Ribbed National 12’s Regatta at Yeadon Sailing Club

 

An enthusiastic group of ribbed National 12 sailors gared at Yeadon Sailing Club for third and final event of season.  se events have been co-ordinated by class association chairman Tim Gatti (who also owns 4 of 5 boats) and for various reasons competitors from last two events were not able to compete so four of five teams had not sailed se boats before.  Tim briefed contestants on format, in brief 3, 2, 1 go and change boats after every race by moving up a boat number or if at N1183 back down to N2.

event began in a gentle breeze and all boats got away cleanly from a short start line Phil David sailing with Katie McInnes took an early lead in Sinner N711 but were hotly pursued by Tim Gatti and Tace Morgan sailing N493 Sinner, Neil McInnes and Rachel Dean sailing N341 Mat were chasing hard though and pressure on Tim caused him to miss a mark leaving Philip first and Neil second.

 

In race 2 OOD changed course slightly but Philip was again quick to take lead this time sailing N1183 Tessa, Neil was first to start but as signal had not yet gone soon returned to  start again! Tim Gatti now in N711 moved up fleet but it was neck and neck with Brian Miatt and Jane Preston in N341 and John and Kathy Cheetham in N2 Goldcrest.  se three finished within seconds of one anor with Tim taking second place to Philip and Katie’s second win of day.

Neil was again first off line in race three but starting to wish he had a watch!  Brian Miatt and Jane Preston made a great start in N493 Laughter and although racing was very close particularly with John and Kathy in N341 Mat Brian managed to pull off his first win of day, Neil recovered from his premature start in Sinner and finish 3rd whilst Philip and Katie finished an uncharacteristic 4th in N2 Goldcrest.

 

After an excellent if rar rapid lunch teams were back on water for race 4 and course was changed back to original one to suit 20 degree shift, possibly caused by hotdog with onions lunch?  wind had also increased to a comfortable two sitting out breeze.  However Philip and Katie returned to form pulling out a good lead this time in Mat although John and Kathy in Sinner pushed hard at times but finished second.  final race ended with same result for first and second places and water was cleared for afternoon’s club racing. Overall a great event, thanks to Yeadon Sailing Club for hosting fleet, Sarah, Margaret and Kathy for excellent refreshments, Mike Cox and Ellie Clark for assisting in committee boat, Ken Goddard for coming all way from Derby to support and most importantly Tim Gatti for providing 80% of fleet and coordinating entries etc.

 

Overall results

 

Pos      Helm                            Crew                   Boat No       Boat Name               Design

1st	Philip David	Katie McInnes		N493	Laughter	Jack Holt (Holt 500)
2nd	John Cheetham	Kathy Cheetham		N341	Mat	Uffa King
3rd	Brian Miatt	Jane Preston		N711	Sinner	Gnome
4th	Neil McInnes	Rachel Dean		N1183	Tessa	Proctor Mark 2
5th	Tim Gatti	Tace Morgan		N2	Goldcrest	Barnt Green One Design

 

Howard Chadwick        N12 Class Vintage Wing Representative (Photographer and Race Officer)

Attached- Pic 058 Philip and Katie lead fleet in N1183   Pic 049 Brian Miatt makes running in N341