Easter Egg, Waldringfield SC 3rd, 4th April '10 egg SailNo Club HelmName R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total Nett 2120 WSC Dan Ager 2 1 1 1 1 (4.0 DNF) 10 6 2122 WSC Jon Fish 1 2 3 2 (4.0 DNF) 4.0 DNF 16 12 2065 WSC S Shaw 3 3 2 3 2 (4.0 DNF) 17 13 Dabchicks SC Open Meeting 10th April '10 dab Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 points place 2133 Simon Childs Stewartby Water (2) 1 1 2 1 2123 Andy Turner Overy Staithe 1 2 (4) 3 2 2125 Neil Goodhead South Staffs 3 3 (DNC) 6 3 2130 Deryck Lovegrove Kingsmead (5) 5 2 7 4 2137 Simon Shaw Deben (4) 4 3 7 5 2031 Dave Cooper Overy Staithe (6) 6 5 11 6 2049 Adam Wilson Welland YC 7 7 (DNC) 14 7 inline_lt 45% ../gallery/dab10/dab101.jpg OKs at Dabchichicks It felt like Spring had finally arrived as competitors arrived at Dabchicks for the first OK Open meeting of the year, with the sun shining brightly in a deep blue sky giving a feeling of warmth whilst we rigged our boats. As we sailed out to the first start, we were made aware that it was still only April. The chilly force 3-4 wind, combined with ice cold spray thrown into the cockpit when hitting the short choppy seas reminded me that I should have worn my drysuit. After a short delay, race officer Peter Fitt got race 1 underway, with most of the fleet struggling to stay behind the start line due to a strong outgoing tide. Simon Childs arrived at the windward mark first, closely followed by Andy Turner, Neil Goodhead and the rest of the fleet. Positions stayed mainly unchanged throughout the race until the final reach to the finish, when Turner managed to sneak through Childs to win in the final minutes of the race. Following a short break, race 2 got underway, again with a strong tide across the start line. Again Childs rounded the windward mark first, but this time managed to hang on to the lead to the finish, with Turner, Goodhead and Simon Shaw close behind. With the cold wind getting the better of me (told you I should have worn a drysuit), I decided to giver race 3 a miss, along with fellow competitor Adam Wilson. So I don't fully know what happened in the third race, but I do know that Delboy Lovegrove led for most of the race but eventually let Childs through to win both the race and the meeting, with Turner finishing third. Thanks must go to Dabchicks Sailing Club for hosting this excellent meeting, and giving the fleet such a warm and friendly welcome. I would especially like to thank Peter Fitt and his team for the great days sailing that was had by all. Spring Cup 30th Apr - 2nd May '10 spring No Sailno Name Scores 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 NZL 522 Greg Wilcox 5,0 1 -3 1 1 1 1 2 GBR 2118 Terry Curtis 13,0 2 1 2 5 3 -9 3 DEN 1361 Rene Johannsen 21,0 3 4 6 2 6 -16 4 DEN 1333 Stefan Myralf 24,0 4 6 5 4 5 -12 5 DEN 1368 Christian Hedlund 27,0 6 2 4 (ocs) 4 11 6 POL 1 Tomek Gaj 30,0 5 5 8 -19 2 10 7 GER 750 Ralf Tietje 37,0 8 7 7 8 7 -18 8 SWE 99 Hans Elkjaer 44,0 9 11 11 -12 10 3 9 POL 5 Darek Kras 46,0 12 9 12 7 -13 6 10 GER 760 Andreas Deubel 49,0 -16 14 9 13 11 2 11 GBR 2123 Andy Turner 49,0 13 12 13 3 8 -14 12 GER 737 Thorsten Schmidt 50,0 7 10 3 21 9 -22 13 GER 752 Arne Lindemann 61,0 17 8 10 14 12 -30 14 GER 665 Peter Stephan 66,0 11 13 14 -17 15 13 15 GBR 2133 Tony Thresher 67,0 15 -20 20 10 18 4 16 GBR 2117 Alex Scoles 71,0 14 15 15 (ocs) 22 5 17 GBR 2101 Juian Burnham 71,0 -23 21 19 9 14 8 18 POL 44 Radek Drozdzik 77,0 -27 16 17 20 17 7 19 GER 711 Mackmann Ralf 82,0 18 22 (dnf) 6 21 15 20 BEL 220 Ronny Poelman 82,0 10 18 18 -22 16 20 21 DEN 1265 Malte Pedersen 86,0 19 17 16 15 19 (dnc) 22 GBR 2130 Deryck Lovegrove 101,0 22 19 21 16 -24 23 23 SWE 2764 Bengt Larsson 101,0 20 -28 23 18 23 17 24 GBR 2137 Simon Shaw 115,0 24 -25 22 25 25 19 25 BEL 214 Paul Verrijdt 118,0 21 26 24 (ocs) 26 21 26 GBR 2031 Dave Cooper 130,0 26 23 25 28 -29 28 27 POL 40 Robert Swiecki 132,0 29 24 (dnf) 26 28 25 28 GER 651 Heinz Ridder 139,0 28 (dnf) dns 24 27 24 29 GER 728 Karsten Kath 145,0 (ocs) dnf dns 27 20 26 30 GBR 2129 Alan Atkin 147,0 25 27 (dnf) 23 dnf dnc 31 GER 567 Jan Beckmann 152,0 30 (dnf) dnf 29 30 27 32 GER 607 Christian Heinze 155,0 (dnc) dns dns 11 dnf dnc 33 NED 638 Robert Bancken 167,0 (dnf) dns dns 30 dnf 29 34 CAN 500 Brad Johanson 175,0 (dnf) dns dns 31 dnc dnc 35 GER 691 Torsten Albrecht 180,0 (dnf) dns dns dnc dnc dnc inline_lt 45% ../gallery/medemblik10/turtle.jpg Turtle Wilcox: winner at Medemblik, 2010, Margriet Pannevis on left Day one saw 35 sailors from 8 nations and 3 continents heading off into a south westerly 3-4 that was a bit of a sharp awakening to those who'd snoozed through a long cold winter. Race officer Eric Vliegenhaart was on his usual sparkling form and set crisp quadrilateral courses with a mile long beat. Turtle Wilcox holed out with two bullets and a second on the day with Terry Curtis getting a first and two seconds. Brits who'd plainly been in hibernation were Julian Burnham and Tony Thresher, who were both suffering up the long beats but bounced back into form when the when the wind fell a bit lighter on the second day. In the shifts of the off-shore breeze sailors had to decide whether to go with the shifts or hunt for pressure and once again Turtle had the answers, floating up through the pack for a perfect score. Andy Turner hit the front (finished third) in race 4, and Tony Thresher was back to form and pace as he mixed it with the leaders in race 6, moustache sparkling in the sun. inline_lt 45% ../gallery/medemblik10/terry.jpg Terry Curtis: 2nd at Medemblik, 2010, receves a mug from Margriet Pannevis. That was the last of the sun: Day three opened with a stiff, chilly northerly, and a weary ok fleet, after a hard evening's hospitality in the the Brokeboere didn't take much convincing that an early prizegiving would beat going for a sail! Overall, Turtle Wilcox took it from Terry Curtis with Rene Johansen (DEN) third. Next were two more Danes, Stefan Myralf and Christian Hedlund and this trio look like they didn't waste the winter: fit guys with well-sorted boats. Tomek Gaj (6th) lead a contingent of four Poles, with Darek Kras (9th) also on the pace, but just behind Hans Elkjaer (SWE), a regular at Medemblik, who'd made the long trip south wth Bengt Larsson, who showed the true OK spirit by capsizing on the start line in race 4 (particularly thrilling for Simon Shaw (GBR, 24th) who was expecting to sail through that little patch!). The oldest sailor in the fleet, Alan Atkin (70 this year, congratulations Al!) just pipped the youngest, Jan Beckmann (GER567), and it was particularly pleasant to welcome back Robert Bancken (NED638) after far too long an absence from this event. Brad Johansson (CAN500) was way down as he struggled to reassemble a borrowed boat as fast as it shed bits, but it was great to see a North American representative out on the track and we're sure he'll be loads quicker in a boat that holds together! Brad's working in Belgium and fellow club members Ronny Poelmann and Paul Verrijdt performed consistently for 20th and 25th respectively. Racing at Medemblik always means terrific organisation from Eric and his team afloat, and the inimitable Margriet Pannevis ashore, and we're all really grateful for their efoorts. The Europeans are at Medemblik in July: come along for the best racing you'll find anywhere, and the warmest welcome! Morecambe and Heysham OK Open 15/16 May '10 morecambe Overall SailNo Club Helm 1 2085 S.Staffs Gavin Waldren 2 2124 Etherow Tony Woods 3 2084 M & HYC Keith Byers 4 2107 S. Windermere Daz Prior 5 2119 Blithfield Martin Bower 6 2001 S.Windermere Bob Eastwood A small but perfectly formed and competitive fleet arrived at MHYC for the open event. Racing on Saturday started in a perfect force 4 with good sized waves. Tight courses meant that boat handling came to the fore making the most of a good start Gavin Waldron developed an early lead. Downwind conditions allowed places to change throughout the race. Final positions were Waldron 1st, Tony Woods 2nd, Keith Byers 3rd Race 2 - competed in similar conditions, with Waldron again forging an early lead which he maintained through to the finish, followed by Woods and Byers once again. Race 3 - Byers took an early lead and was pushed all the way by Tony Woods and Waldron. Final positions: Byers 1st, Woods 2nd and Waldron 3rd. The second day of this 2 day event was cancelled due to wind strength. Largs SC Open 22nd & 23rd May '10 largs Rank SailNo Club HelmName R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total Nett 1st 2123 Overy Staithe SC Andy Turner 2 1 1 (3 2 9 6 2nd 2126 South Staffs SC Mike Edwards 1 2 2 (4 4 13 9 3rd 2084 Morecambe & Haysham YC Keith Byers 3 (5 4 1 5 18 13 4th 2125 South Staffs SC Neil Goodhead 5 4 (8 6 1 24 16 5th 2121 Oxford SC Anthony Rich 4 3 7 2 (18.0 DNC) 34 16 6th 2107 Morecambe & Haysham YC Daz Prior 6 (9 3 7 8 33 24 7th 2124 Etherow SC Tony Woods 8 7 (10 10 3 38 28 8th 2137 Deben YC Simon Shaw 7 10 5 9 (18.0 DNC) 49 31 9th 2081 South Staffs SC Andy Holmes 9 8 (13 5 9 44 31 10th 2085 South Staffs SC Gavin Walden 10 11 6 (14 7 48 34 11th 2119 Blithfield Martin Bower 11 6 17 (18.0 DNF) 6 58 40 12th 2058 Parkstone YC Mary ReddyHoff (12 12 9 12 12 57 45 13th 2104 Covenham SC Paul Pike 14 (15 12 8 13 62 47 14th 2031 Overy Staithe SC Dave Cooper (13 13 11 13 10 60 47 15th 2080 Etherow SC Ben Steel (17) 16 16 11 11 71 54 16th 2065 Acton Water SC Rbt. Campbell(Gray 16 14 14 (18.0 DNC) 18.0 DNC 80 62 17th 2130 Kingsmead SC Derek Lovegrove 15 17 15 15 (18.0 DNC) 80 62 inline_lt ../gallery/largs10/largs101.jpg OKs at Largs, photo Alan Henderson, fotoboat.com The first of the 2011 World qualifiers took place over the weekend of the 22/23 May at Largs Sailing Club. The forecast was for light winds and glorious sun. inline_lt ../gallery/largs10/largs102.jpg OKs at Largs, photo Alan Henderson, fotoboat.com A highly competitive fleet took to the water for the first race after a short postponement to allow the breeze to fill in. Race 1 - immediately after the start the fleet split into two distinctive groups with the inshore sailors taking advantage, hot out of the blocks was class secretary Andy Turner closely chased down by Mike Edwards. The light winds and shifty conditions proved testing with places changing on every beat. Approaching the windward mark Edwards finally got the better of Turner right on the line to claim 1st place, Turner taking second and Keith Byers just piping Tony Rich to take 3rd. inline_rt ../gallery/largs10/largs103.jpg OKs at Largs, photo Alan Henderson, fotoboat.com Race 2 - the race started in similar conditions Turner making no mistakes and covering the rest of the following fleet closely successfully maintained his lead until the finish, followed by Edwards and Tony Rich 3rd with Neil Goodhead in 4th. Race 3 - The final race of the day, once again Turner and Edwards lead from the off, with Daz Prior this time fighting through to take 3rd place narrowly pipping Byers who finished 4th. inline_lt 55% ../gallery/largs10/largs10n.jpg OKs at Largs, photo Largs SC Race team Day 2 - Race 4 - the day started with very light winds resulting in a postponement. Once racing started the fleet again split into 2 groups with the off shore group gaining advantage of the light conditions. Andy Holmes rounding the windward mark first, followed by Byers and Turner. In a steadily decreasing breeze the wind swung round with Byers taking full advantage to finish 1st, Tony Rich pulling through to 2nd with Turner 3rd and Mike Edwards 4th. Race 5 - proved to be the windiest of the entire weekend, Conditions were extremely shifty with the windward mark being placed towards Great Cumbrae. With excellent speed Neil Goodhead rounded first and pulled away on a gust to create a cushion from the pursuing fleet. Remaining positions were closely contested and changed hands throughout the race with Goodhead maintaining a long lead to finish 1st, Turner 2nd, Tony Wood 3rd and Edwards 4th. Overall positions for the weekend : Andy Turner (Overy Staithe SC) 1st, Mike Edwards (South Staffs SC) 2nd, Keith Byers (Morecambe & Heysham YC) 3rd, Neil Goodhead (South Staff SC) 4th. Brightlingsea Open Meeting 12th & 13th June '10 bright Rank SailNo Club HelmName R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total Nett 1 2118 Weymouth / upper thames Terry Curtis 1 3 (5 1 1 1 12 7 2 538 Waldringfield S.C Robert Deaves 4 1 1 5 (12 2 25 13 3 2126 South Staffs s.c Mike Edwards 7 6 2 (10 3 9 37 27 4 2123 Overy Staithe S.C Andy Turner 2 9 (13 6 9 4 43 30 5 2125 South Staffs s.c Neil Goodhead 8 10 6 3 (11 6 44 33 6 2085 South Staffs s.c Gavin Waldron 6 7 9 (15 6 5 48 33 7 2105 Bristol Corinthian Ian Harris (15 2 7 12 4 10 50 35 8 2135 Overy Staithe S.C Alex Scoles 3 8 (16 9 2 15 53 37 9 2124 Etheron S.C Tony Woods 10 12 (19 7 5 3 56 37 10 2084 Morcombe & Heysham Y.C Keith Byers 9 11 4 (13 10 8 55 42 11 2101 Upper Thames S.C Julian Burnham 11 (17 17 4 7 7 63 46 12 2137 Deben Y.C Simon shaw (17 16 8 2 17 11 71 54 13 2119 Blithfield S.C Martin Bower 14 14 18 8 15 (19 88 69 14 2100 Brightlingsea S.C John Ball 5 5 3 (30.0 DNS) 30.0 DNS 30.0 DNS 103 73 15 2130 Kingsmead S.C Deryck Lovegrove 16 19 12 (21 16 12 96 75 16 2067 South Staffs s.c W Bradburn 12 13 15 17 (18 18 93 75 17 2107 M H Y C Daz Prior 21 (22 10 14 14 17 98 76 18 21 South Staffs S.C. Andy Holmes (20 15 20 16 13 13 97 77 19 2045 Ardleigh S.C Will Turner 13 4 11 (30.0 DNF) 30.0 DNS 30.0 DNS 118 88 20 2122 Waldringfield Simon Cox 18 18 (30.0 DNF) 19 8 30.0 DNF 123 93 21 2104 Covenham S.C Paul Pike 22 20 22 11 (24 21 120 96 22 2031 Overy Staithe S.C Dave Cooper 19 (23 23 20 21 16 122 99 23 2030 Upper Thames S.C Simon Davis 24 (26 21 24 20 14 129 103 24 2065 Overy Staithe S.C Robert Cambell-Gray (26 24 14 23 22 20 129 103 25 2025 South Staffs s.c Mark Fleming 23 25 (30.0 DNS) 18 19 22 137 107 26 2081 South staffs s.c Adrian Walker 27 27 (30.0 DNS) 22 23 23 152 122 27 2062 Upper Thames S.C Roland Gadsby 25 21 24 (30.0 DNS) 30.0 DNS 30.0 DNS 160 130 28 1748 Milton Keynes S.C R Austin (30.0 DNS) 30.0 DNS 30.0 DNS 30.0 DNS 30.0 DNS 30.0 DNS 180 150 28 2092 South Staffs s.c Sam Blockside (30.0 DNF) 30.0 DNS 30.0 DNS 30.0 DNS 30.0 DNS 30.0 DNS 180 150 Upper Thames SC Open 19th, 20th June '10 ut10 SailNo Helm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 points 2118 Terry Curtis 1 1 1 1 dnc 4 2101 Julian Burnham 2 3 3 3 1 9 2030 Simon Davies 4 dnf 2 2 2 10 2086 Mick Haigh 3 2 4 4 4 13 2085 Gavin Waldron 6 4 5 6 3 18 2062 Roland Gadsby 5 5 7 7 5 22 1748 Robert Austin 7 6 6 5 dnc 24 2074 Roger Cooper 8 dnc 10 8 7 33 2115 Roy Burnham dnf dnc 8 9 6 35 1894 Martin Elliot 9 dnf 10 dnf 8 39 917 Rodney Thorne dnc dnc 9 dnc dnc 45 Overy Staithe Open Meeting 25th, 26th June 2010 overy Helm SailNo R1 R2 R3 R4 pts position Robert Deaves 2138 (2) 1 2 1 4 1 Pete Turner 2059 1 3 (4) 2 6 2 Andy Turner 2123 (4) 2 1 3 6 3 Dave Cooper 2031 6 (dnf) 3 4 13 4 Alex Scoles 2135 3 4 7 (7) 14 5 Steve Whitby 204 (5) 5 5 5 15 6 Steve Leigh 1718 (7) 6 6 6 18 7 inline_lt 45% ../gallery/osok10/osok107.jpg Event winner Robert Deaves (Waldringfield SC) leads down the run I can't quite think how we came to be racing in the harbour on a 7.9m tide but the lack of water rather spoilt the open meeting, particularly for visitors who didn't know where the deep water was. The weather was ideal with a force 3 Easterly and brilliant evening sunshine for racing on the Saturday. In race 1, after a 40min delay waiting for more water, Pete Turner took off from the start line closely pursued by Alex Scoles and Robert Deaves, with Andy Turner struggling to catch up after a capsize on the beat with a jammed mainsheet. Dave Cooper, Steve Whitby and Steve Leigh were also playing catch up. The race finished on a run with the first three boats all covered by half a boat's length, giving the race officer (Jerry) some cause for alarm. The course was changed for Race 2. Alex Scoles was soon in the lead, followed by Andy Turner and Robert Deaves. Alex promptly ran aground near buoy B which let Pete Turner into the lead, only for him to be fouled by a non racing RS something or other with no knowledge of either etiquette or the rules which dropped Pete to third and promoted Robert Deaves to first and Andy Turner to second (on the finishing line). This incident was most unfortunate as had Pete maintained his position he would have won the whole Open Meeting. After a barbecue Saturday night, Sunday dawned with less wind but still in an easterly direction and brilliant sunshine. Alex stayed in bed. First round the windward mark was Steve Whitby, which made him change his mind about his lack of boat speed and concentrate more on sailing in the right direction! Andy Turner finally showed good upwind speed, closely followed by Dave Cooper picking the right track and Robert Deaves. Robert took the lead on the next tricky beat, only for Andy to pass on the run to win the race. Robert was second and Dave Cooper third. Any of three competitors could still win overall at the start of race 4. Robert led off the start line but was caught and overtaken on the run by Andy, with Pete in third. Unfortunately at the start of the last beat Andy ran aground near Norton buoy, letting Robert Deaves into the lead, who won the race and the meeting overall, with Pete in second claiming second overall on the last race placing, and Andy in third. Thanks to Jerry Clark for officiating and Paul Goakes and William Scoles for mark laying etc. Weymouth SC Regatta 3rd, 4th July 2010 wey place Sail_No Name Helm Club Race_1 Race_2 Race_3 Race_4 Race_5 Nt Pts 1 2118 Contraband Terry Curtis Upper Thames/Weymouth (1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2136 Bella Too Jon Fish Waldringfield Sc (3 3 3 2 2 10 3 2105 Blokhead Ian Harris Bristol Corinthian Yc 4 2 2 3 (6 11 4 2121 Anthony Rich Oxford Sc (8 4 4 4 3 15 5 2085 Elk Gavin Waldron South Staffordshire Sailing Club 6 5 (8 5 4 20 6 2084 The Fugitive Keith Byers Morecambe & Heysham YC 7 (8 5 7 5 24 7 2101 Julian Burnham Upper Thames Sc 2 (9 9 6 7 24 8 2124 Yacht Floss Tony Woods Etherow SC (9 7 6 9 8 30 9 2116 Turtles Head Ed Bradburn South Staffs 5 (21/OCS) 10 8 9 32 10 2122 Synergy Marine Simon Cox Waldringfield Sc 10 6 7 11 (13 34 11 2130 Midnight Express Deryck Lovegrove Kingsmead S C (15 11 11 10 11 43 12 1774 Daylight Come Richard Burton West Oxfordshire Sc 14 10 (15 12 10 46 13 2129 Boingboing Alan Atkin Burghfield Sc 11 (14 12 13 14 50 14 2067 Spur Lash William Bradburn South Staffs Sc (16 12 13 14 12 51 15 2127 Andy Holmes South Staffs SC 13 13 (16 15 15 56 16 2062 Maximillian Roland Gadsby Upper Thames SC (19 16 18 16 16 66 17 2104 Yole De Vivre Paul Pike Covenham Sc (18 17 17 17 17 68 18 2119 Knok Knok Martin Bower Blithfield Sc 12 (21/OCS) 14 21/DNC 21/DNC 68 19 2065 K O Robert Campbell-Gray Alton Water Sc 17 15 (21/DNC) 21/DNC 21/DNC 74 inline_rt ../gallery/wey10/wey102.jpg OK start at Weymouth Regatta 2010 (photo: Steve Bell) What a fantastic weekend hosted by Weymouth SC. With a perfect breeze, fine waves, and well set courses, the battle for the worlds places intensified with some close racing for all but 1st place where yet again a master class was meted out by Terry Curtis. Terry 2 beers just couldn't be caught, leaving the battle for the runner up spots between the trailing fleet. Julian Burnham showed early promise in race 1 gaining an excellent 2nd place with Jon Fish some way back in 3rd. Race 2 saw a close battle between Fish and Harris for 2nd and 3rd and the same again for race 3. Every race was contested hard with the likes of Gavin Waldren showing serious upwind pace again, Simon Cox greatly improving to lead at the windward mark on occasion, and Tony Rich showing he's there in the mix too with a string of consistent 4ths. The 3 races back to back and an extremely long beat home to the club left many shattered sailors almost too tired to enjoy the excellent evening out organized by Jo and Terry Curtis who must be seriously congratulated along with their local landlord for a very appreciated meal and evening back at their country home. Sunday dawned with the threat of some serious wind and a few nerves in the dinghy park, but actually it turned out to be an even better day than Saturday. Slightly more wind and freer reaches made for some brilliant planing conditions. Race 4 was headed by Fish and Harris who sailed high toward the wrong mark losing distance and joining the race back in the pack. Curtis said many thanks and zoomed off to notch up another win, with Fish and Harris regaining their composure to get back to a hotly contested 2nd and 3rd. Race 5 was led by Curtis from start to finish, indeed we could hardly see him when he finished, perhaps he fancied the pint he'd left on the bar the night before. Whatever, Terry 2 Dinners stunning performance was matched only by the stupidity of Harris who went for a little swim handing Fish another 2nd for 2nd place over all. inline_lt ../gallery/wey10/wey1013.jpg Richard Burton (1774) at Weymouth Regatta 2010 (photo: Steve Bell) Of note were a couple of younger OK skippers who are beginning to demonstrate some pace, and who are definitely on the way up the fleet. In trying conditions Ed Bradburn and Richard Burton worked hard and deserved their positions near the front. Given the complexity of the other races being held at the same time, there has been a bit of a delay in recording the final results. The over stressed results team at Weymouth were still trying to establish the results as the majority of the OK fleet headed for home. However, our serious thanks must go to the race officer and crew, and all the members of Weymouth SC for a truly memorable weekend. It really was fabulous. Thank you very much indeed. Youth & Junior Championship, West Oxford SC 14th Aug 2010 yjc overall helm age club 1 Adrian Walker 17 South Staffs 2 Sam Blocksidge 17 South Staffs 3 Richard Burton 19 West Oxford 4 Eleanor Davies 16 South Staffs 5 Ollie Burrows 14 West Oxford 6 Piers Smith 15 Oxford 7 Sam Thomson 15 South Staffs 8 Edward Chrichton 15 Upper Thames inline_lt 45% ../gallery/yjc10/yjc102.jpg Race 1 got underway with Richard Burton, one of the home sailors taking the lead from the start. Midway through the race, the wind dropped off, allowing Sam "Half Pint" Blocksidge to take the lead. Places changed constantly for the next lap, but Half Pint managed to hold his lead to the end leaving Richard Burton 2nd and Adrian "Rodney Trotter" Walker 3rd followed closely by Ollie Burrows taking 4th. There was very little wind for the start of race 2, causing Sam Thomson to be OCS as he battled to make the start line in time, Eleanor Davies got off to a great start and rounded mark 1 first, with the lads chasing to catch up. By the 3rd mark, the wind had changed direction 180 degrees, allowing Richard Burton to take the lead, this was to be short lived, as he then decided to start showing off by removing his rudder, claiming he had got stuck in weed. This disastrous move allowed Rodney Trotter and Half Pint to sneak through to take 1st and 2nd place, leaving Richard 3rd and Eleanor 4th. Meanwhile a small dogfight was developing for 5th place between Ollie Burrows and Piers Smith with Upper Thames's Edward Crichton close behind. inline_rt 45% ../gallery/yjc10/yjc103.jpg Race 3 got under way with the pressure on Richard Burton, needing a win to secure the title. Rodney Trotter took the lead after an excellent first beat, followed closely by Eleanor, Half Pint and Richard. Rodney started to pull away, whilst Eleanor had a blonde moment and started heading for the wrong mark, allowing Half Pint into 2nd place. Things then stayed much the same until the last lap, when a thunderstorm and torrential rain swept in giving a slight increase in wind strength. The race officer very wisely finished the race promptly leaving Adrian Rodney Trotter Walker as race winner, and Youth and Junior Champion, with Sam Half Pint Blocksidge as runner up after taking 2nd place in the final race. Richard Burton retired on the last lap due to been worried about getting his hair wet which left 3rd place for Eleanor. inline_lt 45% ../gallery/yjc10/yjc104.jpg The day was finished off with a fish and chip supper followed by table tennis and pool tournaments. Big thanks must go to West Oxford Sailing Club for hosting and running the event, a great time was had by all. A special thanks must go to everyone who loaned and transported there boats to this event. Report by Adrian Walker, Richard Burton, Eleanor Davies & Homer Simpson West Oxford SC Open Meeting 15th Aug 2010 wosc Name club Boat R1 R2 R3 Points Position Neil Goodhead SSSC 2125 2 5 1 3 1st Richard Burton WOSC 1774 1 3 3 4 2nd Chris Murray. WOSC 1984 3 1 6 4 3rd Anthony Rich OSC 2121 4 2 7 6 4th Simon Davis. UTSC 21 6 9 2 8 5th Simon Hoult RYA ? 7 4 4 8 6th Adrian Walker. SSSC 2126 8 6 5 11 7th Ollie Burrows. WOSC 1990 5 10 10 15 8th Sam Blocksidge. SSSC 2085 9 7 8 15 9th Garth Thomson UTSC 2090 10 8 9 17 10th Roger Cooper. UTSC 2074 12 11 11 22 11th Sam Thomson. SSSC 2092 11 12 DNC 23 12th This being my first travelling outing of the year, it was rapidly evident that my skills have not improved and as the results sheet indicates this report is written from the perspective of the back of the fleet. Detailed evidence of the battles at the front of the fleet were therefore not fully observed except when these hot-shots crossed my path well ahead of me ! Twelve boats turned up, on a bright and sunny-ish morning with a North Easterly breeze of about Force 3 which blew fairly constantly throughout the event, with occasional slight increases. We were all on the water for an early start at 1000 hours on a course using most of the Clubs many buoys. Local lad Richard Burton (WOSC) showed everyone the way, on his home lake, followed by Neil Goodhead (SSSC) and backed up by another local lad, Chris Murray (WOSC) in third. The second race (back to back) was got underway promptly at around 1100 hours, but this time the local lads switched their positions with Chris Murray taking the line honours and Richard Burton taking third spot, and allowing Anthony Rich (Oxford SC) through into second. During the second race Simon Davis (UTSC) gave his beautiful brand new Alex Scoles-produced boat a full immersion baptism due to the main sheet being cleated as a small gust hit him. This earned him the prize for the silliest thing to do during the day ! After a short lunch break, the third race was efficiently started by our Race Officer Mike Roberts at about 1300 hours. The points from the morning races were such that Neil Goodhead needed a win to take the event title, and he took the lead from the start and never relinquished it. However Simon Davis, after his morning ducking, was determined to show that his new toy was quick, and came through to take second, not far behind Neil, and Richard Burton came home a consistent third - the only competitor to be in the top three for all the races. Thanks are due to West Oxford SC for an excellent and very pleasant venue.
To Richard Burton for organising the event, and also the Youth & Junior event the day before.
To our Race Officer, Mike Roberts for running three excellent races very efficiently, so that we were all ashore by around 1400 hours, which allowed Club Racing to take place from then on.
And finally to Richard Burtons Mum & Dad for running the galley and producing some very tasty lunchtime food.
Roger Cooper
UTSC National Championships, Christchurch SC 27 - 30th August nat10 Place Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R3 R4 R5 R6 points 1 2118 Terry Curtis Weymouth/Upper Thames 1 3 1 1 1 4 -14 11 2 2105 Ian Harris Bristol Corinthian YC 6 5 3 2 8 -9 1 25 3 2134 Andrew Rushworth CSC 3 -16 6 3 2 13 3 30 4 2124 Tony Woods Etherow SC 8 6 4 -9 6 5 2 31 5 2116 Ed Bradburn South Staffs SC 4 -9 5 5 9 6 4 33 6 2085 Gavin Waldron South Stafffs 17 1 9 7 3 -21 10 47 7 2084 Keith Byers Morecombe & Heysham 12 7 8 10 4 11 -23 52 8 2101 Julian Burnham Upper Thames SC 13 4 -21 4 7 20 8 56 9 2121 Anthony Rich Oxford SC 2 18 7 8 -33 17 9 61 10 1774 Richard Burton West Oxford SC 7 13 10 14 5 12 -17 61 11 2126 Mike Edwards South Staffs SC 5 11 12 20 -33 1 13 62 12 2123 Andy Turner Overy Staithe SC 14 10 14 11 10 8 -33 67 13 2015 Chris Arnell CSC 10 2 13 12 18 16 -25 71 14 2119 Martin Bower Blithfield SC 11 -24 15 17 13 3 19 78 15 1900 Dave Evans CSC 15 12 11 16 12 14 -26 80 16 2130 Deryck Lovegrove Burghfield SC 16 15 18 15 11 10 -29 85 17 2127 Andy Holmes South Staff SC 9 14 25 22 -33 2 16 88 18 2135 Bill Bradburn South Staffs SC 19 19 -24 24 15 22 6 105 19 2136 Jon Fish Waldringfield SC -33 33 2 6 18 19 29 107 20 2107 Daz Prior Morecombe & Heysham 22 8 19 18 -33 18 22 107 21 2137 Simon Shaw CSC 24 21 16 13 -33 23 11 108 22 2139 Robert Campbell-Gray Overy Staithe SC 18 22 17 21 -33 27 12 117 23 2129 Alan Atkin Burghfield SC 23 20 23 23 -33 29 5 123 24 2031 Dave Cooper Overy Staithe SC -33 33 20 19 14 24 20 130 25 2058 Mary Reddyhoff Parkstone YC 21 25 22 25 -33 26 18 137 26 2125 Adrian Walker South Staffs SC 26 26 28 28 -33 15 15 138 27 2141 Simon Davis -33 33 33 33 33 7 7 146 28 2104 Paul Pike Covenham SC 25 23 26 27 -33 25 21 147 29 2133 Simon Hoult RYA 20 17 -33 33 33 33 33 169 30 2092 Matt Bates South Staff SC -33 33 30 33 33 28 24 181 31 2088 Roland Gadsby Upper Thames SC -33 33 27 26 33 33 33 185 32 1748 Robert Austin Milton Keynes SC 27 28 -33 33 33 33 33 187 inline_lt 45% ../gallery/nat10a2/nats19a25.jpg Start line, day one Daily Report - Day one Race 1 At the second attempt race one got underway in a very shifty northerly brisk breeze of between 12 to 20 knots. The first beat proved testing as the windward mark was laid very close to the shore. Andy 'Rover' Rushworth making a welcome return to the OK's led off the start chased by Terry 'TopCat' Curtis. The right-hand side paid and Rushworth led round the windward mark, closely followed by Anthony 'Titch' Rich, Curtis and Richard Burton. The first reach was a question of who picked up the gusts and Curtis passed Rich with Mike Edwards pulling through to fourth passing Burton. Rushworth maintained his lead at the gybe mark and maintained it until half way down the second reach. Edwards came through to leeward and caught Curtis by the bottom mark. The next beat proved to be the final leg with some really big shifts, along with varying strength of wind, which kept everyone on their toes. Curtis pulled out a small lead from Rushworth and Rich. Curtis took the bullet due a shortened course and Rich just pipped Rushworth for second. Ed Bradburn picked up a big shift on the right to pull through to fourth with Edwards finishing fifth. Event organiser and local hotshot veteran Chris 'Dogsbody' Arnell was nowhere to be seen in tenth. Ian Harris recovered well to finish sixth after capsizing twice at the start which also won him the Brixham Bonnet for the most ridiculous act during the day. (Report by Andy 'Rover' Rushworth) Race 2 inline_rt 45% ../gallery/nat10a1/nat10a1025.jpg Gavin Waldron The second race followed a similar theme with major shifts throughout the race. Gavin Waldron from South Staffs led round the windward mark, closely followed by local has-been, event organiser & general dogsbody Chris Arnell. Julian Burnham took a shift at the top of the beat to round third. Arnell was in front by the wing mark, but Burnham showing good off-wind speed was in front by the leeward mark. Once again the course was shortened after 2 rounds, a big shift from the left brought a raft of boats in from the left hand side, but a shift back shortly before the finish brought Waldron back out in front to take the gun from local hero, organiser & dogsbody Arnell. Curtis picked up some breeze to come in third from Burnham in 4th and Ian Harris in 5th. (Reported by 3rd place Terry 'TopCat' Curtis) Day 2 Race 3 started in a 3 to 4 north westerly, with the course set further from the shore than yesterday. No one can remember anything about the start as it's been a long day, except that, apparently, the pin end allowed some brave hearts to cross the fleet on port! Mr Dave Evans, a true gent with a classic OK, complete with varnish and a metal mast showed the rest of the carbon and epoxy strewn fleet the way round the windward mark, followed by Tony Woods and the unflappable Curtis. Also showing great speed, Tony Rich and the John Fish (making an appearance after stopping at his new house to do some decorating rather than go sailing). Fish soon showed some class to get himself to 2nd, miles behind Curtis who yet again offered a masterclass in horizon jobs. A close battle between Ed Bradburn and Tony Woods was spoiled by the late starting Harris who nicked 3rd from the others, although being chased by Rushworth, who had looked good until nature called on the reach. Race 4 After the tea-break, the race officer got the second race of the day away, at the 3rd attempt. The committee boat end was slightly favoured, in contrast to previous races. The race was largely uneventful - Curtis won again, but without the horizon job. The next 5 boats mixed it up, with Waldron and Tony Rich featuring strongly. However, by the finish, Rushworth, sailing a boat that he didn't build had stayed upright to take 3rd, just in front of Julian Burnham. Resident editor, Ian Harris motored through to take his second second of the event, and stay second overall. So much for needing a new mast and boat... Special mention needs go to Sir Dave (Evans), who after having had his fantastic first race, decided to jettison himself out of his boat at the windward mark, slightly damaging his second race result, and most of the boats around him. Day 3 Day 3 dawned with the forecasted 30 knots gradually building, resulting in some of the more inexperienced making what would finally turn out to be a wise decision. After a postponement the 5th race got underway in about 18 knots with a short chop on top of the swell that had built up overnight. John Meadowcroft crossed the fleet making a guest appearance in Jon Fish's boat as Fish was called away on business, but Curtis had recovered from being shut out at the start to have a short lead over Rushworth by the first mark. Ian Harris and Keith Byers were very close behind. Tony Woods, Burnham and Waldron passed Meadowcroft on the first reach and stayed in that order to the bottom of the triangle. On the second beat Richard Burton picked all of the shifts and closed up on the leading pack and by the bottom of the run there was a close pack of 6 boats chasing Curtis, showing his superiority and pulling away. By the top of the second beat Curtis led, followed by Rushworth, Harris, Byers and Waldron, With Burton and Woods close behind. At this point the forecast wind kicked in to around 25 knots, with the fleet planing into the swell. Ian Harris had a wobbly moment into a big wave & took a swim which cost him dear, whilst Rushworth had a brief swim at the gybe mark, but had enough of a lead not to be caught by Byers. Curtis sailed away revelling in the conditions with Rushworth holding out to second. Waldron overhauled Byers with 2 tacks to the finish to snatch 3rd, with Richard Burton holding on to 5th & Tony Woods coming in 6th. Race 6 was abandoned by the race officer due to the wind increasing to 32 knots. (Report by Gavin 'Two Tons' Waldron) Day 4 Race 1 Lighter winds and sunshine were the order of the day. The fleet getting away on the first gun under black flag. Places changed constantly with shifty breeze finally filling in from the left side. Andy Holmes popped out which resulted in a healthy lead around the first mark followed by Martin Bower and Tony Woods. Setting off on the first reach Bower gybed first and headed towards the bottom mark taking Holmes to lead. With again lots of place changes on the second beat, sailing the shifts paid. Bower remained in front at the windward mark and headed down the run with Holmes still maintaining second place. Edwards had been picking up places and was up to third. On the run Edwards had more pace and rounded the bottom mark in the lead. The final still shifty beat was a test of nerves, with Edwards covering the fleet successfully to take the gun, with Holmes sailing very well to snatch second, Bower third, Curtis fourth and Tony Woods fifth. (Report by Martin Bower) Race 2 The fleet approached the line on a black flag start with the fleet spread right across the line. Those that chose the pin looked good off the line, but those that hitched across to play the middle right looked favoured as the race progressed. In the last third of the beat the pressure came from the right and newcomer to the fleet but a sailor with an International pedigree Robert 'Load & Lairy' Campbell-Gray steamed in on starboard to round first. Tony Woods played the middle and rounded second with Ian Harris 3rd. Those that had chosen the left were looking very sorry for themselves with Curtis rounding second last. Woods managed to gain an overlap on the wing mark to lead, with Campbell-Grey still second and Harris and Ed Bradburn catching in more breeze. On the second reach many recovered with the breeze filling in from behind. Woods maintained his lead but the distance had been reduced massively. On the second beat, Harris nailed every shift to pass Woods and Rushworth worked his way to second. On the run, the calculators were out with 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th positions all up for grabs. On the last beat the pressure was telling with positions changing with every shift. Harris kept his cool to take the gun and second overall, with Woods passing Rushworth on the final shift to second, with Bradburn 4th and 71 year old Alan Atkin an excellent 5th. A truly testing day that stretched the nerves of the entire fleet. (Report by Tony Woods) Ardleigh SC Open Meeting 25th Sept ard boat helm r1 r2 r3 points position 2138 Robert Deaves 1 1 1 2 1 2123 Andy Turner 2 3 2 4 2 2059 Pete Turner 4 2 4 6 3 2045 Will Turner 3 4 7 4 2120 Dan Ager 6 5 3 8 5 2122 Simon Cox 5 7 12 6 2137 Simon Shaw 8 10 5 13 7 2036 Paul Church 7 6 13 8 2031 Dave Cooper 9 8 6 14 9 2075 Paul Constable 10 9 7 16 10 inline_rt 55% ../gallery/ard10/ard103.jpg OKs beating to windward at Ardleigh SC Saturday morning saw a fleet of 10 OKs turn out at Ardleigh SC for tea, bacon sandwiches and some sailing. Conditions were sunny, with a chilly force 3-4 northerly breeze. Race 1 saw Simon Cox take an early lead at the first mark, followed by Paul Church, then Andy and Pete Turner. Robert Deaves read the shifts well up the beat to take the lead, with Andy and Pete tussling for second place. Robert took first place with Andy second and Will Turner moving up the fleet to take third place on the last beat. Race 2 started after lunch in similar conditions. Will Turner got a flying start from the committee boat end and held the lead for most of the first lap (with the help of an untimely capsize by Simon Cox), before sailing into a black hole in the shadow of some trees around the leeward mark. Paul Constable was also well up at the first mark, but some impromptu swimming took him back down the fleet The fleet bunched up as they hit the doldrums, and Pete Turner managed to extricate himself from the pack to take the lead, with Dan Ager and the rest of Team Turner snapping at his heels. Back in the breeze and Deaves' upwind speed pulled him back to take the lead and finish first, ahead of Pete and Andy. The wind strengthened going into race 3, and Cox squeezed through on port tack at the pin end to give him the edge up the first beat, chased round the windward mark by Andy Turner, Dan Ager and Robert Deaves. Cox took time out for a quick swim (along with most of the fleet at some point during the race), letting through Deaves, Turner and Ager. Deaves pulled away to secure his third win and wrap up the day's racing, with a whole new day's racing to look forward to at Waldringfield on Sunday. More pics Waldringfield SC Open Meeting 26th September wald SailNo Helm R1 R2 R3 Total Nett 2138 Robert Deaves -1 1 1 3 2 2122 Simon Cox -2 2 2 6 4 2054 Luke Farthing -5 4 3 12 7 2123 Andy Turner 4 3 (7.0 DNC) 14 7 2120 Dan Ager 3 5 (7.0 DNC) 15 8 2031 Dave Cooper 6 6 (7.0 DNC) 19 12 Waldringfield gave a wet welcome to six OKs for the Cartoon Trophy on Sunday 26th September. Five of the contenders had the benefit of warming up at the Ardleigh Open Meeting the day before (allegedly). The first race, in a gusty F4 saw the fleet fairly quickly split into two halves, with some close racing between Robert, Simon and Dan, who eventually finished in that order. After a decent first upwind leg, Dave dropped back after rounding the windward mark the wrong way. The second race, sailed back to back, repeated the earlier course. Simon led to the first mark, the race soon becoming a two-horse affair with Robert, whose superior boat speed enabled him to take the gun in his habitual manner. A battle developed again between Andy and Luke: whilst Luke held third during the downwind legs ultimately experience triumphed over youthfulness. Following lunch, land comforts got the better of Dan, Andy and Dave; leaving a rather depleted fleet to sail in a moderating F 3 -4 and heavy drizzle. Luke managed to power through from a leeward start and led to the first mark, only to have trouble locating the second bouy, and taking Simon upriver with him, leaving Robert to establish an unassailable lead and a clean sweep for the weekend as a whole. Report: Luke Farthing. German Nationals, Kiel 23rd - 26th Sept gernats PL NAT SEGELNR STEUERMANN/-FRAU CLUB PL.(1.Wf) PL.(2.Wf) PL.(3.Wf) PL.(4.Wf) PL.(5.Wf) PL.(6.Wf) G-PKTE G-PL 1 GBR 2134 Craig,Nick FPSC 3 1 [6] 1 3 2 10,00 1 2 NZL 522 Wilcox,Greg BSC [6] 2 4 2 1 5 14,00 2 3 IRL 10 Goodbody,Tim RYIC 4 5 [11] 3 6 1 19,00 3 4 POL 1 Gaj, Tomasz MOS2 2 7 2 4 [15] 6 21,00 4 5 GER 690 Behrens,Sonke SCOE 9 6 1 8 [26] 8 32,00 5 6 POL 14 PAWLACZYK,PAWEL JKWPOZNAN [36] 8 20 5 7 3 43,00 6 7 GER 771 Mackmann,Ralf SCH 5 [13] 12 9 11 11 48,00 7 8 GER 752 Lindemann,Arne CKA [20] 3 3 10 17 16 49,00 8 9 GBR 2118 Curtis,Terry WSC/UTSC 19 4 9 [OCS] 16 4 52,00 9 10 DEN 1368 Hedlund,Christian 26 12 5 [36] 10 12 65,00 10 11 GER 693 v. Zimmermann,Martin SCOE 14 15 [26] 6 21 9 65,00 11 12 GER 765 Pospiech,Rainer YCBG 15 11 10 11 22 [27] 69,00 12 13 GER 760 Deubel,Andreas HSC 17 [36] 16 14 4 21 72,00 13 14 DEN 1377 Holm Nielsen,Jorgen KBL 16 10 32 [OCS] 2 13 73,00 14 15 GER 772 Kraus,Karsten TSVS 7 24 29 [32] 9 7 76,00 15 16 GER 727 Splieth,Jurgen KYC 11 14 37 12 13 [DNF] 87,00 16 17 GBR 2124 Woods, Tony E.S.C. 18 16 17 17 25 [DNF] 93,00 17 18 GER 747 Pich,Andreas LYC 13 31 19 29 5 [DNF] 97,00 18 19 POL 44 Drozdzik, Radek DRYF 27 17 14 [46] 18 26 102,00 19 20 GER 730 Rademacher,Jorg SCST 23 18 18 30 [33] 22 111,00 20 21 GER 607 Heinze,Christian SCV 28 33 21 18 12 [DNS] 112,00 21 22 POL 5 Kras,Darek MOS 2 12 [28] 23 28 24 25 112,00 22 23 GER 688 Dame,Dirk SVM [49] 27 30 37 8 14 116,00 23 24 GBR 2136 Fish,Jonathan WSC 24 32 [OCS] 20 30 10 116,00 24 25 GER 757 Hagemann,Falk SWS 30 19 13 26 28 [33] 116,00 25 26 GER 735 Gericke,Dirk SGE 33 22 [38] 19 14 28 116,00 26 27 BEL 220 Poelmann,Ronny KLYC 22 21 [35] 24 20 31 118,00 27 28 GER 717 Gronholz,Oliver SSC 1 38 22 23 35 [OCS] 119,00 28 29 GER 761 Haage,Stefan WYC [DNF] 20 34 15 31 23 123,00 29 30 GER 731 Glas,Thomas SSC 29 [45] 39 13 29 18 128,00 30 31 GER 750 Tietje,Ralf SVG 25 35 [41] 34 23 17 134,00 31 32 DEN 3 Myralf, Stefan HS 10 [OCS] 8 7 DNE DNF 135,00 32 33 GER 665 Stephan,Peter SCST 38 29 27 16 36 [DNS] 146,00 33 34 GER 766 Goronzi,Gunnar SCST [44] 30 43 27 19 37 156,00 34 35 POL 117 PRZEWOZNY,PIOTR LKSKIEKRZ [40] 25 25 39 40 29 158,00 35 36 GER 737 Schmidt,Thorsten SCV 50 42 [OCS] 22 27 19 160,00 36 37 RSA 31 Schubert,Joe ZVYC 41 26 24 35 [46] 35 161,00 37 38 NOR 467 Makholm,Jens HS 8 9 36 [DNS] DNS DNS 163,00 38 39 GER 632 Gronholz,Fabian SSC [43] 43 7 42 37 36 165,00 39 40 GER 539 Sass,Carsten LYC 34 37 [46] 38 38 20 167,00 40 41 GER 621 Hennings, Andre CKA 35 [DNF] 15 43 DNF 24 172,00 41 42 BEL 214 Verrijdt,Paul 21 40 [DSQ] 21 44 DNF 181,00 42 43 GBR 2119 Bower,Martin 42 34 [44] 33 41 32 182,00 43 44 GER 770 Werdermann,Martin SVUK 45 41 40 25 32 [DNF] 183,00 44 45 DEN 1265 pedersen,malte sborg 31 [OCS] 33 DNF 34 30 183,00 45 46 GER 57 Knorr,Sebastian SCK 37 39 31 31 45 [DNF] 183,00 46 47 GER 680 Dellas,Jan-Dietmar OYC 46 47 50 45 [DNF] 15 203,00 47 48 GER 724 Mackmann, Susanne SCH 47 23 47 47 42 [DNF] 206,00 48 49 GER 742 Hua,Christian SCFR [51] 44 42 40 48 34 208,00 49 50 GER 728 Kath,Karsten SVN 32 46 49 41 43 [DNS] 211,00 50 51 GER 577 Werdermann,Robby SVUK 39 48 48 44 47 [DNF] 226,00 51 52 GER 630 Petrausch,Norbert TSVS 48 49 45 48 39 [DNF] 229,00 52 53 GER 715 Beye,Sven SSC [DNF] DNF 28 49 49 DNF 236,00 53 54 GER 755 Stelzer,Ingo BSV [DNF] DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 275,00 54 54 boats from 9 countries competed at the German OK Dinghy National Championships hosted by TSV-Schilksee at Kiel. 5 boats from the UK made the long trip. The event was predominantely held in light offshore breezes, with significant shifts making for some Challenging sailing. GBR's Nick Craig was leading after day one with a 4 point cushion from Greg Wilcox NZL who was 1 point clear from IRL's Tim Goodbody. T he days 3rd scheduled race was abandoned due to the failing wind. 3 of the scheduled 4 races were completed on day 2, with conditions again very light & tricky. Craig sailed consistantly to maintain his lead although Wilcox had managed to close within a point with Tomasz Gaj from Poland moving into third and Goodbody 4th. The forecast rain had arrived by Sunday & with it a decent onshore breeze building to around 20 knots, kicking up quite a confused sea. The fleet set out to the racecourse with the prospect of 3 tough windy races to shake things up a bit. Tim Goodbody showed he meant business to take the bullet in spite of seriously overstanding the windward mark on the second beat, Craig took second with Poland's Pawel Pawlaczyk in 3rd & Terry Curtis from GBR 4th. Disappointingly the Committee boat was having difficulty holding anchor in the lumpy sea's and brought the fleet home after only one race. Craig ended the event a worthy winner, successfully defending the title from 2009. Many thanks to the team at TSV for a great weekend & for making us all so welcome. report: Terry Curtis Inland Championship, Northampton SC 2nd, 3rd Oct '10 inlands Rank SailNo HelmName Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total Nett 1st 2118 Terry Curtis -1 1 1 1 1 1 6 5 2nd 2116 Ed Bradburn South Staffs SC (28.0 DNF) 2 5 2 2 4 43 15 3rd 2123 Andy Turner Overy Staithe 2 5 2 4 -11 6 30 19 4th 2124 Tony Woods Etherow SC 4 3 -12 5 5 7 36 24 5th 2138 Robert Deaves Waldringfield -13 8 3 3 7 5 39 26 6th 2126 Mike Edwards South Staffs SC (28.0 DNF) 4 4 7 3 8 54 26 7th 2101 Julian Burnham 6 7 6 (28.0 DNC) 6 2 55 27 8th 1774 Richard Burton WOSC 3 13 -15 6 9 10 56 41 9th 2084 Keith Byers Morecambe & Heysham YC 8 10 8 10 (28.0 DNF) 11 75 47 10th 2125 Neil Goodhead 5 9 11 11 12 (28.0 DNC) 76 48 11th -1.008502598 Alex Scoles Overy Staithe (28.0 OCS) 16 20 9 4 3 80 52 12th 2068 Tom Lonsdale WOSC 9 14 (28.0 DNF) 17 8 14 90 62 13th 2130 Deryck Lovegrove Burghfield SC -18 18 16 8 13 9 82 64 14th 2135 Bill Bradburn South Staffs SC 19 -20 14 13 14 12 92 72 15th X1774 Christopher Murray WOSC 15 -22 17 12 16 13 95 73 16th 2127 Andy Holmes 11 -24 18 14 17 15 99 75 17th 2107 Daz Prior 10 19 -22 16 15 16 98 76 18th 2141 Simon Davis Upper Thames SC 7 11 9 (28.0 RAF) 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 111 83 19th 2137 Simon Shaw Deben YC 16 12 21 15 19 (28.0 DNC) 111 83 20th 2105 Ian Harris BCYC 12 6 13 (28.0 DNC) 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 115 87 21st 2121 Anthony Rich Oxford SC 14 15 10 (28.0 RAF) 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 123 95 22nd 2119 Martin Bower 21 17 23 (28.0 DNC) 10 28.0 DNC 127 99 23rd 1364 Adrian Walker South Staffs SC 20 26 19 18 (28.0 DNF) 17 128 100 24th 2104 Paul Pike Covenham 22 21 25 19 18 (28.0 DNC) 133 105 25th 2122 Simon Cox Waldringfield (28.0 OCS) 25 7 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 144 116 26th 2088 Roland Gadsby Upper Thames SC 17 23 24 (28.0 DNC) 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 148 120 27th 2065 Robert Austin Milton Keynes SC 23 27 26 (28.0 DNC) 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 160 132 A reasonable entry of 27 competitors arrived through the mist at Pitsford Reservoir for the OK Inlands. The mist cleared and a shifty force 2 breeze filled in, backing during the day from westerly - straight down the reservoir, to south westerly - across the far bank. Race 1 soon saw Terry Curtis in the lead chased by Mike Edwards, Ed Bradburn and Alex Scoles. However after an hour's race those of us a bit further back got the message that Ed and Mike hadn't gone through the start gate and Alex was OCS. This left Andy Turner in a fortuitous second and Richard Burton in third. The second race had a rather one sided beat mostly on port tack which Terry eventually won after a hard fight with Ed Bradburn who was going like a train and Tony Woods third. The last race of the day was the most shifty. Mike Edwards found some speed but fell back late in the race. Robert Deaves worked his way into third at the finish with Andy Turner getting second and Terry another first. Day 2 dawned overcast and raining with a south west wind around force 3 and again very shifty. Again at the front in race 4 were Ed Bradburn, Terry Curtis and Robert Deaves with Richard Burton showing considerable speed, particularly upwind. Julian Burnham had a pleasant swim whilst getting over zealous by the committee boat. Eventually Terry finished first with Ed second and Robert third. Race 5 saw Tony Woods power into the lead up the first beat and establish a good lead but he started looking over his shoulder and adopting covering techniques, always a bad idea, and fell back to 5th. Tom Lonsdale, another junior from West Oxford had a storming race and finished 8th. Terry won the race with Ed Bradburn recording his third second place finish and Mike Edwards third. Race 6 was the windiest of the weekend, up to a force 4 in parts. Terry stormed off up the first beat but Julian Burnham found the correct route and arrived a close second at the windward mark. These two were never more than a few feet apart all the way round, but Julian couldn't break Terry's monopoly of first places. Alex Scoles had his best race in finishing third after Mike Edwards barged in at a mark once too often and had to do turns, as did Richard Burton. Many thanks to Northampton SC for some slick race management and excellent catering. We hope to be back next year. Overall results are listed. First overall was Terry Curtis, discarding one of his first places. First junior was Richard Burton (8th overall) First veteran was Andy Turner (3rd overall) South Staffs Open Meeting 17th October sstaffs10 rank sailno helm R1 R2 R3 total 1 12116 Mike Senior 1 (2) 1 2 2 2126 Mike Edwards (3) 1 3 4 3 2124 Tony Woods (5) 3 2 5 4 2125 Neil Goodhead 2 (8) 4 6 5 2123 Andy Turner 4 (9) 6 10 6 2116 Ed Bradburn 6 5 (19) 11 7 2135 Bill Bradburn 8 4 (9) 12 8 2129 Alan Atkins (11) 7 5 12 9 1980 Chris White (12) 6 7 13 10 2130 Deryck Lovegrove 7 (11) 8 15 11 2092 Chris Cook 9 (16) 11 20 12 2085 Gavin Waldron (10) 10 10 20 13 2140 Ben Steel (14) 12 12 24 14 1364 Adrian Walker 13 13 (14) 26 15 2127 Andy Holmes (20) 14 13 27 16 2031 Dave Cooper 15 15 (19) 30 17 1886 Andy Stewart 16 (17) 15 31 18 1927 Colin Page 19 (20) 16 35 19 2067 Matthew Bates 17 18 (19) 35 20 12125 Sam Thomson 18 (19) 19 37 inline_rt 50% ../gallery/sstaffs10/sstaffs101.jpg Mike Senior, event winner. Again. On arrival at South Staffs Sailing Club the fleet was met with no wind and sun causing the race officer to announce a sensible half hour postponement allowing the OK fleet to fuel up with coffee and bacon butties. A strong fleet of 20 boats with many junior and youth sailors present took to the water for the 11.30 start. The light breeze had built up to 5mph and 20 degree shifts were present all over the lake. After the customary general recall the fleet got away under black flag with Neil Goodhead nailing the start and first beat to round with a commanding lead. Mike Senior was second with Tony Woods third. On the reach Goodhead stayed low towards the island with Senior staying high for more breeze. Both benefited with Woods in the middle stranded with no wind as the rest of the fleet sailed up on one of the bigger gusts of the day. On the next beat Goodhead pulled away even further into what looked like an un-assailable lead. However this wasn't a day for un-assailable leads as first Senior and then Mike Edwards whittled the lead down. Senior took the gun as Goodhead regained his composure to take second and Edwards third. After a short lunch break the fleet started with a heavily biased port end line. Being able to tack on to port as soon as the gun went was going to be the secret and Senior pulled it off superbly. He led with Edwards, Goodhead, and Ed Bradburn all challenging for second. Senior pulled away and built up a substantial lead before Edwards and Woods who had recovered from a poor start challenged for the lead. Edwards got the better of Senior upwind to take the win with Senior second and Woods third. Bradburn senior took 4th spot with the last tack of the race from Bradburn junior showing there's still life in the old dog yet. Oh how Ed was pleased for his father! Race 3 got underway with Dave Cooper going for an outrageously dangerous start under black flag. In a white boat he might have got away with it, but luminous pea green? Not a chance as he was sent home for an early shower. Woods and Senior battled for the lead with Senior hugging the shore for more breeze to round first. Woods was second with Edwards third. On the next beat Senior and Woods pulled away from the rest of the fleet and were never caught again. The battle for third seemed to be a battle royal with Alan Aitkin, Edwards, Goodhead, and Gavin Waldron, all having their moments. Despite Edwards doing turns (a new experience for Mike) after causing a pile up at the mark; he showed his speed to take a deserved third and second overall. Mike Senior had taken the Open Meeting for the second year showing an understanding of the lake that nobody could match. Under trying conditions the South Staffs team had laid on a superb meeting with their usual high standard of organisation. Burghfield SC 23rd October bur10 Rank Class SailNo Helm Club R1 R2 R3 Nett 1st OK 2118 Terry Curtis WSC & UTSC (1) 1 1 2 2nd OK 2101 Julian Burnham Upper Thames SC (2) 2 2 4 3rd OK 2129 Richard Burton West Oxfordshire SC (4) 3 3 6 4th OK 2130 Deryck Lovegrove Burghfield SC 3 (4) 4 7 5th OK 2127 Andy Holmes SSSC 5 5 (6) 10 6th OK 2088 Roland Gadsby UTSC 6 (7) 5 11 7th OK 2015 Jack Arnell Christchurch 8 6 (9 DNF) 14 8th OK 2072 Alan Dance Frensham Pond 7 (9 DNF) 9 16 inline_lt 50% ../gallery/bur10/bur105.jpg OKs at Burghfield SC A small fleet of 8 OKs assembled at Burghfield (along with phantoms, blazes and solutions). The sun was shining and the breeze spot on. Race 1 got underway along with the Solution fleet, which were annoyingly slow. With an island right in front of the start line Terry Curtis and Julian Burnham went right along with the rest of the fleet, clearly the correct way as Terry rounded first with Jules in tow and Deryck Lovegrove and Andy Holmes shortly after. Terry pulled ahead of Jules who both had a huge lead. Richard Burton eventually caught up after taking a mid race swim. Burton got into third but then was overtaken on the last beat by Derek. Race 2 followed a delicious lunch. The OD decided for a change of course the line was port end biased which Burton and Terry nailed. With some different islands half way up the beat Terry rounded the windward mark first with Burton chasing hard and Jules not far behind. In the end Terry held his lead with Jules planing past Burton to take second, Deryck 4th and Holmes 5th. inline_rt ../gallery/bur10/bur102.jpg Jack Arnell at Burghfield SC Notably junior sailor Jack Arnell, borrowing his uncle (Chris Arnell)'s boat was going very fast and challenging for 4th and 5th all the way but lost out at the end. Race 3 was the most competitive of the three with 4 different people in the lead. Burton and Jack got off to a great start at the starboard end of the line. The left side of the course was favoured with Burton and Terry duelling for the lead, but out of nowhere Deryck (who went as far right as he could) shot in to round first with Burton right behind and Terry nipping at their heels. On the reach Burton took the lead and then Terry had his go at the front. After misjudging the windward mark and parking on it, Jules caught up and took the lead. But Terry whittled it away again to take the lead. By this time Deryck was taking a break at the back of the fleet, with Roland Gadsby and Holmes fighting for 4th. On the last beat Terry lead Jules left and Burton went right. Which paid off: he passed Jules only to be pipped on the line again. Deryck regained his composure to finish 4th Terry 1st, Jules 2nd, Burton 3rd, Deryck 4th, and Roland 5th. A big thanks got to Deryck Lovegrove and Burghfeild sailing club for organising an excellent event, which was enjoyed by all. Winter Championship 13th Nov winter10 SailNo Helm Club R1 R2 R3 points place 2123 Andy Turner Overy Staithe 3 (5) 1 4 1 2134 Nick Craig Frensham Pond (14) 1 3 4 2 2124 Tony Woods Etherow 1 4 (6) 5 3 2117 Alex Scoles Overy Staithe (7) 3 2 5 4 2125 Neil Goodhead South Staffs (5) 2 4 6 5 1774 Richard Burton West Oxford 2 (7) 7 9 6 2068 Tom Lonsdale West Oxford 4 (6) 5 9 7 2130 Deryck Lovegrove Burghfield (8) 8 8 16 8 2031 Dave Cooper Overy Staithe (9) 9 9 18 9 2015 Jack Arnell Christchurch (10) 10 10 20 10 2136 Simon Cox Waldringfield 6 (14) 14 20 11 2088 Roland Gadsby Upper Thames (11) 11 11 22 12 1927 Colin Page Calshot 12 13 (14) 25 13 inline_rt 50% ../index_pics/winter10.jpg OKs at King George SC Due to the 'Big Freeze' last winter the OK Winter Championships were re-scheduled for 13 November at King George Sailing Club. For some this was an end of season event, and for others the start of a winter training schedule with the 2011 OK World Championships held in Largs Scotland in focus. The first race suffered from a slight delay as the young team from West Oxford look as they need an alarm clock on Santa's Christmas list. In a light shifting breeze the fleet split to each side of the course. Two thirds up the beat Andy Turner and Tony Woods looked good on the left whilst Nick Craig and Alex Scoles were the best of the right. Despite holding a good lead Turner and Woods just couldn't get in to the windward mark on port and Craig led with Scoles chasing hard. Neil Goodhead recovered well to take third position on the downwind leg and kept the pressure on the leaders. On the next beat Craig extended his lead with the middle right again paying. Scoles had found some boat speed and pulled away from the rest of the field. Just when all the results looked sorted as the fleet sailed around the last triangle of the course the results were turned inside out by some odd navigation. Craig had rounded the wrong wing mark, and like sheep the fleet had followed. The only sailor to spot the mistake was Richard Burton, who whispered to his Club mate Tom Lonsdale who headed up to the correct mark. Andy Turner benefited by having his hearing aid on maximum volume and followed the young guns to the mark. The rest of the fleet realised their mistake and headed up eventually. Craig however had made a fatal mistake with a lead that was too big and hadn't realised what was going on. On the last run Lonsdale led from Burton with Turner staying low in more breeze. Turner managed to get in front at the last leeward mark and headed to the favoured right on the last beat. Lonsdale and Burton headed to the left with Woods in fourth going up the middle. Woods managed to find more breeze and passed all three boats and took the gun from Burton with Turner in third. inline_rt 50% ../gallery/winter10/winter104.jpg OKs at King George SC The second race got away with Woods tacking away from the committee boat end to head to the right. He established a good lead around the windward mark with Craig in second and Scoles in third. These positioned remained for the next lap. On the penultimate beat Craig caught Woods on starboard forcing him to the left. Not following him back to the favoured right was his mistake as he lost out to Craig, Scoles and Goodhead within a short period. On the run Goodhead showed why he is such a light airs specialist and showed excellent speed to get into second. This is how it finished with a last race decider all set up. The last race start saw Craig squeezing Woods off the line from the committee boat end, but neither had spotted a shift at the start as Turner and Scoles tacked from the pin end to take the lead. It was all to play for on the run as you could throw a blanket over the fleet. On the next beat Turner extended his lead with a scrap for second between Scoles, Craig and Goodhead. On the last run Craig tried everything to get to second which would have been enough to take the Championship. Scoles and Goodhead weren't about to do him any favours and fought hard for every inch. Turner took the gun and looked on as he hoped Scoles or Goodhead could hold second. His club mate Scoles did the trick and this meant that Turner was crowned 2012 Winter National Champion, and secured him the 2010 Travellers trophy too. Quite a season for 'young Andy'.