The 2013 Ovington Boats Phantom Nationals was held over the long weekend of 6th to 8th September at Shoreham Sailing Club, near Brighton. Although it was a long weekend several Phantomers decided to arrive on the Wednesday to get some practice and boat tuning in before the mass arrived on Friday morning, Thursday was a day for Bimbling and a short sail to work up a thirst, over ½ the fleet had arrived for the Thursday night “Take-away”, on Friday morning registration was completed without any fuss and the briefing was held on time. 48 eager sailors set out to sea, some for the first time to discover what Shoreham waves were really like.
Read the full report on Yachts and Yachting.
Warwick took some fantastic photos which are available to view on his website.
Andy Couch from Rudyard Lake was crowned 2013 Phantom National Champion counting an impressive 5 wins. First Shoreham boat was Tyler Harmsworth in 5th overall.
The overall results are available to download (.pdf).
| Place | No. | Name | Club | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Overall |
| 1st | 1345 | Andy Couch | Rudyard Lake SC | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | (DNC) | 5.0 |
| 2nd | 1423 | Charlie Cumbley | RYA | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 3rd | 1412 | Chris Turner | Tynemouth YC | 6.0 | (7.0) | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 17.0 |