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It's less than 2 weeks to go until the Scottish Championship and the 6th round of the Gul Series at Solway YC...


Solway Yacht Club might just be the perfect National 12 venue. The beautiful setting of Kippford on the Solway Firth offers the best of open water sailing out near the mouth of the estuary and a challenge for the river specialists. And if you're not sailing, it's a lovely area of the country to explore. Add to that the legendary warm welcome the 12s are always given at Solway and you have the perfect weekend on the coast.


This year Solway Yacht Club host the National 12 Scottish Championships and the 6th round of the Gul Series. There will be 3 races in the bay on Saturday and the "Craning Out" supper with the club on Saturday evening.On the Sunday there will be another race in the bay followed by the famous Palnackie race. The winners will take home a spectacular trophy and there will be prizes throughout the fleet courtesy of our generous series sponsors Gul.


If you've sailed at Solway before, you won't need any more persuading, but if not, don't miss out this year!

Hi Jonathan,


At 12 Fest there will be coaching on the Saturday and handicap racing on the Sunday. It's an informal fun event with lots of boat swapping, a chance to try out other boats and we'll also have a crews race and junior race if we can fit them in the schedule. Everyone had a great time last year and it will be even bigger this year as the vintage 12 fleet will be there too.


Cheers,


Chris

Pre-registration for 12 Fest is now open


If you're thinking of joining us for coaching and fun racing alongside the Vintage Champs on 25th and 26th June, please pre-register on the link below. You can also let us know if there's anything you'd like to cover in the coaching or if you would like to try out another 12.


http://www.national12.org/events/registration.shtml


Hope to see you there


Chris
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Great photos Sophie!


The report is now up on the Y&Y website:


http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/189187/Gul-National-12-Series-at-Salcombe


Don't forget the date of the Salcombe Autumn Open Meeting has changed to 8th-9th October. Salcombe are planning to some champs style races out at sea which was great last year so don't miss it!


Chris
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This one is TBC at the moment due to low turnouts at Ranelagh this year but I am trying to get a winter open meeting sorted. Please post here if you are interested in an open at Ranelagh over the next couple of months as it will help us to get this agreed.

Cheers,

Chris

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We'll be there.
Chris and Sophie
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We'll be there.
 
There are 3 races over the weekend with the first start at 2.30pm on Saturday. You can enter and find the NoR here:
 
http://www.salcombeyc.org.uk/open-meetings
 
Hope to see you next weekend.
 
Chris and Sophie
 
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The 2015 Scottish Champs will take place on the beautiful waters of Solway YC over the weekend of 12th / 13th September. The weekend is also event 6 of the Gul series and counts towards the Lairwell Trophy and vintage series.
 
There will be 5 races over the weekend including the famous Palnackie race but make sure you get up early or on Friday night as the first start is at 10am. The NoR will be up on the website soon.
 
The Saturday evening social is very generously being hosted by Margaret and Ian Purkis...I look forward to seeing you there. Please post if you are coming.
 
Chris N3526

There is a local crew available for Herne Bay Burton Week this weekend.
 
Please email [mail=crew@national12.org]crew@national12.org[/mail] if you are interested.
 
Chris Day

Just dug out this footage of last year's Burton Week to get us in the mood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyOaCLa0pbU
 
Looking forward to seeing everyone next weekend - there's still time to enter! Also if you are a crew/know of a crew who is around for the weekend please let us know as there are still helms wanting to compete.
 
Chris

Coaching will start off at 10.30am on Saturday on shore, with boats rigged but sailors not changed.
We're aiming to start with a Pursuit Race on Sunday at 10.15am.
If you're coming along please pre-register for discount entry and let us know what you're interesting in focussing on in the coaching, so we can tailor the sessions:
http://www.national12.org/events/registration.shtml

A year on from the fantastic Carnac 2014 the idea of holding another event for some of the great British classes is being discussed. Tom Jeffcoate is once again leading the charge (thanks Tom) and has set up an online survey so if you're at all interested you need to have your say. The format and venue are all up for grabs so please let Tom know what you'd like and what would encourage or discourage you from going. You can add your own ideas and the survey should only take a couple of minutes to fill in.
 
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NRDRCBS
 
Getting excited already!
 
Chris Day
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Indecision and The Very Hungry Caterpiller looked great at the Dinghy Show this weekend. Thanks to Neal and Meds for running the stand!

[At the moment we are looking in particular for crews for Burghfield on 28th March]

Are you a helm without someone to keep you company at the front of the boat?
Perhaps you're a crew eager to grab on to those jib sheets?
We're trying to help crews and helms find each other for events.
 

So please get in touch if you're looking for someone for an event this year let us know: [mail=crew@national12.org]crew@national12.org[/mail]
 

At the moment we are looking in particular for crews for Burghfield on 28th March - a great chance to enjoy a sail at the front of the boat in the first GUL event of the year.

We're doing the Yacht Club Regatta - we like the afternoon starts and having our own fleet start too!
There are also socials throughout the week at the YC.
Soph and Chris