The National Scorpion Association organises racing events and events to promote the class every year. The Silver Scorpion Travellers' series of Open Meetings sponsored by CraftInsure are spread over the season and over the country. The annual highlight is the National Championships, which were hosted in 2023 by Eastbourne Sovereign Sailing Club in Sussex. The 2024 Championships is at Castle Cove SC in Weymouth.
Congratulations to top Scorpion sailor Peter Gray winning the Selden SailJuice Winter Series for the second time in 11 years - sailing an Osprey with Geoff Edwards. For more see... (20/2/2023)
Tom Gillard's (almost) perfect 2022 by Mark Jardine 9th Nov 2022 An excellent article on our National Champion in Yachts and Yachting (9/11/2023)
Extract from Mark Jardine’s interview with Tom Gillard re his (together variously with Rachel Gray & Andy Thompson) remarkable success in multiple classes during 2022 …
"A good time off the water is just as important as the sailing, so I asked Tom which class, in his opinion, has the best social activities:
I would say the Scorpion. It's a chilled-out vibe, a nice bunch of people, with newcomers to the fleet alongside old hands, and everybody's very open about what they do to make the boat go fast. It's a real community. The class is going from strength to strength; whether you've got a wooden boat or a fibreglass boat, there's help everywhere, and no-one feels at a disadvantage."
2022
P&B are supplying new FRP Scorpions - being built for them by Winder. Probably best to call Dave Wade at P&B on 01604 592808 if you are interested.
The Scorpion Class rules have been updated - the 2022 Rules are here.
We should have a technical commentary of the changes from the 2020 rules shortly. Meanwhile here is a comparison of the two documents.
Alan Krailing & Simon Forbes are the 2022 Scorpion Inland Champions.
The event - rearranged late in the day after insufficient water at Pennine SC was held over 4/5th November at Northampton SC in parallel with the final National 12 event of the season.
The reduced entry of 15 boats reflected the unexpectedly late date. The competition was tight with 6 boats sharing the first four places over the three races on Saturday. Lack of wind meant no races on Sunday.
So the top six were: 1. Alan Krailing & Simon Forbes in 2051 (Staunton Harold) 2. Stuart & Nick Hyden in 2034 (Stustoke) 3. Kevin Hope & Rob Gardener in 2053 (Notts County) 4. Nigel Potter & John Tailby in 1958 (Notts County) 5. Steve Graham & Jerry Hannabuss in 2044 (Pennine) 6. AJ & Chris Eaton in 2014 (Starcross).
Extract from Mark Jardine’s interview with Tom Gillard re his (together variously with Rachel Gray & Andy Thompson) remarkable success in multi-classes this year …
"A good time off the water is just as important as the sailing, so I asked Tom which class, in his opinion, has the best social activities:
I would say the Scorpion. It's a chilled-out vibe, a nice bunch of people, with newcomers to the fleet alongside old hands, and everybody's very open about what they do to make the boat go fast. It's a real community. The class is going from strength to strength; whether you've got a wooden boat or a fibreglass boat, there's help everywhere, and no-one feels at a disadvantage."
