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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


Solway Gill Series open meeting

 

Scottish Wild Cat Bounce - Very Much Alive! The Gill Series comes to the Solway Yacht Club at Kippford.
 
With the Scottish regulars being joined by many of the leading Gill fleet crews, some who had driven many hundreds of miles, most arrived on a balmy Friday evening, keenly anticipating the weekend ahead. Saturday dawned windy and with passing showers, the fleet launched for a fast sail out through the moored yachts to “Rough Firth” the main sailing area.


Race 1 “Out of the Blue”, Philip David and local crew Ailsa Ross were first to the windward mark, closely followed by the two Dead Cat Bounces of Steve and Joanne Sallis and Andy McKee and another local crew, Bronagh Gillespie. After a good start the leading representative of the vintage fleet, Solway Vice Commodore Stewart Biggar and his crew Lynn Watt were mid fleet in “Mock Turtle”. Going across the tide towards Rough Island, Steve Sallis took the lead but Andy was not far behind, with Philip keeping in touch with both of the DCBs. This order was maintained to the finish but further down the fleet an epic battle had developed with Jerry & Margaret Garner, Neil McInnes and Rachel Dean, Angus & Rohan Beyts, Ian and Margaret Purkis and “Mock Turtle” all vying for 10th place. Once clear, this was settled decisively in Jerry & Margaret’s favour, but sadly the vital “Gaffer tape” gave up on “Agent Orange” forcing the Beyts into retirement.

 

Solway


Race 2 saw the Sallis’ first out of the tide and storm off into a big lead, never to be challenged. With the tide ebbing by lap 2, the water was getting shallow fast at the wing mark making the Yeadon SC visitors, led by Howard Chadwick, crewed by local expert Fiona McCulloch, feel at home as centreboards grounded, but here it was on cockle beds rather than Yeadon’s trademark sunken shopping trollies!


The regular N12 / SYC Scottish social and barbecue was enjoyed by all into the “wee small hours”, shortly before sunrise on Sunday, bright but very breezy.


Increasing wind speed and forecast gusts of Force 8 left the PRO Duncan Gillespie slightly uneasy, but he had nothing to worry about – the leading crews were back on the water although several others gave it better and opted to stay dry. By now the sail out was even faster and a pretty hairy run, but everyone on the water safely arrived at the start, but it was not to last. Another storming Sallis start came to nothing as Steve collected the warp holding the inner distance mark and upended, leaving Andy McKee, now crewed by another keen SYC member, Caitlin Ross, first round the windward mark and onto the reach but 100 yards later with the kicker still hard on, it all went wrong and the other Dead Cat Bounce was swimming. Philip David and Ailsa (Caitlin’s sister) were next to taste the Solway, with several others upending.

 

Meanwhile the Sallis’ had it all to do, starting dead last but rapidly making up places. By now Bernard Clark and Elaine Ross (Ailsa & Caitlin’s Mum) were leading but steep waves and vicious gust caught them out too. This handed the lead to the superbly controlled Admiral’s Cup boat of Neal Piper and Nick Copsey, now leading the whole fleet, not just the Admiral’s Cuppers. Despite a really brave effort they couldn’t quite hold off the Sallis duo with Steve and Joanne beating them by a few seconds. With the fleet by now severely depleted, all six finishers earned the admiration of the Committee Boat and shore teams, but the PRO decided enough was enough and all thoughts of Race 4 were abandoned. Despite a hard slog upwind back to the slipway, the glorious sunshine had Kippford sparkling and the rest of the afternoon to recover.


By the evening, the wind had dropped and most had opted to stay on locally overnight, retiring to The Anchor to nurse sore bones and enjoy the local hospitality.
 

Overall results


1. N3531 Steve Sallis / Joanne Sallis, awarded Scottish Daily Express Championship Trophy
2. N3529 Andy McKee / Bronagh Caitlin
3. N3280 Neal Piper / Nick Copsey  Admirals Cup Winners
4. N3472 Mark Simpson / Jane Daly
5. N3499 Philip David / Ailsa Ross
6. N3447 Bernard Clark / Elaine Ross
7. N3513 Chris Day / Sophie Richards
8. N3500 Jerry Garner / Margaret Garner
9. N3216 Neil McInnes / Rachel Dean
10. N3356 Howard Chadwick / Fiona McCulloch
11. N3411 Nick Copsey / Anthony Copsey, awarded Junior Prize
12. N3384 Ian Purkis / Margaret Purkis
13. N1620 Stewart Biggar / Lynn Watt
14. N3406 Angus Beyts / Rohan Beyts, awarded Scotland’s answer to the Burton Brick, The Ladybird Book of Sailing & Boating for having entered every Solway YC N12 Open in the last 10 years and maintaining his 100% record of never finishing a race!
15. N3426 Daniel Sallis / Carol Sallis

 

 

 

 


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