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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


Ribbed boat racing @ Yeadon

 

Ribbed Boat Racing in the Sunshine.
 
A fleet of Ribbed National Twelves dating from 1936 to 1953 gathered at Yeadon Sailing Club on Sunday 23rd May to be greeted by glorious sunshine, bacon butties and a gentle breeze.
 
Five boats assembled with crews from Yeadon, Ripon and Winsford Flash, four of these boats belong to current National Twelve Owners Association Chairman Tim Gatti who had been working hard to get his boats to the club for the event as well as coordinating entries etc.
 
Each competing team was allocated a boat for the first race and five short races of approximately 20 minutes each were run.  After every race crews change boats and all races count for the day’s results thus each team has equal chance of success.  The Race Officers Howard Chadwick and Ian Morgan set a short course with a 3, 2, 1, go start sequence to keep things moving and as soon as the bacon butties were devoured racing commenced.
 
Race 1 saw John and Cathy Cheetham in excellent form sailing N493 Laughter, a 1945 Holt 500 design, to victory hotly pursued by Neil McInnes and Rachel Dean in N341 Mat, an Uffa King, built in 1938.
 
Race 2 began as soon as boats were swapped and was a closely fought battle with John and Cathy in N711 Sinner, a Gnome design, built in 1949 and Tim Gatti and Vanessa Kennedy sailing Mat closely followed by Bernard and Ellie Clark sailing N2 Goldcrest, a Barnt Green design, built in 1936.  As the winds shifted Bernard went out to the opposite side of the course on the final beat pulling off a master stroke taking him from 3rd place to a comfortable first place.

 

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Brian Herring and Katie McInnes demonstrate the art of roll tacking a vintage 12
Photo SG105097 Mike Cox
 


Race 3 was slightly delayed by some frantic bailing as the boats had dried out over the winter and some were getting very full indeed.  Although all boats had bailers only two had pumps which were being shared!  The jetty briefly resembled a formula one pit stop area.  Once underway Bernard and Ellie were the dominant pair in N341 Mat, however John and Cathy now sailing N1183 Tessa, a Procter Mark 2, built in 1953 were chasing hard and finished second.  Tim Gatti pulled up the minute he lost at the start through sharing a pump to finish 3rd with Neil in 4th and Brian Herring struggling slightly with N2 and making derogatory remarks about her being better for moving flour, like a barge,  than racing.
 
After a brief lunch and more bailing crews were back on the water for race 4 where Bernard and Ellie were again the pair to beat, this time sailing Laughter, Ellie’s favourite, although Tim and Vanessa in Sinner were a close second followed home by Brian and Katie in Mat.
 
Race 5 began after yet more frantic bailing and on a new course to match the shifting breeze.  Brian and Katie McInnes were fast off the line this time in Laughter and Brian used all his 75 years of experienced coupled with Katie’s nimble crewing to stay ahead of Bernard and Ellie, now sailing Sinner and Tim and Vanessa now in Tessa.  Brian managed to maintain and then increase his lead to claim victory in this the last race, which finished only 20 minutes before the first of the club’s afternoon races was scheduled to start.
 
The event was once again a great success and had created much interest amongst club sailors in addition to being thoroughly enjoyed by all the competitors.  The final team positions being as follows:-
 
Overall results

1st Bernard Clark Ellie Clark
2nd John Cheetham Cathy Cheetham
3rd Tim Gatti Vanessa Kennedy
4th Brian Herring Katie McInnes
5th Neil McInnes Rachel Dean


 
Howard Chadwick 24-05-2010
 


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