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Latest News Links Dinghy - New Fireball Free for a season . . . Dinghy - 470 Bronze for Burnet and Stewart . . . Dinghy - Gough holds off Outteridge challenge to take title . . . Dinghy - Kimberly Lim from Singapore is Optimist World Champion . . . Dinghy - Jason Belben leads the Moths home at 39th Bloody Mary . . . Dinghy - Gillard and Brearey surge to Fireball title . . . Dinghy - Singapore the New Optimist Team Racing World Champions . . . Dinghy - 166 entries took part in Grafham Grand Prix last weekend . . . Dinghy - Howarth and Townend win International Fireball Week . . . Dinghy - Sharpies, but not as you know them . . . Dinghy - Moth-Fest at Hayling Christmas Cracker . . . Dinghy - Skiffs blowing in the wind . . . Dinghy - Victory for Holman and Beaumont at Feva EOS Champs . . . Dinghy - Final round of the 2ndhanddinghies.com RS200 SW Ugly Tour . . . Dinghy - Craig wins first D-One UK Nationals . . . Back to latest Sailing News reports here . . . New Fireball Free for a season . . . The UK Fireball Association are offering a brand new class owned Fireball to teams under Under 26 to sail for the 2012 season. This is a new hull from Fireball builder Winder Boats, and has been put together with the generous support of sponsors Harken, FSE Robline, Selden, Pinnell and Bax, North sails, Noble Marine and Contender Sailcoth. If you think you are the the perfect candidate to use the boat please send one page sailing CV (One each of helm and crew). This should include a short summary of why you would be the ideal candidates. Applications will only be valid from teams as opposed to individuals please email this to: admin@fireballsailing.org.uk Applications are now open and will close at the completion of the dinghy show on the first weekend of March (Midnight on the 4th March 2012). Where the boat will be on show for potential applicants to view. You can also join the Fireball association for a slice of Birthday Cake and a beer on the dinghy show stand!  Full story at http://www.fireballsailing.org.uk/page/page.php?editorial_id=205 470 Bronze for Burnet and Stewart . . . The Bronze Medal went to Britain's Anna Burnet and Flora Stewart at the women's 470 Junior World Championships in New Zealand. The new 470 women's Junior World Champions are Afrodite Kyranakou and Jeske Kisters from the Netherlands. By winning the Medal Race, Annika Bochmann and Elisabeth Pansuchka of Germany finished just three points behind for the silver. Simon Sivitz and Jas Farneti of Italy had already secured gold in the men's event. In silver were the Kiwi pair, James Turner and Finn Drummond and taking the bronze Sacha Pelisson and Nicholas Rossi of France. 470 - women - Junior Worlds Final leading positions (10 entries) 1st NED 74 KYRANAKOU Afrodite KISTERS Jeske 1 1 (5) 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 6 26 21pts 2nd GER 72 BOCHMANN Annika PANUSCHKA Elisabeth 5 3 1 1 4 3 3 1 1 (7) 2 31 24 3rd GBR 853 BURNET Anna STEWART Flora 3 2 3 3 1 2 5 3 (11 DNF) 5 4 42 31 470 - Men/Mixed - Junior Worlds Final leading positions (21 entries) 1st ITA 29 SIVITZ KOSUTA Simon FARNETI Jas (9) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 4 27 18pts 2nd NZL 206 TURNER James DRUMMOND Finn 7 2 3 3 (13) 4 3 7 2 5 8 57 44 3rd FRA 77 PELISSON Sacha ROSSI Nicholas 12 10 (22 BFD) 2 2 5 7 3 11 8 6 88 66 Gough holds off Outteridge challenge to take title . . . Rob Gough of Australia sailed safely too take the Australian Foiler-Moth National Championship which ended Friday morning. Scott Babbage took second while World Champion Nathan Outteridge won both races to finish third overall. Inter Moth - Final Leading, Australian National Championahips 1 AUS8 Altitude Rob Gough RYC Tasmania 21.0pts 2 AUS3 Scott Babbage Woollahra SC 26.0 3 AUS1 WMD Nathan Outteridge RSIS, WSC 31.0 4 NZL4 Peter Burling Tarranga 34.0 5 AUS3900 NoNa Andrew McDougall Black Rock YC 39.0 6 AUS2 Zhik Moth Joe Turner Woollahra SC 54.0 7 AUS3776 Flying Hellfish Joshusa McKnight Woollahra SC 65.0 8 AUS3719 The Box Phillip Kurts Woollahra SC 66.0 9 AUS3631 RAG Racing Julian Salter Tasmania 85.0 10 AUS3903 XTC James Owen-Smith Daveys Bay YC 99.0 Kimberly Lim from Singapore is Optimist World Champion . . . On the final day of the Optimist World Championships in Napier, New Zealand, the first fleet started the race at 12:08 local time, but all reaces were abandoned at 13:08. The wind was too light for the strong current and sailors were not able to make progress around the course. After a second attempt to start race 12 the very hard call was made to abandon all races for the day which means that the World Championships are over. The 2011 World Champion Optimist Dinghy Sailing is Kimberly Lim from Singapore. Second was Bart Lambriex of the Netherlands and third Javier Arribas of Peru. Best place British sailor was Matthew Whitfield i 21st place. Optimist - World Championship, final leader board after 11 races (210 entries) : 1: Kimberly Lim, (SIN) 70 points 2: Bart Lambriex (NED) 74 points 3: Javier Arribas (PER) 77 points 4: Ryan Lo (SIN) 78 points 5: Francisco Ducasse (CHI) 87 points 6: Ahmad Syukri Abdul Aziz (MAS) 90 points 7: Wade Waddell (USA) 96 points 8: Gabriel Elstrodt (BRA) 109 points 9: Rodrigo Luz (BRA) 112 points 10: Leonard Takahashi-Fry (NZL) 114 points GBR: 21. GBR 5974 Matthew Whitfield 166 88. GBR 5934 James Calder 297 133. GBR 5464 Sarah Norbury 374 138. GBR 6132 Joseph Burns 381 172. GBR 6099 Milo Gill-Taylor 459 Jason Belben leads the Moths home at 39th Bloody Mary . . . The 39th Bloody Mary Pursuit Race overall winner was Jason Belben from Stokes Bay in an International Moth, he also won the Hyde Sails Foilers Trophy. Mike Lennon, Ricky Tagg and Peter Barton followed him home also in their Moths.  Winner of the Ladies Helm was Vikki Payne from Emsworth SC in a 29er. The first Queen Mary Helm was Valentin Nadyelkov in a Laser and first junior was Sam Barker in a Laser Radial from Castle Cove. Winner of the Grand Master prize was Jeremy Vines from Lymington in a National 18. Winner of the first Sailability helm was Margaret Foreman from QMSC in a 2.4m. The 39th Bloody Mary at Queen Mary Sailing Club was started by double Olympic Gold Medallist and club member Sarah Ayton. This was also the second leg of the SailJuice Global Warm-Up series. The race again took place in decent conditions with a good breeze and double digit temperatures following six days of gale force winds which meant the day before we were still putting the club back together again. The event attracted 302 entries in 63 classes from 104 clubs from as far afield as Rock. 31 Toppers went off the first start in a force 4-5 breeze and led the race for two hours. Amongst the Toppers, the lead changed between Felix Crowther and Matthew Stephens with Matthew Stephens eventually pulling clear. Lasers, Solos and Fevas were in hot pursuit mid race but it was a Fireball helmed by Sam Mettam and Richard Anderton that eventually overtook them followed by a National 12 and a Merlin Rocket. Their lead did not last long since with 20 minutes to go the first foiling Moth shot past them all followed by three others and the International 14 of Sam Pascoe and Alex Knight was closing on the Fireball. With the finish boat ribs at full throttle, the Moths extended their lead till the end of the race. Bloody Mary - Final Leading results (302 entries) 1st International Moth 3619 Stokes Bay SC, Jason Belben 2nd International Moth 3708 HISC, Michael Lennon 3rd International Moth 3804 HISC, Ricky Tagg 4th International Moth 3795 Royal Lymington YC, Peter Barton 5th Fireball 15065 RNSA, Sam Mettam / Richard Anderton 6th International 14 1509 Castle Cove SC, Sam Pascoe / Alex Knight 7th International 14 1538 HISC, Dave Bosnia / Neale Jones 8th Merlin Rocket 3675 Frensham Pond, Nick Craig / James Stewart 9th Fireball 14898 Weir Wood SC, Paul Callen / Adam Whitehouse 10th National 12 3526 Northampton SC, Tom Stewart / Charlotte Stewart Full story at http://www.thebloodymary.org.uk Gillard and Brearey surge to Fireball title . . . In a tense finish to the Fireball Worlds it was Britain's Gillard and Brearey who regained the lead surfing down the reach to the wing mark for the last time. However, just over their shoulder was the red spinnaker of Inns and Coultas gaining rapidly. The final reach to the final mark had spectators and supporters with their hearts in their mouths as any mistake could be costly. However this time, the young British pair held it together to cross the finish line a matter of boat lengths in front of the South Australians, and the world title was theirs.  For Gillard and Brearey it was almost relief to not be bridesmaids two years in a row, but on the way back to the shore Sam shouted exuberantly, “We like to make it close” The final day of racing to decide the 2012 International Fireball World Champions could not have been scripted to be more tense or exciting. Tom Gillard and Sam Brearey went into the final day with a four point lead over arch rivals, Robin Inns and Joel Coultas of Australia. But there was another element to the equation in the form of a second discard after race nine was completed. Inns and Coultas led all the way in the first race with Gillard and Brearey buried in the pack and only managing to finish in sixth, looking like their second discard of the championship. Once the discard was counted, this result left the two leaders on 12 points apiece and a nail biting last race prospect. The tension was obviously felt on the second race start line as Gillard and Brearey looked to nail the start but alas it was recalled. The black flag came out and added more anxiety. Then Inns and Coultas got the jump off the line and the first beat became a tactical battle of some magnitude. The now familiar triangle reaching leg became very broad and first round the top mark got a bit of breathing space on the fleet. This turned into around 200m for Gillard and Brearey as they surged down to the wing mark with a big chasing pack dicing for the inside overlap. At this point the title looked to be won but as the proverbial saying goes ‘It’s never over until it’s over’. The comeback kings, Inns and Coultas were gaining on every leg, going high on the reach whilst others tried to sail fast and low and lay the bottom mark with kites.  On the windward leg of the sausage, the pair tacked in unison but another mistake by the British pair at the windward mark when they touched the mark, resulted in them having to do a turn of shame. This reduced the distance between them but more was to come. On the downwind leg of the sausage, Gillard and Brearey sailed fast and low but a bit too low, gybing late and having to fast reach to the bottom mark. The Australians gybed early and flew down inside the Brits to drop their kite at the wing mark and regain the lead by a boat length. Around the top for the last time and it was Gillard and Brearey who had regained the lead surfing down the reach to the wing mark for the last time. However, just over their shoulder was the red spinnaker of Inns and Coultas gaining rapidly. It was the Aussies turn for a small error in judgement at the wing mark having to drop and harden up to round. This nearly lost them second spot but in a ‘never say die attitude’ they got their kite up and gave chase. The final reach to the final mark had spectators and supporters with their hearts in their mouths as any mistake could be costly. However this time, the young British pair held it together to cross the finish line a matter of boat lengths in front of the South Australians. The battle for third on the podium also went down to the last hitch to the finish. With South Australians Greg Allison and Richard Watson beating past champions Chips Howarth and Vyv Townend on the finish line in race 9 and Dave Wade and Tim Saxton (GBR) finishing fourth the result would be decided in the final race. Again places changed all the way round the track but this time it was the Adelaide based crew who prevailed with a 5th in race ten to beat Wade and Saxton by 3 points overall. Only one point behind Wade and Saxton with a flury on the final day, Howarth and Townend seal fifth overall. Fireball - Final - 2012 World Championship after 10 races (64 entries) 1st GBR15041 Tom Gillard / Sam Brearey 1.0 4.0 2.0 (6.0) 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 (6.0) 1.0 25.0 13.0 2nd AUS15025 Robin Inns / Joel Coultas (5.0) 3.0 1.0 2.0 (8.0) 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 27.0 14.0 3rd AUS15032 Greg Allison / Richard Watson (8.0) 2.0 4.0 4.0 6.0 (21.0) 4.0 8.0 2.0 5.0 64.0 35.0 4th GBR15045 Dave Wade / Tim Saxton 3.0 6.0 (11.0) 5.0 5.0 5.0 (9.0) 6.0 4.0 4.0 58.0 38.0 5th GBR15013 Chips Howarth / Vyv Townend 6.0 9.0 (12.0) 3.0 2.0 10.0 3.0 (16.0) 3.0 3.0 67.0 39.0 6th AUS14786 John Heywood / Brett Littledike 7.0 1.0 3.0 7.0 (17.0) 6.0 6.0 9.0 (14.0) 10.0 80.0 49.0 7th GBR15056 Martyn Lewis / Richard Byne 12.0 (13.0) 9.0 1.0 4.0 4.0 7.0 4.0 9.0 (14.0) 77.0 50.0 8th AUS15071 Tom Gordon / Jack Fletcher 2.0 8.0 (13.0) (13.0) 7.0 13.0 10.0 7.0 7.0 8.0 88.0 62.0 9th CZE15019 Martin Kubovy / Pavel Winkler (14.0) 7.0 10.0 9.0 3.0 3.0 (15.0) 10.0 11.0 11.0 93.0 64.0 10th AUS15062 Ben Schulz / Phil Bowley 9.0 11.0 8.0 (18.0) (13.0) 11.0 5.0 3.0 13.0 9.0 100.0 69.0 Full story at http://www.mofsc.com.au/clubs/1401/uploads/Overall%20Results%20FIREBALL%20INTERNATIONAL%202012%20WORLD%20CHAMPIONSHIP%20-.pdf Singapore the New Optimist Team Racing World Champions . . . Singapore are the New Optimist Team Racing World Champions. Singapore had won all their races and therefore qualified after 4 races, while Peru had to sail 6 races to the final. The final sail off consist of three races. Both Singapore and Peru qualified by beating reigning Champion Thailand. The Singaporean team was sailing today with three females and one male, a team has only four sailors. Peru had high hopes, with Javier Arribas currently in third position in the individual racing. Singapore won the first race with 13 over 23. The second race saw a draw 18 all, but with Singapore finishing first, the win went to Peru. The third all deciding race went to Singapore with a well deserved win. Following a Lay Day the individual racing continues with race 7 this Saturday. The provisional leader board (for the individual racing) shows: 1 Ryan Lo (SIN) 14 points, 2 Bart Lambriex (NED) 23 points, 3 Javier Arribas (PER) 25 points, 4 Wade Waddell (USA) 32 points, 5 Leonard Takahashi-Fry (NZL) 33 points, 6 Peter Lin Janezic (SLO) 40 points, 7 Philip Meijer (NED) 41 points, 8 Ahmad Syukri Abdul Aziz (MAS) 41, 9 William Marshall (USA) 44 points, 10 Miel Verstraete (BEL) 44 points. Matthew Whitfield is the best placed British sailor in 34th. 166 entries took part in Grafham Grand Prix last weekend . . . Two race wins for Dan Henderson and George Hand in their 49er from the University of Portsmouth SC, gave them the overall Asymmetric victory in the Grafham Grand Prix. Sam Mettam and Richard Anderton, RNSA, took the Medium handicap in their Fireball with a 1,2. Ian Morgan from Hill Head SC won the Single handers in a Laser with double victories. Ben Saxton and Catherine Alton from GWSC were another double victory pair in the Slow Handicap fleet. And Mark Aldridge took the catamaran title. Grafham Grand Prix - Asymmetric Handicap (38 entries) 1st Fast Asymmetric 49er 1110 Dan Henderson / George Hand University of Portsmouth SC 695 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 O/L 2nd Fast Asymmetric 29er 1509 Callum Ellis / Will Harris Queen Mary SC 893 4.0 2.0 6.0 6.0 O/L 3rd Fast Asymmetric B14 788 Mark Barnes / Dan Hare Whitstable YC 855 5.0 4.0 9.0 9.0 VI 4th Fast Asymmetric Musto Skiff 351 Ian Martin Datchet Water SC 855 2.0 9.0 11.0 11.0 O/L 5th Fast Asymmetric RS800 44 David Hivey / James Barlow Sailingtogs.com 812 7.0 5.0 12.0 12.0 VI 6th Fast Asymmetric RS800 1148 Andrew Peake / Stephanie Brimacombe Whitstable 812 8.0 6.0 14.0 14.0 O/L Grafham Grand Prix - Medium Handicap (24 entries) 1st Meduim Handicap Fireball 15065 Sam Mettam /Richard Anderton RNSA 970 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 O/L 2nd Meduim Handicap 505 9079 Tim Rush / Sam Pascoe Nottingham SC & Castle Cove SC 895 4.0 1.0 5.0 5.0 O/L 3rd Meduim Handicap Fireball 15055 David Hall / Paul Constable Thorpe Bay Yacht Club 970 2.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 O/L 4th Meduim Handicap Merlin Rocket 3727 Tim Fells / Chris Downham Hayling Island SC 990 5.0 6.0 11.0 11.0 5th Meduim Handicap Merlin Rocket 3722 Matt Biggs / Ben Hollis Blithfield SC 990 7.5 4.0 11.5 11.5 C/A 6th Meduim Handicap Merlin Rocket 3712 Jon Gorringe / Toby Lewis Parkstone YC 990 6.0 7.0 13.0 13.0 CA Grafham Grand Prix - Single Handed Handicap (58 entries) 1st Single Handed Laser 188781 Ian Morgan Hill Head SC 1118 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2nd Single Handed Phantom 1291 Andrew Wilde Carsington 1015 2.0 2.0 4.0 4.0 O/L 3rd Single Handed RS300 426 Richard LeMare GWSC 1000 7.0 4.0 11.0 11.0 VI 4th Single Handed Laser 191871 Phil Bevan GWSC 1118 3.0 10.0 13.0 13.0 CA 5th Single Handed Solo 5161 Michael Sims Carsington 1163 6.0 7.0 13.0 13.0 O/L 6th Single Handed Challenger 257 Val Millward Rutland SC 1174 11.0 3.0 14.0 14.0 CQ Grafham Grand Prix - Slow Handicap (38 entries) 1st Slow Handicap RS200 1328 Ben Saxton / Catherine Alton GWSC & Barnt Green 1057 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 O/L 2nd Slow Handicap National 12 3531 Steve Sallis / Joanne Sallis Hykeham 1065 2.0 2.0 4.0 4.0 O/L 3rd Slow Handicap Flying Fifteen 3950 Dave Lucas / Mark Longstaff GWSC 1023 3.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 CA 4th Slow Handicap Flying Fifteen 3591 Charles Apthorp / David Rickard HISC/DWSC 1023 4.0 5.0 9.0 9.0 CA 5th Slow Handicap Scorpion 2013 Peter Gray / Rachael Rhodes Staunton Harold 1053 7.0 4.0 11.0 11.0 O/L 6th Slow Handicap Laser 2000 22088 Matt Sargent / Emma Clarke Army Sailing Assoc 1100 5.0 7.0 12.0 12.0 O/L Grafham Grand Prix - Cat Medium Handicap (6 entries) 1st Medium Cats Sprint 15 19 Mark Aldridge GWSC 917 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 VI 2nd Medium Cats Sprint 15 1805 John Keyte GWSC 917 2.0 2.0 4.0 4.0 VI 3rd Medium Cats Dart 18 7307 Neil Klabe GWSC 803 3.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 VI Full story at http://www.grafham.dyndns.org/Gwsc_Results/Open%20Meetings/2012/Grand%20prix%20Jan%202012.htm Howarth and Townend win International Fireball Week . . . Britain's Chips Howarth and Vyv Townend won the Fireball Worlds pre-event, the International Fireball Week which was combined with the Australian Nationals. The 2012 International Fireball Worlds start 2 January, 2012 hosted by the Mandurah Offshore Fishing and Sailing Club.  Fireball - Provisional Final Results: International Fireball Week (65 entries) 1 GBR 15013 Chips Howarth/Vyv Townend 17pts 2 AUS 14786 John Heywood/Brett Littledike 25pts 3 GBR 15045 Dave Wade/Tim Saxton 29pts 4 GBR 15056 Martin Lewis/Richard Byrne 33pts 5 SUI 14799 Claude Mermod/Ruedi Moser 36pts Fireball - Provisional Final Results: Australian Championships 1 AUS 14786 John Heywood/Brett Littledike 25pts 2 AUS 15032 Greg Allison/Richard Watson 40pts 3 AUS 14782 Gordon Lucas/Jake Flintoff 60pts Sharpies, but not as you know them . . . Most UK sailors will at least have heard of the 12sqm Sharpie, used in the 1956 Olympics, and still raced in their original form in some parts of the UK and Europe. In Australia, after the Games, the class was developed using plywood construction into the Lightweight Sharpie by the Addison brothers in Western Australia.  The class is also quite unusual in comparison to the majority of other dinghies, due to its distinctive shape, size and complement of crew - three: including skipper, main hand and forward hand on trapeze. Modern fibreglass boats of today still retain this distinctive hard chine design, the hull shape of these boats has not altered since the 60's and only a few minor changes to the rules have been allowed, the most recent being the introduction of a larger spinnaker. Carbon fibre is limited to 1.5 sq metres in the boat and only positioned in a certain areas. Alloy spars for the rig are allowed and sail material is pretty much open. Most obvious difference to European eyes will be the Bermudan rig, spinnaker and fully battened mainsail - in contrast with the original gaff rig of the British and European boats. Recent developments have included the use of larger spinnakers, digital compasses and there has been interest in roachier mains, which are still currently under development. However, it must be noted that these incremental developments have been controlled and sympathetic to the existing fleet, so as to not devalue the owner's current investment. In fact some fairly old Sharpies have managed to win the coveted National titles in recent years. Note: In 1956 Olympic Games at Port Phillip Bay, Australia, the Sharpie event (2 man dinghy) was won by Peter Mander and Jack Cropp, NZL, 2nd Rolly Tasker and John Scott, AUS, 3rd Jasper Blackall and Terence Smith GBR.  There are 33 boats competing at the 69th Lightweight Sharpie Australian Championships at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron over the New Year. After three races the leading positions are: 1st 928 ASC Geoffrey McCloud, Sa Flint, Mark Beaumont [SA] (1.0) 1.0 2.0 4.0 3.0pts 2nd 893 B&SYC Malcolm Higgins, Andrew Chisholm, Sam Sanderson [SA] (4.0) 2.0 3.0 9.0 5.0pts 3rd 900 RYCT Drew Latham, Nick Johnston, Nick Carter [TAS] (3.0) 6.0 1.0 10.0 7.0pts 4th 882 RQYS Bill Cuneo, Angus Galloway, Greg Clarke [QLD] (34.0 DNF) 5.0 4.0 43.0 9.0pts 5th 920 ASC Jason Heritage, James Davis, James Hughes [SA] (7.0) 4.0 7.0 18.0 11.0pts 6th 896 B&SYC David Snoad, Kym McNamara, [SA] (6.0) 9.0 5.0 20.0 14pts Moth-Fest at Hayling Christmas Cracker . . . The Hayling Island SC Christmas Cracker this year was a Moth-Fest, with the class taking the first five places. Ricky Tagg was this years Cracker winner, followed by Mike Lennon, Jason Belben (SBSC), Peter Barton (RLYC) and Simon Hiscocks. Then in sixth place the first boat to start - 96 minutes before the final Moth starters - the RS Tera of Alex Butler.  The wind around 15 knots throughout helped the fast boats with the Musto Skiff of Neil Upto-Brown in seventh, the Contender of D Taylor in eighth and the RS200 of Tom Morris and Emma Poteous in ninth. First Flying 15 was that of Andrew Jameson and Matt Alvarado in tenth. First Merlin, Dave Hayes and John Rees 11th, first Finn John Tremlett (MRSC) in 13th. Steve Chiverton was first Solo in 22nd, the first RS700 was Eddie Gatehouse in 25th and leading Topper, Geoff Sherwood in 32nd. The HISC Christmas Cracker event was also the first for the Moth class winter open circuit series. After the Cracker the class moves a bit further down the coast to Stokes Bay SC on the 1 January for the New Year's Day Spectacular. This will follow with a journey inland to the Bloody Mary at Queen Mary SC on the 7 January. The fleet will take a short break before going to the Steve Nicholson Trophy at Northampton on the 28 January 2012. Its final stop is the Tiger Trophy at Rutland SC on the 4 and 5 February. Another winter series will kick-off in the New Year with the third edition of the SailJuice Global Warm-up starting with the Grafham Grand Prix. This winter championship brings together five of the biggest winter handicap racing events into a unified series, to find out just who is tough enough to race their way through a British winter. Over the past two years this Series has seen some of the biggest names in dinghy racing compete in a range of classes. Five major handicap events constitute this winter's series. They are: Grafham Grand Prix, Grafham Water Sailing Club (Monday 2nd January 2012) Bloody Mary, Queen Mary Sailing Club (Saturday 7th January 2012) Steve Nicholson Trophy, Northampton Sailing Club (Saturday 28 January 2012) John Merricks Tiger Trophy, Rutland Sailing Club (Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th February 2012) Draycote Dash, Draycote Water Sailing Club (Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th February 2012) Full story at http://www.hisc.co.uk/openresults11/christmas_cracker_2011.htm Skiffs blowing in the wind . . . Unpredictable wind conditions on Sydney Harbour forced the starter to delay the start of Sunday's first of the N.S.W. 18ft Skiff Championship for two hours. Then when the forecast strong winds hadn't arrived, the fleet prepared to start the race, which was when the trouble started.  In the light wind conditions all the teams put on their bigger No.1 rigs. And of course as they lined up for the start, the strong winds finally arrived, causing most of the fleet to capsize and forced the starter to abandon the race. 
Victory for Holman and Beaumont at Feva EOS Champs . . . Victory for Arran Holman and Crispen Beaumont at the RS Feva End of Season Championships held at Queen Mary Sc last weekend. The event attracted 92 boats, the largest number of entries ever for a RS Feva GP event in the UK. The event, the third of four qualifiers, saw 15 new entries to the Worlds Qualification Series, joining 10 other helms who have competed in one event, 36 helms in two events, and 44 helms in all three events in the Series so far. The fourth and final Qualifier will be hosted by Grafham Water SC on April 21/22. RS Feva - End of Season Champs at Queen Mary SC (92 entries) 1st Feva 6 Arran HOLMAN / Crispin BEAUMONT, Hollowell SC / Bartley SC, 1 1 7 (95 BFD) 1 105 10pts 2nd Feva 4032 Max CLAPP / Sally CLAPP, Royal Southern YC, 3 5 3 (95 BFD) 5 111 16pts 3rd Feva 4355 Anna PRESCOTT / Jess EALES, HISC / Lymington Town SC / Royal Lym. YC, (17) 13 1 1 7 39 22pts 4th Feva 4344 Chay TAYLOR / Stirling TAYLOR, Burnham SC, 7 (12) 4 6 6 35 23pts 5th Feva 4648 Jenny CROPLEY / PIPPA CROPLEY, Royal Lymington YC, 9 9 (27) 3 4 52 25pts 6th Feva 2577 Jenny SMALLWOOD / Jamie WEBB, Wraysbury Lake SC, 14 4 2 8 (34) 62 28pts 7th Feva 4332 Elliott WELLS / Jake TODD, Hayling Island SC, 5 11 10 (15) 2 43 28pts 8th Feva 3105 Tom DARLING / Will DOLIN, Hayling Island SC / Burghfield SC, 10 2 (21) 2 15 50 29pts 9th Feva 4627 James HUTTON-PENMAN / Thomas JAYASEKARA, Burnham SC, 8 (14) 8 12 11 53 39pts 10th Feva 3750 Jamie SMITH / David BRAND Hayling Island SC 4 6 19 (95 BFD) 12 136 41pts Full story at http://goo.gl/gvnTP Final round of the 2ndhanddinghies.com RS200 SW Ugly Tour . . . The 25 competing boats from seven clubs revelled in classic conditions at Starcross YC for the final round of the 2ndhanddinghies.com SW Ugly Tour for 2011. A bolt steady northerly straight down the length of the estuary blowing 14-20 knots all afternoon gave superb conditions downwind. The racing was really the story of three boats top performances. Eddie “I love light shifty winds” Whitehead/Alice Kingsnorth recovered from their nightmare performances at Chew Valley and Burghfield to blitz the fleet in a truly emphatic way. Showing the fleet how to start and giving a master class in upwind sailing, Eddie and Alice were in the lead in the first three races by the first leeward gate to win by huge margins Pete Vincent/Charlotte “only 2 hours sleep” Cotter had the cheek to lead at first windward mark in the final race and at the leeward gate but once Eddie/Alice sneaked by on second beat they disappeared again. I get the impression Eddie would take these conditions to every event next year along with Chews beer and Starcross’s chips! RS200 - 2ndhanddinghies Series Open Meeting at Starcross YC (25 entries) 1st RS200 822 Parkstone Ed Whitehead Alice Kingsnorth gold (1.0) 1.0 1.0 1.0 4.0 3.0 2nd RS200 481 BCYC John Teague Pete Cruickshank gold (8.0) 2.0 4.0 2.0 16.0 8.0 3rd RS200 1301 BCYC Pete Vincent Charlotte Cotter gold (3.0) 3.0 2.0 3.0 11.0 8.0 4th RS200 593 Parkstone Chris Bower Ian Maus bronze 2.0 4.0 3.0 (5.0) 14.0 9.0 5th RS200 1466 Chew Valley SC David Sweet Sophie Singleton bronze 4.0 5.0 (7.0) 6.0 22.0 15.0 6th RS200 960 SYC Jayne Johnson Nicola McIlroy gold 5.0 6.0 6.0 (8.0) 25.0 17.0 7th RS200 1451 Chew Valley SC Tony Freer Zach Freer silver 6.0 7.0 8.0 (10.0) 31.0 21.0 8th RS200 993 ? Darren McNamara Naomi Pound silver (15.0) 9.0 13.0 4.0 41.0 26.0 9th RS200 1048 SYC Mark Elkington Rebecca Elkington silver 7.0 (26.0 DNF) 5.0 14.0 52.0 26.0 10th RS200 307 Parkstone Peter Eyre Nina Norden silver 10.0 11.0 (22.0) 7.0 50.0 28.0 Craig wins first D-One UK Nationals . . . The first British D-One National Championships, sponsored by Harken UK, took place at Queen Mary Sailing Club, over the weekend of the 29 and 30 October. Winner was the top OK sailor Nick Craig. Saturday was F3 to F4 gusting F5 and proved to be exactly right, giving the D-Ones a fantastic blast up and down the reservoir with some spectacular close racing. Craig won five of the six races, only missing a clean-sweep in the final, non-discardable final race, when Andy Couch, who had chased Craig all weekend, finally took a winning gun. D-One - UK National Championship (11 entries) 1st 15 Nick Craig Frensham Pond -1 1 1 1 1 4 8pts 2nd 105 Andy Couch Rudyard Lake SC 2 2 -6 3 2 2 11pts 3rd 109 David Hitchcock HISC -5 5 4 4 3 8 24pts 4th 115 Charlie Chandler Tewkesbury SC -10 8 2 6 6 6 28pts 5th 72 Tim Garvin QMSC 3 3 5 5 -7 14 30pts 6th 65 Andrew Streeter HISC 4 4 -7 7 4 12 31pts |
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