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Sorry for the late notice but :

This coming Saturday we are planning a video session at Northampton Sailing club to get more HD footage for the dinghy show,
There are a couple of boats coming, but the more the merrier, so if you fancy having a bit of a pre-season training sail and don't mind doing the odd strange thing for the camera, please feel free to join in.

If interested, we'll be going on the water at 11am, there will be a slight cost to pay fuel for the use of a RIB, canteen will be open and I'm sure there will be a few funny bits in the video to giggle at at the end of the day!

Please post here if you fancy coming along, would be good to have a range of boats, AC's DB's and vintage all welcome!

Jeremy

Apologies for the delay this year, but the calendar is now ready to go to print. See image below which gives the final look of the months.
If you wish to purchase a calendar they are only available by PRE-ORDER and I will be sending it to the printers next Wednesday (12th Jan 2011)
To order a calendar please send me the following details by e-mail

1. full name
2. full address
3. number of calendars you would like

send to: jeremy@designs42.net

Cost per calendar is £7.00 (this will include postage to you by first class mail)
In order to recieve your calendar I will require a check made payable (to NTOA) for the full amount sent to me (address is in the handbook) prior to the calendar being dispatched.

PLEASE CONTACT ME QUICKLY IF YOU WISH TO ORDER A CALENDAR AS THEY WILL GO TO PRINT NEXT WEEK so as to be delivered to you before the end of Jan.

I have just started an N12 page on facebook. If you use facebook please 'like' the page so that we can spread the word about the N12! Also feel free to add pics, comments, vids etc so that we can keep the page 'live'. It is not a replacement to this website at all and it would be great to see links appear on the FB page which draw people from FB to this website. The aim is to create an additional 'promotional point for the N12, the advantage of FB being that new messages and topics get seen by a far wider audience.

face book page link is:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Burghfield-Sailing-Club/364825688343#!/pages/National-12/114494871950009

I am a little bit late this year with this to say the least... but I got a big kick up the backside today when I saw the  Fotoboat calendar comp on Y&Y this afternoon.
Similar to last year I hope to put together a calendar in the next couple of weeks but in order to do that I need a plentiful supply of images to populate it.

Could I therefore ask that after reading this you immediately search your files for this year's photo (I have seen some excellent ones on the reports of events over the year) and send them to me as quickly as possible. The images do need to be of a fairly high quality so that we can produce the best calendar posssible.

PLEASE PLEASE do this NOW!!!!!! so that I can put it together quickly and get it to the printers in time so that you can get them for christmas.
A sample of the calendar will be avaiable to view here and, like last year it will be pre-order only to save on waste.



Please e-mail images to jeremy(at)designs42.net



or send a CD to me(if you have a lot of images) ... address is in the handbook.
thanks and hope to hear from you soon

Jeremy

With the unfortunate demise of the Island Barn Open Pursuit from the calendar (sorry to hear about it Mike) I thought I could advertise an alternative instead if you were thinking of going along.
 Sunday 3rd of October sees the RNLI & Sailability 'Cock of Burghfield' at BSC. This is a three race Open Pursuit day at BSC with first race from 11am followed by two races back to back in the pm .(as it is a pursuit fromat this gives you time to get off the water and have a break between the races due to the handicap of the 12).


As a charity event entry is a mere £3 (as a minimum but donations warmly welcomed). Last year we had a sixy one boat fleet on the water and we are expecting more this year as we have a triple open event the day before and many are expressing an interest is staying on an extra day.

If you are interested in coming along please post here so that I can get an idea of numbers.

I realise this is quite short notice but....

Graham and I have found an empty date in the 12 calendar to put on a bit of coaching and a video session at Burghfield to which all are welcome. The aim of the day is two-fold... firstly coaching and secondly to try and build up a stock of interesting video footage for use by the class for promotional purposes (including Dinghy Show) and training. Hopefully the weather will play ball and we will have a nice sunny F3-4!
If you would like to take part in either the video section or the coaching or both, please post your reply here.... It would be great to get a big mix of boats to come along so that we can get some good footage together. If you have access to a suitable camera please bring it along so that we can create the most footage from different angles!
Cost for the day will be £5 per boat to pay for powerboat usage.

The club is also having a 'Hog Roast' in the early evening to which you are more than welcome. Cost is £10 per adult and £7.50 person youth (U16).

PLease indicate if you want to join the Hog Roast so that I can reserve you some tickets.

Start time for the day will be around 10-10.30.

Feel free to give me a call if you want further info... number in the handbook

Post here if you want to come and join in this 12 fest!!!

Jeremy

Thought I'd take an old tiller extension bend the end and drill a couple of holes in it and strap camera to one end and boat to the other, then go out with George and 66 other boats for Wednesday evening racing!


Result:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8m2ZCN9q7Y

Sorry about the bad music, got bored trying to look for songs and gave up!

There are some interim results posted on the BW website which will be updated shortly. There are also some fantastic photo galleries courtesy of fotoboat.com

[GILL series]

Even though there is snow on the ground again today, spring is very nearly here and that means the open sailing season is soon to be in full swing.
 
With this in mind the first of the GILL series is at Burghfield SC on the 27th March 2010. As usual we are operating a pre-registration booking procedure to help plan the event in advance. Format for the day is three races with one discard, first race from 11am with the remaining two races back to back after lunch. 
 
With only two Gill events calendared before Burton Week can you afford to miss out on some big fleet racing?

 
Please use the link below to pre-register. Note that pre-registration does not require pre-payment but is only to help with early planning and to save you time on the day as all the pre-registered information will automatically be downloaded onto your official entry form saving you the hasssle of writing it all out!

Entry on the day for the event is £18 but if you pre-register this drops to £16


www.burghfieldsailing.org/p343


We are looking this year to provide tea and cakes at the end of the event as having been to Henley for the first time last year I now feel hungry at just the thought of it and want to make sure that you are all equally weighted up as I am at present after relative winter hibernation!

Katy Meadowcroft has been busy on the merchandising front and there will be long sleeved Gill rash vests available with Burotn week logo on the national 12 Stand Dinghy Show. See image below for a detailed mok up of the design.

In addition there will also be N12 burgees available on the stand so if you are planing on renewing your burgee..... hold on for a little bit!!!
 
For further inofmation post your question here or contact merchandise@national12.org
 

many apologies to all who purchased the N12 calendar, I have been informed by those with more eagle eyes than me that there is an error- unfortunately on the most important dates in it- Burtwon Week!
 
I missed out the 31st May and so the calendar reads that BW ends on the 2nd of June not 1st as it should.
 
Please accept my apologies and it will not happen next year!
 
Jerremy

As stated by John Meadowcroft in the Newsletter, the calendars cameback from print on Thursday, and I have now sent them out to those from whom I have received payment.
 
They should be with you either today or on Monday and I hope you all enjoy!
There are still a small number available if you want one.
Thanks for the positive response- start taking pics for next years.....!
 
Jeremy
jeremy@designs42.net

[New this Year … The NTOA 2010 Calendar.]

New this Year … The NTOA 2010 Calendar.
 
Christmas stocking filler â€" ensure your sailing dates are free next summer!
 
Available exclusively to N12 sailors. This is a wire bound 13 page (one month per page plus cover) 135mmx297mm calendar printed on heavy weight (250gsm) card. see image below for sample. 
  

This calendar has all the N12 events for 2010 printed within it so now you can not only have a great calendar hanging in your kitchen/office but it is also informative too! 
N12 lovers produced all the images within the calendar.

HOW MUCH? 

 Cost per calendar, which includes P&P to a UK mailing address, is £7.00
 
   
HOW TO ORDER?   

STEP 1
This calendar is available by PRE-ORDER only and is an ideal stocking filler.
 
So get your orders in now as it will be going to print shortly.
All pre-orders must be received by Wednesday 11^th November to ensure that there is time for calendar to be printed and sent out in time for Christmas.
 
STEP 2   

To pre-order simply e-mail me the following details to:  


jeremy@designs42.net

 
Number of calendars you require

Your Address
 
STEP 3  


Once you have mailed me your order please then send a cheque to the address below.  
Please note that no calendar will be sent out until a cheque has been received.  
 
Please make cheques payable to NTOA and send to:  
 
Jeremy Carey  
N12 Merchandising  
Flat 1.B. Adelaide Road  
High Wycombe  
Bucks.  
HP13 6UR  
 
N.B. Images may be subject to change dependent upon sufficiently high resolution files being available.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 



 

I have finally got around to sorting out the dates for this years Burghfield Winter Series.
We have decided to cut the number of dates by two this year to encourage more twelves to come to fewer events.
 
The format is the same as ever with two races per day first at 11am and second at around 1.30pm
Total number of races 8 with a proposed 2 discards.
Entry fee is £5 per day and you may leave your boat at the club by arrangement between dates if you wish.
Dates for the event are as follows:
 
Sunday 22nd November 2009
Sunday 6th December 2009
Sunday 24th January 2010
Sunday 7th February 2010
 
Prize giving will be on the final day.
 Please can you e-mail me or drop a reply on this thread if you are intending to come along and join the fun.
 
Thanks
 
Jeremy
 
 
 

Don't laugh at the name!
The 'cock of Burgfield' is a charity Open Pursuit racing day which encompasses 3 70minute pursuit races. Though an open event we have rarely avderrtised it well so this year we thought we would let people know about it!

The event is on Sunday 4th October 2009 at Burghfield Sailing Club with first race at 11am, second at 1.15pm and third run back to back, giving 12's the chance to come off the water and have a cup of tea before going out again for the third race.

The entry is only £2 per boat but as a charity event all donations are welcome (all proceeds go towards Burghfield sailability). 
Prizegiving will be after the last race and with a chance to get your name on the 'Cock of Burghfield' trophy (Which really is stunning!) why not come along and give it a try.
 
There is no pe-registration, just rock up on the day but it would be nice to see if we can get a group of 12's to the event so please post here if you think you might want to try it out.
 
Could be a good stopover point for those from the south going to Grafham on the Saturday for the Gill series
  
 

For the last two years I have organised a 12 race series over the winter (late nov to feb) and would like to know who might be interested in coming if I were to run it this year.
Could you therefore indicate your interest by posting on this thread in the next couple of weeks so that I can guage the level of interest before organising the series. The format for the races is two per day (on a sunday within club racing) and roughly every two weeks over the winter  with a break over christmas.
 
thanks
 
Jeremy

Dear all whom have a camera...
 
Guess thats everybody then!
 
I am planning to put together a calendar for next year which will be available through the N12 merchantdising that will include the years N12 sailing fixtures. What I would like to do is use images that encompass the notion of owning a twelve- from racing comtemporary boats to AC's and Vintage- not to mention the odd bit of sandcastle and crabbing which form part of the twelve family.
 
So if you have any images that you think might make it into the calendar could you please mail them to me so that I can start early and have a huge selection to choose from. PLease only send high quality images (and not all at once if you have alot- it'll crash my PC!)
 
Thanks
 
Jeremy
mail to:  jeremy@designs42.net

I have now updated the BW website with the silver national results (overall results) I will continue to update the subsidary results as I receive them. I have also put in a few pics of various happenings but if there are more pics and stories out there please mail them to me.
www.burtonweek.org 

Thanks
Jeremy
jeremy@designs42.net
 

A little late this year but I have some t-shirt designs (below) that I would like to get to print ASAP. could you post on this sting your preference in the next couple of days
 
Thanks
 
Jeremy

A very big thank you to all those who made it to Burghfield last saturday for the first of the Gill Series, it was a great if somewhat, at times, chilly and challenging start to the series.
With the wind coming from the north- northwest and gusting up to 25knots or so it was never going to be an easy days racing as it shifted about considerably. The race officer set a series of rather complicated courses in order to try and average out the wind conditions and allow for decent beats, but this had the effect of causing a few memory problems for some competitors. With a great mix of boats arriving for the day and an almost even split between DB's and AC's there was competive sailing throughout the fleet. Capsizes abounded throughout the day in the tough conditions with barely a competitor managing to stay upright for the complete set of races. Even those at the top of the fleet found the conditions hard.
There were very close battles at the top of the fleet throughout the day and though Graham a Zoe won the event with two bullets it was only Tom Stewarts windward capzie 20m from the line in the final race which gave them this score. Overall a fantastic day was had and though those with younger crews found it particlualry challenging it was a great showing of how well the 12 suits so many.
 
There should be video and images coming in the not too distant future but in the meantime the results are posted here:
http://www.burghfieldsailing.org/content/results/show.php?page=2009_open_n12.htm
 
 
Look forward to seeing you all again at Salcombe on the frist Bank Holiday weekend in May
 
Jeremy