Results and Reports, 2008

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	1968	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	218			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	217			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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Felpham SC Open Meeting
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.

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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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Burton SC Open Meeting
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)

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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 Snowball

This 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

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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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Winter Cup I
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

More photos

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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