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Can anyone help to transport a vintage boat from Colchester to her new home near Reading in the next few weeks? She doesn't have a road trailer so the trolley would need strapping on to a road base.

ThanksZoe
chair@national12.org

David, Details below. They went out to the mail ilst on Friday night - presume you didn't receive a copy - maybe it went into your junk items?

Henley SC is hosting a coaching event and N12 open meeting over the weekend of 14-15 September. Coaching will start from 1pm onwards on the Saturday (bring your own lunch) and will be led by national champion Graham Camm.

After the coaching there will be a Twilight supper for all N12 sailors starting from 19.30 with food "of a nostalgic nature" (£10 for 3 courses, vegetarian options available).

If you are not attending the coaching but wish to come for supper please email Judy Saunders to let her know numbers (thesaunders@ntlworld.com).

Camping is available overnight at the club.

The open meeting on Sunday will start at 11am.

Lunch will be available and of course there will be the ever-popular afternoon tea on the Henley lawn after racing.

It would be helpful to have rough numbers for both days, so please email Carol Stitson if you are planning to attend (carolstitson@waitrose.com).

The National 12 Class has been invited to enter 2 boats for the Grand Finals of the Great British Sailing Challenge and Battle of the Classes, which takes place at Rutland Sailing Club on the weekend of 28 and 29 September, 2019. If you would like to represent the class, please contact the chair (chair at national12.org) Juniors are particularly encouraged.

Details below:


Entry for the weekend is £55, which includes a Finalist's T-shirt, along with on-the-water photography by Tim Olin, live streaming, interviews, GPS tracking and live blogging of the event. It's more than just your normal open meeting.

In addition to overall prizes across all competitors, there will be a number of special prize categories to acknowledge the best in each group :

Fast Asymmetric
Fast Non-Asymmetric
Slow Asymmetric
Slow Non-Asymmetric

Youth
18-30
30-60
60+

Ladies

 Photos show new Thwart, Lulham robinson buoyancy bag covers and a good polish. Something going on at Yeadon in the N12 World.

Tony Dufton

28 entries so far and a few more to come in (see list below). We'll publish results here during the event

1 3530 VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR   GRAHAM CAMM   ZOE BALLANTYNE
2 3540 ATOMIC KITTEN                     JON IBBOTSON   RACHEL SMITH
3 3545 A WOOD AND A SHEEP           TOM LEE  JENEFER BUGGE
4 3515 HAPPY HOUR                         GEOFF CAMM   HENRY CAMM
5 3544 WHITEBAIT                           TOM STEWART   ROBERT STEWART
6 3///                                               ISOBEL STEWART  FREYA LILLYWHITE
7 3501 SILVERFIN                             NEAL LILLYWHITE  SAM BROWN TBC
8 3467 NELLO AN BOO                      CHRIS CLARKE   MICHAEL TANNER
9 3529 CAT IN THE HAT                     ANTONY GIFFORD  JO GIFFORD
10 3429 FOOLS GOLD                        ROB STARLING   HOLLY STARLING
11 3320 QUASIMODO                        DAN MEADOWCROFT   KATY MEADOWCROFT
12 3543 D.B.COOPER                        JOHN MEADOWCROFT  GEORGE LANCE
13 3473 MAX FACTOR                        ROSIE WHITE   MAX ROBERTSON
14 3527 SNAGGLEPUSS                     ANDREA DOWNHAM   PIPPA KILSBY
15 3443 THE FULL MONTY                 JOHN THORNTON   MANDY THORNTON
16 3531 CATBERT                             STEVE SALLIS   JOANNE SALLIS
17 3526 CATCH THE SUN                  CHRISTIAN DAY   CHARLOTTE STEWART
18 3483 TONTO                               JON BROWN   SAM BROWN??
19 3519 DEAD CAT BOUNCE             JEREMY HARTLEY   LUKE LAZELL
20 3450 CARBON 12                         MAX SHIEL   ANNABEL STOTT
21 3537 LOLA                                  MIKE HOYLE   JENNY WILSON
22 3502 CARBONARA                       PATRICK HAMILTON   BRYONY THORNTON ?
23 3492 BABEL FISH                        ROLAND WHITEHEAD  KATIE WHITEHEAD
24 3437 WORTH ITS WEIGHT            CHRIS MAYHEW   NICOLE MAYHEW
25 3445 CAPRICCIO                         NIGEL WHITE   CHRIS WHITE
26 3550 REALLY ?                            GAVIN WILLIS   CLARA DAWKINS
27 3538 GLASS AND A HALF FULL     GERALD COPSEY   TANYA COPSEY
28 3546 SHADES OF GREY                RICHARD EAGLETON   NICOLA PALMER

I have been approached by someone who is keen to crew at Burton Week if anyone needs a crew - please let me know and I will put you in touch.

Zoe

I purchased the boat in the mid-late 90's I think around 96-97 from someone in Basingstoke as I wanted to learn to sail and was looking for a first boat. Needless to say I didn't have a clue what a National 12 was but the owner told me that he used it to teach people to sail in ( I don't think this was true but he could obviously tell I knew nothing about boats) and so I naturally thought it would be suitable and bought it. Once I realised what I'd bought I then looked up clubs that sailed 12's and ended up joining Henley Sailing Club.  I never really sailed the boat much as it wasn't really the boat for a novice and I always struggled to find a crew and so sold the boat on.

Over the next few years it passed through the hands of a couple of other HSC members but it never really got sailed much as it always leaked like a sieve, one assumes because it was originally glue together with Aerolite which was failing. Eventually the boat ended with someone who moved abroad and N2492 was abandoned in the dinghy park for a few years. Being aware of it's place in N12 development,  in around 2006 I suggested to the club committee that it should be advertised on the N12 website to see if someone would save it.  From memory no interest was shown in the boat, however after some while it was collected by Phil Pope from Severn Sailboats for a donation of £35 to club funds. I believe Phil's plan was to restore the boat and campaign her himself, though I'm guessing this never happened but it would explain how she ended up as a wreck in the Worcester area.


Attached is a photos I took of the in the Henley boat in 2006 prior to her collection by Phil Pope, as I recall the sails were by Alverbank and were in better condition than the rest of the boat!


Richard Coates

She looks very smart. Nice work.If you want some tuning advice there are some guides on the website.  The best guides for getting started on the website are https://www.national12.org/hints/basic_techniques/ and https://www.national12.org/hints/coaching/. The more advanced set up guide is https://www.national12.org/hints/tuning_guide/

[size=-2][/size]Whereabouts in the country are you? We may be able to hook you up with a local 12 sialor to give you some advice in person. Also we are running coaching events at Twickenham (4th Aug) and Henley-on-Thames (14th Sept) where you could pick up some tips and get help rigging.[size=-2][/size]
Happy sailingGraham

This year 12Fest is at Ardleigh Sailing Club, Colchester on 6-7 July. It is a relaxed weekend of coaching and racing designed to get everyone going that bit faster on the water, with an emphasis on having fun. You'll gain something from the weekend whether you are a N12 novice or championship racer.
12 fleet regulars Graham Camm, Zoe Ballantyne & John Meadowcroft will be running the coaching. Coaching will focus on tuning, boat handling, boat speed and starting tactics. There will be debriefs at the end of each day to look at the video footage and see how much you've improved.

Free camping is available on site and camper vans can park in the car park overnight.

Ardleigh's caterers are unfortunately on holiday over the weekend we're visiting so please bring your own food for lunch both days and for Sunday breakfast. Sailors are able to use the club kitchen facilities, hot drinks and light snacks (crisps, chocolate etc) are available, but camping stoves aren't allowed.  We'll be heading to the Wooden Fender pub, just down the road from the club, for Saturday dinner, let us know if you'd like to join so we can book tables.

Entry is just £25 per boat

Coaching starts at 11am on Saturday 6th July. Let us know if you are coming and what you'd like to cover here

Club details: Ardleigh Sailing Club, Clover Way, Ardleigh, Colchester, Essex CO7 7PT (see http://www.asc.memberlodge.com/About-ASC for directions)

Welcome to the class Rob. Hope you enjoy the restoration and sailing her. Please do let us know if you need any advice on restoration or sailing
Graham

Very Hungry Caterpillar will be there and we'd like a camping spot please.

In addition to the racing, we are planning a talk on sea sailing and there will be bar boats and other games on Saturday evening, so come along and join the fun!

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The South Windermere SC Open Meeting is on the 11th & 12th May 2019/

   
• Food will be available on both days from the galley
• Boats can be dropped off by arrangement on Friday evening.
• Saturday morning access is unavailable between 9am and 10am due to the park run.

Please get in touch with Ange O'Donnell at the sailing club if you'd like to know more
Happy sailing
Graham

   

Please be aware there has been one change of date, the Burwain open meeting is now 23rd June(not 18th May). Also, three new events have been added to the fixtures list     Coaching @ Twickenham 4th Aug Coaching @ Henley 14th Sept Twickenham open meeting added 20th Oct Hope to see you at one of them Happy sailing Graham

It was pretty windy, as these two photos show

https://www.burghfield-saili-1.howevideography.com/fullscreen-page/comp-isj0d73u/04ab818a-8314-4092-a3aa-9ef32ddb4a38/11/%3Fi%3D11%26p%3Dc1l9m%26s%3Dstyle-jtbqt3ij%26rl%3D1

https://www.burghfield-saili-1.howevideography.com/fullscreen-page/comp-isj0d73u/499b54c3-40af-4e0b-853e-20a5a908d43f/22/%3Fi%3D22%26p%3Dc1l9m%26s%3Dstyle-jtbqt3ij%26rl%3D1