33 boats including the reigning National Champions Chris & Daisy Fuller, ex-World champion Chris Balding & a two times ex-National Champion Dave Wade, gathered at Poole YC for the Rooster UK Mirror Nationals from 11^th to 14^th August. There was even an international presence from Alle & Floris Roodbergen (NED) with their World Championship winning boat, equipped with a very Dutch orange spinnaker. Great racing in the sheltered waters of Poole harbour's Top Triangle, and the club were very welcoming and accommodating.

 
What a superb week it has been for the Mirrors! Eighteen entries at the start of The One Bassenthwaite Lake Sailing Week on the 3rd August, and six further crews joining mid-week. Although the Mirrors, Toppers and Teras were in a single fleet, the top five finishers – and usually the top ten - were Mirrors in all races to date. I write this prior to the final weekend series.

As well as boats from the Home Club we had entrants from six Clubs across the North of England and as far south as Tewkesbury and Rugby.

Just a reminder to those attending the Nationals

• In order to comply with Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) rule 78.1, you have to have a measurement certificate for the boat with the correct owner's details on it (except Bronze fleet).
• You also need to be a member of the UK Class Association
• You need to have sails that carry a certification mark (except Bronze fleet)
• The boat's buoyancy needs to have been tested or inspected within the last 12 months (except Bronze fleet).

Please note that the closing date for Nationals entries at £100 is 28th July, that's this coming Sunday. After that the late entry fee of £120 is payable. Save yourself £20 by entering the Nationals before the price goes up! Online entry is available via Poole YC's  Webcollect system. You can also see a list of entries so far.