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Mid-Summer Special Report
Sunday 29th June saw the IBRSC Mid-Summer special event. Hang on, you might say, that’s not the closest Sunday to mid-summer, what’s going on? Well, the wind on the 22nd was absolutely wild, with 30 knot gusts, so we had to postpone for a week. As it happened, the wind was still untypically strong for the time of year, but was sailable for most. The mid-summer special incorporates the club Veterans, Masters and Junior championships, with all sailors also being part of the overall event.
Veterans are aged 50 and over, and get enhancements to their boat handicap depending on their age (although they sail off scratch handicap in the overall event). Masters are between 40 and 49, while the Juniors are under-16s. Overall, we had an age range of 70 years between the youngest and oldest competitors.
The first race had 22 entrants, although Frank Beanland, aged 81, found it too windy and Arthur Philips in his foiling Moth couldn’t get to the windward mark. Mike Storey, sailing his National 12 with his young son Alex, had a good port end start and led the fleet away. He was chased up the beat by Peter Curtis in his RS300, who arrived at the start line just as the gun went and was very lucky to be at the right end. These two got away from the rest of the fleet, with the Albacore of Graham and Angela Potter vying with Stephen Day, John Magrath and Terry McCarthy in their Lasers for third place.
The wind slowly eased off as the race progressed, which seemed to allow the RS300 to gain a bit of an advantage over the N12, although never enough to make up the handicap difference. Behind them Merv Cinnamond was having a very strong race in his Solo, eventually finishing only 40 seconds behind the trio of Lasers ahead of him. Glen Cole was in the pack of Solos behind Merv, but with a beneficial handicap compared to those around him. In the Junior fleet, starting two minutes behind the rest, James Curtis and Harry White in their Feva had a good start and first beat and got into the back of the main handicap fleet. They managed to pull a good distance away from Helen Baldwin in her Topper at half distance, but dropped back somewhat after having problems with a spinnaker drop.
The race results were: Vets – Cinnamond, Potter, Cole; Masters – Storey, P.Curtis, Barnes; Juniors – H.Baldwin, J.Curtis; Open – Storey, P.Curtis, Cinnamond
Race two didn’t have so many starters due to the fresh breeze. A similar course was set, although the slight windshift and the course adjustment changed the two runs from the first race into two reaches. As Mike Storey prepared for the final run-in to the start line he pulled his centreboard down, and it came away in his hand – race over. Peter Curtis got a good start and led the fleet away. Behind him the Lasers this time got away from the Albacore while Malcolm Barnes stayed close to Merv Cinnamond in the Solos. Helen Baldwin overcame the two minute start she gave her mum in the Toppers to finish ahead of her. In the Veterans Steve Day finished a minute ahead of John Magrath, both in Lasers, but the benefit of age was enough to put John ahead of him, but still not good enough to beat Merv; Graham Potter was third.
Race two results were: Vets – Cinnamond, Magrath, Potter; Masters – P.Curtis, Barnes, Baldwin; Juniors – H.Baldwin, J.Curtis; Open – P.Curtis, H.Baldwin, Day
Overall Results were:
Particular congratulations go to Helen Baldwin, who came second overall in the open category at 14 years old, and Mervyn Cinnamond (80) who came third overall, even sailing off his scratch handicap.
The Mid-Summer special was followed by the Fun Day, with the now usual ball collection race. The wind blew up during this race leading to a number of capsizes, and subsequent loss of collected balls. A fair number of the youngsters ended up on the lee shore collecting balls that had washed up around the pumping station, and being towed off again by the patient rescue boat crews. Many thanks to them for the job they did. The final race of the day saw four Toppers without masts and loaded with six or seven children each being towed up-wind half way across the reservoir and being told to race back to the pontoons. It looked like hard work, and one of the boats even managed to capsize. Congratulations to the winning team.
The day finished off with a barbecue and buffet. Thanks to June Curtis for organising this and Alastair Maclean for getting smoked by the barbecue (and cooking the food).
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Mervyn Cinnamond |
Peter Curtis |
Helen Baldwin |
Peter Curtis |
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Graham Potter |
Malcolm Barnes |
James Curtis |
Helen Baldwin |
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John Magrath |
Caroline Baldwin |
Merv Cinnamond |
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Congratulations to Island Barn members Dicken Maclean and Nicola Groves who won the prestigious Glyn Charles Memorial Pursuit race on Saturday the 26th April 08. The Retail Answers sponsored boat beat 173 competitors to win the race held in Chichester Harbour.
The Glyn Charles Memorial Pursuit race is held at Hayling Island Sailing Club each spring. Ten years on from when Glyn was tragically lost in the Sydney Hobart Race, the race held in his memory has grown each year with the generous support of the many sponsors, sailors and class associations who get behind the event. The race is organised by a group of Glyn’s close friends, and all funds raised are donated to the John Merrick’s Sailing Trust.
Dicken said "It was a great event to win. The field on Saturday was top class and we are proud to join a long list of accomplished winners. We entered the top ten with 40 minutes to go and got really excited because we knew the boats in front were slower than us. We moved into the lead with 20 minutes to go and that was when the tension really built because the faster boats behind were hunting us down. As the time ticked down we realised we had a comfortable lead and were able relax and enjoy the moment."
Dicken and Nicola are now trying to work out how to find time out of their sailing schedule to enjoy their prize of a sailing holiday in Greece!
Merv Cinnamond is 80!! - Many congrats from all at the Club..
Potted history
"Retired from Bitish Airways 1984 after 23 in foreign lands,spent the last 10 years service in Seychelles where I built my first dinghy from a kit.
Joined WOTSC 1985 sailed Fireballs with Brian (o,C) Joined Solo fleet 1987.
Started serious sailing @ age 57
Windsurfing @ 60
Skiing @ 70
Skateboarding @ 80"
As he says "Life in the old dog yet".
Richardson & Groves strike gold in Australia!
Max Richardson & Alex Groves of Hastings SC and Island Barn SC today claimed Youth Gold Medals, and bronze overall, in a nail biting finish to the 29er World Championships in Sorrento. Australians Thomas and Warren clinched overall Gold with 2 1st places in the final 2 races of what has been a challenging and exciting finals. The fleet launched on time and sailed the first race of the day in a 6 knot easterly breeze. GBR scored 3 top 10 results in the race. The fleet were then sent ashore as the breeze dropped. Once the sea breeze kicked in, the fleet were again launched in a good 15-20 knot easterly breeze. The stronger wind did not suit Dutch girls Bekkering/Kisters who dropped to 6th overall. Bleddyn & Tom raised their game, in spite of an OCS in the 2nd race of the day to finish 4th overall. With James & Ed finishing 7th overall, GBR had 3 teams in the top 10 which comprised of 7 Nationalities showing the depth of competition. A fantastic result by all GBR sailors at what has been a superb event.
Island Barn Topper open results
A huge well done to John Reay who won the laser masters at Rutland, sailing for Island Barn!!
Many Congratulations also to Paul Wright-Anderson 7th in a laser. Fed week results here .
Follow the club sailors at recent National events....
RS200 29er 420
Frank Beanland is 81!!!
Midsummer special .. report and results ...
Midsummer Slide Show
Fun Day on Sunday 1st July Results
SUNDAY 29th April RS and Feva Open. Results
Feva winner pic : RS200 winner pic
Feva Open Report
Slide Show
Wed series report with thanks to Jim Champ
Here is the chance you have all been waiting for, a chance to sail a really great brand new boat for less than £500 per series! Don't say we don't look after you!!
The club has purchased three brand new RS200s that are available for long term hire to you the members. If you wish to be part of this then check here for full details or contact Rob Mattingly rob.mattingly@ntlworld.com.
Laser Open Results
and Full Report
Topper Open Results
and Full Report
Laser Nationals Final Results
National 12 success for Island Barn Sailors Matt and Adam Stiles.
Feva Inlands 28th -29th October 06
Rob and Georgina Cage and Peter and James Curtis had a successful outing to the Feva inlands over the last weekend in October. In a fleet of 41 boats they were the only two parent and young child combinations amongst all the young teenagers. Sailing on the gravel pit at Burghfield, next to the M4, four races were held on Saturday, in a decent medium breeze, and two races on Sunday, in a rapidly diminishing wind. The Cages had form, being third in this year's nationals and second in the worlds, while the Curtis's were sailing against other Fevas for the first time ever.
Sailing windward/leeward courses with a gate at the bottom of the course there was a lot of tactical racing, and a lot of excited calling of "Starboard" and "Windward Boat" as the beating and running portions of the fleet passed through each other. The Cages had a main halyard problem in the first race. Rob thought he would fix it by landing on one of the islands in the lake, but he was unable to fix it and returned to the club to do the job properly. He obviously managed this, as he won the second race! The Curtis's had a 10th in the first race which they improved in the second race by using the unfavoured starboard leeward gate buoy. This gained them a handful of places, finishing 5th, but by the third race in the day all the good guys had caught on and they now shunned the port end of the gate.
The after lunch races had a slightly stronger breeze. This didn't seem to affect the speed of either the eventual winners, whose combination weight was greater than the Cages/Curtis's, or the eventual runners up, whose combination weight was lower. It seems the Feva can be competitive with a wide range of weights. Rob and Georgina had a 6th and a 3rd while Peter and James had a 5th and a 4th, leaving them lying 3rd and 6th overnight respectively.
The Sunday races were held in much lighter airs, verging on the completely still for the last race. Pond racing experience in these conditions obviously favoured our two old 'uns, with results of 3rd and 1st for Rob and 2nd and 3rd for Peter. The overall winners were Nathan and Anna Ackroyd, who had a very impressive series of 1, 3, 1, 1, 4, (8), followed by Phil and Josh Sparks, with 2, 2, 2, 5, 1, (14). Rob and Georgina came third overall and Peter and James came fourth. An excellent event.
A more complete report and loads of photos are available at the Burghfield club website.
29er Worlds and National Championships 06
The 29er Worlds is over, congratualtions goes to Dicken Maclean who was top IB sailor in 11th, Oscar and John 14th, Sarah and Nicola 19th, you can check out the results at http://www.9erchamps2006.com/ and click on 'results' or go direct by clicking here.
Dicken MacLean reports....
"Having returned from our success at the Europeans just a few weeks before the National Championships was to begin, we had no time to relax the focus was now on the next event. The National Championships was held at Hayling Island sailing club (my home club), a four day long event, ending only a few days before the World Championships was due to start.
The first 2 days was qualifying, a lack of focus and a few poor races left us in a disappointing 16th, we now had 2 days of final series to improve the situation. It started off well, achieving a 5th in the first race, but the next 4 races were not so good, keeping us in 16th. Valuable lesson were learnt from the event, but we had no time to ponder with the worlds fast approaching.
The World Championships were held at Weymouth and Portland sailing academy. A longer regatta being 6 days long, split equally between qualifying and final. Lesson learnt from the Nationals applied and qualifying went much more smoothly, leaving us 10th including a race win. Racing in the final series was very tough and good experience for us. Solid sailing meant we only dropped one place to 11th only a few points behind 10th."
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