Waldringfield Sailing Club Newsletter August 2010 No 62

Slow Handicap 1st John Palmer & Leigh Belcham, 2nd Derek Jaco
Smithson & Roger
Laser 1st Mark Hodge, 2nd Dave Chisholm 3rd Chris Woodard
Squib 1st Richard Cooke & Jim Davis, 2nd Will Sudell & Jo McA
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Trophy Races
Victory Plate 1st Chris Fish & Beth Condie (Lark) 2nd Derek Jaco
Deaves (OK)
Jubilee Cup for keelboats 1st William Sudell
Navigation Race 1st Colin & Martin Johnson, 2nd Guy Hacon & S
Terry Watson
The Bill Earle Memorial Trophy for first Dragonfly in the Nav
Bryony
Lapel Pins
Didn’t they do well?
The Larks: Harry Pynn National Champion with Chris Fish
just behind and the team trophy for the Club. That trophy
never seems to leave the Club. A quarter of the fleet were
from WSC, but 5 out of our 11 boats were in the top 9 places.
That’s pretty dominant.
The Cadets: Henry Mills and Robert Keen ended up in
6th place at the worlds in Poland. They were second GBR
boat.
The Wayfarers: Possibly not the best year for the WSC
Wayfarers. Roger Challis best at 9th and Gordon Harris 10th,
and the team trophy for the Club. I think WSC is still waiting
for its first National Wayfarer champion. The discussion
about the new Hartley boats seems to continue to exercise
minds there.
The Lasers: Well we don’t yet have anybody figuring in
the national champs, but Mark Hodge and Bob Whitehouse
have both qualified for the Masters Worlds at Hayling Island
in September. Very good luck and best wishes to both of
you.
The Dragonflies: Yup. We have the National and World
champion in our Club too.
The Squibs: I expect next year will be the year for your
Vice-Commodore to make his mark on the national scene.
Within the Club we have had the Regatta and the Adnams
Trophy Days; reports elsewhere.
Outside the world of fanatical round the buoys racing, there
has been lots going on. Graham Harrison has put together
a fantastic training programme and has master-minded the
acquisition of three brand new Wayfarers largely funded by a
very generous donation from the Schlee family – thank you
Rosemary, I am sure you will get to read this somehow.
Fran Gifford sailed around the UK in her wayfarer in
72 days, starting and finishing at WSC. Now there’s an
achievement!
And Mike and Jenny Tuckwood continue to produce
fabulous food form the newly equipped Galley. As I write
this I think of the truly excellent canapés and finger food they
produced last night. Scrumptious!
Thankyou everybody who works so hard in front of and
behind the scenes to make the Club the happy, lively and
successful Club that we love.
Please look at the forthcoming events lists; get out your
diaries and make some entries of events you are going to
attend. It will be worth it.
David Copp Rear Commodore
No 62
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looks after the various trophies
awarded to event winners
throughout the season. The
trophy records are computerised
and the Secretary’s job involves
recovering trophies from past
winners and assembling them
for presentations, especially at
the Laying Up Supper. The job
does NOT involve cleaning the
trophies; the Club pays for that
to be done elsewhere. Anybody
interested who would like to
become more involved in the
Club is invited to speak to Sigi
Steer who has been doing the
job for the last few years, or
Margaret Lake.
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Interested in finding out
more? £12.00 per number
to be included in 12 monthly
draws. You can have as many
numbers as you like please
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Any questions? then ring
Norman on 01473 720744
or speak to him or Gwen at the
Club.
The Prize at the moment are
£25 per month for 11 months
and £50 at the AGM Draw.
Atlantic Children
Club member Juliet Dearlove
has recently published a book
entitled “Atlantic Children”.
It is the inspirational true story
of Charlie and Juliet’s sailing
trip to the Caribbean and back,
with two small children (then
aged 6 and 8), a 12,000 mile
journey. The family returned
to Waldringfield in August
2006.
The book is available from
Juliet at the club (don’t
hesitate to ask her),
or from Seamark Nunn or
online book sellers.”
Births
• Thomas Edward Krailing, son of Helen & Alan born
23rd May 2010 & weighed in at a healthy 10 lbs 14.5 oz.
You really will have to get on renovating Cadet “Midge”
now
• Ewan Christopher Edwards, a son for Chas &
Dawn born 17th May 2010 at 8 lbs. Chas crews for Neil
Fletcher in the Wayfarer Fleet
• Keir Douglas Wheeler-Rowe, a second son for Angus
and Caroline, born 5th July 2010. Another Dragonfly
crew
Marriages
Dates for your Diary
Sunday Lunches
Sunday 31 October
Sunday 14 November
Sunday 21 November
MasterClass Quiz
Saturday 30 October
Trafalgar Night Supper Friday 22 October
AGM and meal Saturday 27 November
Laying up Supper
Saturday 4 December
Christmas lunch
Sunday 12 December
Mike O’Malley & Ashley Almond 29th May
Deaths
Mary Turner died on 27 July
Welcome to New
Members
William Martin and his Mother Amanda Martin (junior
& Individual) William is a very keen sailor, currently in a
Feva. But is looking to buy a Laser but would also like to
crew.
Ian Beharrell who has come to join the Laser Fleet.
Wayfarer International
Championships 2010
A fleet of 107 Wayfarers attended the championships held
at the Weymouth & Portland
sailing Academy out of which
7 were Waldringfield boats.
Racing was held in either Portland harbour or Weymouth Bay
depending upon the weather
conditions, interestingly it was
on the lighter wind days that
racing was in the harbour due
to the steadier wind, over the
week conditions were variable
between force 1 and force 4.
In this large fleet a good start
was essential, but with some
crews pushing their luck on the
start line the black flag became
a familiar sight with a number
of boats being disqualified for
being OCS at the start, after
the start the tactics were to find
the wind, with only minor considerations for the tide,( unlike
Waldringfield ).
Overall this was a fantastic
week at a great sailing venue,
however crews needed to be
resilient clocking up over 6
hours in their boats on some
days, Unfortunately some
Waldringfield boats paid the
price of gear failure notably
Nigel Steer with a broken
Centreboard, proving that success does not come easily at
this level of sailing. On the
same day Nigel went on to arrange the social event of the
week at England’s most ‘out
of the way’ pub, showing that
Waldringfield Wayfarers can
both sail and Socialise.
the final overall positions of
the Waldringfield boats were :9 Roger Challis & Mark Johnson
10 Gordon Harris & Beth Condie
12 Neil Fletcher & Chas Edwards
27 John Haile &
John Parrish
32 Mike Pearce & son
47 Mathew & Margaret Lake
80 Nigel Steer & Keith Vincent
The championship overall
winner was Mike McNamara.
Lark Nationals
Harry Pynn and Michael John
Gifford have won the 2010 Lark
National Championship by the
narrowest of margins from
Stephen and Chris Videlo.
Pynn and Gifford had
seized the advantage early in
the week by winning races
1 and 2. The Videlos fought
back to take the lead equal on
points after 5 races setting up
a two-horse race. Pynn and
Gifford beat the Videlos in
both of Wednesday’s races,
demonstrating their ability to
make their way through the
fleet after some poor starts.
This provided the opportunity
for Pynn/Gifford to wrap up
the Championship by beating
the Videlos in Thursday’s 8th
race. They looked on target for
this having covered the Videlos
throughout the race only to
drop back following a 720 on
the penultimate reach. It later
transpired that the 720 was
unnecessary and Pynn was duly
awarded the Duckhams dress
for gross underachievement.
In Friday’s showdown the
Videlos were lucky to escape
without punishment after
finding themselves to windward
of the pathfinder on the gate
start. The race was restarted
and a previously steady breeze
weakened. Half way up the
beat it looked as though the
boats on the left were winning.
Suddenly the breeze filled in
on the right giving the Videlos
their chance. The Videlos
fought their way up to 1st after
Matt and Emma White found
themselves too low on the
second reach and then Chris
Fish and Beth Condie went
for the wrong windward mark
following a change of course.
Pynn and Gifford managed
to make their way up to 4th
which was just enough to take
the championship.
Behind the 2 leaders, places
3 to 10 were hotly contested.
Nigel Hufton and Andy
Douglas sailed consistently at
the end of the week to take 3rd
place ahead of Chris Fish and
Beth Condie in 4th.
Matt White and daughter
Emma took race 4 in emphatic
style a long way ahead of silver
fleet winners Chris White and
Lucy Evans. James Stewart
and Katrina Gilbert won race
6, but their joy was short lived
as a big header capsized them
to windward while well placed
in race 7.
Fish and Condie won race 7,
holding off 2009 winners Alan
Krailing and Edd McArdle on
the finish line. Race 8 was won
by Emma Harris and Becky
Priest who led all the way
having been pathfinder.
In the silver fleet, Jane
Alexander and Rachel Rhodes
were 2nd behind Chris White
and Lucy Evans. Fiona Gray
and Aaron Woolf coming 3rd.
The crew’s race was as
competitive as ever with 23
boats on the start line. Becky
Priest and Emma Harris took
the race from Michael John
Gifford and Harry Pynn. 14
year old Emma White crewed
by father Matt came 3rd to the
biggest cheer from spectators.
17 year olds, Tim Linsell and
Aaron Woolf came 4th, having
led for the first trapezoid lap.
East Coast 50- Waldringfield SC and Deben Yacht Club
This took place on June 19th as
planned despite near hurricane
force winds (well gusting 35
knots).
This called for a minor
rethink by the Safety team and
OOD and we thought racing
with the DYC in Methersgate
Reach was a step too far. Both
we and DYC ran races by the
respective clubhouses, so we
will never know which club
would have gained the upper
hand in 2010.
The first race was a Points
Treasure Hunt. The idea for
this came from David Pearce
and James Skellorn provided
invaluable advice having
run the first similar event at
the Royal Harwich YC the
week before. The object of
the exercise was to reduce a
strictly non compulsory fine
of £20 by rounding various
buoys and reporting back to
the committee boat after each
rounding. Buoys were allocated
points depending on their
distance from the clubhouse
Boudicca was moored slightly
upriver of the Clubhouse so
each mark rounding was a port
hand sausage including the
committee boat.
Boadicea was ably manned
by Howard Ryan and Jo
McArdle
whose counting
skills were exemplary. Jo
also showed a new talent for
extricating the residual fines
from reluctant sailors who
were intent only on getting
warm and dry on their return.
The race was handicap time
limited and each competitor
was meant to declare to
Cadet World
Championship
2010
This year’s worlds were
held in Puck in North West
Poland on the Baltic Sea
where 80 world team boats
travelled to from Great Britain,
Poland, Australia, Belgium,
Spain, Argentina, Ukraine,
Belarus, Holland, Hungary,
Czechoslovakia, Germany and
Russia. In addition there were
70 boats also competing in the
promotional fleet. The racing
area was protected by a 30 km
spit of land effectively creating
Results:
1st overall
Helm
Crew
Residual £ fine
Wayfarer 8200 Matthew Lake Tom Chippendale
4
Wayfarer 8646 Neil Collingridge Anne Spalding
5
Lark 2500
Fiona Gray
Aaron Woolf
7
OK 538
Robert Deaves
7
OK 2136
Jon Fish
7
(Tiebreaker result in favour of 538 as he did not capsize.)
Mirror 4670
Julian Raines Robert Keen
8
Where were all the other Mirrors?
Laser 11
Patrick Cooney
10
Laser 182484 Fred Ferguson
13
Laser 39
Susie Adams
16
Lark 2443
Simon Cox
17
OK 2120
Dan Ager
(DNS beachbound)
20
Laser 34
Sarah Northey
20
Cadet 8432
Emma Knott
Emma White
36
(Tiebreaker - wins on most buoys passed)
Cadet 8350
Annie Knott
Ollie Jones
36
Cadet 9030
Emily Bland
Cam Goodhead
36
The Cadets invented their own course and sailed between the buoys round tips thereby amassing a
huge score without returning to Boadicea. Fortunately the scoring system was unable to cope with
negative points so the day’s finances remained in surplus.
After lunch there was an all in start handicap with two laps round the island giving spectacular
reaching.
Results:
OK 538
Robert Deaves
OK 2136
Jon Fish
Wayfarer 8646 Neil Collingridge
Anne Spalding
OK 2120
Dan Ager
Wayfarer 8200 Matthew Lake Tom Chippendale
Mirror 4670
Julian Raines Robert Keen
Cadet 7006
Aaron Woolf
Ollie Jones
Place
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Aaron forfeited £ 5 for missing a mark and also the booby prize (£2 forfeit) for hoisting his
spinnaker upside down.
Boadicea (Tim, do we have a
spelling issue here – Ed.) when
they were going to the finish
line with those who finished
late losing all their points. In
the end the OOD took mercy
on the hard working crews and
did not signal the end until all
were home.
sailing conditions similar to
that of a large bay. The waters
were also very shallow being
5m at the deepest and hence
very choppy. The Polish
Nationals took place the week
before while all the other
nations trained. The first week
was hot and very sunny and
provided experience for most
wind directions and strengths.
We learnt that the regatta would
have some extremely shifty
racing and that if we were to
have a good overall result in
the regatta we would have
to use the middle of the race
course. The regatta began with
GBR getting off to dreadful
start, a professional Polish
In the evening we were
entertained at the DYC with
the formal opening of their
new balcony and a hot meal.
Later on there was a jazz band
for us to remember Deben
Weeks of old.
The event raised more than
£300 at Waldringfield and we
hope to do much better with
the joint event with DYC next
year. So if you missed out on
the fun of novelty races with
arbitrary penalties and the
chance to sail against the DYC
there will be another chance.
EC 50 will be back.
Tim Archer
Henry
Mills,
Robert
Keen
WSC
Henry
Mills
and
Robert
Keen
WSC
sailor getting two bullets and
the Aussies looking like the
best team. As the week went by
GBR positions improved with
Katie Barr in 5th and Henry
Mills crewed by Robert Keen
Club Racing results
finishing in 6th place behind
two Poles and two Australians.
This event was a wonderful
experience for all the sailors
as they made new friends from
other countries and had an
awesome time with memories
never to be forgotten.
Spring 2 sorry the results in the last Newsletter were a week too early so Cadet & Laser results are
changed.
Cadets: 1st Henry Mills & Robert Keen, 2nd Faye Gosling & Elsa Cooney, 3rd Mark Yale & Theo
Passmore
Larks: 1st Alan Krailing & Edd McArdle, Chris Fish & Cathy Fish/Beth Condie, 3rd Harry Pynn
Kieran Barnes/Clare Gosling
Laser 1st Patrick Cooney 2nd Ben Deacon, 3rd Mark Hodge
Wayfarer: 1st Roger Challis & Rachel Parkinson/Mark Johnston, 2nd Guy Hacon & Keith Vincett, 3rd
WSC Regatta
What a weekend we had! Perfect weather, Excellent Socials,
Lively music and loads of fun. If you were not there this year,
make sure you get there next year. Thanks also to William Sudell
and his organising team.
The Regatta shore events provided the usual wacky mix of
sack filling, cork hunts and blindfold rowing in between the more
conventional, but hard fought, swimming and running races (too
many winners and losers to mention). The shovel race and the
three legged races are also spectacles not to be missed as arms and
legs seek perfect synergy in adrenalin fuelled bursts of energy.
Fancy dress themes aim to mix the topical with the nautical,this
year being World Cup Wallies, They Call Me Mr Squib and
Strictly Come Crabbing. The younger club members produced
their usual high standards to give the judges, led by Ali Sudell, an
almost impossible job.
This type of family fun is the essence of Waldringfield and will
hopefully continue long after the time somebody wrestles the
microphone away from me!
Many thanks to all participants and helpers.
Patrick Cooney
And the racing was organised to the usual high standard we
have come to expect at WSC. Results below. Many thanks to
the Principal Sponsors, Birketts Solicitors and also to the other
sponsors, Seamark Nunn, Jackson Stopps and Staff, Estate Agents
and Dummett Copp, Patent Attorneys.
Birketts Fast Handicap Trophy
1st Gordon Harris & Simon Howlett, (Wayfarer) 2nd Roger
Challis & Martin Johnson (Wayfarer), 3rd John Haile & John
Parish (Wayfarer)
Birkets Slow Handicap Trophy
John Palmer & Leigh Belcham (Dragonfly), 2nd James & Mary
Beth Skellorn (Dragonfly) 3rd Peter Greatrex & David Craig
(Squib)
Handicap Fleet
1st Andrew & Daisy Nunn (Mirror) 2nd Dan Ager & Jono Baker
(Osprey) 3rd Mark & Rebeccah Hodge (Mirror)
Cadet Fleet
1st Annie Knott & Sammy Jones, 2nd Henry Stone & William
Everitt, 3rd Faye Gosling & Elsa Cooney, 4th Charlotte Hayward
& Angus Stone
Dragonfly Fleet
1st John Palmer & Chris Baker, 2nd Derek & Sarah Jacobs
Laser Fleet
1st Tom Chippendale, 2nd Dan Scurrell, 3rd Charlie Dearlove,
4th Jonathan Penn
Squib Fleet
1st Jo McArdle & William Sudell, 2nd Tom Brazier & Paul
Bartlett, 3rd Ian Waite & M. Ashby
Shrimper Fleet
1st Robin & Gillian Whittle 2nd Bryn Bird & Robin Gibbon
Wayfarer Fleet 1st Roger Challis & Martin Johnson/Mark
Johnson, 2nd Neil Collingridge & Anne Spalding, 3rd Gordon
Harris & Simon Howlett
Lark Fleet
1st Geoff Sinton & Aaron Woolf, 2nd Seb Balch & Emma Knott,
3rd Patrick Cooney & Clare Gosling/ other crews
Yacht Race
1st Peter Scurrell 2nd Chris Richardson, 3rd Will Gardner
Adnams Trophies
The 2010 Adnams Trophies day was held in pleasant sailing
conditions on Sunday 25th July, prior to the Yachtsman’s
Service. Neil Collingridge sailed well to win both races, whilst
the shrimpers also joined in for their own trophy. Competitors
enjoyed a sunny day with a barbeque at the Club at lunchtime.
Club Racing results
Spring 2 sorry the results in the last Newsletter were a week too
early so Cadet & Laser results are changed.
Cadets: 1st Henry Mills & Robert Keen, 2nd Faye Gosling &
Elsa Cooney, 3rd Mark Yale & Theo Passmore
Larks: 1st Alan Krailing & Edd McArdle, Chris Fish & Cathy
Fish/Beth Condie, 3rd Harry Pynn Kieran Barnes/Clare Gosling
Laser 1st Patrick Cooney 2nd Ben Deacon, 3rd Mark Hodge
Wayfarer: 1st Roger Challis & Rachel Parkinson/Mark Johnston,
2nd Guy Hacon & Keith Vincett, 3rd Neil Collingridge & Nellie
Nunn/Ann Spalding
Squibs 1st William Sudell & Jo McArdle, 2nd Barry Searle &
Gill Lamb, 3rd Richard Cooke & Jim Davis
Dragonfly 1st Derek Jacobs & Simon. 2nd Richard Smithson &
Mike
OK 1st Dan Agar, 2nd Jon Fish, 3rd Simon Cox
Summer 2
Cadets: 1st Ollie Jones & Jessie Parkinson 2nd Sam Yale & Ed
Harris, 3rd Cam Goodhead & Minna Bland
Larks: 1st Alan Krailing & Tim Linsell, 2nd Chris Fish &
various crew, 3rd Ian & Alyson Videlo
Laser 1st Tom Chippendale, 2nd Jonathan Penn, 3rd Patrick
Cooney
Wayfarer: 1st Colin & Martin Johnson, 2nd Neil Fletcher &
Chas Edwards, 3rd Guy Hacon & Keith Vincett
Squibs 1st William Sudell & Jo McArdle. 2nd Barry Searle &
Gill Lamb 3rd Mike & Hilary Deakin
OK 1st Robert Deaves, 2nd Dan Ager
1st Wednesday Series
Fast Handicap 1st Stephen Videlo & Tim Linsell 2nd Alan
Krailing and various crew, 3rd Harry Pynn & Various
Slow Handicap 1st John Palmer & Leigh Belcham, 2nd Derek
Jacobs & T. Mason 3rd Richard Smithson & Roger
Laser
1st Mark Hodge, 2nd Dave Chisholm 3rd Chris
Woodard
Squib 1st Richard Cooke & Jim Davis, 2nd Will Sudell & Jo
McArdle
Trophy Races
Victory Plate 1st Chris Fish & Beth Condie (Lark) 2nd Derek
Jacobs & Simon (Dragonfly) 3rd Robert Deaves (OK)
Jubilee Cup for keelboats 1st William Sudell
Navigation Race 1st Colin & Martin Johnson, 2nd Guy Hacon
& Simon Howlett, 3rd Matthew Lake & Terry Watson
The Bill Earle Memorial Trophy for first Dragonfly in the
Navigation Race – Steve Cooney & Bryony