Easter Egg series 22nd - 24th April egg11 Place Class Sail no Helm R1 R2 R3 Points 1 OK 2117 Alex Scoles 4 1 1 2 2 OK 2123 Andy Turner 1 2 3 3 3 Albacore 6812 Sam Mason & Sally Smith 2 3 dnf 5 4 OK 2059 Peter Turner 9 4 2 6 5 Europe 240 Debs Turner 3 7 6 9 6 Laser 174547 Ash Deakin 5 5 5 10 7 Sharpie 128 Alex Smith & Paul Beachell Av pts 9 4 13 8 Sharpie 71 Paul Goakes&WmScoles 8 6 Av pts 13 9 Lightning 291 Jane Heath 6 11 9 15 10 OK 2031 Dave Cooper 10 Av pts 7 15.5 11 Laser 192771 Andrew Green 7 10 dns 17 12 Laser 171682 Andrew Storer Dns 35 12 7 19 13 Laser 189186 Ben Goakes 12 Dns 35 8 20 14 Firefly 109 Mark Winter Dns 35 8 14 22 15 Laser 174899 Colin Hargreaves 14 14 10 24 16 Solo 1490 Peter Holt 11 Dns 35 13 24 17 Las Rad 174629 Sophia Warner 17 Dns 35 8 25 18 Las Rad 16283 Sue Gathercole 19 Dns 35 11 30 19 Twinkle Richard Warner 15 15 dns 30 20 Laser 167946 George Deakin 18 16 15 31 21 Las Rad 166591 Adam Mills 20 Dnf 35 12 32 22 Mirror 48705 Jamie Mulholland 16 17 17 33 23 Twinkle Brown sail Peter & Charlie Smith 24 20 16 36 24 Twinkle George Parry 21 18 18 36 25 Topper 32295 Max Deakin 27 19 19 38 26 Topper 42758 Sam Smith 26 21 20 41 27 Topper Frederick Deakin 28 23 22 45 28 Mirror 27533 Kevin Gathercole 25 Dns 35 21 46 29 Las Rad 50500 Gemma Goakes 13 Dns 35 dns 30 Laser blue Mark Beck Dns 35 13 dns 31 Topper 36251 Alec Deakin 29 22 dns 51 32 Family 14 FF1 Simon Dawes 22 Dns 35 dns 33 Mirror 3824 Camilla Warner 23 Dns 35 dns 34 Topper 16666 Sarah Homes Dns 35 Dns 35 dnf 35 Topper 19427 Tom Homes Dns 35 Dns 35 dnf 36 Pico blue Fred owen dns dns 23 inline_lt 45% ../ospix/easter11/easter114.jpg A gentle force 1 and brilliant sunshine rewarded the record number of 30 sailors who turned out for the first race of the Easter Egg series. Andy Turner in his OK led off the line with the two other OKs of Pete Turner and Alex Scoles recalled for being over the line. By Norton buoy Sam Mason and Sally Smith in their Albacore, travelling at great speed, had taken the lead, with Debs Turner in her Europe ahead of three other OKs and a large bunch of Lasers. The Deakin family was well represented by Ashley and George in their Lasers but also by Max and Alec in their Toppers and Suzanne taking on the Race Officer role. On the second lap Paul Goakes and Willliam Scoles in their Sharpie pulled through the fleet to finish just behind the Albacore. After the handicaps had been worked out Andy Turner was first, Sam Mason second and Debs Turner third. On the Saturday and Race 2 the fleet had to wait patiently for the wind to fill in, which it eventually did from the north. Again it was brilliantly sunny. Alex Scoles in his OK showed excellent speed to take the lead from the start line, closely followed by Andy Turner in his OK and Sam Mason in the albacore. These three had a good battle round the course with both Sam and Andy having their moments in the lead. Again Paul Goakes in the Sharpie appeared on lap 2 but couldn't make up their time on handicap. Conditions didn't really favour the Lasers but both Ashley Deakin and Mark Beck were in contention. At the end Alex Scoles was first, Andy Turner second and Sam Mason third. inline_rt 45% ../ospix/easter11/easter1123.jpg Race 3 on the Sunday was notable for a bit more wind, fog and bad behaviour on the start line with boats over the line at the start who shall be nameless! Capella (Sharpie 128) shot away from the start line and was never headed, chased by Alec Scoles, Andy Turner and Pete Turner in their OKs, and Ash Deakin in his Laser. Max Deakin swapped Toppers having been rammed on the start line by a myopic motor boat (also on video). Sam Mason in his Albacore dropped out saying he couldn't get his centreboard down (needs to walk the course at low water). Alex won this race with Pete Turner second and Andy Turner third. Overall Alex Scoles won the biggest Easter Egg; Andy Turner was second; Sam Mason and Sally Smith third; Max Deakin was first junior, Richard Warner was first clinker in his smartly re-furbished Twinkle and Debs Turner was first lady. An excellent weekend's racing with a record turnout for Easter of 36 boats. Particular thanks go to Suzanne Deakin and Ruth McEwen for acting as Race Officers and for those who took a turn in the Safety boat. The next races are the Shipwrecked Mariner's Pennant on Sunday May 1st (5.30pm start) and the Jubilee Plate, Monday May 2nd (7am start) - Camerawork by Daniel Blanke - thanks Daniel! Jubilee Plate 2nd May jub_plate place boat crew corr_time 1 Laser 174899 Colin Hargreaves 1989 2 Twinkle 12 Arion Alex and Charlie Smith 2189 3 Topper 42758 Sam Smith 2466 inline_lt ../ospix/jub_plate11/jub_plate3.jpg Three crews braved the early start and windy Easterly to line up on the start line for this race. Colin Hargreaves in his Laser showed everyone a clean pair of heels to complete two laps without a single capsize (the course set by Camilla and Richard Warner had three jibes on each lap!). Practice makes perfect. inline_lt ../ospix/jub_plate11/jub_plate4.jpg Alex and Charlie Smith in their Twinkle Arion sailed well to finish second and Sam Smith in his Topper also completed the race after a few "incidents". inline_rt ../ospix/jub_plate11/jub_plate2.jpg Well done to everyone who competed. Thanks to Paul Goakes for manning the safety boat and to Camilla and Richard Warner for officiating. Seafarer's Pennant May 7th seaf boat crew corrected place Albacore 6812 Sam Mason & Sally Smith 2689 1 Lightning 291 Jane Heath 2796 2 Twinkle 12 Zepherine Richard Warner 2849 3 Solo 1490 Peter Holt 2862 4 Twinkle 12 Sea Mist George & Ann Parry 3000 5 Laser Radial 166591 Adam Mills 3090 6 Laser Radial 16283 Sue Gathercole 3134 7 Mirror 38248 Camilla Warner 3173 8 Twinkle 12 Arion Peter Smith 3211 9 Jubilee Trust Pennant May 8th jt boat crew corrected place Albacore 6812 Sam Mason & Sally Smith 2374 1 Laser Radial 192771 Andrew Green 2603 2 Laser Radial 166591 Adam Mills 2618 3 Sharpie 71 Paul Goakes & Wm Scoles 2705 4 Twinkle 12 Arion Peter Smith 2914 5 Mirror 38248 Camilla Warner 3036 6 Twinkle 12 George & Ann Parry Dnf 7= Solo 1490 Peter Holt Dnf 7= Lightning 291 Jane Heath Dnf 7= Sharpie Open Meeting 14th and 15th May sharp11 boat crew Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 total position Capella GBR 128 Alex Smith & Paul Beachell 3 1 1 1 3 1 Madrigal Richard & Ben Cracknell 1 dnf dnf 2 7 2 Southern Cross Charlie Borthwick & dnf 2 2 3 7 3 Tern Paul Goakes & Wm Scoles 2 dnf dns dns 13 4 Cassiopea Ben Goakes & Callum Dow dns dns dns dns 18 5 inline_lt 45% ../ospix/sharp11/sharp117.jpg Richard and Ben Cracknell in Madrigal 5 Sharpies came to the start line for the 2011 Open Meeting in a force 4 cold north westerly. In race 1 Paul Goakes and William Scoles in Tern made an excellent port tack start, crossing the fleet. However by the windward mark Richard Cracknell, crewed by Ben Cracknell in Madrigal were in the lead, heading for the gybe mark surrounded by white frothy breakers in the sea channel. By this time the Brancaster Sharpie, Southern Cross, helmed by Charlie Borthwick, was bailing furiously and Ben Goakes had sailed Cassiopea home. After two laps and a beat Richard Cracknell brought Madrigal safely home in first place with Tern second and Capella, helmed by Alex Smith and crewed by Paul Beachell third. Soon after the start of race 2 the fleet were hit by a rain squall. Madrigal and Tern pulled up on Scolt Head, eventually sailing home on their jibs. Southern Cross had spent time ashore bailing out after another capsize. Capella launched again from Scolt Head and continued the race, chased by Southern Cross, and the boats finished in that order with everyone hoping for less wind tomorrow. More wind again on day 2. Only three boats on the start line. In race 3 Capella made an excellent start, powering up the beat into first place round the windward mark and successfully negotiating the choppy sea at the gybe mark. Madrigal came to grief at the gybe and had to be pulled off a lee shore by the safety boat. Southern Cross sailed steadily to record another second place finish. inline_rt 45% ../ospix/sharp11/sharp118.jpg Alex Smith and Paul Beachell, Capella For Race 4 Capella had already secured the meeting but again was first round the windward mark after a good start. Madrigal let slip second place on the first beat by grounding, but eventually got back into second by overhauling Southern Cross. - Dave Cooper Scoles Trophy 21st May sco11 place boat crew 1 OK Alex Scoles 2 Sharpie Paul Goakes & William Scoles 3 Twinkle Richard & Camilla Warner OK Open Meeting 4th & 5th June ok11 rank helm Race 1 2 3 4 pts with 1 discard 1st Robert Deaves 1 2 1 1 3 2nd Andy Turner 3 1 dsq 2 6 3rd Pete Turner 5 3 2 3 8 4th Neil Goodhead 4 4 3 4 11 5th Dave Cooper 6 5 4 5 14 6th Alex Scoles 2 dns dns dns 24 7th Paul Pike 8 6 dns dns 26 8th Simon Shaw 7 dns dns dns 31 9th= Richard White dnf dns dns dns 36 9th= Bob Austin dnf dns dns dns 36 9th= Teddy Arrowsmith dnf dns dns dns 36 inline_lt 45% ../ospix/os11/os111.jpg Robert Deaves, event winner 11 OK sailors turned up on the Friday evening for the 40th anniversary of the first OK Open Meeting at Overy Staithe (won that year (1971) by Dave Cooper). Although the weather was sunny there was a cold north easterly wind and a rough sea with 2 metre waves outside the bar. Alex Scoles had a good lead in race 1 at the windward mark, followed by Pete Turner, Robert Deaves and Neil Goodhead. Robert gradually eroded Alex's lead. Pete surrendered third place with a capsize on the run and Andy Turner managed to pass Neil. At the finish Robert just pipped Alex to win with Andy third and Neil 4th. Three boats decided conditions were too rough and sensibly returned to the shore, unfortunately missing the flat water race that was to follow. The fleet then headed in over the bar, with the safety boat busy extracting Teddy Arrowsmith's boat, and Teddy, from the surf on the bar and Alex Scoles standing by so that he missed race 2. The wind was up to a five as race 2 got under way with Andy Turner making a good start and leading at the windward mark. He then proceeded to keep Robert Deaves behind him through a succession of planning reaches and fetches with Pete Turner not far behind. Neill was again fourth. inline_rt 45% ../ospix/os11/os112.jpg Start, race 3 The fleet what somewhat depleted on day 2, with the wind still up at force 5. Robert Deaves and Pete Turner made the best starts to race 3 and had a good tussle round the first lap. Andy Turner gradually caught up and overtook Pete, only to hit a mark, and whilst rather untidily doing his 360 somehow got the wrong side of the buoy he had hit and "unwound" himself, and so was not given a finishing gun. Neil was therefore promoted to third and Dave Cooper to 4th. Dave had fixed his slipping halliard for race 4 which Pete Turner led at the windward mark, chased by Robert and Andy for the first lap with some exhilarating planes and reasonably executed gybes and the three boats never more than a boat length apart. On the last lap Pete was passed, first by Robert and subsequently Andy just before the last beat to the finish. Galleon Trophy 19th June gal11 place boat crew corr 1 Laser Andrew Storer 2314 2 Albacore Sam Mason and Sally Smith 2363 3 Laser 4.7 Adam Mills 2470 4 Twinkle 12 Peter Smith 2683 Many thanks to Race Officers in the rain - Richard and Sarah Bethel Jones Goakes Trophy 2nd and 3rd July . . Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Overall pts position Albacore Sam Mason/Sally Smith 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 OK 2117 Alex Scoles 2 1 2 2 5 2 Lightning 291 Jane Heath 3 3 3 3 9 3 Laser R 162837 Nina Plumbe 4 4 7 5 13 4 Laser 150500 Callum Dow 6 6 9 4 16 5 Laser 166591 Adam Mills 5 5 8 6 16 6 Twinkle 12 Zephyrine Richard Warner 7 7 5 10 19 7 Laser 189186 Gemma Goakes 8 8 6 9 22 8 Solo 1490 Peter Holt dns dns 4 7 23 9 Mirror 38248 Camilla Warner/George Smith 9 dns 10 8 27 10 Mirror 65197 David Shannon dns dns 11 dns 35 11 A 7am start involved towing the boats down to Worple on a gloriously sunny morning with no wind. Luckily the wind filled in from the North West at a gentle force 1 and the race got underway with Big Bear being used as the committee boat. Alex Scoles returned after a premature start which let Sam Mason and Sally Smith in their Albacore into the lead by the Houseboat buoy. A gaggle of Lasers followed, broken up by Jane Heath in her Lightning. Camilla Warner struggled a bit in the light breeze in her Mirror, but at least has a light weight crew, George Smith, to help her out. Richard Warner went well in less than ideal conditions in his Twinkle. Race 2 followed a familiar pattern but this time Alex Scoles was first away, although later in the race there was some place changing with the Albacore. The Lasers of Nina, Callum, Adam and Gemma and the Lightning were all incredibly close. Callum lost a place by hitting a mark and Jane pulled away in her Lightning by the finish. Day 2 followed a similar pattern to day 1 with a gentle north westerly filling in and brilliant sunshine. The Albacore displayed some excellent light wind sailing, followed by Alex Scoles in his OK and Jane Heath in her Lightning. The Lasers has a closely fought battle with Gemma Goakes having a good race 3 (6th place) and Callum Dow having a good race 4 (4th place). Adam Mills showed much greater consistency than last year to record 6th overall. Zephyrine scored an excellent 5th place in race 3. Laser Open Meeting 30 & 31st July las11 helm sail_no r1 r2 r3 r4 points position Ben Goakes 189186 1 2 1 (3) 4 1 Nina Plumbe 162837 (2) 1 2 2 5 2 Ashley Deakin 174547 3 3 (8) 1 7 3 Callum Dow 50500 dns 4 3 4 11 4 Adam Mills 166591 (rtd) 5 5 5 15 5 Susie Gathercole no number 4 (6) 6 6 16 6 Max Deakin (4.7) 132167 5 8 (9) 7 20 7 Sophia Warner no number dns 7 7 (dnf) 24 9 Colin Hargreaves 174899 dnc dnc 4 dnf 24 8 Sam Smith (radial) no number dns (dns) 10 dnf 30 10 W. Hayward no number dns dns dns dns 35 11 inline_lt 45% ../ospix/las11/las112.jpg Race 3 start A glorious sunny evening greeted the sailors but only a zephyr of wind. The race officer cleverly set a short course around the harbor and with no beats it required a good start and boat speed. Ashley Deakin was first away in race 1 but was very closely badgered by Ben Goakes and the ever quickening Nina Plumbe. Ashley thought he had finished only to see Ben and Nina correctly round the final buoy giving them a one and two respectively. In the second race Nina’s boat speed, perhaps aided by a new hull although not a new sail, saw her home first. Callum also fell for ‘missing the last buoy routine’ denying him a podium position. We all paddled home at 8.30pm….. Not very much later everyone appeared for the early morning races with similar conditions to the night before. Getting to the course on time helped (lesson for all ‘sail the correct course and get to the start line on time’ are golden rules) but once race 3 started Nina and Ben had a royal tussle with Ben just pipping Nina at the finish. That meant the last race was very significant for Ben and Nina. Unfortunately for Nina, Ashley got away up the beat to win and although she finished second in front of Ben it was not enough for her to win overall and victory duly went to Ben. Well done to the OOD for completing four races in trying conditions and for all those who competed. Clinker Weekend 2011 30th & 31st July clink11 boat helm Race 1 Race 2 pts overall No 2 Mark Beck 1 1 2 1 Sea Mist George Parry 4 2 6 2 Honey Bun Julie Carroll 2 4 6 3 Zepherene Richard Warner 6 3 9 4 Sea Holly Michael Hall Smith 3 dnf(10) 13 5 Ginny R.Bethel Jones dnf(10) 5 15 6 Seagull J.Dawes 5 dnf(10) 15 7 Arion Peter Smith dnf dnf 20 8= Puffin Robin Anderson dnf dnf 20 8= Ouzel Lucy Drew Edwards dnf dns 20 8= inline_lt 45% ../ospix/clink11/clink112.jpg No report yet Jenny Lee Trophy 1st August jlee11 Place Sail No Crew 1st 3530 Graham Camm and Zoe Ballantine 2nd 3438 Ben Harris and Alex Gore 3rd 3524 David Peacock and Mark Sears 4th 3455 Gerry Ledger and Elizabeth Ross 5th 3394 Patrick Elcombe and Carol Stone 6th 2149 Bernard Clark and Ellie Clark 7th 2359 Paul Turner and Christine Preston 8th 2521 J.Phillips and ? DNF 3479 Howard Stevenson and Catherine Sears Jubilee Jug 17th July jub11 place boat crew 1. Albacore Sam Mason & Sally Smith 2. Laser Radial Nina Plumbe 3. Laser Radial Sophia Warner 4. Sharpie Paul Goakes & William Scoles 5. Mirror Camilla Warner 6. Lightning Jane Heath 7. Twinkle 12 Richard Warner 8. Topper Sam Smith 9. Twinkle 12 Peter Smith 10. Twinkle 12 Robin Anderson Tankard 18th July tank11 place boat crew corrected 1. Albacore Sam Mason and Sally Smith 2155 2. Laser Radial Nina Plumbe 2374 3. Sharpie Paul Goakes & William Scoles 2429 4. Laser Radial Sophia Warner 2504 5. Twinkle 12 Peter Smith 2596 6. Twinkle 12 Richard Warner 2136 7. Lightning Jane Heath 2751 8. Topper Sam Smith 3338 Ladies Race 12th Aug lad11 place boat helm corr 1 Europe 240 Debs Turner 3187 2 Laser 162837 Nina Plumbe 3325 3 Lightning 291 Jane Heath 3331 4 Laser Radial Susie Gathercole 3549 5 Twinkle 12 Julie Carroll 4615 6 Mirror Camilla Warner retd Wilson Stephens Cup 12th Aug 2011 ws11 place boat helm corrected_time 1 Laser 4.7 Max Deakin 1922 2 Laser 4.7 Ivan Karsten 1941 3 Topper 5 Alex Deakin 2164 4 Topper 7 India Deakin 2276 5 Topper Sam Smith 2280 6 Topper4 Finn Karsten 2310 7 Topper 42040 Molly Sacker 2316 8 Topper 41405 Will Stevens 2412 9 Topper 34980 Tom Newman 2714 10 Topper 25428 Charlie Smith 3369 11 Laser Pico Edward Martin dnf Laflin Trophy 20th and 21st August laf11 helm boat age r1 r2 points place Max Deakin Laser 4.7 U14 1 1 2 1 Alec Deakin Topper U14 2 3 5 2 Fred Owen Laser Pico U17 3 5 8 4 Sam Greene Laser Radial U17 4 6 10 5 TintinWhitcombe Laser Pico U14 5 11 16 8 Sam Smith Topper U14 6 2 8 3 Charlie Smith Topper U14 7 7 14 7 India Deakin Topper U14 8 4 12 6 Finn Karsten Topper U14 9 8 17 9 Issy Hargreaves Topper U14 10 13 23 12 Sarah Holmes Topper U14 11 10 21 11 Marcus Connolly Laser Radial U17 12 15 27 14 Fitz Harding Topper U14 13 9 22 11 Tom Carroll Laser Pico U17 14 14 28 15 Ben Wiggins Topper U14 15 12 27 13 inline_lt 45% ../ospix/laf11/laf116.jpg Bunch of toppers Under 14 Trophy:
1. Max Deakin
2. Alec Deakin
3. Sam Smith Under 17 Trophy:
1. Fred Owen
2. Sam Greene
3. Marcus Connolly Mirror Open Meeting for the Timmy Roy Trophy 26th August roy11 place boat crew club r1 r2 points 1st 29766 Dave Cooper & Henry Smith Overy Staithe 1 1 2 2nd 25677 Alex and Charlie Smith Overy Staithe 2 2 4 3rd 33393 Mike Spink & George Smith Brancaster 4 3 7 4th 39681 Fraser & Matthew Clark Overy Staithe 3 4 7 5th 7500 Debs Turner & Ben Gathercole Overy Staithe 5 6 11 6th 19077 Max and Alec Deakin Overy Staithe 10 5 15 7th 65197 Jane Heath & Hannah H Overy Staithe 6 9 15 8th 38248 Camilla Warner & Robin Smith Overy Staithe 8 7 15 9th 27533 Sue Gathercole and Ash Faire Overy Staithe 7 10 17 10th 66060 Ann & Louisa Griffiths Jones Overy Staithe 9 8 17 11th 64161 Matthew Hotoph & David Edwards Overy Staithe 11 11 22 12th 54629 Georgiana Davidson & Sue McGahey Overy Staithe 12 dnf 26 13th 64811 Patrick & Connor Rumbles Overy Staithe dnf dnf 28 Thirteen Mirrors came to the start line of the inaugural Mirror meeting for the Timmy Roy Trophy. The wind was a force 1, slightly increasing as the racing progressed. Spirits were not dampened by the increasingly heavy rain but the meeting was shortened to two races rather than the planned three. At the first start Dave Cooper and Henry Smith went right out of the tide, as did Debs Turner and Ben Gathercole, but to the other side of the course. The two boats converged together in the middle of the beat, but by the windward mark Dave had a good lead from Alex and Charlie Smith who had pulled their way up through the fleet. At the finish Dave Cooper and Henry Smith were first, Alex and Charlie Smith second with Fraser and Matthew Clark third. The second race again saw Dave Cooper and Henry Smith in the lead, closely followed by Alex and Charlie Smith who closed down the run to within a few boat lengths at the leeward mark. Dave managed to hold them off to finish 1st, with Alex and Charlie 2nd. Mike Spink (Brancaster Staithe SC) and George Smith sailed a good race to finish 3rd with Fraser and Matthew Clark 4th. Max and Alex Deakin had a good race to finish 5th. NOD Race 28th August nod11 place boat crew 1 OK2117 Alex Scoles 2 Laser 174547 Ashley Deakin 3 Laser 4.7 Andrew Green 4 Europe 240 Pete Turner 5 GP14 11611 P.Sacker 6 Sharpie 128 Alex Smith and Paul Beachell 7 Twinkle 12 Julie Beck 8 Laser Radial Nina Plumbe 9 Laser Radial Sue Gathercole 10 Solution 429 Paul Goakes 11 Family 14 Simon Dawes Unusually we had a cold, blustery westerly with a big tide flooding through Norton creek from Brancaster for the annual race to the Nod Buoy. There were twenty starters but only eleven finishers as the two mile beat against the tide took its toll, particularly on the slower boats. Even the faster boats took over 45mins to reach the Nod. Alex Scoles in his OK and Ashley Deakin in his Laser were battling away at the front of the fleet, closely followed by Pete Turner who had borrowed his sister's Europe and Andrew Green in his Laser 4.7. Paul Goakes was testing out his new "Solution" - a scaled down Phantom, and found the conditions hard going, stopping several times for "repairs". He was accompanied most of the way by Alex Smith, fresh from his triumph in the Mirror Open, and Paul Beachell sailing their Sharpie "Capella". Incidentally the Sharpies at Wells cancelled their racing that same evening. Also sailing very well were Nina Plumbe and Sue Gathercole in their Laser Radials. Two Clinker boats made it round the Nod - Julie Carroll in Honey Bun and Simon Dawes in his Family 14. Everyone succeeded in gybing round the Nod and set off on a wild run back through Norton creek to the finish line on the sea wall. First home was Ashley in his Laser, but Alex saved his time on handicap to take the Commodore's Plate. Andrew Green in his Laser 4.7 was third. Overy Jerry 30th August oj11 place boat crew 1 Lightning 291 Jane Heath 2 Sharpie 71 Paul Goakes and William Scoles 3 Laser 169971 Andrew Green 4 Laser Radial Nina Plumbe 5 Solo 1490 Peter Holt 6 Laser Radial Adam Mills 7 Wayfarer 6277 Jacob and Bill Offord 8 Topper 16666 T.Holmes Eight sailors admitted to being over 60 in entering the Overy Jerry whilst others hid themselves away by participating in the Adult and Child race. I'm afraid I was focusing so hard in sailing a Mirror in the Adult & Child race that I didn't notice what was going on in the Overy Jerry, except that Jane Heath shot off the start line into a good lead, so the results will have to suffice. Adult and Child Race 30th August aandc11 place boat crew 1 Mirror 38248 Camilla Warner and Hannah Holmes 2 Mirror 25627 Andy Turner and Henry Smith 3 TT Zephyrine Richard Warner and George Smith 4 TT Sea Holly P.Townsend and crew 5 Mirror 7500 Debs Turner and Ben Gathercole 6 Mirror 27533 Sue Gathercole and Robin Smith 7 Topper 12427 A.Holmes 8 Topper 11100 A.Beetham In the Adult and Child Race Camilla Warner and Hannah Holmes made the best start with Andy Turner and Henry Smith being called back to start again! All four Mirrors were close together round buoy B and again at Worple, accompanied by two Twinkle 12s (Zepherene - Richard Warner/George Smith and P.Townsend in Sea Holly). Camilla and Hannah were fending off Zepherene on the fetch across to Houseboat buoy closely followed by Andy Turner/Henry Smith and then Debs Turner /Ben Gathercole and Susie Gathercole/Robin Smith in two more Mirrors. Zepherene took the lead on the beat up to Norton. Rounding Norton buoy Camilla hit a large patch of floating weed and let Andy Turner round on the outside. However on the fetch from Houseboat to Worple Camilla again stormed past Andy and into an unassailable lead which she held to the finish. Elizabeth Mowbray Trophy 31st August mow11 place boat crew 1 Albacore 6812 Sam Mason and Sally Smith 2 OK 2123 Andy Turner 3 Laser 169197 Andrew Green 4 Sharpie 75 Ben Goakes and Callum Dow 5 Laser 166591 Adam Mills 6 Sharpie 71 Paul Goakes and William Scoles 7 Laser 162837 Nina plumbe 8 Laser 171682 Andrew Storer 9 Solo 1490 Peter Holt 10 Lightning 291 Jane Heath 11 Laser 166591 Rob Archer DNF Laser Radial 16283 Sue Gathercole DNF Topper 25503 Maisy Axon DSQ Laser Pico Jamie Axon (missed mark of the course) inline_lt mowb11.jpg Elizabeth Mowbray Trophy, start (Photo: C. Warner) A very light north westerly and grey skies greeted the 14 boats for the 7.30am start of this race. Andy Turner led off the start line chased by Paul Goakes in his Sharpie and Andrew Green in his Laser. Paul Goakes took the lead on the beat to Norton and Sam Mason in his Albacore came past Andy on the run back to Worple. Paul Goakes looked to have the race sewn up but then slowed significantly due to a weed problem and was promptly passed by Sam Mason, Ben Goakes in his Sharpie and Andy Turner. The 9.4m tides had lifted clumps of marram grass off the dunes and these were a significant hazard to all the participants. Deep Sea Fishermen's Pennant 3rd Sept deep11 place boat crew 1st Albacore 6812 Sam Mason and Sally Smith 2nd Solution 429 Paul Goakes 3rd Laser 4.7 Adam Mills 4th Laser Radial Nina Plumbe 5th Laser Alex Smith 6th Mirror 38248 Camilla Warner and George Smith 7th Laser Radial Sue Gathercole 8th Laser Rob Archer 9th Twinkle 12 Arion Peter and Charlie Smith 10th Twinkle 12 Zephyrine Richard Warner and 11th Topper 42758 Sam Smith 12th Lightning Jane Heath 13th Solo Peter Holt 14th Mirror 26341 ? Shipwrecked Mariners Pennant 4th Sept ship11 boat crew corrected place OK 2123 Pete Turner 2591 1 Laser Alex Smith 2717 2 OK 2031 Dave Cooper 2723 3 Sharpie 71 Paul Goakes and William Scoles 2761 4 Lightning 298 Jane Heath 2769 5 Laser Rob Archer 2777 6 Laser Susie Gathercole 2787 7 Laser Rad Adam Mills 2790 8 Mirror Camilla Warner and George Smith 2978 9 Topper Sam Smith 3010 10 Zephyrine Richard Warner 3022 11 Arion Peter and Charlie Smith 3028 12 In a force 2 South-westerly, Pete Turner got an excellent start near the bank, and took off into an immediate lead, followed by Jane Heath. Everyone else formed a tight gaggle on the marsh side. For the first lap there really wasn't enough wind to plane and the sharpie of Paul Goakes and William Scoles worked their way to the front. Alex Smith (laser) pulled a masterstroke at the end of the first round and pulled away from the sibling rivalry of Susie Gathercole and Rob Archer. For the second lap, the wind perked a bit and the lasers were planing downwind: Alex started to wear down Pete Turner's lead, and the sharpie made no more progress away from the lighter boats. At the finish they had to settle fo fourth on handicap. Pete won with Alex a well-deserved second. In the clinker part of the fleet, Richard Warner got the better of Peter and Charlie Smith and Sam Smith in his topper beat both of them. Thanks to Nina Plumbe for running the race and Callum Dow for driving the rescue boat. Trafalgar Races 19th September traf11 boat helm Race 1 Race 2 pts position Albacore 6812 Sam Mason 1 1 2 1 Mirror 38248 Camilla Warner 3 3 6 2 Laser Radial Adam Mills 2 dns (6) 8 3 Laser 167946 George Deakin 8 2 10 4 Lightning 291 Jane Heath 4 dns (6) 10 5 Twinkle 12 Richard Warner 5 5 10 5 Albacore Robin Anderson 7 4 11 7 Solo 1490 Peter Holt 6 dns (6) 12 8 Laser 161854 P.Allpress 9 dns (6) 15 9 Coombe Cup (Overall results for 2011) coo11 position name boat Easter Ship Mariners Seafa Pennant Scoles Deep SF Jub Plate Jub Pennant Tankard Goakes Eliz Mowbray QJ Jug Nod Galleon Trafalgar Total races points 1 Sam Mason Albacore 34 9 14 9 8 11 14 10 3 9 10 121 2 Paul Goakes Sharpie 29 9 2 13 6 6 9 7 2 9 83 3 Jane Heath Lightning 28 8 8 3 1 2 9 5 5 4 10 73 4 Adam Mills Laser R 16 5 4 12 7 6 10 2 7 9 69 5 Alex Scoles OK 36 3 10 11 4 60 6 Alex Smith Sharpie 30 11 10 2 6 5 59 7 Andrew Green Laser 26 8 12 9 4 55 8 Pete Turner OK 33 12 8 3 53 9 #Richard Warner Twinkle 18 2 7 1 5 3 5 4 5 9 50 10 Andy Turner OK 35 13 2 48 11 Nina Plumbe Laser R 11 7 8 8 9 4 6 47 12 Peter Holt Solo 21 6 2 2 3 6 2 7 42 13 Susie Gathercole Laser 19 6 3 8 3 3 6 42 14 Ashley Deakin Laser 31 10 2 41 15 Camilla Warner Mirror 4 4 2 9 4 2 6 8 8 39 16 Dave Cooper OK 27 10 2 37 17 Andrew Storer Laser 25 7 4 3 36 18 Ben Goakes Laser 24 11 2 35 19 #Peter Smith TT 14 1 1 6 5 4 2 1 8 34 20 Sophia Warner Laser 20 5 8 3 33 21 Debs Turner Europe 32 1 32 22 Colin Hargreaves Laser 22 3 2 25 23 *Sam Smith Topper 11 3 4 1 1 3 6 23 24 George Deakin Laser 17 6 2 23 25 Mark Winter Firefly 23 1 23 26 #George Parry FF 13 5 3 3 21 27 Rob Archer Laser 7 7 4 3 18 28 Jamie Mulholland Laser/Mirror 15 1 15 29 Gemma Goakes Laser Radial 8 4 2 12 30 *Max Deakin Topper 12 1 12 31 *Frederick Deakin Topper 10 1 10 32 Kev Gathercole Mirror 9 1 9 33 #Simon Dawes FF 5 1 2 7 34 #Mark Beck Twinkle 7 1 7 35 Callum Dow Laser 7 1 7 36 P.Sacker GP14 7 1 7 37 *Alec Deakin Topper 6 1 6 38 #Julie Carroll Twinkle 5 1 5 39 Robin Anderson Alb/TT 1 3 2 4 40 *Sarah Homes Topper 3 1 3 41 *Tom Homes Topper 2 1 2 42 *Maisie Axon Topper 2 1 2 43 *Fred Owen Pico 1 1 1 44 David Shannon Mirror 1 1 1 45 *Jamie Axon Pico 1 1 1 46 P.Allpress Laser 1 1 1 * = junior, # = clinker. End of Season Round Up. inline_rt 45% http://www.overystaithesc.org.uk/ospix/cross11/cross117.jpg Sam and Sally: 2011 Coombe Cup winners With the Trafalgar Races having been sailed on September 18th all the sailing club races for this season were completed. As you can see from the tables above 46 competitors took part in sailing club races over the season (down 2 on last year), including nine juniors, although Sam Smith was the only junior who raced over the whole season. For the Combe Cup points are awarded for each race, or series of two races, based on the number of boats you have finished ahead of +1 (so that last place gets a point). For example the Elizabeth Mowbray trophy had 14 competitors and Sam got 14 points for winning, whereas the Jubilee Plate only had three competitors and Colin Hargreaves got three points for winning. In the overall standings if two or more competitors are tied on points in total the one who raced fewer races to amass their points total has the advantage. This season Sam Mason and his crew Sally Smith in their Albacore are way out in front overall with 121 points and are worthy winners of the coveted Combe Cup. Second place goes to last year's winner, Paul Goakes, crewed by William Scoles in the Sharpie on 83 points, ahead of Jane Heath in her Lightning on 73 points. Russell Tankard (Overall results for Juniors, 2011) russ11 Overall position and Coombe Cup name boat East Ship Mar KG Penn Scoles Deep SF Jub Plate Jub Pen Tankard Goakes Eliz MT QJJ Nod Galleon Trafalgar Total races points 1 *Sam Smith Topper 11 3 4 1 1 3 6 23 2 *Max Deakin Topper 12 1 12 3 *Frederick Deakin Topper 10 1 10 4 *Alec Deakin Topper 6 1 6 5 *Sarah Homes Topper 3 1 3 6 *Tom Homes Topper 2 1 2 7 *Maisie Axon Topper 2 1 2 8 *Fred Owen Pico 1 1 1 9 *Jamie Axon Pico 1 1 1 Sam Smith took part in six sailing club races over the season and was the rightful winner of the Russell Tankard, the junior version of the Combe Cup, for the third year running. Clinker Trophy (no name yet!) (Overall results for 2011) clinkover11 Overall position and Coombe Cup name boat East Ship Mar KG Penn Scoles Deep SF Jub Plate Jub Pen Tankard Goakes Eliz MT QJJ Nod Galleon Trafalgar Total races points 9 #Richard Warner Twinkle 18 2 7 1 5 3 5 4 5 9 50 1 #Peter Smith TT 14 1 1 6 5 4 2 1 8 34 2 #George Parry FF 13 5 3 3 21 3 #Simon Dawes FF 5 1 2 7 4 #Mark Beck Twinkle 7 1 7 5 #Julie Carroll Twinkle 5 1 5