National 12 - find out more...

Untitled Document
Series: Series Eastern (e) Midlands (m) Northern (n) Scotland (s) South West (sw) Thames (t) Vintage (v)    
Date Venue
January  
9th Queen Mary SC
February  
14th Ranelagh SC
March  
6th & 7th Alexandra Palace (details)
13th & 14th Hamble River SC
14th Tynemouth SC
27th Burghfield SC
April  
3rd & 4th Waldringfield SC
10th North Staffs
11th Up River YC
17th & 18th Annandale SC (NOR)
24th Spinnaker SC
25th Spinnaker SC
May  
1st -3rd Salcombe YC
9th Trent Valley SC (NOR)
15th Ripon SC
15th Desborough SC
16th Yorkshire Dales SC
23rd Yeadon ribbed
29th - 1st WPNSA
June  
12th & 13th Royal Harwich YC (flyer)
12th & 13th Yorkshire Ouse SC
19th Spinnaker SC
20th Spinnaker SC
26th & 27th Hykeham SC
July  
3rd Frampton on Severn SC
4th Welland SC
10th & 11th Aldeburgh YC
10th & 11th Tynemouth SC
11th Ranelagh SC
17th & 18th Castle Semple SC
24th to 31st NW Norfolk Sailing Assoc
25th to 30th Loch Tummel SC
31st to 8th Aug Bassenthwaite SC
August  
1st - 6th Salcombe YC
9th - 13th Salcombe YC
7th & 8th Norfolk Broads YC
14th & 15th Helensburgh SC
7th & 8th Wroxham vintage
15th Yeadon vintage
22nd Redesmere SC
28th & 29th Solway YC (details)
September  
11th Olton Mere SC
12th Trent Valley SC (NOR)
12th Henley SC
18th & 19th Grafham Water CANCELLED
26th Island Barn SC
October  
2nd Ripon SC
3rd Yeadon SC
10th Twickenham SC
16th & 17th Salcombe YC
17th Tynemouth SC
November  
6th & 7th Northampton SC
December  
26th Royal Harwich YC


North West Norfolk Week 2010

From (definitely) the back of the N12 fleet!

(Or “The week we went to Norfolk but didn’t stop long!)


The results are at: http://www.norfolkweek.co.uk/National%2012%202010%20files/Sailwave%20results%20for%20NORTH%20WEST%20NORFOLK%20WEEK%202010%20-%20National%2012.mht but I’ve not seen any full “blow by blow” reports anywhere?

The pre-NWNW warm-up didn’t go well last year, or this year. Lack of practice for me after a shoulder operation last October, following an accident at Welland SC (plus nearly chopping the top off my thumb, hence no sailing April to June) and the imminent knee operation (again sailing related) meant that we hatched a cunning plan – to avoid appearing to be competitive! The plan was partly scuppered by not being able to have Shotgun N2359 ready in time, so Perfect Kiss N3157 was pressed into service (but still likely to be the oldest boat there).


Friday: Christine Marshall (CM) and I collected Tricia Wood (TW) from a bus stop at Clifton; we were flagged down by a very hale and hearty Tim Wood, whose 80th birthday TW would be missing tomorrow. Clear run to Norfolk, where the clouds disappeared when we got to the coast – bright sunshine and not a cloud in the sky! Dave Peacock (DP) arrived at our usual Team Trent Valley HQ (TTVHQ) at Burnham Mark-up in time for supper. Our invitation to join the Up River Yotters at the Jolly Sailor in Brancaster sent at 20:45 didn’t get to us until well after 22:00 – perhaps the electro-magnetic interweb waves move slower (like everything else)  in Norfolk?
Saturday: Hunstanton – Major panic back home where Annie, my Great Dane, had ruptured a previous leg injury and was being rushed to the vet; the OD (Old Dragon) dealt with the emergency in her usual cool style, and all was well. Sunny blue skies, fluffy clouds... and very little wind was the order of the day!


Arriving at Sunny Hunny we all noticed how much of the sand had been eroded away at the top of the beach, leaving lots of large stones to cross to launch later. We only had two watches in the car – and forgot both, so we made a rubbish start in the light wind which kept dying away.  And to our amazement, we were 6th around the windward, and then leeward marks – but normal service was resumed in what DP described as a “snakes and ladders” race and came in way behind most of the fleet! Many had waited around at the committee boat in the vain hope of more wind, but we turned straight round and paddled for the beach – followed by everyone else!
The day was rounded off by a big gathering of N12s at the Jolly Sailor; lots of food, booze and good company!


North West Norfolk Week 2010: Hunstanton – dawned grey and mizzle – and Liz (in all her super cycling gear) came to collect DP for a biking tour of Norfolk. At least that’s how far they went judging by athe state that DP came back in – not a bead of perspiration on the brow of Liz! We, of the less sporty faction, spent the morning chilling and planning the TVSC 125th anniversary mega N12 event for next year, which will coincide with the N12 75th.


The yotting turned out to far better than the forecast with some decent planing (a few fell in!) but one’s humour was not improved in the first race as we were set upon by a great white whale for over an entire lap (or was it a Wayfarer?) DP lost his rudder, which was rescued by a very nice man in a very slow Enterbox. We had AGAIN forgotten both watches so a very kind Penny Yarwood in the good ship Igor counted down for us – and we got a decent start even calling starboard on a DCB or two! This was not in the cunning plan! We decided to sportingly let the young lads overtake us – to encourage the youth of the class, you understand – the truth is that Master Copsey just blasted past us to windward and finished miles ahead!


A fab days sailing (but we had a few tricky moments when the knee wouldn’t work and I preformed a rather good backwards flip into the water as we landed as my leg caught under the thwart, much to the amusement of the beach party and spectators). I was a bit bothered the knee wouldn’t last the week – but I needn’t have worried......


Monday: Brancaster – what joy to be back at Brancaster and what a fab sail we had early morning! For once we were not the oldest N12 there as Vince and Fiona Phillips put in guest appearance in their vintage Whisper. Unfortunately one reaching leg of the course went over a very shallow sand bank which DP connected with at high speed. We thought that they had capsized but then saw his rudder floating away (again) and the two of them standing less than waist deep in the water. And Vince sportingly let us beat him!


Tomorrow would be Wells early morning, with the Jenny Lee in the evening, and so CM and I left DP & TW at TTVHQ and headed to Wells to bag an early place in the dinghy park. Two years ago I had stepped backwards off the road outside the clubhouse landing flat out on the concrete ramp below, badly bruising my hand and displacing few bones. After all my other sailing related injuries, CM was under strict instructions from the Old Dragon to make certain that I didn’t injure myself again. As we pulled up outside the club I spotted the dangerous bit of road and we pulled up some yards short; I joked with CM that I didn’t want to fall off there again. CM jumped out of the car and I pulled forward to unhitch the boat outside the dinghy park, but CM had disappeared. Looking over the edge I saw her sitting on the concrete – for a moment I thought that she was taking the mick out of me but clearly things were not well judging by the strange angle of her left wrist. She had fallen down the steps next to the same wall, landing within feet of my plunge, but had come off far worse; she was in serious pain. (Note from CM – I cannot remember how I got from standing at the top admiring the view to sitting at the bottom looking at an unnaturally bent wrist thinking “that’s messed up my holiday!” End of sailing week, and next stop Kings Lynn A&E.


Tuesday – waiting and then collect CM from KL hospital – it might be days before they could insert a plate in her wrist. Wednesday – Deliver CM to QMC Fracture Clinic, Nottingham for 10:30 appointment – Sod’s Law, the only time the swing bridge at Sutton was closed for a ship was today! Thursday – 07:30 CM operation to plate the wrist, and then months of recovery.


AND FINALLY – many thanks to those special people at Wells SC for rushing to CM’s aid, to Sean the Paramedic (with his “gas and air”) and to Tim & Chris, the two Professors of Orthopaedic surgery (and support crew) at the QMC Nottingham for getting CM sorted so quickly and efficiently.
 
Paul Turner (crewed by Christine Marshall) Trent Valley, 31.08.10


PS - Both of us now out of action until October earliest. Hopefully we will fit for the Burton and NWNW 2011! Recovery note from CM – I’ll be fit for then; may even make Ripon in October if my helm is ready!
 

 

 


  n12 Bottom Banner