Ryan Moreton took second place in Pussy Galore, with Ian and Tim White third on Meant to Bee.

Kevin Lloyd and Ross Edmunds duked to out for Elliott 5.9 State Champ honours with Next Questions great light air speed on Sunday clenching the title for Lloyd and crew on 6 points with Hot Dog Second.

The CBH division saw Wynyard's Nick Richardson right on the pace with some great downwind speed in Saturdays heavy conditions in the I550 Midlife Crisis to CBH on 7 Points, from Next Question on 9 points and Hot Dog on 11 points.

Division 1 Arbitrary results were tight with Simone Wood taking the win in Short circuit on 10 points with Ryan Moreton second on 13 points in Pussy Galore. Third place was decide on the three way tie between Meant to Bee, Chris Bayne in Bust A Move and great to see his return to racing, Rob Matthews and crew, in his newly acquired Etchells Blew. A first place in race five saw count back and third place go to Meant to Bee.

In Division 2 Arbitrary, Nick Richardson lead home the classic plastics taking a one point win, from Mike Breen's well sailed Cavalier 32 Scintilla on 15 points. Third place went Peter Sluce's Cordon Bleu, who finished one place worse than CBs second placing in the under 10.5 class, in the inaugural Inshores thirty years ago!

Huge thank you to all the compeditors, volunteers and Doyls Sails for making the weekend a fitting anniversary to the Inshore Champs.

Photos (Magnus McIndoe)