Hunstanton SC Open Meeting
28th, 29th June
Results:| Position | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2116 | Nick Craig | Frensham Pond | 1 | 1 | 1 | (3) | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 2118 | Terry Curtis | Upper Thames | (2) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | 2122 | Jon Fish | Waldringfield | (dnf) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | 2123 | Andy Turner | Overy Staithe | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | (dnf) | 25 |
| 5 | 2124 | Dave Rose | Royal Harwich YC | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | (14) | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | 2101 | Julian Burnham | UTSC | 7 | (9) | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 32 |
| 7 | 2045 | Alistair Deaves | Wakatere SC | (10) | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | 2121 | Anthony Rich | Oxford | 8 | 10 | (11) | 8 | 6 | 5 | 37 |
| 9 | 2084 | Keith Byers | Morecombe & Heysham | (12) | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 44 |
| 10 | 2120 | Dan Ager | Waldringfield | 3 | 7 | 4 | (dns) | dnc | 17 | 50 |
| 11 | 2130 | Deryck Lovegrove | Kingsmead | 13 | 12 | (14) | 11 | 9 | 9 | 54 |
| 12 | 2117 | Alex Scoles | Overy Staithe | 6 | 4 | 10 | (dns) | dnc | 17 | 56 |
| 13 | 2107 | Daz Prior | South Windermere | 11 | (14) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 60 |
| 14 | 2125 | Neil Goodhead | South Staffs | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | (dnf) | dnc | 63 |
| 15 | 1774 | Richard Burton | West Oxford | 14 | (16) | 16 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 67 |
| 16 | 2031 | Dave Cooper | Overy Staithe | (DNC) | dnc | dnc | 13 | 11 | 10 | 72 |
| 17 | 2104 | Paul Pike | Covenham | 16 | 15 | (17) | 14 | 15 | 13 | 73 |
| 18 | 2083 | Chris Biscomb | Fishers Green | 15 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 | (dnc) | 75 |
18 OK's, including 1 Kiwi, travelled to North Norfolk for their last open meeting
before the Worlds kick off in Warnemunde next weekend.
The prevailing F3/4 + sunshine conditions helped it on its way to being a great fun event - the quality of opposition and good courses didn’t hurt either…
Hunstanton Sailing club were great hosts, laying on good courses, despite a few starting headaches with a big tide under the fleet. They also kindly hosted a hog-roast and party which made Saturday evening very enjoyable.
Nick Craig won the event, showing moments of brilliance and great pace to win 4 of the six races…but due to a few factors it was a close run thing most of the races, partly helped by some mixed start line tactics / fortune.
Downhill flyer Terry Curtis won races 4 and 6 by grinding away and taking the lead on the last reach of both races, to take a second place overall. Terry had a thoroughly 'good day' in Sunday's slightly fresher and wavier conditions.
Third overall was Jon Fish, who recovered from an upwind swim in Race 1 (boat maintenance is not his thing...) to score thirds in almost all the other races. With Nick having issues, Fish looked to have race 4 in the bag only for Terry to serenely blast past him.
Evergreen Andy Turner and Dave Rose were fourth and fifth respectively, both showing great upwind pace and tenacity, frequently rounding the windward mark in the first few places.
Having returned to the class after an absence for a couple of years, former champ Rose seems to be getting his new ship into the groove, going worrryingly fast uphill.
Token Kiwi Alistair Deaves consistently mixed it in the top 6, but didn’t quite have the pace in the borrowed boat to make a challenge for the top placings. Alex Scoles and Dan Ager both had top 5 finishes on day one, with Alex leading Race 2 for quite a while, but shamefully decided that boat bimbling was better than racing on day two.
All in all, a great weekend with the whole fleet enjoying the conditions, close racing and a good warm-up for the forthcoming worlds....
Report: Terry Curtis
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Upper Thames SC Open Meeting
20th, 21st June
Results:| Helm | Club | Sail No | Points | Overall POS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Curtis | Upper Thames | GBR2118 | 6 | 1 |
| Julian Burnham | Upper Thames | GBR2101 | 12 | 2 |
| Gavin Waldron | South Staffs | GBR2085 | 19 | 3 |
| Mick Haig | Upper Thames | GBR2086 | 22 | 4 |
| Darren Prior | Windermere | GBR2107 | 22 | 5 |
| Mike Edwards | South Staffs | GBR2126 | 25 | 6 |
| Jim Howden | Upper Thames | GBR2088 | 26 | 7 |
| Garth Thompson | Upper Thames | GBR2090 | 30 | 8 |
| Roland Gabsby | Upper Thames | GBR2062 | 33 | 9 |
| Alex Hobern | Upper Thames | GBR1983 | 40 | 10 |
| Roy Burnham | Upper Thames | GBR2115 | 63 | 11 |
| Alan Atkin | Burghfield | GBR2129 | 64 | 12 |
| Roger Cooper | Upper Thames | GBR2074 | 66 | 13 |
| Neil Goodhead | South Staffs | GBR2125 | 67 | 14 |
| Sam Preston | Upper Thames | GBR1962 | 67 | 15 |
| Chris Biscomb | Fishers Green | GBR2083 | 67 | 16 |
| Vanessa Pilon | Upper Thames | GBR1286 | 69 | 17 |
| Tom Preston | Upper Thames | GBR1803 | 75 | 18 |
| Derek Berry | Upper Thames | GBR2097 | 77 | 19 |
| Chris Ridley | Upper Thames | GBR2013 | 78 | 20 |
| David Finlayson | Upper Thames | GBR1939 | 84 | 21 |
| Rodney Thorne | Upper Thames | GBR2048 | 84 | 22 |
Report: Gavin Waldron
22 OK's made the trip to Upper Thames Sailing Club on the weekend of 21-22 June. The overnight rain held off for most of the day but the weather was overcast with the wind ranging from force 1 to 3, although the direction meant that much of the race area was in a wind shadow.Jim Howden worked his way through the fleet on the left bank to lead at the first mark followed by Julian Burnham and junior Alex Hobern. Terry Curtis worked his way back from choosing the less favoured right hand bank, but he could not catch Howden who led all the way round, with Curtis 2nd and Hobern 3rd.
The second race was a close race between Curtis, Burnham and Mike Edwards, with all three taking turns in 1st place and Alan Atkin leading the chasing pack. Edwards took the race with Curtis 2nd and Burnham 3rd.
Overnight the weather changed and Sunday brought sunshine and a fresh breeze blowing
straight down the river, topping out at 30 knots on the club anemometer. Mike Edwards
took an early lead but allowed Curtis to overtake when rounding the home mark in the
wrong direction. The first 3 developed a good lead from the chasing pack but Edwards
gave up his 2nd as he failed to unwind following his earlier mark rounding error,
giving 2nd to Julian Burnham and Gavin Waldron 3rd.
Mike Edwards led the 4th Race from start to finish, closely chased by Neil Goodhead.
The leading pair pulled away from the rest of the field with Terry Curtis in 3rd.
By now the strong and gusty wind had taken its toll and the fleet was depleted for
the final race after lunch. Big shift at the start made for a very close first
beat with Edwards, Curtis Burnham and Waldron all very close. Curtis pulled away
with Edwards and Burnham chasing. Daz Prior overtook Waldron and Garth Thompson
and Mick Haigh were also pushing hard. Edwards caught up with Curtis just before
the finish, with Curtis vigorously protecting his lead. This also allowed Burnham
to close the gap, but in the end ran out of time, with Curtis holding his lead from
Edwards, Burnham and Waldron.
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Oxford SC Open Meeting
7th June
Results:| Sail No | Helm | Club | Points | Place | R1 | R2 | R3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2116 | Nick Craig | Frensham Pond | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2122 | Jon Fish | Waldringfield | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2118 | Terry Curtis | Upper Thames | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2121 | Anthony Rich | Oxford | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2127 | Keith Dutton | SSSC | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
| 2085 | Gavin Waldron | SSSC | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
| 2130 | Derek Lovegrove | Kingsmead | 12 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 5 | |
| 2129 | Alan Atkin | Burghfield | 16 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 13 | |
| 2128 | Ed Dutton | SSSC | 16 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1774 | Richard Burton | WOSC | 19 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | |
| 1983 | Alex Hobern | Upper Thames | 19 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1963 | Alan Price | Hayling Ferry | 22 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | |
| 2074 | Roger Cooper | Upper Thames | 25 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Report: Terry Curtis
A small but competitive fleet of 13 OKs arrived at Oxford SC on Sat June 7th for
the first of the Thames Valley travellers series.
Race 1 got underway in a northerly breeze which was variable both in direction & velocity. Frensham Pond's Nick Craig lead the race from start to finish, with the rest of the fleet playing snakes & ladders on the windward legs. Jon Fish took his ladder at the right time, to take second place from local boy Tony Rich & Gavin Waldron from South Staffs fourth.
After lunch race 2 started in 10-12 knots of breeze which was a little more
stable. Craig again took the lead, this time closely pursued by Terry Curtis of Upper
Thames.
Craig was able to maintain a small lead & covered Curtis loosely around the
course. Fish came through the fleet to third place, these positions were maintained
to the finish.
The wind held for race 3, which was the best of the day. Fish lead at the windward mark,
followed by Craig & Curtis. Craig pulled through to lead at the end of a very one sided
second beat, Fish was in the lead again at the Wing mark but was then overhauled by Curtis
down the second reach. By the run Craig was back in touch & all 3 boats were neck & neck a
t the leeward mark with much tactical manouvering. Craig eventually broke free by a
couple of lengths to take first place, Fish held on for second with Keith Dutton
coming in from the right hand corner to steal 3rd from Curtis in 4th.
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Dabchicks SC Open Meeting
31st May & 1st June
Results:| Position | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2117 | Alex Scoles | Overy Staithe | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2126 | Mike Edwards | South Staffs Sailing Club | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2121 | Anthony Rich | Oxford | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 2116 | Nick Craig | Frensham Pond | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | 2105 | Ian Harris | Bristol Corinthian | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 2118 | Terry Curtis | Upper Thames | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | John Ball | 7 | 8 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 2120 | Dan Ager | Waldringfield | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 9 | 2101 | Julian Burnham | UTSC | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| 10 | 2122 | Jon Fish | Waldringfield | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 11 | 2058 | Mary Reddyhoff | Parkstone | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 12 | 2119 | Robert Deaves | Waldringfield | ocs | 2 | 28 |
| 13 | 2012 | Jake Cracknell | Ardleigh | 16 | 12 | 28 |
| 14 | 2130 | Deryck Lovegrove | 15 | 13 | 28 | |
| 15 | 22 | 10 | 32 | |||
| 16 | 2104 | Paul Pike | Covenham | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 17 | 2084 | Keith Byers | Morecombe & Heysham | 13 | 20 | 33 |
| 18 | 1586 | Lewis Fairbrother | Ardleigh SC | 17 | 18 | 35 |
| 19 | 18 | 19 | 37 | |||
| 20 | 2053 | Alan Atkin | Burghfield | 21 | 16 | 37 |
| 21 | 1917 | Ben Woodcraft | Overy Staithe | 12 | dnc | 38 |
| 22 | 2085 | Gavin Waldron | South Staffs | 24 | 17 | 41 |
| 23 | 2083 | Chris Biscomb | Fishers Green | 23 | 21 | 44 |
| 24 | 2124 | Dave Rose | Felixstowe Ferry | 19 | dnc | 45 |
| 25 | 2123 | Andy Turner | Overy Staithe | 20 | dnc | 46 |
Report: Anthony Rich
25 OKs travelled to Dabchicks Sailing Club for the 2nd qualifier for next years World Championships in Sweden. We were greeted by very light winds and so the racing was postponed for one hour which gave the fleet the opportunity for a first look at the new book, hot off the press, from Robert Deaves celebrating and documenting the history of the International OK dinghy.
Racing eventually got underway in 5 knots of breeze. After rounding the windward mark, much of the fleet overstated the effect of the tide to the wing mark leaving Alex Scoles to take a more direct approach and he pulled ahead. Nick Craig was second with Anthony Rich in third. Mike Edwards managed to steel four places along the final reach to finish fourth.
The second race saw even less wind. Scoles opened up another convincing lead from Robert Deaves while Terry Curtis found some pressure out to the left of the course but misjudged the tide and ended up reaching into the windward mark. The race finished Scoles first followed by Deaves, Edwards, with Curtis getting ahead of Rich along the final run as the wind died completely.
Day 2 saw the fleet head out to the race course early, more in hope than expectation, but the wind failed to materialize and after bobbing around for a few hours racing was abandoned and the fleet got a tow back home.
Final results then saw Alex Scoles take first place ahead of Mike Edwards second, Anthony Rich third and Nick Craig being shown he cannot have things all his own way in a lowly fourth.
Thanks as always to Dabchicks Sailing Club for their superb hospitality over the weekend.
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17th & 18th May
Results:| Rank | SailNo | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total | Nett | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2116 | Nick Craig | Frensham Pond | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | (2.0) | 1.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | |
| 2nd | 2118 | Terry Curtis | Upper Thames S.C. | 2.0 | (3.0) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 9.0 | |
| 3rd | 2105 | Ian Harris | BCYC | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | (8.0) | 4.0 | 4.0 | 25.0 | 17.0 | |
| 4th | 2120 | Dan Ager | Waldringfield S.C. | 4.0 | (9.0) | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 30.0 | 21.0 | |
| 5th | 1944 | Julian Burnham | Upper Thames S. C. | 7.0 | (13.0) | 3.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 46.0 | 33.0 | |
| 6th | 217 | Keith Dutton | S.S.S.C. | 6.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | (10.0) | 6.0 | 7.0 | 43.0 | 33.0 | |
| 7th | 2126 | Mike Edwards | South Staffs S.C. | 11.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 7.0 | (12.0) | 5.0 | 49.0 | 37.0 | |
| 8th | 2084 | Keith Byers | Morecombe and Heysham Y.C. | 10.0 | (17.0) | 8.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 54.0 | 37.0 | |
| 9th | 2117 | Alex Scoles | Overy Staithe S.C. | 8.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | (11.0) | 9.0 | 9.0 | 49.0 | 38.0 | |
| 10th | 2085 | Gavin Waldron | South Staffs S.C. | (15.0) | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 61.0 | 46.0 | |
| 11th | 1968 | John Ball | Ardleigh SC | 5.0 | 7.0 | (15.0) | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 66.0 | 51.0 | |
| 12th | 2124 | David Rose | BHYC | 12.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 7.0 | (23.0 DNC) | 78.0 | 55.0 | |
| 13th | 2123 | Andy Turner | Overy Staithe S.C. | 13.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | (23.0 DNC) | 23.0 DNC | 79.0 | 56.0 | |
| 14th | 2125 | Neil Goodhead | South Staffs S.C. | 14.0 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 10.0 | (23.0 DNC) | 85.0 | 62.0 | |
| 15th | 2037 | Edward Dutton | S.S.S.C. | 21.0 | 19.0 | 11.0 | (23.0 DNC) | 14.0 | 11.0 | 99.0 | 76.0 | |
| 16th | 2130 | Deryck Lovegrove | Kingsmead | 19.0 | 15.0 | (20.0) | 15.0 | 15.0 | 12.0 | 96.0 | 76.0 | |
| 17th | 2012 | Jacob Cracknell | Ardleigh S.C. | 9.0 | 21.0 | 18.0 | (23.0 DNF) | 16.0 | 23.0 DNC | 110.0 | 87.0 | |
| 18th | 2068 | Tony Woods | Etherow S.C. | 17.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | (23.0 DNF) | 17.0 | 23.0 DNC | 112.0 | 89.0 | |
| 19th | 2107 | Daz Prior | South Windermere S.C. | 16.0 | 14.0 | 17.0 | (23.0 DNC) | 23.0 DNC | 23.0 DNC | 116.0 | 93.0 | |
| 20th | 2129 | Alan Atkin | Burchfield S.C. | 18.0 | 20.0 | 19.0 | (23.0 DNC) | 23.0 DNC | 23.0 DNC | 126.0 | 103.0 | |
| 21st | 2058 | Mary Readyhoff | Parkstone | 20.0 | 18.0 | 22.0 | (23.0 DNC) | 23.0 DNC | 23.0 DNC | 129.0 | 106.0 | |
| 22nd | 1983 | Alex Hobern | Upper Thames S.C. | 22.0 | 22.0 | 21.0 | (23.0 DNC) | 23.0 DNC | 23.0 DNC | 134.0 | 111.0 |
Report: Ian Harris
What a weekend! 6 very close and competitive races held in ideal conditions, set on excellent courses by the superb
team at Felpham, interspersed with a 60th birthday celebration for one of the all time OK legends, none other than
the mystery wrapped in an enigma and posted to the wrong address, one of the kindest men you will ever meet, Rodney
Thorne .
Saturday saw the OK's and Mustos welcomed to Felpham and sent out into 12 to 17 knots of North Easterly for three races, Off the mark quickly in race 1 , 3 times worlds champion Craig led all the way around, with Curtis pinching 2nd from a dozy Harris on the final run into the finish. Race 2 followed in much the same way but this time Harris fought off the challenges for 2nd of Curtis and Ager as Craig cruised to 2 wins. Race 3 saw Craig take the win from Curtis, whilst Burnham sped past Harris on the final reach to take 3rd.
The evening Curry and Quiz started quite early with everyone dressed as Birthday Boy Rodney T, sporting afro's and hi viz jackets. Great fun was had building marshmallow towers and answering challenging questions from the Felpham quizmaster, with champions Edwards and Thorne taking the fizzy pop.
Sunday dawned, and a stronger breeze met the early morning sailors who had to launch before 1300 fun runners filed past the clubhouse. Craig led race 4 from the start though a greatly improving Curtis and Ager pushed him all the way, cameo roles from Waldren and Edwards faded as the race continued, so another one in the bag for the invincible Craig... Yet race 5 saw Curtis pull away from the 3 times world champion who seemed so upset on the last reach that Ager took pity and let him through. So Curtis celebrated a memorable win, Craig sailed his discard and a delighted Ager took 3rd. Race 6 and it was back to the old routine, with some storming reaches down the increasing swell, Craig took the win from Curtis with Burnham again stealing 3rd place from Harris whilst pointedly singing "who ate all the pies" down the final reach to the finish. Some confusion was caused as the early retirement of Ager was grossly exaggerated, where in fact he should have been counted with another well earned 6th .
None of this excellent weekend would have been possible without the exceptional hosts Felpham SC, who put on one of the most memorable weekends for the OK's for some time, our thanks and appreciation to all those who gave their weekend for our enjoyment.
Results:
Rodney Craig: 1st. Rodney Curtis: 2nd. Rodney Harris: 3rd. Rod Ager: 4th.
Spring Cup, RYC, Medemblik
26th & 27th April
Results:| Position | Sail No | Helm | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GBR2116 | Nick Craig | (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | GBR2118 | Terry Curtis | 2 | (3) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | POL14 | Pawel Pawlaczyk | 4 | 2 | 3 | (6) | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | GBR2122 | Jon Fish | 3 | (6) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | POL10 | Janusz Stobinski | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | (9) | 9 | 34 |
| 6 | GER737 | Thorsten Schmidt | (11) | 8 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | GBR2120 | Dan Ager | 9 | 5 | (10) | 7 | 5 | 10 | 36 |
| 8 | GBR2123 | Andy Turner | 8 | 7 | 5 | (12) | 7 | 11 | 38 |
| 9 | SWE99 | Hans Elkjaer | 5 | 10 | (12) | 11 | 11 | 4 | 41 |
| 10 | POL16 | Marek Jarocki | 6 | 11 | 8 | dnc | (OCS) | 7 | 41 |
| 11 | POL1 | Jakub Kania | 10 | 16 | (17) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 47 |
| 12 | GBR2101 | Julian Burnham | (14) | 9 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 52 |
| 13 | POL101 | Bartosz Rakocy | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | (DNC) | 12 | 67 |
| 14 | BEL214 | Paul Verrijdt | (19) | 19 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 74 |
| 15 | GER671 | Andreas Deubel | 20 | (21) | 9 | 13 | 12 | (DNC) | 75 |
| 16 | POL61 | Jaroslav Spinalski | 13 | 13 | 11 | 14 | (DNC) | dnc | 75 |
| 17 | GBR2130 | Deryck Lovegrove | 16 | 15 | (21) | 19 | 16 | 15 | 81 |
| 18 | GBR2129 | Alan Atkin | (22) | 18 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 82 |
| 19 | GBR2065 | Simon Shaw | 17 | (20) | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 88 |
| 20 | GER607 | Christian Heinze | 18 | 14 | 19 | (DNC) | 15 | dnc | 90 |
| 21 | GBR2031 | Dave Cooper | (23) | 17 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 96 |
| 22 | BEL220 | Ronny Poelman | 21 | (DNF) | 20 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 97 |
| 23 | GER687 | Karsten Kath | 15 | (DNF) | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | 111 |
Report: Jon Fish
23 OKs from 5 countries arrived at Royal Yacht Club Hollandia on 25/26 April for their annual Spring Cup.
They were met with excellent conditions and the customary perfect race management and welcoming reception.
A mainly British contingent arrived early for a little practice (both on and off the water). The benefit from this was evident in Race 1 when they took a 1,2,3,
In the a picture perfect day, Nick Craig took race 1 a few lengths in front of Terry Curtis and Jon Fish who tussled for second. Terry motored past Jon on the reach to the finish to take second. Pavel Pawlaczyk from Poland came through the pack down the run to take 4th.
At the first mark in Race 2, after a few large shifts, the pecking order was somewhat changed, with Andy Turner best capitalizing to lead with Pavel, Janusz Stobinski (POL) and Dan Ager hot on his heels. Nick rounded in about 5th but gradually worked through the fleet to take the race win. Pavel managed to work past Andy down the run, and held on to second from Terry and Janusz.
Before retiring to excellent bitterballen and beer at the yacht club, the fleet had a great third race. In the 'outer-loop' trapezoid course, Fish picked up a nice gust down the first run to work past Nick and Terry, only to park-up in a hole at the leeward mark. Terry round first, only for Nick to split tacks and pick up the only significant shift of the next beat to come storming through... Typical!
Pavel also had a good beat to take third.
Day 2, was a fairly similar affair, with slightly less breeze and unfortunately slightly more cloud. The results were similar with Nick turning on the turbo-charger to take the first two races.
Thorsten Schmidt (GER) found some form in the first race to take 4th, but couldn't quite keep with Terry and Fish who vied for second.
In the second race of the day, after early showings from Julian Burnham and Dan, Pavel again showed good pace to take second just (inches) from Terry, keeping the 2,3,4 positions open going in to the last race.
Nick duly completed the clean sweep by taking it - he sneaked past Jon and Andy at the end of the first beat, and took out a reasonable lead over the remainder. Behind him, places were swapping frequently, with Hans Elkjaer (SWE) and Terry in particular making ground down the run. Terry took second, and second overall. Despite losing in a photo finish to Hans, Pavel's fifth did enough to secure third.
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5th & 6th April
Results:| Position | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2118 | Terry Curtis | Upper Thames | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | (5) | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 2126 | Mike Edwards | South Staffs Sailing Club | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | (dnf) | 13 |
| 3 | 2123 | Andy Turner | Overy Staithe | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | (dnf) | 22 |
| 4 | 2125 | Neil Goodhead | South Staffs | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | (7) | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | 2107 | Keith Dutton | South Staffs | 7 | 6 | 5 | (8) | 2 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | 2092 | Bill Bradburn | South Staffs | (10) | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| 7 | 2121 | Anthony Rich | Oxford | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | (12) | 6 | 28 |
| 8 | 2037 | Ed Dutton | South Staffs | 8 | 9 | 7 | (12) | 8 | 11 | 43 |
| 9 | 2084 | Keith Byers | Morecombe & Heysham | 9 | 4 | (dnf) | 9 | 13 | 8 | 43 |
| 10 | 2116 | Nick Craig | Frensham Pond | (dns) | dnc | dnc | 1 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| 11 | 2104 | Paul Pike | Covenham | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | (dnc) | 53 |
| 12 | 2031 | Dave Cooper | Overy Staithe S.C. | 12 | 11 | 9 | 14 | (15) | 10 | 56 |
| 13 | 2130 | Deryck Lovegrove | Kingsmead | 13 | (dns) | 10 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 57 |
| 14 | 2012 | Jake Cracknell | Ardleigh | 6 | 10 | (dnf) | 13 | 11 | dnc | 60 |
| 15 | 1586 | Lewis Fairbrother | Ardleigh SC | 14 | 13 | 12 | (dnf) | dnc | 13 | 72 |
| 16 | 2049 | Ben Steel | ecpsc | 15 | (dnc) | 13 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 74 |
| 17 | 2068 | Anthony Woods | Etherow | (dnc) | dnc | dnc | dnf | 10 | 5 | 75 |
| 18 | 1927 | Colin Page | Calshot | (dnf) | dnc | dnc | 17 | 18 | 12 | 87 |
| 19 | 2048 | Rodney Thorne | Upper Thames | (dnc) | dnc | dnc | 16 | 16 | 15 | 87 |
Report: Andy Turner
After an absence of 6 years a 19 boat OK fleet was back at one of the classes' original strongholds for two excellent days of early season racing in a cold northerly wind gusting 5 amidst the hailstones hammering into the faces of competitors. In between the sun shone in a force 2.
Race 1 was led at the windward mark by Mike Edwards showing great speed in his new Idol Composites boat, followed by Jake Cracknell (junior OK sailor) in second. The beats were shifty and required considerable concentration but Mike hung on to win with Terry Curtis second and Neil Goodhead third. Jake sailed an excellent race to finish 6th
Race 2 the wind was howling. Terry Curtis led at the first mark but was passed on the second beat by Andy Turner (thought I'd get that bit in!). These two boats changed places on a couple more occasions with Terry eventually finishing first, Andy second, Mike third and Keith Byers fourth.
Race 3 Terry was again round the windward mark first and proceeded to lead the fleet towards the wrong wing mark. Andy Turner spotted the correct mark and got there first closely followed by Terry. Spray was flying everywhere down the blinding reaches and one or two of us dipped out of couple of gybes (ashamed to say). At the finish Terry was first, Mike second and Andy was third. Tony Rich started to recover from his winter hibernation to finish fourth.
Overnight repairs were completed to Keith's boom as Sunday dawned with a covering of 4 centimetres of snow and a chilly force 2 northerly wind. Nick Craig also appeared having stepped off a flight from New Zealand the night before after putting the Kiwis in their places at their National Championships.
In race 4 Terry arrived again at the windward mark first with Bill Bradburn and Mike Edwards in close attendance. Nick Craig started to hunt down Terry, getting closer the whole way round the course and just managing to take first place on the last beat. Terry was therefore second with Mike third and Bill fourth.
In Race 5 the wind kept coming and going over various parts of the course. Nick Craig was first round the windward mark closely followed by the two Duttons, Keith and Ed (another junior). These three pulled away from the rest of the fleet until the wind disappeared. Nick just kept going and Keith hung on for second with Bill Bradburn pulling through to third.
In the last race Nick again dominated with Terry chasing hard. Neil Goodhead sailed well to pull through to third and Keith Dutton was fourth.
200-odd pics on Burton SC website
20 selected pics in our gallery
(apologies to Tony Woods & Rodney - couldn't find pics of you: if you spot any please let me know. Dave)
Waldringfield SC Easter Egg Meeting
22nd & 23rd March
Results:| Position | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2119 | Robert Deaves | Waldringfield | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2122 | Jon Fish | Waldringfield | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2105 | Ian Harris | Bristol Corinthian | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | 2120 | Dan Ager | Waldringfield | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2054 | Luke Farthing | Waldringfield | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 2082 | Robert Bellfield | Sutton Bingham SC / RNSA | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 7 | 2124 | Dave Rose | Felixstowe Ferry | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Report: Dan Ager
Waldringfield Easter SnowballThis years event was for men only which perhaps explains the small turn out. Normally over three days, this years event was only scheduled for two days. The first days racing was sensibly abandoned, though secretly relieved and safe in the knowledge that they wouldn't have to walk the walk, it didn't stop the usual comments that we should be going sailing.
The plan for the sunday was three races back to back, lunch then a fourth race. Sailing in heavy snow really is something to experience. It's not particularly warm and cuts down on the visibilty, it makes the cockpit slippery and your control lines disappear beneath it. We had two very close races, everyone finishing within yards of each other before the race committee sent us in, not to come out again. They and the rescue boat crews must have been frozen from inactivity, at least the sailors move about and get warm.
Ian Harris won the first race and Fish the second. Deaves was consistently second best but won overall. Dave Rose bravely launched his new boat, though perhaps not the best weekend to return after a three year break.
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Winter Cup: Final results:
(Subject to approval by Deryck Lovegrove, acknowledged genius)
| Position | Sail No | Helm | Club | BSC1 | Winters | FPSC | BSC2 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1894 | Terry Curtis | Upper Thames | 3 | (dnc) | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 2120 | Dan Ager | Waldringfield | 2 | 3 | 2 | (dnc) | 7 |
| 3 | 2101 | Julian Burnham | UTSC | 8 | (dnc) | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | 2116 | Nick Craig | Frensham Pond | 1 | 1 | (dnc) | dnc | 32 |
| 5 | 2036 | Alan Atkin | Blythefield | 6 | (dnc) | dnc | 3 | 39 |
| 6 | 2122 | Jon Fish | Waldringfield | 7 | 5 | (dnc) | dnc | 42 |
| 7 | 2126 | Mike Edwards | South Staffs Sailing Club | (dnc) | 9 | 3 | dnc | 42 |
| 8 | 1774 | Richard Burton | West Oxford | 4 | 15 | (dnc) | dnc | 49 |
| 9 | 906 | Deryck Lovegrove | (dnc) | dnc | dnc | dnf | 64 | |
| 10 | 2045 | Will Turner | Overy Staithe | (dnc) | 4 | dnc | dnc | 64 |
| 11 | 2072 | Stuart Coles | Burghfield | 5 | (dnc) | dnc | dnc | 65 |
| 12 | 2100 | John Ball | Ardleigh | (dnc) | 6 | dnc | dnc | 66 |
| 13 | 2125 | Neil Goodhead | South Staffs | (dnc) | 7 | dnc | dnc | 67 |
| 14 | 2012 | Jake Cracknell | Ardleigh | (dnc) | 8 | dnc | dnc | 68 |
| 15 | 2012 | Jake Cracknell | Ardleigh | (dnc) | 8 | dnc | dnc | 68 |
| 16 | 2119 | Robert Deaves | Waldringfield | (dnc) | 10 | dnc | dnc | 70 |
| 17 | 2117 | Alex Scoles | Overy Staithe | (dnc) | 11 | dnc | dnc | 71 |
| 18 | 1968 | Nigel Grogan | Ardleigh | (dnc) | 12 | dnc | dnc | 72 |
| 19 | 2087 | Graham Sexton | Kingsmead | (dnc) | 13 | dnc | dnc | 73 |
| 20 | 2082 | Robert Bellfield | Sutton Bingham SC / RNSA | (dnc) | 14 | dnc | dnc | 74 |
| 21 | 2123 | Andy Turner | Overy Staithe | (dnc) | 16 | dnc | dnc | 76 |
| 22 | 2031 | Dave Cooper | Ouse Amateur S.C. | (dnc) | 17 | dnc | dnc | 77 |
| 23 | 2059 | Peter Turner | Overy Staithe | (dnc) | 18 | dnc | dnc | 78 |
| 24 | 1754 | Nigel Grogan | Ardleigh | (dnc) | 19 | dnc | dnc | 79 |
| 25 | 1781 | Paul Church | tollesbury | (dnc) | 20 | dnc | dnc | 80 |
| 26 | 1376 | Andy Turner | Ardleigh | (dnc) | 21 | dnc | dnc | 81 |
| 27 | 1990 | Tim Hirst | Ardleigh | (dnc) | 22 | dnc | dnc | 82 |
| 28 | 1917 | Ben Woodcraft | Overy Staithe | (dnc) | 23 | dnc | dnc | 83 |
| 29 | 1963 | Alan Price | Hayling Ferry | (dnc) | 24 | dnc | dnc | 84 |
Report: Deryck Lovegrove
The TVA Winter cup came to a conclusion last Sunday in very cold and windy conditions. Terry Curtis showed us the way round in very testing and shifty winds. Julian Burnham and Alan Atkin decided to take a swim in the icy water as well. Alan did say afterwards that his new wetsuit from Aldi worked well (nothing like buying a wetsuit with your weekly shop!!!).
The TVA Winter cup was contested over 4 events: the Winter champs, Frensham Frenzy, and 2 Sundays at Burghfield S. C. I believe everyone who attended enjoyed themselves and thought it was a good idea to get together in the winter.
Hopefully next year we can run the event again but more spread out. Perhaps kicking off in November? Another thought we could do a winter series including Ardleigh & South Staffs?
For now let's all look forward to a fantastic new season and well attended open meetings.
Deryck Lovegrove
TVA Rep
Winter Championship
9th Feb, Ardleigh SC
Results:|
Sail no |
helm |
club |
Race 1 |
Race 2 |
Race 3 |
Total pts |
posn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2116 |
Nick Craig |
Frensham Pond |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
2068 |
Tony Woods |
Etherow |
9 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
|
2120 |
Dan Ager |
Waldringfield |
1 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
|
2045 |
Will Turner |
Ardleigh |
6 |
7 |
2 |
8 |
4 |
|
2122 |
Jon Fish |
Waldringfield |
4 |
4 |
10 |
8 |
5 |
|
2100 |
John Ball |
Ardleigh |
5 |
6 |
4 |
9 |
6 |
|
2125 |
Neil Goodhead |
Sth Staffs |
3 |
10 |
8 |
11 |
7 |
|
2012 |
Jake Cracknell |
Ardleigh |
10 |
3 |
11 |
13 |
8 |
|
2084 |
Mike Edwards |
Sth Staffs |
7 |
9 |
6 |
13 |
9 |
|
2119 |
Robert Deaves |
Waldringfield |
13 |
5 |
9 |
14 |
10 |
|
2117 |
Alex Scoles |
Overy Staithe |
8 |
15 |
13 |
21 |
11 |
|
2105 |
Jack Grogan |
Ardleigh |
12 |
12 |
14 |
24 |
12 |
|
2087 |
Graham Sexton |
Unattached |
15 |
16 |
10 |
25 |
13 |
|
2082 |
Rob Bellfield |
Sutton Bingham |
16 |
13 |
12 |
25 |
14 |
|
1774 |
Richard Burton |
West Oxford |
17 |
11 |
15 |
26 |
15 |
|
2123 |
Andy Turner |
Ardleigh |
11 |
17 |
OCS |
28 |
16 |
|
2031 |
Dave Cooper |
Overy Staithe |
14 |
18 |
16 |
30 |
17 |
|
2059 |
Pete Turner |
Ardleigh |
19 |
14 |
DNS |
33 |
18 |
|
1968 |
Nigel Grogan |
Ardleigh |
18 |
19 |
17 |
35 |
19 |
|
1781 |
Paul Church |
Tollesbury |
20 |
20 |
18 |
38 |
20 |
|
1376 |
Gary Pilgrim |
Ardleigh |
24 |
23 |
19 |
42 |
21 |
|
1990 |
Tim Hirst |
Mersea |
23 |
24 |
20 |
43 |
22 |
|
2054 |
Ben Woodcraft |
Ardleigh |
22 |
21 |
dnf |
43 |
23 |
|
1963 |
Alan Price |
Portsmouth |
21 |
22 |
dnf |
43 |
24 |
(The original version of this was added up wrong! Apologies to Jack Grogan, who's just zoomed up the field after the recalculation!)
Report: Dan Ager, Photo Gallery
24 Oks turned up at Ardleigh Sailing Club on the 9th February to take part in the next round of the Winter Cup and the Winter Championships. Very welcome sunshine but uncharacteristically light winds were a feature of the day.
The first race held in 10kts of breeze was lead by the newly sylph like John Ball for the first round, closely followed by Dan Ager. Those two pulled away from the rest of the fleet. Ball let Ager through on the beat of the second round, who went on to win quite comfortably. The rest of the fleet caught up to Ball, with Nick Craig coming through to second and Homer Goodhead third.
The second race started with the wind decreasing. Craig was first to the windward mark and sailed on with little difficulty to win. Tony Woods a little way behind but retained a comfortable second place. The third position was taken by junior Jake Cracknell, who battled round with and had the better of Jon Fish in 4th, Robert Deaves in 5th and Ball in 6th.
The wind held for the duration of the final race which was thankfully shortened just as the wind was about to disappear completely. Will Turner decided that his own boat wasn't fast enough for his liking and swapped boats with his father. He might have been right as he got a second place. Craig winning after coming through following an average first beat. Woods getting third from the consistent Ball in 4th and Ager in 5th.
Craig won the event for the second year running from a competitive fleet of the usual names, newcomers to the class and some good juniors.
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20th Jan, Burghfield S.C.
Results:| Position | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2116 | Nick Craig | Frensham Pond | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2120 | Dan Ager | Waldringfield | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1894 | Terry Curtis | Upper Thames | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1774 | Richard Burton | West Oxford | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2072 | Stuart Coles | Burghfield | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 2036 | Alan Atkin | Blythefield | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 2122 | Jon Fish | Waldringfield | DNC | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | 2101 | Julian Burnham | UTSC | 4 | DNC | 14 |
Report:
The first of the OK winter cup events was held at Burghfield On Sun 20th. Conditions were ideal: 15 knots of breeze from the NW with temperatures around 12 deg. The rain even held off for most of the day.
6 visitors joined the 2 home boats for an enjoyable days sailing. Nick Craig lead the first race from the start, initially challenged by Dan Ager. Nick slowly extended his lead to the finish with Dan second & Terry Curtis bringing War canoe home in third place from Julian Burnham.
By the second race Jon Fish had appeared, after extensive negotiations with the AA to deal with a puncture.
After the start Terry tacked right to lead the fleet up the first beat followed, closely pursued by Nick & Dan. Terry had been reeled in by the end of the beat, with Nick sailing off for his second win of the day, closely tailed by Dan. Terry & Jon Fish exchanged places throughout the race, with Terry leading Fish home by a length at the finish.
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