The 2025 IOM Nationals were recently held at Lincoln Radio Sailing over three days if the Easter weekend. There were a total of 58 entries after a number of last minute withdrawals and of these, there were eight club members racing.
On the first two days we had decent and generally steady breezes with most people sailing in A rigs and 12 races completed by the end of Sunday. However, Monday brought very light winds from an unfavourable direction which disappeared once heavy rain set in during the morning and only one additional race completed. Racing was abandoned soon after 2:30 and 13 races, after waiting for at least two hours for racing to continue.
Brad Gibson took the title in commanding form with less than half the points of his nearest rival Peter Stollery. Of the remaining Birkenhead members, the other finishing positions were:
- Peter Baldwin in 5th
- Martin Roberts in 13th
- John Brierley in 16th
- Paul Plested in 19th
- Andrea Roberts in 21st
- Rob McIntosh in 28th
- Noah McIntosh in 57th
Paul Plested took the Rookie Trophy for the best placed competitor for whom this was their first IOM Nationals and Noah McIntosh the Captain David Perkins Trophy for his radiant smiles and can do endeavours over the weekend.
A full report of the event is available on Yachts and Yachting here
The full HMS results may be seen on the Lincoln RSC website here
