Weymouth Nationwide

Preliminiary Report from Weymouth Nationwide.  Saturday was wild so the organisers sent the 4.2 fleet out to their race course and kept the 5.3's on shore.  With winds of around 30 Knots (thats a lot!)in the starting area the 4.2's promptly returned to the shore and the 5.3's stayed dry.  Sunday dawned equally windy so this time it was the 4.2 fleet who decided to show their good manners and let the 5.3's launch first.  Not surprisingly it was a considerably depleted 5.3 fleet which eventiually started with around 30 boats from each flight giving two starts of around 60 boats.  With winds still hitting the 30 knot plus range it was a day for the brave and the determined but one race was successfully completed before the OOD fianlly accepted the inevitable and sent the fleet home.  So one race for the 5.3's sadly not enough to count as a series but at least worthy of awarding much dererved prizes.  No racing at all for 4.2's.

Overall victory was therefore shared between David Clark of Shotwick Sailing Club and Jamie Catchpole of Leigh and Lowton.

Scotland hero was Aaran Murray of Loch Earn SC who showed the same determination as had won him a third at Dalgety Bay the week before and was rewarded with a very creditable 26th place overall.  Well done Aaron.

Now it is off the Pwllheli for a week of National Intermediate Junior Squad training with Deputy National Topper Coach Adam Cockerill.

Full results are on line at  http://www.sailracer.org/results_report.asp?event=17904

Full Results from Dalgety Bay

For full results from Dalgety Bay click here.

G.

Dalgety Bay SC Early Results

Early results from a wild and windy Dalgety Bay.  No racing Saturday after launching was abandoned as the 76 boat  fleet proved unable to safely launch due to the squalls and sea state.  Racing on Sunday was in very challenging conditions and just two races were completed.

No results posted yet but from memory the podium was as follows:-

1st Jack Aitken
2nd Joanne Foster
3rd Aaron Murray

G.

Don't forget to come to Dalgety Bay this weekend

Topper Gear For Sale at Wormit Boating Club

for sale.....We have various club Toppers for sale, in various conditions, we have twelve at Wormit Boating  club, near Dundee,  and are looking to sell four boats. Prices from 550.00 to 850.00 approximately. All toppers come with centre mains, cover and trolley.

Also 4.2m topper sail for sale , good condition..£70.00 ono.

Two brand new tera's for sale, unused, £800.00 each.

For more details on all of above , please contact Robbie Wilson  on Robbie Wilson  or tel O7711 3822O7.

Wanted, drysuit for an 8 to 10 year old.   contact  Robbie Wilson  or tel O77113822O7

Enter NOW for East Lothian Regatta

Please note that East Lothian Regatta on 4/5 June is the next traveller after Dalgety Bay.  If you plan to compete you need to know that although this is a large multi-class event, ELYC is limiting entries across all classes to 140.  This means that you need to enter now to be sure of a place.  There will be no redress in the traveller series for boats unable to compete due to the entry limit.

Entries are made on line via the club website.

Click here to go to the web page for entries.

Good Luck

Graham

Brown Cup 2011

Be there or be square
You just MUST!

ISAF confirms classes for 2016 Olympic games

ISAF confirms events for the 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition at 2011 ISAF Mid-Year Meeting in St Petersburg, Russia.
ISAF President Göran Petersson led the ISAF Council in more than three hours of debate and discussion before the ten events were decided. Over 50 Submissions were received for consideration following the changes to the process for selecting events and equipment that was agreed in November 2010.
The ten events selected by the ISAF Council for the 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition are:

• Men’s Board or Kiteboard - evaluation
• Women’s Board or Kiteboard - evaluation
• Men’s One Person Dinghy - Laser
• Women’s One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial
• Men’s 2nd One Person Dinghy - Finn
• Men’s Skiff - 49er
• Women’s Skiff – Evaluation
• Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470
• Women's Two Person Dinghy - 470
• Mixed Two Person Multihull - Evaluation

see www.yachtsandyachting.com for further comment.

Jamie Calder wins place in Optimist Worlds Team

Congratulations to Scotland's Jamie Calder who finished 5th in the GBR Optimist World Championships Team Selection Trials at Pwllheli last weekend and has been selected to attend the Optimist World Championships.  Jamie, aged 12 is only the 4^th Scot ever to make the Worlds team, very well done Jamie!!
 

Seven Scottish Optimists were invited to compete in the 70 boat fleet. The objective of the GBR Selections, is to choose teams to represent GBR at the Optimist Worlds, Europeans, Pre-Worlds, and Flanders Youth Regatta. This event has been described as the most challenging event in UK Oppie racing. Participation is by invitation so it is a top class fleet, everyone is good, there are 4 to 5 races per day, scrutinised by RYA and the independent Selectors.

This year the trials comprised a 4 day regatta at Pwllheli, North Wales.  Conditions were uniformly windy until the last day. 14 races scheduled but only 5 completed. All five races therefore counted with no discard and consistency was the key.

Results – Jamie Calder finished 5^th, GBR Worlds Squad, aged 12.  Alasdair Ireland finished 17^th, in GBR squad for Flemish Youth Regatta. Well done Alasdair!

G.

Scottish Topper Traveller 2 - Dalgety Bay

This will be a great event with some top class racing in the main fleets, but also with a separate race course for less experienced sailors near to the club – with good viewing from the clubhouse. We hope that this mix, plus free camping on club grounds will attract a good mix of sailors and families for a great weekend.

Lewis wins Topper Natiowide

Lewis Marr won Topper 4.2 Nationwide 2 at Grafham this weekend.  With a convincing scoreline of 1,1,3,1,1,1,2,1,2 Lewis led the 33 boat 4.2 fleet from start to finish in the breezy event. 
Well done Lewis.

Preliminary results from INLANDS.

By text from a very windy Grafham.  Overal victory went to Robbie Robinson.  Top Scots were:-
Samantha 38, Aaron 43, Dean 45, Joanne 52, Jack 53, Kae 55. (updated at 17.20) Full results now at http://www.sailracer.org/results_report.asp?event=16960&usr=644778624
(labelled as 4.2!)

4.2 results to follow - Lewis was leading overnight.
G.