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CONTENTS
ENDURANCE & SURVIVAL EXHIBITION
17
COMMODORE'S REPORT
4
WAYFARER WORLD BUOYANCY TESTING
19
RACING SECRETARY'S REPORT
6
FORCE 9 AT ULLSWATER RALLY 20Q5
20
PARKSTONE WAYFARERS
7
BRANCASTER LADIES' WEEKEND
22
PREVIEW EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIPS
8
THE PAPS CHALLENGE
24
MEDWAY WAYFARERS
S
NORFOLK BROADS & EAST COAST CRUISE
26
PREVIEW WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIPS
9
CRUISE FROM TETLEY TO WAINFLEET
29
30
PREVIEW EUROPEAN RALLY -HEEG
10
BIG BOYS' WEEKEND
PREVIEW EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
11
HAVENS OF LINCOLNSHIRE & THE WASH RALLY 32
CRUISING SECRETARY'S REPORT
12
ITWILL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME
34.
OVER THE TOP OF NORWAY TO RUSSIA
14
UKWA CLOTHING
3
WATERWITCH AT RYA DINGHY SHOW
16
READERS' LETTERS
40
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Southerns, or Westerns
WAYFARER WORLDS DENMARK 2007
61h-l12th August 2007 Hellerup nr Copenhagen
Qualifying procedure
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25 boats from UKWA
Alternatively...
do all of Easterns, Inlands, Southems and
Westerns. Best three results to Gount!
STO AT OR NOT TO CLA?
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has ben deaigned to overcome
the
emof i ns being cleated
Also our first ever
European Championships!.
(Rally too - see inside)
Front cover: Grian Lamb & Tony Hunt in W10201 'Final Gamqbol' at the Western Championships 2005
Photo David H-arding www ,sailingscenes~conm
Parkstone YC
COMMODORE'S REPORT
a~nd the synergies between us, we truly have
I was somewhat surprised to
find myself in the
astrong cointrunity sharingj our apprecia&
lion of a great boat. Within this community
we have a great wealth of knowledge and
experience and I am interested inimproving
Commodore's shoes so
quicly
our abilities to share our experiences, sailing
...
but there was a job to be done and I was
finding it difficult to find any excuses not
to do it! It has recently been dawning on
me what an amazing association we have,
What other class of sailboat of any age or
type can sport a membership of over two
thousand? And that is just in the UK and
ireland, With our related associations in the
USA, Canada, Scandinava and now Holland
'
...
areas and future events By tar the most
effective commrunications are face-to-tace
at rallying, racing and training events. But in
such a distributed community we also have
to focus on other methods, As again I amf
snowed under with reports for 'Wayfarer
News' it is evident that this is an elfectve
medium which can be read at one's leisure
away from the dreaded PC screen. However, we also have a few year's experience
of running a web site and it can be particuI r efetiv
frt
rid sharing of news,
ation, However, the
in which all informaa web-master has
maia;the task can
we can't always
to maintain the
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with all the latest
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acing
See! As the site evolves we will be able
to renew our mtembership online, pay for
sailing events, and order various small items
like 'Wayfarer Rook' etc in a very easy way.
Further we will be able to put cruising logs
and back numbers of Wayfarer News online
and make all these easily searchable
European Championships and beyond
For some time now, and especialy since the
formation of the Dutch Wayfarer Associalion Nedwa, we have been trying to get a
European Championships going. This is intended eventually to run in the 'off year' after
the World Championships in the three year
cycle. We didn't make it last year so we are
slipping in an inaugural European Championships in Holland in September this year
What with bringing in a Scottish qualifier at
LOCh Lomond, The Nationals at Weymouth
and a Westerns at Slarcross the back end
of this season is very crowded. The evenlts
are close together, not what we could wish
but we have to go with the available dates.
A full programme has been provided thanks
to a lot of effort on our Sailing Secretary's
part Th e' Bluelay team' for our pert wil be
putting in a few miles in September: see you
the circuit!
Leading on to next year 2007, we have the
World Championships in Denmark. Toby's
Racing Secretary's report shows which
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events! Also for next year 2007, an Ian Proctor Memorial Evet for all Ian Proctor designs
is being planned for the Whtitsun bank holiday
weekend. This will be hosted by the Nationa
Maritime Museum in Falmouth alongside
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other clubs headed by the Royal Cornwall
YC. This leads on in 2008 to the Wayfarer's
fiftieth annrversary celebrations in which another Europeans is being planned, hopefully•
in Ireland! With all this there is everything to
play for and we look forward to everyone's
/
full support especially when the programme
gets crowded!.
In paralel to all this we have an in-depth
cruising and rallying programme, thanks very
much to Anne and Dennis Roll for co-ordinating this alongside Simon McEvoy for sorting
the cruise training programme. For cruiser/
racers this year there is the chance to go the
Dutch rally in September combined with the
European championships: great venue too!
There is even a cruise ship - airight barge
- for sleeping and catering thrown in- see
details enclosed!
I feel it is important to organise events so
that all our members feel 'included' and not
sometimes 'excluded': I woijld like to see that
when we hold our AGM at the Dinghy Show
our stand could be organised such there is
room for our members to sit down and have
a drink (bar maybe?) and chat: in other words
a Wayfarer 'athome', where after having
perhaps travelled a long way we can at least
meet up in comfort. We have to think 'out
of the box' on this. We can't lust medal
ourselves on other class associations which
are much, much smaller. A prime objective
is
to review our training needs and provision.
Training on the cruising side is coming on
strongly: but after last year's very successful race training event at Parkstone we still
do not have the continuity we need to have
established race training for this year. So anyone who would like to pick up the baton of
race training manager/coordinator would be
most welcome. Much other work to be done:
we would especially like to hear from someone prepared to liaise with advertisers for our
magazine and web site and who could also
liaise with the yachting press, keeping them
abreast of all our events and results
In this issue. not Only will you find a new
membership subscription form which Sarah
will I am sure be very pleased to receive: but
also a survey form, A stamp can be saved
by sending them both off together! We
really do need to gauge everyone's views on
a few issues: if you think we have asked the
wrong questions you will find space to put
your views more specifically! AlIthis and we
haven't even had a committee mneting yet!
Ray Scragg
W7698 Blue Jay
Enjoy the season!
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In the Winter Edition of Wayfarer News
in Editor's notes I was musing about the
concept of the Wayfarer as a cruiseri
i-acer: what would the core fixed items on
the boat be such that we can be competitive racing but also be easy to handle tor
cruising. At last year's International Rally
we often found ourselves close to Mat!
Sharman's woody 'Waterwi~tch' W773
(above photo) .On one occasion he was
sailing single handed and as we were
headed up into the Orwell we found wind
getting up to 4-5 on the nose and tide
against us too. The ease with which Matt
put in reefs impressed us: made it look
so easy. On another occasion we had a
fabulous sail out from Harwich and up the
coast into the Deben, But as we were s'tilI
some way off the treacherous bar at the
river entrance the fog came down. We
chose to fetch along the shore, having just
to put the odd tack in. Matt just ahead
of us: wind was barely force 2. But what
directly towards us with a towering bar
behind him illuminated beautifuly by the sun
pouring through a hole in the mist -a magical
moment. I have taken the opportunity of the
FYA Dinghy Show to take a closer look at
Matt's boat and hopefully some readers will
find this interesting too. Matt has set his boat
up very crefully, In his use of musacle box
forrig tension, centre rnainsheet and bridle.
ratchet blocks on the side benches for the jib
shets, and kicking strap lead aft, the setup
is very like the one commonly used for rac+ig On the other hand Mat! has a simple
to use reling system. a jib furling gear that
is lead back aft, so tfhe
most important parts
of the rig can be controlled from the middle
of the boat where they are most accessible
especially forsingle handed sailing.
When rallying we use an old boom and mainsail with two sets of reef ing points and we
'slot in' our cruising genoa with furling gear
instead of our racing sails: so our boat ends
up looking a bit like Maft's but we haven't go!
speed Matt found: it was a much as we
as tar as rowlocks or fairleads! Whrat we d(o
have is a bat which is great for cruising aid
could do to stay with him! Eventually he
disappeared until he suddenly em~erged
racing in what other boa! is this possible?
RACING SECRETARY'S REPORT
Other quaifers wiil be Medway (Eastern)
Grathamrnland), Shoreham (Soten)
and Starors (Westems ). Graflam will be
noabe not onl because if's a greal venue
also we are salig a six race seie over
two days -that's easy to do on a reservoir
when all youd have to do is kup in th boat
, be good racing value for money.
=but
I'm also very pleased that Shrhm can
accommcodate us for the Southerns, not least
beas very few of us travee thee last
als beas I wan to get anthrdose of
wave saiin. Plu I want my team to stay
fi and h~ealthy ove a tall two days thi tim,
end I'm cornc d we can do it.
forar to getn out racng Myati
lin Is hilghtened thi year bease 1) t's
aqualfing year and 2)1Im fe up with
The system for qualffcto for the Worlds
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helThe 2007 Worlds i Denmar will be
goo this year as everyone trs to qua
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Plae will be tight Compeitio will be highi
I th k we have two main highlight in the
orfee
e a log driveupthere, These are:
The Eurpa Chmp In Ha,
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in Holland.
Ton Jpr
and his teamn are pulling out
althe stopstornake t ta uogettab:le
event, an I know that all the keen racr
to enur the evn is fu for eveere so
althog th coptiin wil be toug at the
front there will be plety of fu thoghu
the acin fleet and on shr aftrars
ag s a delgtlspot. Don't mis It!
The Naioals in Weynuth.
Bcuewe all want to trae to Holland
and othr plce we've kept the format to 4
days over a bank holiday. This means justY'
the one day off work, and you wil samplet
the deihts of racing In our future Olympic
waters, You'll be able to comment knowl-
salrs are whe they choose the wrong side
of the beat. idiots!
Thidly (if
you're Scottis, or wsh you were)
th~en why not travel u to Loch Lomond anqd
bag a qulfiain pont or two whe you're
the4re. Loch Lomond is beautiful and wil be
worth the orny if you're able to take the
rest of the ban holiday week off after the
Natioal have finishd.
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AFR~PARKSTONE
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The Rarkstons Wayfarer fleet continues
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to be the largest group on the South
Winter series, from October to December attracted anqentry of 7 boats
including Peter Smith who we welcome
back to the water after a prolonged
period of recuperatiort The series took
place invarying conditions, as
you
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would expect at that time of the year,
but in all eight races were accomplished and tour were cancelled due to
inclement weather. With just four races
to count it was a competition between
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new partnerships of helms and crews
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and the well prepared craft and crews-
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of Watery Moments (Cohin May) and
Shooting Stars (Richard Readings).
Keith Cameron and his Harem in Silver
Greyhound kept everyone on their toes
whilst lessons on helming were passed
between Moonshadow and Pot Luck.
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The series was taken by Colin May
IWatery Moments) with Richard Readings (Shooting Stars) coming a very
close second. Dave Moss in Lucky Dip
was in third place.
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In thne New Year the winter social calen-
(Jar kicked into action with the now well!
established CeoCaching day taking
place at the beginning of January to..,a
blow away the Christmas cobwebs.
The annual Skittles championship took
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place at Cobhams Sports Club later
in the month and as I write the fleet is
preparing to go to the dogs! This is not
an indication of the state of our great
group here at Parkstone biut a new
social event at the local greyhound stadium with racing, eating and drinking
along with the team camaraderie.
p
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and Saturday series. Last but not least
comes Poole Week in the last week
of August, to which all Wayfarers are
invited -more details elsewhere in this
issue.
Richard Gurney
W 9399 "Boogie Woogie"
Our Annual Dinner Dance was held
on 11th March and the sailing season
tlakes oft again the following month with
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Poole Week (Special for UKWA Nationals
Weymouth Entrants!)
Easter Open series which beckons
on the 15oth
F.
April, offers t hree+days of
racing and is open to all UK Wayfaiors. Hot on the tail of Easter comes
the restart of our Monday, Wednesday
There will be two discards during Poole week which
allows Nationals entrants to achieve a series from
Tuesday -Fnday
Price concession too! see Diary Dates in Yearbook
Invitation to Wayfarer Eastern Championships
Medway Yacht Club
13th-i14th May 2006
Come to the first qualifying event for the Worlds
2007 in Denmark
Medway Waytarers invite you to join
us for the UKWA Eastern Champion
ships We welcorne entrants of all
abilities and otter a weeken/d of sailing
on our excellent tidal esfatiial waters.
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with launching/recovery facilitated by
electric; winch.
The plan is for two races on both
Saturday and Sunday, with 3 to count.
Visitors are welcome to arrive and rig
from 14:00h Friday, 12 May 2006.
Briefing will be at 10:45h Saturday, 13
May 2006.
Good food is available throughout,
from dinner on Friday night, breakfasts
and lunches/packed lunches on Saturday and Sunday and there rsan exceL
lent bar in our comfortable clubhouse
overlooking the river. A social evening
and dinner will take place on Saturday
evening in the clubhouse
Camping is available next to the cltubhouse and changing rooms. Camnper
vans may be parked in the car park,
where electricity and water supplie are
available. Bunkhouse ac comrrodatiori
is available at the Arethusa Centre next
door (limited so please book early via
MYC Oftice on 01634*./18399),
For local accomm~odation, conta ct
MYC Office, as above, or Medway
Visitor Centre (016344343666. visitor.
[email protected], or www
n'edway gev u~visitingmedwey htmn
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Racing Scene at Medway YC
2005 was another enjoyable season
for the Wayfarers at Medway. The wind
tended to be on the light side and even
the autumn did not produce the usual
storms. We had one or two stronger
wind days when gusts and waves
combined to catch the unwary, which
at least ensured some competition for
the Rubber Shark trophy. Rather than
stormqnduced damage, the theme this
year was collision, resulting in several
damaged hulls and one ripped mainsail.
Oh wel, it gives us something to do
during *lhe winter wh/en we're not sail eql
For non-sailing family/friends there is
plenty to do in the area: •Chatharn
Historic Dockyard, Shopping locally
at the Dockside, Retail Outlet or 20
minutes away
at Bluewater, Udpnor
Castle, Historic Rochester with its
Norman castle and cathedral, Dickens
Our annual dinner and prizegivln~ in
November was well attended. Beaver
(Richard Stone/ Catherine Gore arid
Sue Mf tar) won the major trophies
bI this does not reflect that ernpeti tion was mu~ch closer than in previous
years and more boats beat Beaver in
individual races. How many of the fleet
have enjoyed the pleasure of leading
most of the way round the course, only
for panic to fake over allowing Beaver
to snatch victory yet again.
Centre, trips on the Kingswear Castle
paddle steamer, Fort Amherst
Plans are well under way for next year's
Furth~er information from the Club office
programme. Our season starts on '29
April and we race on both Saturdays
on 01634-718399 or fromn Wayfarer
Class Captain Steve Walder-Davis at
swd~dircon.o uk and in the Wayfarer
Year Book,
and Sundays. We are a friendly club
an~d would welcome visitors of any atbility to join us either for series racing or
any of the events listed on our website.
We have a wide variety of standards so
you are sure to find someone to race
against. The UJKWA Eastems we are
hosting on 13-14 May will undoubtedly
be the highlight (see details elsewhere),
when we hope to provide some exciting
racing and there is plenty to do off the
water, too.
Medway Yacht Club also hosts a
one day open hqandicap, the Medway
Marathon (2nd July). in which Wayfarore are. gerieraly well repres.ented am
n.1
often perform wel The course takes
full advantage of the excellen~t est ral
waters we enfey sailing on. Sausages
and triangles you will not find: insatead.
if the wind is righ~t there may be long,
exciting planing reache as the legs
between marks are quite Ion g, We stat
off from the clubhouse line at Upnor and
sail downriver to Sheerness and back,
taking in sevcral of the creeks on the
way. it is ideal territory for the Wayfarer
and we would love to see more of you
come to take part.
Barbara on behalf of Steve
Walder-Davis
W1 0255 Hot Pursuit
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Invitation to Wayfarer Western Championships
Starcross Yacht Club
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STAROROSS YACHT CLUB. DEVON. Fam
tast siling. Wha a place for th Western.
The Club leone of the oklest yacht cius in
the British Isles, hain tbe.n formed. 1n
772
Howevwr, It is now a throughly modem,
informal family clu deVOted to the pursuit
of small boat sailing, We moved out of the
vilage of Staroross in1967, to our present
loato at Powdeha on the wes bank of
the RiverEke, where we have.aIl the facies
expected by keen small boat sailors,
The loato of the Club pre
is at th
edeof the Pow
erhae
Stat*
Noti of the Farl of. ......,*...ands famil .
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ied by~ the.m
is al
thrivng
cum
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Th...ubl are invted
int pmate room to vie the splendour
o egacy. The estate isa venue
9Sopen.a....s arnd recent
have luded Elton John, Shirley
13 sus
Quo, Westne Blue and jules
$4 lc to name but a few,
Inthe Club itel there are excellent changing
rooms and shwr, plus lancig and
gfclte fo e
iasad
wiis our site is totally private,
lrcudi our ew car paert and ironts a
gd
a~ ue, and unltterd but wide
Sft* of the
t~
hr excelet
lai ca b efljoyed.
Club has delivered many difern Class
cwnonavrsyasacmebs
compete tscety throughou-t th year in
Caamaran,. Fat an Slow Handia Fests,
!t isvery muc a Racin lub eve n though it
Is in the mide of a holiday area whth suv
and sady beaches a short distance away.
Wayfares numer17in total as Iwrite, ms
are owned by rulsig......talogs
advantage of easy aces to pretty baeys,
bece and pifs with aeble waefronts, I hopeo persJado a few of these
eruss to enter more of the raes this year,
You will see fro the ph~oto jus how nice a
stretch of water Itis with splendid views of
Devo courir e0 arotih
We have been plasdto add Roinand
Jun Baricer to our list of mebr recently
wt W4286. 'c~g' *
V~nR
' r**w
job permits, 'Chough' can usull be seen at
the front of the low handicap flet,
VIaltors are always made very welcome. For
|We
Opn.etig a imlted am ount ma1
tetcmigiaaltathelu.sef
There is plnt of acomdto to si
eery
.i .... to t.The
Club
operates all year round, duing the winer
months we wecm members ofbte
club to race inour witer and frostbite
J.
ireri a dlnghy/e
cu, a few mebr do own sml selling
c~ru s wiOth.
y
offth
Club, and facilite ere provddf these
membr for thle storage of tener and
oubad motors. There Is no wetn list
for mebrhip so we wecme enquiries.
Better sIl wh not pay us a Mt on a race
day and.wtess the
l atophere for
yoursef.
Wyfre Westerns will bean importent event for the Clu thi year. Jea
Brook, long servin club member, will be
providing her usual and outstanding food
throughout the weekend. I intend to secure
a barrel of locally produced 'Jail Ale' to
accompany the Saturday evening Dinneritonmeto think of itltmay need more
than ore barrel!
T
now have two Wayfarers inthe family,
W7658 'Septimnus Fry', and W9155 'Vole
Volae recently purchased to use incolder
clme. Both boats shoukd be a familiar sight
on the circuit thi year.
.Come
and Jin us for the Westerns 1
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Invitation to European Rally
Heeg SC - Holland
3rd-7th September 2006
"At night a delicious sailor's meal shall be
served before we raid the ship's bar"
laye you evei been to 0 rend
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o 1 't ir
this opportunity to sail prior to the Euoropeani2
Arrangement 1 "The fullpackage'
Championships, en some of he6
11osf Inoe
Sunday 3rd September
lakes and canals of Holland, accorrpai ied by
ayver nice con verled barg~e with passenrger
acc ornodatiorl
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We shall start the dlay by rigging ou r beats
and have a getle sail across the lake for a
Durling the rally you will view Friesland at Its
best We intend( to sail atllday. depen dlng on
wind anid 'Neathter to a prier ariranded sp)ot
C~p
the son set from its sun~deck. Al nlight a
6th, September
del mious sailor's r'eal shall be;served before
*Thc dJay starts wi h breakfast at 3:00 hrs
we raid the ship's bar..he "In [lilbio" has
accommodation ter only 27 persons; book irngs shall therefore be accepted on a first
comeC first served basis, However, we hlave
arranged for a second option for those tthat
plreter I1e
sleep on their own boat,
Diuirng breakfast we shall have a skmepers'
neeting to deten nii e, dependin~g on wi,'d
and weather te desinaion ot rhe day.
Witth 111(cap)tairl ot the "In DCobb" we shall
agree a meeting point. *i'en it is time to
pack OUr lunch and leave aroui'd 9000
Aroundrl ":00 we(shall arrve atthe meeting
point where the "In Cutoin" will be waiting
with a rvce hot supper
it yO~Uwarlt to start early lHeeg prov'ides
several Hotels, cottage~s ar/d '71) ear' camp
in Heeg Htanbo. i "Hteeger wOI" whore the
ra lly will start. For tholel or Sttlice acconl
rnodatieri please c:all tt'e Heeg Vister Cer!tre
at: *+.I1 015 544246.4 or mal to: irife
vvv'wyr hrrts.'i or visit:
ntp://wwwtA' 'vrrtrrbts
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Thursday 7th September
Around 17:00 hours we shlall arrive back in
Heeg where the "In Etubio" shall be waiting
for us 1(o
collect (214lL.ggage. (Those who
have a/so booked on "InDubioc" tot the
races can leave everything).
Sa ilors wishi r'g to visit a tow r at nigtht
shou~l do so rusing ttheir Wayfarer ane1
an
oibtoarrd We kindly rrmlind y01. about
lli1Iigtt
i r 11losvtle
rm dh{
oing{ sri
Arrangement 2 "The meal package"
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Please registe' by sending the corepletedl
registration to'ri b> u ailto the bi..tch
W'ayarear secretary secretaris({fwayarerni Registration n usthr made betor'e 1s1
May R-egistrations are accepted on11after
receiving foil payment. the "In Cobio" thas
imnit capacity; entries shall be accepted in
tl'e order th'ey are received but nlerrbers of
a NCA have p riaiity over non- men 10(s So.
booik early to ensure you have a cabin on-"In
Cubio".
There is 0(71
neerd to mlake use of an Intenational nloney order, You can [lay tthroughl
your owrl NCA's treasurer. People from
countries without anqNCA sho ld contact the
NEOIWA secretary for othecr
payrlerlt optiiors.
Oalilicat ion: Inland Sailing
H(t m shlo 1.1(be able 1:1o111
rllnoei[ivr boat ir17
m odferate breeze fop to Force 4lwithou: risk
of colliding with arccomparnyiig Way3farors.
*le rally is si/iitl-ble frir tamilies but in aver
aye >2: 211t . 20mb
so
0e
5}tll. 'ady7tle)
water.
Organising committee:
Lous do Bruyne
emal: Ldebtu [email protected]
Francine vi de Vaart
~email:
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Vl Iw
et sottee and to check our rigs. Aroui ic
17:00 hrs the "InDubio" will arve inHeeg
Harbour {or(olir eIIIarkation. Atter setlting
in we shall ha~ve a mleal em thel riCob''i{
an/d an easy night
where the "In C~ubio" waits for 1.2sWhren the
weath er 1sta we catl Ihaye. sWimT
or er1110y Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 4th. 5th,
The "In Cubici" has two person bunk bed
c'abins anid each two cabins share a back
to back shower &WO. 't also h'as a dining
room. a lounge a ld a suirt deck with conitort able deck chairs. At night your Wayfarer will
be rroored alongside themtn
lO Cbkh" tthat is
anchored in a sheltered bay.
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Invitation to European Championships
Heeg SC
-
Holland
Qualify for Internationals Denmark 2007
8th-il0th September 2006
,.
Yoe are in'.ited to the hrst ever Wayfarer European} ChamTpionlships onlLake
Heeer
enor,
in Frnesland Holland, The Europeans wl eventualy take over the 'oft
year' slot in the three year racing calendar except for this wart
This event comprises anl
eight race series, with three races on/ Friday, three races
on Saturday and two on Sunday. The courses writ be olympic style triangle
courses around racing marks,=
I he following prizes will he awarded:
"t
l
F.oTrophy
Overall Winner
KNWV charmpion Burgee
Gold European medal (provided by KNWV0
Silver Eur.,reean med.al (provided by KNV
Bronze European imedal (provided by KNWI
Navigators & General Ladies' Race Trophy
Overall Winner........
1st Overall Winner
2nid Overall Winner
3rd Overall Winner
1st Lady overall wonne
The following NEDWA prizes will also be awarded:
Heeger klemp
1tofofFriday's races..
Hee pul
1st of Saturday's rtes
..........
Acr om modattien:
There is camping in Heeg Harbour "Heeger Wal" frorm
where we launch
For Hotel or celltage accommodation please call the Heeg Visitor Centre at:
+11 l0t5i5-442464 or mal to: info~ivw-wymbrits rnl
or visit:
,
it tp :kwwwv . v -Mymbrits. nli
Also the 'In Dubio' can be booked for the weekend (see photo left)
- £4Opp first come first served.
See notice of race and entry forms in year book.
•*On Friday 8th September a Wayfl;rer dinner w/i be served in one of the local restaurants.
* On Saturday the 9th a Wayfarer BBQ willbe sewved at tle hatrboiur,
* After every last finish a happy hour will be held in the party tent on the harbour groun~ds.
* Bothq m~eals and tile happy hours are included intI 1 suJbscription fee.
>.i
CRUISING SECRETARY'S REPORi
Cruising Trophy Winners for
2005 Presented at the AGM
during Dinghy Show 2006
I vil cb, iclde fln ncorrv4 a~ ref
lq aloa 1o u£ r~e
ali, 9 (J~l n
~se
r/t etring /ou~s wer te rr oas
... uii
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The Golden Bucket
vs c
Stl'5I55VOI1CSDnwn
own a boat tent why not hre one traintho
tsoa
~n?
'ClII ti
Cruising Trophies
<ry
yoexpe
rie
committee decided unanimously to
oath cite
ni/eriurahy' vyaqe, woher i
t
of0$
c<ruiisin your heone
your frtsepiee
waters or anl acivertorou1 toore g **oog trp
last two magazines about advert-
Let others knew why yo u r'tiose your crueslag area, how you ipr par en yourself and the
anhocpaten
b~at' tie cri ifi ha In /r01el
tures on the high seas and this
edition is no exception.
and the iessorns learnled. What were your fa
<auie parts of the cruise, your
n's ex.
penaences and even to share tthern with oth"
urs, so tThey toco carl learn Irrom those e4)00
eneIwant toi stress tnai the vast naot
recognition of outstanding services
Li'tl t 0 event
to Wa yfarer cruising. FTe UKWA
hecuOLun'
Much has been written over the
roet embar
tinsg or tsiinurn eenis? We can all tearn
froml each others' experiences and writing
a lg sari be a wondertul way Er)reaem hber
y our ti re afloat.
of uis set out to sea without an/y rnajor rais-
Why' net make this the year to send an entry
n inie Or both of the two crulsing trophies'
the Viking rophy and Piers Plowrman re-
hap and have spent many an enjoyable hour
th Wafarrti a
safein he nowldgetha,
exceptionally sea-worthy boat. However, as I
With this in nd tile eruptiass this year I
0o)training In the hope" that we carl eolice
I' r of youli t oiru in the ralils and oxter
accounts of her varied cruises with
husband Dennis in] their beloved
'Emma' have inspired and delighted
our members, and she has organised many interesting and enjoy-
Anne & Dennis Kell (below) 'sockin' it to an
attentive audience (right) at the RYA Dinghy
Show 2006
ii Ierestitg ansi intorrlative acci:(}Lirit ot
a Wayfarer cruise wil be w*elcoted as an en-
the
try l he
} up
g l , sI h judgedi by tthe previous
ars wK
0
er. oelnd ye uirlo bylt:he begin
0vit'ts
,t
hiips.
) ll
}i o , /t
Winslow. f iikilgthac. MV)1S SD
eb Pl o-w')ar lrophy: Tl'is s awarded
r 'lie besl write 510ur report subr liiied for
tor the carnara*ie coffteiow Wavt'arer salr
(itotrn
r As wetll
<Otor texh e l ireyr
as te rxtinfor
f scatinj tiv tais, ~u
"Ics
ge't the chance to psere ovi-r oithr Peoples
ats ann find out how they do it' -Just
whe're should the reefl'r riep irlts be. what
style of tenlt would he idteal sdo you f'ave bail
the Wayfarer News dun the provous year.
Ib1)1s- will he i idged by the previous year s
wlrnrer mrnm the copies subm ittesl to tt)C
editor-
ers. plulmp. bucket or all toree
cruising over many years. Anne's
any
s lO in
05
n rii'e-1 Fradtiers
weearwth
ad ( , ,t IIstl CI~lI j
Not Cor
I ir [
ii Ia7
ar. this ye r to' be hn
~em
altt'r 0,1,
-ot
lil is} -it II '/}'' i'',s
evelt, I can S osroigiy reco li ns Iit -s ri (
award the Golden Bucket for 2005
tO Anne Kell for her major contrnbutions to msain/taining and extent
incg the best traditions of Wayfarer
phy? Send your entry by the beginning of
Jai uaW' 2.007 Winners wilEbe announced at
the AOM li *the spring. I tie 'Vikrng ong
ship Trophy: This trophy was presented by
Vrark Oye tfor t!he host accou;nt ni a en lisie
indortakeri by a UKWA ineniherss tie
ruse does not have to cover a considerii re fist an c, or b.e at eroic sea passage
stressed in the last edition, if always pays to
pr'tch se ion fhe unexpected, so that yo ar
better abie to (teal with the situa Eion houlIs
It ever arse
'/5>u1
It
ap)pear in7the cruising programmie.
Why ne't
Wiist it always pays to relect on
This trophy iS awarded annuafl
I
and just wherei
do they keep the portable too? At the time of
wrltlnssicre were stil pertyoef places av'
,lbie. Sil jiust give imon a call.
ibis is rry last report as cruising secretary as
r up. I should like to thank
ntreyet
everyone who has helpes rToeundertake this
role in whatever capacity. it only remains for
To extend this land-hased course. tt~ere
w111
also he two sea -based training evelnts
Maycourse
laabsed
cr51
isors. Er
*Ihe
.or
with tall
is afirst
two inday
Brancaster.
........................
0)0 to wish my successor. John Phittips. al
ti) best over tthe coming thuroe years and I.....
sI
n>ou
opei7aye
you given
will go'roe.hitl <as i vt> s /ubp................r..
overnight stay asho-e. It is a msust for anyone
w tntng in turther their sailng skils arnd get
tl)O most out of tt'eir cruising A raluge of tsp-
Anne Kel I
W247 'Emma I
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..
.....
.....
able rallies which have encouraged
many of us to explore new cruising
grounds. Furthermore she has sig-
I
i
nificantly raised the profile of Wayf#aring on the wider yachting scene with
articles published in the yachting
press. an RYA award in their national 'best cruising log' competition,
presentation on Dinghy Cruising with
U-I
Den at the RYA Dinghy Show.
Viking Trophy
,-
Frank Dye presented this trophy to
be awarded annually for the best
cruising log submitted during the
year to the cruising log library, and
the winner is selected by the previous holder.
,
Jon Vahl Saxhaug, in 'big' seas with
Ken Jensen's 'brilliant trysail'
Two entries were received for 2005,
from Jenny Jeffs and John Norman (W7391!), and from Jon VahI
Saxhaug (W4935). Last year's joint
winner Allan Parry (with Jim Fraser)
spoke at the ACM in March and
described Jenny and John's account of their North Sea crossing in
company with W9843 as 'asuper
log of an excellent and well-planned
voyage', and to give a flavour of the
crossing he quoted a line from the
log: 'Navigating in a dinghy in F4-5 is
like writing a letter on a roller coaster
ride!'.
However, as the winner, he chose
Jon Vahls's log which was dramatically titled 'Over the top of Norway
to Russia' - a 250 n/mile. 9 day Od-
1-
Piers Plowmen Trophy
!
yssey
in Arctic
plan had
been waters.
to kayak The
this original
route,!
but Ken Jensen persuaded the
intrepid pair to borrow his Wayfarer
instead, driving them 2000 km northl
from Oslo to reach their start point!
It's quite amazing what some people
will do to go Wayfaring. As the
AJso juded by the previous winne,
the Piers Plowmanl trophy is awred for the beet report of a cruise
skipper of a cargo ship said when
tire end informative acouts from
they called him up on the VHF -'are
you completely mad?' This log is
fast-moving and exciting --just like
the cruise - and leaves youl feeling
awe-struck. A 'must-read' that willI
be in the log library shortly.
pubflshe inWayfarer News each
year, Again the standard of cruisng
reports was very high wit descrip-
alt parts of the Wayfarer world. This
year's winner was Simo MoBvoy
Ms
Quinn's' adventures - this time
across the North Sea.
'
ta hi cotnun a" o~ieo
Anne Kefl presented the trophy to
Smnat teAGM.
.
OVER THE TOP OF NORWAY TO
RU S S
%
2i~i
AIlanned
During aW-meeting inthe Oslofjord spring 2004 we told Ken Jensen (W1348) that we
to paddle the coast around Norways North Cape to Russia inkayaks. Ken
replied: "But you must sail Wayfarer! I can drive! We can use my car - and my trailer!"
......
nged plans - here is the story:
and we reach small lovin of Kjooleohrd
alcapelago Ken and Ken jr have dhuring the
rnisht anharboi ir rtornfigirnon with bom
day driven arOunfd the coast and arc waihing
ar-d we feel like kings in warm sleeping bags
3, Kjoellefjord
withinnendbedsDay
rleri
Gamvik. 33 n.miles.
-
Day 2 Ojesvaer - Kjoellefjord. 47 n.miles.
riree-fotr hours out Kjoeltefjord again
We wake up to sun and light winds from
ii igh h
ieadwind. sun ari lb
1 degrees.
east Sot at i early, past a small an d tall
Warmest houLrs Of Pie whale trip Alor i
isiar d whilst i s hIirle to ria ify sea eagles
towanrds Kin r/ trodderi - main lno E~trope's5
an ee-a udedtosnd
sanorthernmost
pmoirnt. A sudden drop ho
paira ts -II nfrIessivel The cci iti chess $"irp'
70 ago al td we
Trip up. Oslo - Hammerfest, 2000
kilometers. Lorig drive ftirough Swedten and
Finland. As all four drivers (Ken arid Ken Y
(W614 1)-i-its two) were equally keen, we
meaced destination after 30 tiours with lots
of histories and laughter.
tho plan is to sail past North Cape and lake
liarb ouri in F-Ioinrigsvaagt TFhtwi'id So~
picks oip aid the next 45 hours we hike -( t
with small sails and 85 from east, Under a
t::right sun we round the nape Just a tiny
cloud ca-l} be see - an- that cloud sits r-ght
ot wool, rain gear. bootls. woo--io)t amd
gloves dO £ib rt
8G On the rnse arid
feet ini lin tootstraps The comqbinled sittinlg
cushion~sieriders a la Ken are nine to have
The weather heels unpredictable, the coast
hiigh arid steep and thin boat small But the
Day 1 Hammertest - Gjesvaer on island
Mageroey. 50 nautical miles. hanecoast
frori Hamnierfest to Russia is, contrary
to tthe rest of thie Norwegian coast, mainly
deserted without protecting islands arid
very few places that give shelter. The harsh
climate gives almost I-r vegetation. The
Barents Sea and East Sea comes right
onrthe coast. There are also considerable
tidal currernts. It is therefore with so
nervousness we er-pty the 'sehnaps' at
on North Cape tourist center where peoaple
probably are struggeing to see anything,
Not a boat to be seer! ar--ivt-tere, vie are
alone. The wind dies out after sonic hours
arid we're left outside Helnes lighthouse
where -the huge Porsariger fjord colles
out. Tide is falling and we find ourselves
u-i amusing seas, The outboard engine is
in Oslo. The nurre-t takes us out on the
Svaerliolt Sea and we wave goodb)ye to our
destination port. After some time ttie wind
noiles bank arid we decide to just continue,
routiding of ttiis cape goes well, the wi--d
dies away arid again we tind ourselves
driifiing around. This time oi Aside the hittIi
town of Mehamri It suits us wvell,were
hungry. Around midnight the cook enters
the sleeping hag and is soon beyond
conversation. He is awakenled after two
hou~rs and with both reefs set and no foresail
we race by Sleftnes lighthouse and reach the
rule of Galvik at 03 hours A fox terms the
welcome comrnittee. checking that we tie Lip
properly.
-
noon arid set out, Bitt we get a good start.
Long arid comfortable tank past The big
with Beautfort 4 tram behi~d. Fir-ally on
ilioutli of Per-sarigor fjord and Laksefjord to
orir way after two years oh planr 11% n I
re entra nce cit Kjoelefjord on the Nordkinn
brooding -A littkl t lilly cr ew soon results n
perninsoha -Wir-d (lies coilple-cly at a
on~e reef as ti-i wirid irke
V ses a tit and grey
i-oil is fetched fra below -Warm
coffee weather is closing in Afti -3 h-our- a chiort
'Ac .ae time, The only importai i ting is
pit- stop in Hasvacysi id
qink dir-mer at
go
the o rcacti tr-bouir b ere i: tjels dhai-k -Ard
Ioemp ty hotew
s-<"ao towards the
it
n ot uJil Sepeter -eAfter ocl im
[rim
b ig island Mag(eroey ftT1N arid G jesvac
a fishir-g vessel conies by' arid others a tow
1"
!
St
*#IVI
the win/d co--es tack lhis time art 1heir
BA
i'l
Jt \"
inse Pleasant lacking in lighl '-a some
A\~mf
Sofl)4
hittr s -~witth reading aloud ieor extcit ing
onn a!bbookl, After sorte tirre Ihe reader
has to hike out. A little later tho reading
has to stoip. too muchi spray The coastal
eph~le
'
: al
tr i-n ny lovers
fo
Day 4 Gamvik - Berlevaag. 22 n miles.
Atrsm or
odbasep
-onn
c:offee is tprepared -We stroll at ourid town.
bhurker anid ccl rout agalin tot-ay past -rouit h
of Tanafiard and on to Berievaag The sail
.>arts arar coriiori ably with light htliwind~ te
le )t]n
e
e~hre
sighit to 100 nietres. tiri-e tor tishirg rid
dinner It neve htltes Inou than a 1--2
I'later
1: H
2,
It: No
cae
At:Kjtlloej4.
e
t~i
"Hurtigiruta" sails by illit we sat hirlT1
up on thse VHF. "King Harild, Kino Hralid,
King Harld, this is Eric on lb Ove ' Who
is sahlinig King Harold?"" "Sailbmo t on your
%.cruiser
.,;
erk
,
-
-~
,.
/
-V
'
I
starboard bow. Over"'<there Isee you
Hriw (mg a-e yau?" We answer ii5feet".
-'Ariyou comletelyrn-ad?"'
S
-,
r i Or-rali
reaction wni-l we dai ii shis or mania
-sta
tions. bmatwe l dceve ii hotieast tram i c
arnd gooid Lick - Wel ast thn Ta iiafio i lite
wind reallypicksuopstih trail e't.
,ad
-
the last hoar
itwe bite aloiir
wvith all
r,-s set
and very itle foresail. The current is wit us
and with B6 the other way th seas quickly
become steep. But helmsman Jo i doing
his business ertectly and the boat salts very
rice, Last ten minutes we get a fantastic
surf in betwen the moloeads of Berleveag.
Soon Bri Lsfled up, tent hoisted, inside
wiped off, sleeping matresses laid out and
the beer produced. The watch shws 03
after 12 hours at sea,
around the point but th lnding we aim
for (Hamrdigberg) is wel shlered for west
winds and soon we are sitting ina party in
the Ga'it with beers and chocolate. The clock
IS03,
Day 6.Betva - Hanlgbe. 38
nmlite. It's sunny and calm and the repon
says NW 5increasig to 7the follow+ing
night. Good for us. we till up with this and
that andt lev in ight tailwind. Th sun is
soon repaced by rain, In return, the wind
drops to nothing. We drif outside Baatslrd
5-6 hours inshightly chilly rain until the
forecasted breeze starts to push us east.
Day?7 Harnnngbtg (
.
We ae lodged in a fishenias
house from 1870.8So old houses are rare
to find in the northernost part of Nora,
but hee there are many. The Germans
burnt almost evrting up here at end of
\WW2 but maybe they were In too much of
a hurry when they lef this place whc is
quite remote eve to Noweian standads.
Fantastic plac wher some s pepl
take caresof thehousesunacaft, arrang
festiva s etc. In wintertime the pisc s
isolated and deseted, onfly accessed by a 3
hour on snowaccoter. We do the 'beginners
miss' by not roiling the boat hig enoug up
on the san bech. When we tanded, the
tide was at its lowest and with 4 metres tidal
dift, it was a lon~g pull We wake up in the
morning at high tide to a boat buried in sand,
With various gade toosQ) Brie isdug out
and after another four hours th GB-cs is
freed from blckn sandstones, But - th
B? is still blowing from West so we might as
wel be occupie with this. The cafeowner
asks us if we hav some tips as to how he
can.larn.t.sai.a..w.say.hat
.
go wit us to town of Vadoe the folloing
mornn. He enthusiastical aceps and
poronulse to f
ktlg
Soon we have E5 on our backs, Outside
Makkaur lighthouse the Nortern Gannetse
8
Da 8
DayS5, Bedaeag.
The wn is howling outside the tent and
we are stc for th day. In the musem
we get atwo hour guided tour that nds
with a long video about the builing of the
mole, It went nf
for abut100 year 44 of
them with a raiwy from where they got the
stoneloks through town to the molheas.
Only one senl lady was hit
and kiled by thle
tran. Not bad according to the guide. By
night the wind dropped and weceetebrated
midumsmer's eve wih campfire, beer an
a SWIm (somewhat col water) - under the
midnigt sun
put on a great so
their bold dives, Su
fI0
t
,>i~iii
up next to us. The mood In the
a bit anxious - windc, grey
fresh
sm
"inv.h
sa)-
the rest of the crew comrpenates to the
other side. After two-three hours we stroll
around in the town Vardee. Eastemot
p~ont In Norway an further east than
Istanbul Th win deress and we si
out agaln- under the huge 'tenng'radars
plawcedeth
there by th militr. We sigh the
Rusa shores as we round the Klbergpoint Fast donwn saln is so
rplae by biodu tackn and the
tempaton beoe too bigwhe we see
te o-openlng at Kbirg, We set up boattent next to the title
thingvessel "Kftitn
Mkta",
ay %,.l
- Il.
~, mt.
Mother wakeup to sun end talaid. Still
quite chilly, no reason to take off the three
sets of wool underts, the wool shirt,
the wed sweater, the wool hat or the woo
gloves today either, Neihe the wind-glo'ves.
We sal inalong the western shore at the
hge Varesgerliord. P
some time, th
wind drp, enough to cook lunh and
coffee. After hain drwed off a little,
the wid picks up as if oree and wese
course over to the east side and the mouh
of the Kifeesord, It doesn't seem so far
across, bu the eysiht is very good atths
lattudsnrdi's actual] tIrmiles acrss
We get an endles arid fun reach that from
time. to tsdnnndsqui.omte
attenio
from th helmasan. Around milh B i
eases into the smal-boat harour of the tr1
Qn
iba
n
crew so
toO
nJtg
igt a
ei~~KJ
RYA DINGHY SHOW 2006 - W773 Waterwitch
~~Details
~showing
of Matt Sharman's W773 'Waterwitch'
clockwise from top left: ratchet
<@
blocks for jib, cente main, jib furling gear, twin
reeling lines and bridle, stowage for roofing
maritime"
NATIONAL *
Endurance & Survival Exhibition
~museum
tured in a newv Endurance & Surviva
(:or'ditiiorns an: witlh 'oreshanr'400X0 iratca1 les under her sails Wanderre will he onl
show inhel full mrtifed glory.
exhibition at the National Maritime
Museum Cornwall.
Opened on 11lth
1-ebr oar v
the new exhibition
The Nation/al Mar itirre Museu' r (or riwall's
focu sos on the kssy ele' rentls uf survi Va*
toed waler war'>th and the eorntrionaL
strength of enduranlce, taking the visitor on a
pour ny thri
ogh the very physic al and mental
new 200(3 Endur ance & Survival exhrbr
lion captures the inc redijbte stories behind
th~e ar~ieve'nrrlts <)fserve of our greatest
seataring celeb ies and those ol less welt
c hallenges ot suryva at sea O~ther celeho ties
tfeatured rrl the exhibition inch ide Sir Ernest
kown explore s Each have endured and
survived in personal cha llenge-s In achieveJ
Shackleton, Darri,t ller' Macb;tlrur Sir Robin
Kr'ox
arrd Torny BnIhr' cr'e.dne
tfheir goats: oftien ir'rIhe *tace o't extrem e
Delvying all rules ei exp etation, F'iank and
One of the higqhlights sit the exhibition tells
-Jotir'rstorr
-overw'helmrqin
Margaret Dye. who now live in Norfolk,
adapted their 51rr1
Wayfarer din/ghy Warrder
et oi eridol n rrr..r
irocus challengirng voyages
at sea, in 1963 Frantk Dye acocir i'partnied by
erie of the gr'eatest stories of survival against
odds. In August 1914, Lrnest
Shac kfeton arrd his 28 crew left England in/
F idrrar ce ror a Tr an sanlar :tr(sFxpedr fir
r rsell Br ockf ank. carted the small boat on1
a700 mite Fxrr rey Iron! Sr':o'tlar'd tsotcelarsdt
the tottowing year, Wandere' sailed for the
I aeroes and Norway. alte pl in g to reach
the Arcfic: Circsle Thrloughout these arid
olier expeditions, Wanddee ovwec:;ar/r e a
hrloken r'ast, gale torce winds and capsizinig
three times, with the D)yes pi ovir'g just what
sheer deferr 'irratinr and per severasnce carl
achieve,
What hollotwed was onie of the most adr e
stories of leadlership and sur vval. Shack~e
ton arid his crew becampe m arooned inth
Arntar criCir in 9 15 wirlr teir sIhip beeas'
lornked in pack ice arid sank. Shackletori
made an epic 800-mrite open boat voyage
in rone of ft}
rsh1ip s bo~ats, thu JarTr s C:airn].
ac:ross trea(cher on Arntarctic waters, 'Having
reached South Georgia. the learn then faced,
a s6 hour trek ever previously unchetarted
"We are delighted Wanlderer will Lie int he
Mu cen'51i
sJI our ider by adlyon fur eIr sir\'
and nice peo~ple," say Frank and Margaret
l
"We inlend to be in Fatmouth frequenly ever
the summ er encouraging museum visitors
to) fake up s- raIl bo)at sailinlg arid expe ls:Oc
eat 'adventu~re'."
'sorrtarns to rea}ch Strerarisiss ansd/rscue,
After riea'ty two years i::rtthe r'rest tirii magi
nable hardship, Shackleton rescued all 28
rbrb@s of the expedition and pr'oved himse}ll as the n'iss nafriral of borleaders TI'e
new exhibition highlights this leadership and
featuires the James Caird, sarne: of Shackletoin s tiesonal item s, as wefi as I Oo~naid
beate extrerneseas
nd wether
Having Laeexeessadwel
Husey 's r ale blcx'rstirng harry) and a pasir
ot two tef't tooted boots.&
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'art of equliprrrent-lis:
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Bulirvore's agonisingly cold and lonely
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Waterti t V}4F, GPS, E:PIBB,
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Globandhalre
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and various adaptors - fsx charng of video,
Vnd
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Dame Ellen MacArthur's and Sir Robin
Kr'ox-Johr'stonr' 5solo Ionl-stop ro)uris lhm
wor'ld rcords are also hrghlrgthreri arnd the
KeY s trysail, Genoa heisted as a main, no boors
(oi, riew carts, twu slabreefs
advan:errft in th~eir niavi gation and cornrinircation eqniipr',ernt explor'ed. 'the exhribit
asks "could youI navigate your way arond
thre wold as Kniox-Johrsicori did or sleep for
iulafew .30 'rirrute naps a day for /t (lays
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aild th ose wishing tio
tirdedoake a buoyancy
test ore tieck or a Wayfarer World -It is not
yet definitive but with the h/elp of further cor!iributrons from nieasurers buoyancy testers
an~d others, we stiou to be}able: to e xt:iard tLiis
trite) a useful guide
tion toi
give access to the joint between thle
hrli
arid the deck rnoutds.
*here is also a drain hung in the aft Thee of
the transoiii
Buoyancy Testiig
t te rri/east] rerneiSt term tor a Wortd says:
Buoyancy Chambers
It teWo ytf wer Wonrl
rdel is currently bi. fl
by Fodoer Brothers since its production
stided in 1997 arid by Moor-es from: about
t e saiit lirn
0e
Ittiey ceasert prod i~itiori
Alt'hough I otl- tiave been tbuilt to the sariie
design if taoProcter Designs Lb ,thero
niilit be conie slight ditterettces ini
detail of
Dry buoyancy test. Floor bearer suppedt
complies with rule Yes/no
Dry truoyaricy test Forward lank complies
with rle Dry buoyan~cy test Yes/ne
Dry buoyancy test. Benticirder of heat orpies with nole. Yes'ne
It is probably best to do tte I tree tests in thle
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carve order as above
The buoyancy test to the floor boarer su.p
conistructioiri
rod./cross mieriber can be undedtakeri by
All 'Worlds' have tlreo independent buoyarncy chamnbers and in two of those there is
additiona hi roy/arrey in tie form] of c ubitlain
aplying C positive or negative pressure test
to the burtg hole accessed through the haetch
herrig the roost coniTiien: a break in fthe
bond between the hull and deck moulings
fitxigs for tittinrgs that puncture the skin of the
Duoyancy chamber and there are probaby
other sour:es.
t he bond between thre troll arnd Ihe (leck
ruouldings carnbe broken by lateral ipact
ens Ipelythono coritairtersl Ttiere is;
one
chamber in the bow which extends trr>
tre ti ikliaad, taherriacle torwarrds to 1tie
bow arid contains two cubitainiers. there is
a smad! chaiilber in the large cross member..
cireotly beneath the mast -step arid this
charriher alu i ra s two longit udiia nierriers
that extend aft on cacti side *roni the cress
iuieiiier idnder the cockpit sole at ar-apvxoxi nafe in d point between the cent r e
beoardf
cCsing! ar-id the ouJtside.
damage. Thin joint is assembled blind during
construetor arid it rs didticult to krnow it an
.even
boric nas been achieved. Bolts that I×
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en the top lace o-I
the torward tank imrredi-
ferid-Oft to the guiwhiatos can inadvo~nty
break this sea.
Care should be ta ker r to ensure that the inrternat hung to 1he sina I charmer is atways fitted
as its absence could corilproriise tlie test,
There are various access point'; to thiese
ishlaruibe ms:
tniire ore 4 hatch cove-c: OI 4ri
haftis
atly in front of Itie taberrnacle Ic pr-actice t h ut niligt1also allow wat erinrte thle
cha mber,
access canl b)0qnite awkwar-d, biut a breathI
wti ihtis uil-icult to dralii
v[ess quite stil{iie-i
the test to tfe forward tart can be uridedtak,en
tt-nrotugti any of the three forwvard access
John Hartley
f-at-rues withIi,hatch rnod ted Icraccep.t the
U KWA Rules and Tech nical
test eguiprmetit A trreathi test is usualy cutRepresentative
fieitn to undertake this test toro
The IesI to thre rer-airider of Itie L.;oal can
bite undertake- thi-ough tlre hung( h-ota irntlhe
cover on-rthie forwarrl face of bth or rasor0
th is is used tic access to Itie fiigS of the
t rarisomi or the hatch in its forward face - the
votr~me oftlhis r.ha niter is large arid it is dOtt.
ri..dder tilthinf arid to crx~in(]
ticult to aIct-reve enougth press u r-,e
i::ir vac(uum1
T here is a hatge chaiiber thiat extends frorii
Ihatrar isori, .audor thte cockpit cote arid
in
riide tI-e hllt
as far forward as -the taber
n/ode hulktioad. This chambe- also h-as eight
addiftiootal cubiner-s
ii i
Ol'
ny w ter
I/the chamber:
by lungj power alone -Con-ip resseci air or an
(inie 6" hatch ori thin top face of the forward
tan/k irT/imediatrely inriI-orrt of the totier r --be
T'ilis is used for1access tothe bur
t
I rule to
the crial enclose d eo trot biuoyaricy ctharn.
her arid Ic songe
c
ouift-re fr~rward cl-rar-n thor
There is usuaty one 1i)L
il(f
fitted to tPorts-s
tioats arid two to Moores LI-tre is erie 6" hat ch-cover t~roin 1isir:e
off
Il-e hult
tih-et-Ilt
1
Ic-Wek iritfre side
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could be applied to onle oVtt-e apedurles - Ihen
sealed arid Itie change i rr pressure nieasIi.rre thlr rl Ii a gauge aft acf-iW to the ott-ir
aper-fureHopetutlly all
tests ar-c positilye and the boat
i. lie, l:rasdis
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r itwvrvarious causes of lea ki: i--nsiri .mt
dar-r--tam nOr
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The Winter Edition 2005 issue 107 covered the Utlswater rally 20th- 26th August.
John & Olwen Mellor
describe in a bit more depth the night of the storm!
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asomnie of u-s had had the ide that we
were gon to be slepin head to toe on
slab stones in a deelict outhos dlose to
teharbour (or the 'hard' as we were correce,
AS we were driving back from
Kings Lynn hospital (another story), Sarah
Cooper, my knight in shining armour and
I, pondered on the evets of the first day.
It wasn't even 3.45pm, and already we
had sailed out into a very lively ocean with
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otwvsand hurricane orewnswe
done a walk, and some shopping (girls eht),
averted a near death experience, and now it
was just about time for afternoon tea! What
a day! And we hadn't even got out party
frocks on for the evening session yet!
An early start had called our helms to action,
Matt (the Local Hero)), Simon, Hamish, Alan.
Charles, and Doug were the honorary me
for the weekend, Matt was the chap with
local knowledge, a real asset and sense of
P
oay e bui.IWin over t s .
e
had acre.
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tunel (Photo opplotunty) Once over th bar
we stted up and dow the coast under
varying degrees of control, or lack of it. The
wte
ores asing ontoe side and 6
litt Wavs~ obbipgand dow in a
sheltered spot preth othe side, Jus dyn to
get goin agan. Itwas wondrfiMI
plannedl coffee break was resceduled! As
we whiZned up and down watchig the kitesurfers, Matt claimed to have clocked up a
pretty nifty 16km ph! (not quite as fast as a
:ireball)
The waves were so big that we were forced
After a blustery and exhilarating sal back,
we returned to the bunk house for lashings
of cake, crumpets and hot tea. Mavll!
Whilst the sick and infirm went for a snooze
(over-exertion - or was it the previous night's
food?), the rest of us went for walks and
shoppng. As I was finding it hard to breathe.
Simon and Katie looked after me well whilst
strolled gently along the salt flats of the
Norfolk coastal way. A quick warm-up in
the loca chandlery (shoppng), and back to
the pub for some restorative liuor, soon
warmned up the cockles of our hearts. It must
have been the bracing cold of the walk that
brought on the asthma attack (well that's the
story I'm sticking too anyway). The locals
in Norfolk hostelries are really friedly and
helpful, and the barman and others provrded
details of the emergency doctors etc. Whilst
assurance for those amongst us who had
never been out to sea before. If was pretty
windy as we gathered to launch in our
sheltered spot, an'd I'd say that by the time
N-
I44
contemplating whether the doc would come
out or not, we felt we needed aner bevy
(just to be sure), and fthen deie that we
needd aothe one! We finally wended
our Way back to the bunkhouse at around
2:30pmo to settle down to a relaxing afternoon In readiness for the planned debauchery of the evening, For me thng changed
whnmy lungs finally packed up, and I was
rushed to hospital by the speedy Sarah,
Rushed was the word in fact as I was in
and out before yOU could have dropped an
anchr. So for all of those reading this, Iocking for good NHS tramet might I su~gest
a bugaow close to Kings Lynn hositl is
worth consdering,
Amazingly after all of this, we
were Still eager for a second day's sailing;
the conditios had lightened slgtly to the
pont where in order to leave land we had to
get the engine out. Wantng to challenge
Mats spe record of the previous day,
combined if I'm honest, with a touch of pride
about making ft out without an engine, we
introduced some rather excesh roiling into
our boat. As 'nowimp' Doug saandned
control of his boat to us and laid down in the
bottom, we managed to clock up a speedy
1.7 knots over the ground, and as this was
against the tide we deie it wasn't bad!
Infac conditions were so ight that we onl
made It as far as the bach round the corne.
Finding very shallw channels made us
realise that we ha probabl had one too
many games of rounders. But stll this was
not ch~alenging enough ftr
some, who te
proeeded to sail up yet another channel of
water, lime eventually had to be calle and
we afl limped/sailed/got towed back in,
After
packing the boats away, and towing them
to where they would be stored to await the
boys' weekend, warm showers, moe cake
and tea rouneded of the weekend. After a.
relaxing hou we al started to drif off after
having had a wonderful weekend with a iPt
ferenc. Irm sure eveybd there would join
me in saying a big "Thank You" to Simon,
Matt and our long suffering hels
After a magntcent Chns banquet,
ordered from the local take away. we
launched into an evening of hilarit. Jayne's
narration of t tl Red Riding HOOd was
played beutiftdly by Philippa, who had
ransacked Simarts sail bag for her Irnaginathve costume, and the cast performed to
rapturous appluse. I must have been fully
Still not detrred, we oted for a game, or
ten, of rounders. Atd
ling
at us,
dressed as were for the cold, tryng to run
around the pitch must have thouht it was
some new advert being fime using the did
Michelin tyre chaaters Once again Doug
showed his true nture and earned himself
the titl 'Slugger Doug'. The return jouJrney
Alisn Goodlah
From lef to right by head: Ala Grey, Simon MoEoy.
Sarah Cooper, Paula Clay, MAIon Good
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Doug WesIsv. Phfhp Logan Harnish Grior Katie Copr, Matt
Shn a Jayne Whew , GilLaeoun. Sarah Read.
Charles Fem, Chrs Halr, Rede MtEvoy C(Ylo slt)E
retored by my treatment, because I had
was frustrating and actual required a fair
S a Vening Sue Stone
'sucky blowy ' later on, and whilst some
were a little hesitant at first, everyone soon
got into th swing of things! fpr~ticularly
Hamish!) This was followed by lashings of
chocolate cake, and then came the highlight
of the evening - -spoons' - which roughly
and water and those who [ti
with sitornakers wenl baukw,
eq~uates to everyone launchng~ onto a pie
of spoons in an effort NOT to be the one lIth
without a spoon, This got increasingly aqgressive, and many of us are still, even now
tending wounds!
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The PAPS CHALLENGE
thi use oit Miko's W/a~arer tfrm T[allich
h id been a ong- held an s)toan at Pandi s
m d ontnc. We had previcusy a teCIp1 l it
th~at /audi and I ha(d vi[sited1 in 2002-"
aasngie day, but had been] thwarted by
+ he.. the weathr er the nurJnbher at hears
ithe day! Lash Sween in Nart h Kin twr is a
an)g haul frocm Oslo but.July 2005 was
going ta be the year.
Mike an~d Alisar G
Cbb. the uwvners (if 'Wari
dalast' at-Id Derrck House. layvalich had
I Irlched and shaker dews.nr/ WandaluJst
in the week htare. ear arrival. They s;ailed
dawn, Lach Sween in a eat LJIc
aS al - arid
atteni frustrat ig, Wind at variable 2 or '.
which even~tualy died cormpletely aft Kilmary
The Yamlaha Malta came inta its awe1 and
The appetitffel
ta n attack anl a Pai- reklfyoi
usuio sando with weed.11a the w*ay thraough
an8Or
ea oiagena~l [rac/k whir? h took us clear a
whtted
the reckS aft Deane.~
thbus ear secand cruise ta Jura at 2000.
Ten minutes later the wind fell. away ltally
an d we were cicnelt~
kt
rolt q ltrif
inta a damy
cruise ta pi rinic cr1 F iir Mhor an'd
were gtiving it Jst anaothe)r 10 minutes. betore
digging cut the Yamaha. whenl suoiJ l::~ly
(ver suddenly) a spanking crease set in freon
the NW. Sn we settled dawn tea r attlng
bread@ rea{c-i al the waty everti 23iin
usH
time at all untI we were withn a ile at the
narti ecd at tte Sita IIsles bay (rieStinatc)
O-aighouse). when the win~d disappeared
ir the space at abaut I0 scscends. Aftetr 10
15 minstes it was clear it wasri2 cnrriinq
back.
a contrary tide we were, after all,
obliged to dig out the motoer again to get inthe islands, out at the tide, whereupon a
lovely steady land breeze developed te reach
us all the way to Craighouse, where we
up on the outside at the wal under
across a salt water lane withq
which we/ are
getting quite ion liar. Munday .atmoweo scon~e
prel nse early an. somwe preterided we
wveerfl very bothered about it al ac-i by
easy degrees get aur gear together arid aoi
inte the oech, metering Ia get clear at Sren
Sh ell I atter wAhich we qge' ftly tac.ked dowi
te the Lochtaot Hacks. there was absalutely
Ca se(a, and JUrst enough breeze te make ii
werth sailing, as we teak the oeprturlty to
spy the greund inside (west) at the Lochtaat
Ttme teaOk oist
Racks, sine ear[ tack at theg
inhasing sunTshine "Wandalust' metered
IWith
Wct~abe
6,1;oside
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Nwtul
tse4fr both inthe water
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sal, and Randi went ashore to check-eat /
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check-in at the Hotelt
not an dng gannets
ancioin off th beach
witasore
a lin afe
ashor"e,
anda
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Osh
su~pper
te th
went
taar'w- ta spe aoulr sun setting
1r<irk-1
Ti P e, The spectacle was
5p4~$kg i#th th 'ChteCt rm the
Somehow it was acknowledged that I was to
t
!and
brewing
up
spend
the night
afloat; so after
eating
ourtfreeze-dtrieds
(Mem~o
to Mike:
it odd bits of spagboL are tound in the bilge
next spring, blame Rand, who managed ta
explode a whole, stitl dry, packet, al ever the
hotel bar, I paddled offup the shore of the
bay aboi t 30or 4 cables and anchored, as alt
break up with tantalising tunpredictability+
and all the more exciting on account of the
thle vis'tors moornngs were taken,
The next mornin~g we breaktasted at the ho-
unexpected nature of the ,voiws momental
ily opening and closing none of which, of......
tel, and got off in a leisurely fashion to seek
a secure mooring, either at the head of the
Snrall Isles Bay, or failing tthat at 'Cow' Bay
iwhere we had luncohed a few days earlier)
In th~e event, and on inspection, the smal
cove at the N end of Small Isles Bay which
corresponds to 'Cow' Bay, and which we
now refer teas' Back of Cow Bay', seemed
to otter the best, most sheltered option. So,
arrving at halt tide, we wen ashore leavwno
course, we had had any 'foretaste' of on our
+wayOp.
It was clearly going to be a lone clay as
'ne still planned to steep at Carrick House.
Taywallich that ight, so there was sonice
urgency to get otfthe hill and back to
Wandalust'. But we hung on while the
cloud glradully clear-ed, so that we could
gef ph otos (as record of proof to Mike of our
success). and then set oft down lust before
4 o'clock. (e had left Wandalnst' at circa
12 3(3 Barndi, tl
has to be said, forced ihe
an arncor out, kedged tar astern, and the
i-na in anc hor at appro xi ately HW, also on
a long line. I figured the worst case scenario
would be having to wade to the waist to
retrieve 'Wandalust' or/ouJr return (which
proved correct), This proved to be a v-ery
good spot t:o
shelter- much less exposed
to swell fror' the Sound ci Jra tharn 'Cow'
Bay -and I doubt there is ever any, or very
much, sea/surf ontthe beach there (the fetch
seemed limited, hut I gu~ess tthis carr onty he
ascertained by visiting aglai- in a stror-ig SW
wind) - unless it's blowing an absolute h-ui'ri -
cane ft-cit the SW diagonally across the bay.
on toot ithere is no really good access inland
frocr- that point, so we werrt aroor-d by ft-i
shore. and corning home we walked by
road al the way (air-nst) to At-dferrial before
downlward pace, in spite of pauses to take
pretty pictures of flowers, and we made
it back to the 3--arched bridge by 17.'30,
which according fo our subsegouent reading
up on;the i-cute is atpparently pretty good
going. We were back to 'Wandalust' before
18.30, and evidently at high water But I
avoided having to wade as I found I could
rustl loosen the kedge wtfh a tuig-of--war-lke
heave on the main ancorr, and so was able
to bring 'Wandai ist' up to the beach.
Absolutely no wit-d untoiturrately+ and a
strong south-setting tide, so it was yet
another long, andi thais time rather chilly, slog
iunder powe, up and across the Sour-d at
The latter is or I ker -But at rywr ry, going oiurt
aloirg the shore, we got to the bridge over
hee
Carron River in about an Ieu r, and set
oft iup
aacross the hill. ToOCit a long story
Jdora. en livened by ham rolls, biscuits, chocclate, apples, and constant entertainment
from the seabi rds, chiefly of course the gi n
ler-nols and razo-tills, which were stfr-ear-rng
north up tI--re
sor ind Ir hruge it inmers, skim ing all round us (ust inches oft the glassy
st-otI t was a tair-ly steady wailk under clo ud
with alost no winct and urninspiing visibility,
surface. Also the occasional feeding frenlzies
of mackerel chasing smnal fry. 2005bis clearly
striking out cross country the last
-'
rile
We couldn't see Knaprtale or Kilberr, and
thik lorurd continued to obscure everythling
ovrabout 55(0 metres; but we pr-essed orn
ad jot to the saddle tetwee n B-inn an
O___
rad Beinn Shiantaidh,
were bowi____nad ou
of
twirtm
we
codadfeeling
.........
a tle oubfu!ofach-ieving our goal. Cr at
supcsencountered our neighlbours in the
................
htedining room1 that mor-ing, on their way
dorni-r-r
the sar-ne top which- t-hey l--ad (List......
~i nilvisibility -Afteor theiy
had discreetly
........ ch mike
that we had i-ap and compass
with s they c:onltinued On dowrr, and Raridi
pLiun
p
ged on upwards into the mist - with i-le,
somewhat teo
my siurprise, runable to keep
m{rt
I An easy route, it steep, in spite ot vis5
ibility' a~out 30 metres.
On top of Beinn an Oir is a siubstaetial flank
Sur-roi~rrdwirg a st-anda-d t-i-igpo~i~int
-r~
wh-en we arrived iiot a lot to see except
stones sloping away alt round. Rai-di
deployed the rcamer iioreftheess, at wh~ich
pci lrt,
as if by r--agic, thic riouid tiegan tc~
..
.........
....
.
..
a bum-per year for fish stocks in the southern
Hebrides and correspondingly for the tish'
eating tieds anld sea Is!
And so uneventfully uipthe west sho-c again
of Loch S'ween, with all the su~mrmer scents
of a late Taynish forest evenin+g, to the moorin9 at Taywallich at 22.30 hrs.
That was that particular expedition, and
Randi, who was absolutely determined to
"do a Rip" i!she possibly coul, is cocka-hoop about it. Very satisfactory Oh for a
Wayfarer (and time!) in Norway.
Colin McDougall (with addittonat
material from Mike Gibb)
'Wandauist W74O6
V
Tiop:
Bar /d hal bvay i p Beunt an Cir
-Jura
Below: Sunset over Raps of Jura from Gigha
Left: Ein -Garth G1gh a
Inset:2 Coin on summit of B}einol an Oir
Photos- Cohin & Rarndi MeDougal
..
A MAGICAL TRIP
& EAST COAST
ti 471s i0st a week togt
iltd
n o cre ',
fot n3~'boat 50MRk Plyle no onlyt
v
a ninail
t
'sod the cr jiso beii also (jut me In touch wi#th
hor HFF Scott prrferred
to take hes Wayfarer 'Yellow Pest .r he has
pus
3rd-9th September 2005
![ ( e
Fri4
,
seg eno oI tun /)s
Ih
a,,rd Ye ..
Fle' rF'v 0'
!hkI
r
i d
gerl
doAted
errt
fiaod
FF1con\oy to
FIp
H-(skiig
r Ye06er
e -
t fol <'wed We
VfaIo whch was < (300e
be a'lJ Feera
th0r 431-Io I he week bunl moe
of th At lat~t
[l@e[}t
A~
HvorWJ
)
Ire
I't(
Vest
We theor tt avoeta
an outboard a d orref r~d 'he peac(' of Find
1FF
(t w4')
F
gie htm at sa wvt h semeo r'e Ilke
ri!!I was' "gutl] SI)T4FF13y
umJehted the
tip13was stl possible
NORFOLK BROADS
-
bFF >1or
in
tbFe1i~it 1
a the Pse0e',Arn.. .
e
e 1
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Monday
WeAsailed <upte Wa;V r y, 3ma
3
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froF
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FauO0,tOrs tF3 North Noelk coast at Wels
Y0411FFPe aftI' 14iFH
rezf >e' 'S" 4 d' s2 do4wn f1 FluFe F'lsha
i twro fFops to Luoestoft 114en
through the
It was£ good to sOeelth (F' Fb"L&FI
Fl/
we1 en1sFae
45
e ke pt out of thr'>
We(
A"
OVOF}tiiailv hok to i
l'.t< <IFk'o 301F
n it
<t~
-'"<a
<t0 <<
adrrired the ofte 14e6d harbstht
,
beats33
1d
3i
-'Fstor" laf;
Pt ess at Jeckells 'Phil b'adl Fast 131s
b3ujrgce)
arid F33thn
bokC rt 'Fso11irl~e
11 }oc t14FFIQg t(.
wore nestled in inFd
La ke Loathirg a'Fd ther saild wtF
o050kt2
a Sro(
F>
uFIyt
i
Wate r th rol g F Yarr'oe3' :1
~and then
rA
out
whee The 0we
10>1r(
1FF701'e
0th(
to HIck iFlg and1 p04
rin>}'t
~k)ellalre
rF:i:F'mt:
itr 313 r13ad1 a1''g N'e Waveripy,
had br(')gFht
the traFile.rs FFa5k.
Swn
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r
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4tIlIid
r
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Fn~t(1
armved IA' ,FFIItoF
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i
Saturday
I started out very early arnd got a lttle lost
beca 13ed
131394 ber,30
Fl3gi1ir
3le'
50 1
it w793 appac~
o
u"
It(It he43
F gau'.ejt
FF10 trot> th'
preci-
sii13oien
t Jg" to catch the14 p13opentqg of FF31
Lowestft tidge (A12) Exci~tig ~l.F
oSIFF
Harbour.
Suddonly was aware otf 13ow far [ eiFi~a
Woffa we wore d raggin1g. I started Fofee14
7er'y conicerned, Ff3e lbght winds arit p:erritp:s
the fact we wore edgirlg out of tFhe ch~anrnel
were factors that oiotributed, but ths speed
dIiheretial was Ffh0differerrce etweerI a3
PS 400 arnd a Wayfarer. not 2 Waytarers
si.rely'? Wuh~a waSsoo
001 (3 t o sot hat
tort 13
naely waiting for us5t(F11
enure we4 1ook
fF30sharp 'left tuim. This t1133we were
ir
Fp~l
4 5hlOt"Watd
I 'Fset 3. 3i rt',
ecFashtt
cr1
Friday
LDue to tthe w~tnd direrii::Fo la,. i r ittei
harnges were essential to thOe soarofuliy laid
plarns.. there was talk of going sornOwl3ere
else whiseh Was sort of FurltFhinkahle. so we
just reuei'sed ff30 route. Mike 113ust carry the0
tide tables FF3his head because he seenmed to
LFO
abe o 4workou~t tF30 ne4w passage plan0in
ar<in stant. So 13ew ro3u1e was to tae HtsKl F g
Broad, Lowestoh, Wells.
ttqt' I,' rl'tO'F FF
,i
010I
was ti tle 1(Fo adt 430(ere F.3qo5s~fu
y;1o (Ir
desiti0o3
Pro'ddat 1 I
l:o1ked 0t~0Fir/d al the 5ivewa 13re3Ff Fe
I/~oyal Norfolk arlid Suflk Yacht C101b aF d we
gcot a full forecast. Yes;, it tealy was 01n for the
lexl d::ay. We tadte so>e> sp3ec preOt.>F
11ons tor "the passage" before takirng a walk
aloFng the pier and the3 a folditing drink 1nd........
di3ler at th'e yacl slob. Mike took a phr~otoF
of tFhe rrost 0304>0e 101.1$V'cto(rlar toilet at'!d
then3 we hooded back to too 13oats for a
>'e
.
"0.2F1
i
gt[t
PI14startedI wrsli'
I '
'',iti
f3'iteou30o'Ard It vwas b01110 ter F1p'44 't >1t
01I >hrL4FF('l't'F"'0eF on t13'14.
thr'lten/l '
00r3; '344r th3' 6'
6 1 'e
r''
r ''as>gl"
e
'vOe'',if M fre' '14 li 'Fu'red ' !i '.4
up te he3>
>lirxdl~il '1ye9/
'(tu 111 ""e1e1
I
T'uesday
his wa 13o)
b4130 'fF10d', to< (34s
6r'1' r/'
I-iFi0'Fii
1r1 < .5 Fi
F (rI 21iFF'I')'
i }
'I h ('n
I 1or
re'b oFn o.i(3el'13 settirng (3h ti'e6 Rri 4
1.21.414
<0ross ('a 1 (44pl
hoillds So t o PI'iye
K uwledigF' '31144 breads wa''' 1'tri''ed F''
IFFawc shou41d have gorne wth the>a~c
F'.Arlner' t~r134
as1'>'e' 5('''31t( l 3ci
t/s05 3 Ii''d
a~
feu
hi 4'eona
pl4. lic i let41"'s
or
3 "I4
'
ii'' Fe>,3ert
4,o1s4)oo3
s''''"'
also in abundarnce aFnd of course warndedit
pubs5 f3r the ewVrIml4' 4 "'5 5''il'
tlw 3ys
pa1rt4(.larly .4rely wttti 03e good news8 o. very
early starts to catch 1t30 flood or the cb,
Suniday
We followed Wufta to WNorxack Water for
lFulrcf'F
11thewherry, Albilon 4302
13crF350
FF40ere where we basked irl 1tFegiklri:Fo.
s
50sunshine1;.
We the35410
sa i
to Yar'~~tj
the~ei :sf Fipre'sswe f''e
-itwi'i
I
.t- 1.1(d
tip
Hlri ' is
.. oe'
tre
3's
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l~er Su1351ay sail 1131364
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was mu"" caretul
ca[,liif
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p3aF45e
F3~
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t'r3rg
Fate'0".'u{
ha ' l(
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13go13e
by stayri
sc that we
r C''ose to 'hFi t F d
eas>41g out rounri each g14371e as5 she3 ca3
s1
4i
'4 ,iH tar> t} yh
i
(LJ itt tm 0to
tde'
We tended Sr stay out beyond 1t30 grely es
whrere we wore saly fightin~g the Itde Sthoy
go11t'FurthFer 64134Of 0.her
ahleald even1 whe4
w*,ewere mo3(torinrJ to ll iff
t i an I At 3
(')~E:vernt ally the t'de was with 4.s 1~ Iti
wind 13ad( dr0ob1ed a btt Wui'ta h'ove to a id
waited for us IF '131F pouied
'000
o
.enw
sIb
(aisgl
up. Mike 1300 4 gged a "wate ail'
iFs4F3 th ' .dttl '14
1nde
bigger
51241
12r4i wFtr
>0a I
<3e1
stoo
A' e lres;
b]oat]
46 Ia'
4
ph
tile t31FF:r
ee
4i'h d to wo0
3 it looked ,
rt a" I t'a(:
i'( I
h&
e l
4
een It
Wufta had to reduce sail after we caugh up
as we were low on fuel and deie to only
use the engine in an emrgny, You may
be wodeng wh we were usn th~e engie
so muc - soehn to do with "kepn up
with the Jon's and Pk,4e
The winds were liht and it became aparn
theat we weent going to 'coplte the sea
pasg in a day, so we wen for the beach
with the sunsin on it (I)On releton we
shoul have rele that the chosen beach
was not a good.chie why would there
hae een se
v
edge
of the beach if not hedefl We cam in
through th slgh sur on a rising tide. rolled
the boats Up the bec and put out anhr
andline to th har4 wooden sea deeces
just beind us. So that
th bot dd't
collide when thley floated at the hig tide
the wer sihl stgee. As we'd rolled
Phil's boa up secon'd and It was heavier, is
out (
yto do witthe groyre). Yzn
Pest took the ful brn of all thi bein that
littie bit furher out. We abandoned ship and
we all stood on the shore with our win an
Just wace hepe~
as th tid came kn
We could only wait fo the tide to turn and
th~en ases the daae Wten It di go out
we discovered that the line to Phi's second
smle anchor had snsped'chac though
which was why It had slewed ho Wuffa. We
th~en rolled Yelo Pest up the bec in line
with Wuffa. reset al the lie, tiie her up
and went to bed planning an eart namng
Wensa
We expected the
to av
jammed with sml stf so we had to emt
th boats to turn them on thi sies Phil's
treed up and Mie thuh that the sand
in Wf would soon wash out once afoa,
Whe the first waves reached us we were
ready and lance and Pade out to our
Id b byn
te
t$ea~
when the
tide turned. Wit the two boats side by sid
we trnfred many items to Yelbw Pest
to brn Wuftfa up hhe in the water The
Helen an Mke deconrted with gret
brvt th removl of th bol out of the cewtreboard case at sea
Eventual it di free
up. with Helen oprtngtepupalthe
time to Counter th water gushn throg
the bolt hot en cam th tric bit of unIng the hole Inth centror up wit that
In th casingi Amznl it only too a copl
of gosiAl goodies were trnfe
bac
on beard and off we wen~t after h avna
coke beakast
rea ha bee at about
4a us sIt wsgtin ih,
Our detnain for that nih was Glee
1-aror, We anhoe inth lee of the
sand dunes and the whe the tide ha
been3 mae fbr a wie we juged that we
wol be able to omws in.As we sle in
we admired all th seals deintrtn thir
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CRUISE FROM TETNEY TO WAIN FLEET
4th-5th June 2005
We were enthralled to find a seal following our boat
-
Martin told me to check my rudder for teeth marks
t....e everything these davs t all started to
as h ave riot yet pertec~tod the adtof a~nchor~
come( tog~ether with an,ema, this oniefrom
Dave Maynard dated 41May 2003 "You're
welcome
'I send further details closer to
Ithe dfate~
mg seamlessyot
Friday morning -packed
boat in a rain storm,
in fan I ro)lling sail LIrider the boal covert As the
Out approach into Watnfleet was good tur
tacked lke crazy throu gh a narrow char netl next tine
to2? Ibrir g a t nt ig pole!
Rit hey- I loved the corttrasl of open sea to
niuddy ditchtj
[teaverts had opened *-eventually
decided
to brave the elements unfastened the cover.
We had been following Wujtfa but I must have
which, thanks to the strong] win/d, was ot't inll
a tash! Ready and packed but un/fortunately
crew (Darillanguishing on the M4, so left
Oxford Sailing Club way oft schedule. Sat on
the Oxford ring road for an hour and enjoyed
I don't thinlk Martn and John were sufficiently
exhaustedt as they complained of the noise
ost conicentratiort artd Wuffa had vanished!
Finally we caught oft with Wuffa -tucked
away in a really tiny ditch, so we moored
nearby alongside an ageing. cabr cruiser,
A very trieridly hiarbour master assured us
this spot was flat arid provided .s with a
wooden bridge to ena ble us to get ashore
What a start We coripleted the log, a total
distance of 37YNm. over 6.3 hours excluding
the slop, definitely a good day on the water
in my book. We set iupo)ur tent arid enjoyed
somle sustenance ar'd then ventured over
to "Skegness Yacht Club".lust across the
field. What a club situated in a classified
nature reserve. The corrrrodrore. Mike was
very friendly arid m entioned that the lawn
to thie side of the clubhouse had been left
to nettles as this was an area of scientific
from upstairs
interest. The clubhouse was basic but with
a very slow tourney North which gave Dan
pltenty of hours to load tile waypoints for omur
trip into the 02S,
At last the roads were clear and then a timaely
phone calf from Mike Playle yes we were
li.st! We finally arrved at Humber side Sailing
Club~and were seorr last asleep thranks In
a coitbiriationi of wonderful sea air it only
takes a sniff, and a srmfter of alcohol,
-.
mind they were under the
poe1l table, perhaps not the [test location! Art
runninlg water. n'icrowave and beer. More
unpleasant distraction in the morrirng
as
ihtehl
fteC5w
eddhc
up no'rth. 3 boats staying ct ose to the shore
arnd 2 going: via Rolland. The HOlland route
appearsd to he quicker Eventually al tishorn
we were enthralled to find a seal following
our boat MI rtin told me to check n'y ritici
der tcortee th miarks. Words cannot describe
ist how magic this moment was for me
Dan was ntesmerised by the numrber of se ats
thronging the otherwise deserted beach.
Etn/aly we all met up just to the south of the
Humberside entrance and anchored tor an,
hour waiting on the tide, Wonderful thin first
time Statta's arrch'or has hseld. The rec.on
mended investryernt in chain clearly paid oh.
*Ihen "home to Humberside" A tractor to w
back to the club followed by an easy tourney
hore
*Thariks to Dan for provisioning the boat with
my favour te cheeses and staple diet re luremeaits ohwine and crisps Thiariks to Dave
ard Mabt for onganising the rally, it couldn't
have been netter! Thanks to Mike arid He~lert
for p hotographs
On'gantser
Dave Maynard
than adequate for us to alt meet op and yam
Heel':
Dave's outboard engine had been stolen,
lodsntately they had not found Dave's crate of
b×er so we were still attic to go ahead with
tie cruise!
before returning to boa:ts, It was interesting
to hear how the other fleet had fared crosstrg the Wash! arid. I gather getting washed,
and also en~oying encounters with seals.
Dave and Bob Wi10143
Mike & Helen Playe W 4034
Marttn & John W 7'937
Hilary & Dan W 3393
Issu ed with laminated charts and rni.te. a
"Dave special" fry-u p, ar'd a tractor tow down
On return to our beat's, the tide was out and
now the boats were at interesting angles
thre beach
-
'-
a first for Stalta. We departe d
7.40 and sa ied across the sand out titeo
deeper, open waters. Nirvar'iat ! At lastWll! This
is my tieaven
........
Four b)oats; side by
side in tact so close at times it was akin to
Mike Playle 's heal hendrling co(urse t! We alt
unloyed a very lonirg
reach 15h'ours of ill. in a
fat sea F4
Hig!hlights of trhs reach had I mrctd
?U
the
seals, on the remote coastline, as we sailed
sou~th, reefed and Lvi4th only the maltit
ml
te
fI
025 r'ecord'ng over / knots,
Just North o1Skegness we i'ef vupwith th'e(
fleet of Watarers wIhith hl
ta d satled act'oss the
Wash to 1otin us for or i final tog tilL) Wairflon-t .
horn was a brief stop tiere vor'y thr'efit'r i's
Anne & Denns helped tus
straighten Stolta
btt, hut this wa.s gor'g toi
be a rrigf't with the
...
bed roll on the centreboa'c case, rather thanU
...
..
the floorboardst But first we had to have sup
pert!!! Definitely
on the winr
et
r'ot
In the
vm y ar y)we had a elaxing
ii oriniig
:J
i
N
the right to go overboaird
coffee arid then pac ked up. s;othat we were................
ready to sal as soon? as we were back afFoat
......................
Matt helped lush its oft safely and Dart ddL
SOmte steririg work with the paddle as we
tacked tip the very na rrow charnel.
Dave arid Bob took the lead. Martin and
Johin tiotored past. Mike arid I len saikl
past hi it ro wioLinries,. we weritt itoyn g tII
s.:e
iit
n
tottsr-t
!
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BIG.BOYS' WEEKEND
4th-bth Feb .2006
.....w were introduced to the game of Sposw chis a
sotof rugby maul cettng around a pile of spoos and some
On h S3Fsns sar thSyear 19 t
mfiutes of aan the mu started
stot to Brencastithin
rdhp
North Norok in the hope that the hih pes
-~
e it
front (If our very eyes. I as
sure region....top di e.UK f& twt
became very
esrced manoalrabll.
di tf for those of us not we to this kind
ofaelin adaheeras uiew bt f eni
dcon
-
?r
le t.
s
reso
.Soon
o
on
e
nd we p~syed
all nine boat were leiea
tid
me an Friay evnng
We ar edjI
f~e
lOW my leader up the chnnlInt the
was spn in the local hote samplng
addck ridchip.
gloo Thre as tst b~u enugh~
and wllthe
a
omaire Thearway
ar h~. et. t
iojtda
tnt oatr mai to wis ticon to ist
the.Iron tapIlI and motor out of the chao.
Itha
but one boat eihe resorted to
re.
som widto do abitofWayfre saln.
aitw
he ize
a bay
newas
wiaie
season ut t tte etrane t
toi~~
was c
dictateby...............
ad r n bck
atarond ~oohi
an uearhlystat
redyt gor ar
Setur t hav teas
t.
op4 r
~ ~Sos
frto more ooen water the windl feshee
unvenful
n
restof hehellbac
thera
oeathriehabourcenanceIt
coastandthwas Itroduetotobird tch
11 ySeePyeou ieCmooe
a milet ab.'
boutd
wrtstated
ur wy hme t ths pn~
day inc retrin
aol som 44monhs
toousfirloanthe d
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oget
were heading upwndInoarnarro
WaM hav ou Idao at 00habu o
Wel in which nine War wiere all
esu.
f
p lcto
admneI typa the
ito hold theown I wadtoal
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otr.
a te
indst
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go om 14monhs
day
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aprt an
rom to dlapkete
wtheskher of th oan pointe ut ta
as
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t _ all
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were
hnel we
serfe of muis ts withoastei of
eeerbi
dwntoa
tatlihty Itrtifupan w hd rose te
leain
d
#om
shed Ah oal masnbt It id ot help
beet ofawa tete Anay
wa vitu
todcinr defiito says nothin about
rJset e for stis" so a
esqcr
ue"
p
rnro tw8-,I
tis or begged a tow to get out of it. Once
over the waese an out of the anne
y
teed° h
fer"
a
ther
ame of po
weed
re Inrcto
ma caentr"ng
sort at
iti a
Gtfrugbye
~ps
e
n cards Grat fu lthuh one ga
was a ChDnese
was eooughv
for mesFoodw
ny asr
ma
fee twca
bnut enu to
ousles althouh mos of It was aconted
fr
h caus
the ensung battle to
yster sp
athers. dwtt andh
hientf
mogtohr ndlandta
fldh
a flc of wodns is caled a charm 4
eleewy and the
Sunday wa a Ise start to coniewith the
tide an the wete was a lo mor pomitv
kidyai bravely gav me the hel wit
To enl me to cocetrate on this and
avi the nmoed boats and coiu moopIngs, he pu the rudde down for me. Afe a
tettlutes my arm was atching han~gig on
and h~avn not sailed a Wayfarer
to the
recenttW jgt~this to be nom rewlb,
touh guy ths Way/farr salorsl After
about 20 minutes I cometed that Iwas
getig a tittle tie (wel words to tha effect)
to whc David kinly poned ou the rudde
was er~ed.
estuary, lire became
W in we entered thet
no eaie as it is full of shallows and th art
"
of ruddrls and centerboardls sailing came to the fore. W s we started in
a olm aha Nelson wol have bee
proud of, it soon broke down with eveyoe
doing the bs for themselves. At one stage
we sailed Inwhat apeaed to be 2 Inhe
of water, This time the viiilt was good
enoug to cross the bar into the open sea
althoug some assist ance from th iron topsail was requied to get through the tid r ,
Once into the ope sea, we were ine reaching West along the coas and surin along
at some S lqt on th waves before all too
soon we had to turn bac. Up3 wen the kites
2: ¢)
?i
and we were quik[klyback Into the estuaiy
and heaing home. all having had a wonderfii morning ot. Boats were quickly readie
for the road and after a quic cupp and
cake we all departed early on the Sunday
afternoon.
Ref ow: Standing lef to rih - Rus Clay
M e Goldr y Aud~ey Ackema, Bob Tabtetr pu to
rcs, P:eter Had
cock, WM
anpik
t (ht,See
Payn @tendin . Phi North. C le Ferrer
Doug Wensley, Ma Gre
All In all a tentfi wekn of sailig and
soialisirg. My many thanks to Sitton for organising the weekend, to David for letting me
he his boat and to the mebr of NOSO
and th Wayfarer Association for p0rovidn
the boats and expertise. I iearned a heck of
a lot abou shalow -water. offsho~re sailingl
Kneln let to ight.Jamesoa n Dave
Maad. Ian FIth Mlan Parry,Smo
MOEvoy, Malt Shrmn Andrew Godfrey
Mike Gcdby
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HAVENS OF LINGOLNSHIRE &
THE WASH RALLY 2005
Hack in the cheek midwinter Dave Maynr d
rang me with a groat idea - that we hold a
Steve Whitby. having already se,led s10910
combined Rally, with a fleet of Wayfarers
l~eaving( Tetnay Haven' of the Hurober@ an1d a
fleet of Wayfarers leaving Brancaster in Nor folk to meet up somes(where in the middle,
enaey had to find his moored boat somewhere out on} the dark and drizzli--betore
he could even go to bedi. have to say that
wacs sorriewhat concerned about a singl~e
hanoer coming along, but having seen his
bhat handling skills as he nwanceuvied ino
the harbour otiFriday afternoon. oy fears
wet-, 01
alayed -
New iti ti-i middle of winter any plan f*or sai ingis an excelent idea, hut whenit comes
to I F i nuns3 of ba firg I
it
a force Liat ii very
handed in a' ones ot short hops 1"ool Elak-
wOS eternlly grateful for having a realy caxps
, t' <el aria hardy crew ri
Ti Fisher
There then commnc.ed a short radio
discusson about turnng back, but was
abl e to rnaasi.:nre that thle worst waqs ever
arid Lincoinshire would soon loom, lrge an~d
prvde some sheter What i ncolns,'lre did
also provide was even sorewind -it has to
ho said th at thre( was a ,goodly aPc
moi.in itit
lage wvves as leadJer of a small fleet the
'excellent idea hegs, s to tarnish a hitOutward route/Homeoward route
ft col ld be sal I hat wattness *eat ured highl,,
fthat weekend
-- because of the early start
planned for Safturday, beats had to be rigged
onq Fri(day evel iinij this was true tiowever
hard if rainedl Anne and Denis Kell got the
worst Of it whIlst I being the dutiful organi~sm
asdrethred In the pub to ma;ke sure thfat
everything was OK there. Mind you having
watched the five day forecasts develop durtng the week, settling inato wind -from somewhere tiortb of west (where we wanted to
go) and somewhere over 20 knots I needed
some chemical assisa-ce to sleep, Who'd
be a rally organiser!
[ antthe only one SUffering If in gh as
SAbove:
SSaturday
:.
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dawned tine arid dry at least and
;anio
The soulthern fleet exiting the Parou
udy
the reduced fleet of four boats set off frOmT
be-t' Wal oflctl
Flrancaster about 800at- - Olearv s>ottleone
else f-ad beet- Watfi 0 hen~
Ito frecast anvd
ve ry ' so n sibly d ecided it -wa s rio t fr xt hr nr St
, tl eh
<w ater aOb
c i ur
nOt-t f-i prettiest of f-avensi
-"
meun Mc Evoy plannled to si cu: withfi us fn
relative iux ury at the B~unkhouse Barn,
With ftte Wiri( cern lng on-i of ft-ic wus
Ae
shore, looks decepiely caim Skegnecs. it
8rlnyono deesn t kno
f. nt fiS,
t r''-f at"
ryi fiv U sas ir
reconI b I s amr intlOSO
-
well north of Skognessu which would leave
them over so slowly grew\ b'gqot tnt ti
us with another beat seuth to Wa *iieef so
hour or 'so was a real ple-asure It was even
la-sf
Iled the boats along the Norfolk coast west
landfall without incident. Lunch was had as
t o Thor-nhanh out of the worst of ft foul
we ceogitated on the likely arrival time of ft-i
ti de, before heading out north west Saling
n/orther fleet
just a point ft-ce gave good boat spee:d and
thle Woolpack Buoy appeaed right an cu
juJst to fl-i north en our track
long after lunch was finished and tale~s of
derrng-do were told nd retold thaf a keen
eye spotted sais coninig round Ihe coast
train Mablethntrpe. Who else woLdI be mad
Now the underw.ater centoiurs et
are cu
>10
Wash
that once past the WoOipah< Buoy
-ff
at all. However it was not
enough to be out and abou t except Wayfarer
sa is? Thern fo.llowe.d a-happy,
LrlO.
v.on leaVe the Snailow sand ban'ks and head
off tnto the deeper waters This piodnoe@s a
Rapid progress; meat tb-a we we-a too
guite wet to big, challeniglng ana vory' wet -,
cfiatite into Wain'f eel, although flier-c were
some......o.had.to.give.it.a
try. so there wa
ii genera! olillig arou nd and sail oft to the
...........
south to a while, 'The bombers who use the
range on the NW side of Tne Wash were
hlaving a day' ohfso the odd stlray boat act'Py wasn't at risk Of imnTinent destruction....
Once the tide had risen su~fficiently an orderly
orocessiorn of W;\aytaters msat(e their way into
Wa intleel -' then the rest cfus ran agrou~nd,
bumrped into each other motored in or
stlubbomly¢ refused: to motor in and managed
eventualy to sal to a r tori'1
Waintleet Yacht Club mem bers were exce'
lent assisting( bo~ats to suitable moodns
1n(
po intirg out what tacilities were va'
able to us. Facilties were, it has to be said
a Ittle limted, b,.t who cares after such an
exhilaratin g sail The 'Haven' itself is really
not much more than a muddy ditch as can
be seanr fromn the photo of WSater Witch
alongide Em ma below~Not that we are
snobbish , but woosden boats iusfought to
ie together.
j
Mayrard showedt us all lost how much beer
can be stowedi in a World by producind a
WhO( <rlate uf cans.saierotHutatnetrehtig
Above' The landing on Skeqness beach
we ther shore looks deceptvey calm
a
Sunday dawned1 lai and with c onsider
~
ably less wind, his southerners headed oftf
evern futhber south beftore talking the Parlot ii
tot home It was goosd that we turned when
we did as the most sudden wind shift I have
vreonne
i ua
ewr
asn
Gore Point the ws id ott ro witln 15 see'
Charnnel through the sanrds hack inlto fhe
onds frorr SW to NE. The day ended with
W:ash, Wow wht a dffeence a day makes
comortbletulow~~
ind al~twd tt a
1
biI more r'elat×ed het
r ling.
a beat back to Bancaster and rcovery,of
boats, except torSteve who had another 14
miles t!o
go to reach hishut n podt
odd angles on the mud, but the clubhouse
hart kindly been put at our disposal both
for evening soeialising and sleepinig Helen
Playle. crew' of Wutta. did us proud by prut'
Heading across towards Brancaste we
spo)tted Miss tuirnn 's red sails 'Simo n
MoEvoy had sailed out to m~eet As.Having
1oirned up we w ere all lured further south
Areavekndam
ting on a spread for the intrepid crews and
still to have a look at the delights of another
Not all mooring went to plan as the taling
tide left a couple of boats at some rathler
gsgodc
pny
Matt Sharman
W773
Dinghy Roller Roofing
Contact Rob Helyar at Flexible
A Flexible Luff Spar allows you to
reef the Oenoa instead of changingR
ofn Sp
.
the uuil. Beause the spar is not
.......
d the furled sail & spar can
besoe almost anywhere. A
M
orFUrm, CrWIer, Whin, 0X29 9TL.
Tbk 1993 720
IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME
In last summ'ers Wayfarer News issue 106 we published Jim Byer's account of a Clyde cruise in
which his boat was lost. We publish here Bob Tarnis account of the same trip in which he shares
with us his reflections on what happened arnd what can be learned.
Pro Loch Loinond Pal ly Cruise 23rd
to 29th April 2005
a<yr.> d the south ard at ['Bate. [he trash LI<4ic
graduaivy eased as we were rioss5rmg over
to ANran end hy the [ire we vyore abou:t
twr:
l-lavi ngJanr
<yr.> 'pire i. ach
t
*n
[Rally'' rIJ~ a~
n~rid thr' tori> Ias yea a
krnowirnj thrat Rob end Jrr' iehd undertaker
substantally tire o;are cruise tar three yars
I sugq O
sed this ye~ar we tried thle tiilbhat
'lye
tr'Mreary
[
knrew *thr area t or his
divirnrg days arid liked the idea alte r evrrwingr
he <rtevar i raps a d <har s so dir] ob
Althougjrhuho and] ,.Jirrware single hand-
thIir'lds
iotthe
way r::ver we ware hec;al rvad
It wsclear th~e wind trod iars tar a while
we nihiSt:>/er( or. oultroards arrd calleicd
or Uiniortunaely aithouirrb btad spent i
s all trrhjr'ie having his or> boar serviced
esprx ally to, the trip ilwould ry n tar a
law ]in
u es a rd hor stip
ii ao try o rtk
iTv(t adde;d edvarni are. to r'ry'i was John t'as
tybott
url
n I dent./Al I neeo(eItoi do
was tit a iopo bridle to roy boat to be able to
sc~r
his
tent.if
S:
....
ryhad
rar-ang d with i a,.
gs vrar ita tar 44
.
..
to park or ears. traikbrs end trioiteys Io inte
wrak p.itus launchir'g arid recoverig arid the
uso [16
f teir
pi batyittirril
aciitie fo abol
use..t.their
tnrabout 1p0>
paraLti"
taooi lilies
['eaaso prepared an armbiti ous ( rise' wi r~tr
uou Id be adapted to suit Itie weathe
icrorndi'
.
..
..
.
firs. lire plan was fort he fou r ot us 1o'0 eat
at ,limy.s, near Carlisle. esboui
12 0 liiik on/
Saturilay, l.ive LII>ryl...argrs. launchi
and have
a'shako down" sail to Millpor t a i(J
stay ttiere
oyver night ready tor' lhe :rossirg
ry)
tohe Isler at
sivea
hors
r
We decided it was i.''yoractirral to rush lh'the
b~as ! tt'i, waterlb 'at
rigtit sir ye rigge<t
yreejs
witi tsboaytor I h~er rili rs
and ''erdntor townlror'v"'aeil enlding ts'
ncr rng fii
i/ o!ld tierni ii
tlir 5'.tyirh Iive
toilk r io I args is known to be 'iwiudy
placer and the oatnc herd standing is rio
rrep tior' .It was etbur'da'rlly clear tie I
tui the
od illia trons wen.rie nessa' to
staae[)}y
trs rg strny bach
.The
tour at
us hauled lire thrrx.: bee~Io n te nder rollers
high enorigh out at the water to allow Os try
get to the hotel t'rrra meal hetore the, boats
rotloared, On ol r'ehurr we rigged the teritro
hauletd arlit
on the en:hr:rs air eadv lair:
iJrrternding to stay aloatI rntit st-ror tiv before
low we ter<1iI t yar'rt we wnrd~d he a grior'rd
tf
y'r reak test: aryd packing up betre ttye
irrcory rig tide i etlocted the bats r eady for
I[
hainrrd or ntirnued to ir'r:,a a ar<
anr~co e st ted *trrrdiag WitIihrob s helIp
hris waiders.5 we were able to 0<iii iitry
1h edgo f the slipway to wnarrVycrd it ui..r
pr.o io We ware lr..st about to sto bedJ
when we r'ealised Jirn had a preblen- I tis
anchor had also dragged and his boat wa::
the harbor.. wall I-I dtereded I o t or)
ot.
ou nr teha n iku
<err oa'
lag torthe night. tlnlorturratcly iris or r I't~
srnaggeod IBohs chair i [1rt'tin j it
'a dr i l rr
the ensuring rytelee, J' rywas dr ivi ri bar k
onto the wail srrashng t'>e tearitchai
l osirrssori ot the side r.:oles 1118
r'ast
I 'ier' srnagga rl rth'e tfri y in/ooiad a>orrgsid]e
,lir ri tlr r'iext dew. i..Jrrrtir tiOw[
wr(iyWrk
grit
rn't1he
way aroJt was rdelayed
thear
d spat we could find wyas betweer
the terry slipwey and the harbaru wetl en a
the harbour wal in tisrt at uisi fering toti'
h.tri.rrn tow "ther'r wys it fa
>alsawih
Sslig]ht heal h'aze raarkalle o'o.rrir t in
tie l
year. ..otr'arid I had tI'> pit asu 4
<it weto'hn'g sevo""r piiiipoie'-hrb' wyror r
du}eto<p~orr[i'
<t I , I
.'iba(
r':. As.
wry rir'arr i Anian, a nne t dived rio [iiry
lust iiile Irt r[he' a !p ncr ribla
rsgt't al
suchI' r: i se r anv
I rn l
?
A.swe apprroanch'ed l....rt'i'any'a a bh<at,e.........
starter] i.4 at roost irfyaiapt ibty W'hile
ensor a John s tent anid a iv boat would kee'p
out winrd arid rev' durin/g the (rii'"irrq w'rak
For ILLrnatlJyI was able to buy the reqrruireri
titngs as so)on as thr chandler s o'per'ed arid
fit Ihir hi brl we ktararitii-'r
rutorrng we had all letI or''
4
rlfsuri op try
keep it arir rho lboyor!
ot l thre way ('ohb
sidd erly rr irs, d Ke was about[ to 'iv, take
Si arid had to hH irr
edly rr Kas,; toe toywi upo
It ',
a el'rry o's'v'rtw watti r <ye sarl d
Wyel'"'otorii <sit 'ii tha'''anrla[ 1>1st
err high
tine wtittr rr'ert sails> de li hroisi W!i
tlreghrly anr:ryed airierd rea hcin i h{i
r/the hay aid we Were di~sn'ayad tri trld
h
th
>lh ihou
rihe w>4s'"4>''r'dy rttn''....
trer ,,ti
Sr 1
a rudy tieei'tras wh,,
r;
rud trai nut The wind te[,adiy n'rt ''
ourys i re rlvy'i tl I a~gs <'hyanrie an ross
Mrllpouit hay hb t ran lhe twoin ar 'U 4' ''i
a h ipp>rrrg tif(uh
<i
gel s inr lhe hil,
akir
{r
erritrois rattler urn o tertable r(
tir'st
in)
rc
(r
p
aKs 5(atas
i
to took after our boat I climbed up the wall
and scram bled aboard the ferry 'to tind Jim's
shroud jammed behind port of the ramp
tents, left everything readty for the night arnd
ambled round the bay to a highly re~oin
mended hotel for our evening meal.
ever necessary to time our tacks to fit in with
the waves. Unfortunatecly, Jim was caught
out, with a cleated genoa, by an unforgiving
The weather forecast was for Tuesday to be
"a bit wet and windy', Wednesday to be a
good day and Thursday stormyl We awoke
on Tuesday morning with the wind howling
in the rigging{, the rain lashing the tent and
promptly decided to stay in bed awhile. We
eventually decided to have breakfast but
my petrol stove chose that moment to go
on strike so John and I walked into town for
breakfast and some supplies. By lunchtime,
and capsized. We immediately re-stared the
outboard and motored into the wind to furl
the reefed genoa and drop the main before
motoring over to Jim By this time, he had
managed to get Catalist upright but as he
was not head to wind, she went straight ever
and inverted. With the short steep seas, it
was impossible for him to balance the boat
with the sails out of the water and get head
to wind before pu lling her upright. Our plan
assembly. The movement of the boat was
orribination of wind and wave in a F6
producing rather more mast preben~d thanl
usual. At first, I couldn't dislodge the shroud
but eventually managed to get it free without
lamnmin~g my fingers
Jim, with Bob in tow. managed to mnotor out
into the bay and after repeated attempts got
Bob secured to one moorinlg and himself to
anrother after deciding to stay with Gatalist,
even though his tent was unusable. The wind
was now very strong and thanks to the windage of the tent Sparks was veering about
all night disturbing Bob's sleep and Jim
squJall
{
exposed to the elements didn't sleep much
either, After they hart left our anchorage,
we rigged a second bowline to a bollard un
the pier and settled down for the night with
two bowlines and one stern line keeping us
snugly in the relatively calm water between
the slipway and harbour wall. The waves
breaking on the suip were quite noisy hut not
enough to keep me awake, We started to
touch ground about 4:00 am and to avoid
being agroun d too early it was necessary to
pull in on the bowline to remain afloat, but
not to jar forward so as to remain in the lee
-_-
ot the slipw/ay. It's surprising how quickly you
wake up when the boat starts touching the
ground. About 6 o'clock (approeximately two
hours before low wateri, we let her grounrd
avoid the boat poundin~g on the steeply
sloping, rocky beach we waited until the
stern start to touch grounld and then moved
furward to raise the stern, When the tide had
dropped sufficiently to cause the stern to
t he sterm bard aground. Getting up about 8
o'clock, we had a scratch breakfast, packed
thle tent, re-stowed the boat and waited for
the tide,
Jim motored in from his mooring and at low
water, we triedi to find the missing poles for
his tent. Bob, despite the exaggeratedt move
merit ot Sparks was cooking his usual full
breakfast and we would sail as soon as ho
was ready Having had two disturbed nights
we decided to make do with a short sail to
East Loch Tarbert in Loch ync (about 15
miles). It was a bright sunny day hut the wind
was still hrisk arid we set ott under reeted
main and tib. As yesterday, the wind died
away and we had to motor the last few miles,
this time with us towing Rob. At 'tarbert,
we m'ade iuse ol the floating pontoons and
associated facilities tor the princely sum of
£8 per boat per nlight. Alter a walk rounld the
town and seine refreshments, we put
Lif
the
"
the weathier was much improved, The
forecast both in the harbour office and on
the mobile phone download service was
for F',t winrds with gusts up to 26 knots, sea
state moderate. We needed to be b~ack to
Largs by Wednesday night to avoid sailing in
the gales predicted for Thursday and as the
weather had improved so muich we decided
to sail to Tighrnabruaich in the West Kyle that
afternoon,
,
was to get a line tni his bow and hold him
head to wind while he did the rest. Jim was
clearly intent on what he was doing and
paying rio attention to anyone else and I
don't think he could hear us shouting. On
two or three occasions, we had to get out
ot the way, as he was bringing the sails up
underneath us.
We motored out of ft're harbour with a reel in
the main ready to hoist ,Jim, having started
both previous dtays with dou~ble'reeled main
arid jib, decided to sail with single-reefod
main and genoa becai ise of the predicted
F'S.Although cornditioris out~side 'Ihe tharboutr
were lively,, with the wind at the 'top end of
There were reuent squalls and udging
by the long streaks of foam across the
water and the size of the waves, the gusts
were F7. To have adequate steeiageway
we needed full throttle and it I tried to slow
down as we got close the wind and waves
knocked hler head off and we had to go
monOfagain. ,im managed to get Cat aist up
(and over) at least three limes After sevenral
F4~an d short stoop waves they wei'e not so
tbnd as tinmake us fi rmbank. It was h':w-
runsucceissfiu} attempts to attach a line John
&:nd I sw',apped piraces, he took the helrr
t
and
hbed
ri'
out on to the bow using the
painter led back from the lowing eye and
tied tightly to the mooring cleat in front of the
m~ast, as a safety line. As Jlohn brought us
to the bow of Jim's boat, I was able to lean
down and grab hsis painter. We attached it to
a longer line and hopert to hold him head to
wind, It was soon obvious, in those conditionis, my two hp outboard could neither
keep him head to wind nor keep him clear ot
the shore. During the struggle, the towrope
whipped my spectacles off and into the sea
leaving me with blurred vision, By now Jim
had been in the water nearly an hour and
was clearly very/tired, we were rapidly appreaching the rocky shore and needed help,
of the West Kyle and come of the Last Ihe
scenery was spectacular but not tramr the
intended angle as most of the route is wetl
above sea level, From Dunoon it was a terry
to Greenock and a taxi to L.args marina,
I normaly sail in my old (spare) spectacles
but in my rush the previous weekend I had
forgotten them. However, Ihey live in the car
and I was confident they would be in the
glove box, they weren't Fortunately, my wife
was able to post a pair on Thursdlay. with
guaranteed next day deilivery, to Milarrochy
Bay campsite on Loch Lomond. In the mean
time, we had four cars and three drivers, so
leaving my car at the marina; we hitchsed up
the trailers and returned to Dunloon wthere
,John made a distress call on his VHF, an1swered by the coast guard and the ferry Isle
of Cumbrae who sent their RIB to assist us,
,Jim had preferred to stay on the upturned
hull holding on to the centreboard rather
than risk climbing aboard my boat but as
wve got closer and closer to the rocks and
the RIB was still some distance off we had
to drag him aboard and abandon Catalist
or we would all be aground. With Jirn sat
on the floorboards, wrapped in the mainsail
to keep him out of the wind, the RIB with
their 9 ftp outboard, supplemented with my
motor, towed us to Tarbert ,while the ferry
kept pace with us to provide a lee. During all
this, Bob, with his non-operational outboard,
sailed around in the FO plus winds, under
double-reeted main and jib, salvaging as
much of Jim's floating gear as possible,
Once ashore Jim went for a shower to warm
up while we sorted out some dry clothing
from our spare kit. The local coastguard,
a sail maker and launderette owner, then
looked after us.
He supplied copious
amounts of coffee and biscuits while washing
we stayed the night. Thursday brought the
predicted dirty weather, with howling windl
and driving rain. We had never intended
to take the shorter, scenic route back to
Tarbert but we couldn't anyway as the Portavadie ferry was off because of the stormy
weather
We were in Tarbert by midday, recovered the
boats and towed them to Loch Lomond by
late afternoon. On Friday afternoon, Jim was
to collect his wife, Margaret, from' Glasgow
railway station so I went with him and caught
the train to Largs to recover my car, In keeping with the rest of the week, the weather
that afternoon, white we were travelling,
was warm and sunny. For the rest of the
weekend the weather was disappointing with
either too much, or too little wind together
with rather a lot of rain. In the end, we did no
more sailing but we were able to sort out our
equipment, do some sight seeing and enjoy
the barbeque and evening meal,
Le s n
Le s n
learned
for yachts, they d'oFY1
faoe
for Wa
t sy
4.
On tuesday. we did not seek loca
advice before leving Tarbert We did wait
until the weather hard moderatedJ and oth er
hoats were leaving but it would hav e been
wiser to corill tlhe harbour master or coastgluar.d
5.
Jim in particular allowed bhimseif
to he misled by the forecast, the wind was
predicted as F3 but with gusts up to 26 knots
in the sea area. As the wind had moderated
and we were in relatively, shellered water we
considered it reasonable to sail I*Tkihnab
ruaich that afternoon, to n-ake Wednesday'
sail to l..args rrore puracti:al .However
Jirri
sailing single hande~d, should trove roofed
for the worst rnot the best of the prediced
conditions On both previous days he started
under double reefedl main and sib. shaking
out Ifie reels as the wind eased, but fts day
he started with only one reef and genoa.
6.
Aithiough we [iad arranged 1o
keep in toucti by mobile phone Jim had his
switched ohfand Bob had left his inl
his car
I was u~naware that Jofhn had VHF wifh him,
in my boat, but we could riot have contacted
Jim as he did not have one nor Bob whose
radio was switchedl oft because the battery
was low.
7.
In essence, we were a group of
friends sailirg together and no one was "team
leader" coordinating our activities It would be
very useful to have a checklist of equipment,
particulary :orrrruriication enluipinent, carrnd in each boat and the training undertaken
by the crew. We could easily have borrowed
nrdios frorr Ilie Associat ioi arid arra rge 1~
review
our plans once we left tthe shelter Of
arbert.
and drynrg all our wet gear, withlout chiarge.
arid only reluctantly accepted a small dona-
As usual, it was a combination of minor er
tientowards some equipment for a local
you Itr pro/ect. With ft-ie aid of two local tisner -
-or arid nrisfakes, wtiish ultirrately resulte
r thIt Ir-U~(Oaft'li'I:
men, Jim and John went to recover Catalist
while Bob and I returned Sparks and Gram
pus to the pontoons. Catalist was eventually
1.
For vaneus reasons we were late
arriv'rg atLargsrmarina and we did not have
9.
beached near the fisherman's workshop for
time to find a sheltered spot, whicn resulted
ing his mayday call becxause
recovery at low tide the following morning,
We stayed that night in a B and B and next
morning turned Catalist upright and removed
all the equipment, storing it in the workshop.
in everyone having a disturbed night, pos
sibly contributing to errors later in the week,
As predicted, the weather was fabulous,
bright sunshine a steady breeze, ideal sailing
conditions. Unfortunately, we had to recover
the cars arid trailers. We took 'the ferry' Isle
8.
Wher-e there is no learn leader, I
would recom men~d al participants revrow th~e
Assesiaftr n's Crulsing guideli-nes ano coorrinate their approach-i
2,
Finally, the difficulty .John had dur
riy boat didn't
have a name and tie coold t remember the
number convinced me to christen my boat
Grampus, a type of Dolphin.
The bridle attachedn to m'ybo~at
was i-iadein uat
e fur holdirng Itle lent irn
p~osl
tion in even] moderafe wind. We were lucky
the delay allowed us to correct the problem
Bob Tarn
befo)re leaving Laigs. The rig shouis trhove
W2549
been tested eartier
Grampus
of Cumbrae over to Fortavadie and then
a local bus to TightnabruJaich. After two or
3.
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Lech ranza
to Dunoon, The route took us around most
drneetiorws and although th'ese are excellent
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On how a wooden mast
far outweighs a metal
masornot ,
mat o o!another
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Dear Hay,
Congratulations on your winter issue of
Wayfarer News I said it when I ,eeied
your previot is Suor
onir' edition ar!d will1say
it again that ,t is the BEST of any sailing class
1ournal of which Ihave had the pbosmeof
reading. Gordon Pollard and the great Ian
Proctor himsel would have been proud of
such a publication. The front cover photo
ha off so we bo~ught aTwister -sam e
Portsmouth numnber 75 in those days. But
why he didnvt yet have a metal mast? Inat
Then of course a third WI 0124 Co~chi
neli&e
which he now sails with his wife at
Aldeburgh.
nailed~ on no) mesing about with drills and
frets Also 'Nipigigi's' mast is m-uch !ighter
thant a metal one as ol ourse it'is ful of tin~y
holes 'toaw? I Oriqirii
'Woodworm' wi*s
The e;arly Wayfarer days in thn.hi?
the rely
alter ayear or so without our faithful
' 'Escargot' wt43tl
had to puJrchase
-which
then gave my grandson.
were
graph in the Winter ediion is most intr gung
a bsoltely super. Manly ot u;s but our own
boats We were somewhat impecunious
and trailing a Wayfarer on holidays bec ame
the norm. Bill and Nick Hodshor' were a
couple of delightful people 'Nipigigi' being
a name made up from the first tw*o letters of
as the leadin/g boa{t is flying a spinnaker the
Christian names of Bills c hildrefn He u;sed
likes of which I have never seen in fact if
t
loo'ks like two spinnakers -some girl's used
to wear a pair of knickers under a p)etticoat
just like that' as Tommy CoOper iused to
sayl
After my late wife's head injury we had to
change down to a bo3at with a lid -oecause
she was unable to duck easily under the
bo~om and the kocking strap used] to take ha.
o practice gamesmnanship. He had a new
jib made and toldJ everyone thant it realy waJs
a winner because it had a a thot cot teeth
-of
seriousness he said: 'the advantages of a
wood mast far outweighed a metal one - frst
-any
new fittings or attachments such as a
rng for the spinnaker pole could h~esimlply
PaUl Jonason
Diar Date L'Escargot Trophy
24th/25th Jun 2006
Adb hY
AdbrhY
course many did not realise that in
those days Bmce Banks was cutting cloth
with a hot wire to seal the teryten~e didn't
make any differen~ce to tfhe power of t he saif
On another occasion at the Nationals in
Torquay I think I was leaning on the deck
of Wi98 anid talking to Nick and askedJ him
Above: Angus t egh -elniing Wi 75 on Ji[ra
Right: ,Jura from Kilmory Beach
Ph~otos Arthur Leigh
Dear Editor,
w interested to read John MelfoK' aftIce
e> j:oundt of Juro A Three lfand Cruise
in Wayfarer News 10t
ur air f yrlnew to Waytarers but f started
tain~
ig as a child in the I9 0os on the. Nodo)lk
Broacs I hen miy father bor ghit a Puffin
Pionee:r wh icn we took it hohiday rd sailed
"ohe(reverwe could drop it inthte water
i.oekirig for soniething riiore oxcibng hut
ctli rolatvelv sate, my father bo~ugh-t a Mirror
1;4770. Measfesi as a kit -I help~ed hirr tiuild
it
and we sailed it on the Medway witti the
Wilso ianirSailing Club from the mid 10/0s.
fin'to8t Ir oved from I oridor to Branbur />
arid gave up sailing because, whrile tthere is
my son ardf were sig
boats more suited
the famEi
s saifig in the waters
around Jura, For a number o)freas-ons
sefected a Wayfarer. Becau se I have funted
*fime for rnainfenrmne, f deterired to get a
r'ew-ish ORB boat. I looked at several, incfudfng a nice one on e**bay for which I was
outbid - posted wanted riot ices on inter net
sites and was cnta cted by someone selling
a Wayffarer locally. It was an old wooden
boat so I resolved not to buy it-However,I
took ray far-oily to sEh it. ry pockets huigins
with c-ash which I w sn 't going to spend,
oh not Of course, we all tol!l in love with if,,
Wi/S. is now based on the shore of Loch
Sweeri, abou t a tile frort tie castle,
we exited the loch making south towards
the Point ot Kna p, we spied 3 Waytarar on1
the t.)anna side ot the loch, pickng its way
around the rocks as it fishing. We would
have gone over to say "HetoCbut the fond
for the picnic was in the locker and the winrd
was dropping! However. I photograpthed
it troni I would guess, about
a mileI
thouJght nio mor:)e of it until I saw Mr MeW ir artie. Ilooked at the picture again ind
when i zoonied in to read the sa n~um ber I
found it to be' lOOSS3
We have sailed to -tapalich a cou]ple of
times, I include a photograph of Wi75
We spend around 30 days a year at Loch
plenty of irnlarrc water in the area, nothing
Sween so there is plen~ty of time for boat-
otters the vanety of conditions found on fhe'
Medway estuary.
irig the loot and the surrounding areas
provide a variety of sailing experiences and,
as Mr Mollor observe d, tidal races around
the Mac~Onr nait Isles car add excitement,
Ifiere is abundant wildlife which is much
happier being appr-oachedh by sa than by
power,
In 1092 I mel Amanda, my wife. She grew
up by Loch Sween. referredJ to in Mr Mellor's
piece, Visiting her family, wtio still live there, I
n g iatrated to 11 seHrI:aet
to lOn the ~to
toe a picnic or Kilrroy' beac(h As
cessfufiy to trace our old Mirror, looxked at
minored on Elean Mer in the same spoit as
WI05
(tS nd W7424. We often eat at the
Rafiters Bar beside Castle Sween where the
Three2 island Cruisers had their lunch on day
5.
Even befIore buying Wi75 our ambition was
to cross to Jura under sail. We have spent a
year getting accustomed to the handling of
e moon of the 3!lst,
We are now prepared arid Mr Melter's article
has inspired us to make the trip soon.
1
For anyone wishing to s-tay on Loch Sweer,
Ican recommrend Cwinn Cottages (www
cruinn-eottagesco uk) or the static caravans
t Casle Swear Bay Holidays (wwwefary.
.ArthurLeigh Wi 75
not often become so untl an experience!
has occurred.
t
Shapenn
In the spin issue of 20051 was very
plesed to read Jill's 'Skuls and Antlers'
to the Victor the Spoils' very nice piece of
~-
enclsure beo
SThe
is an anwe t Sue
Parry (who told me abu AMan going to
Brancser thi wek-en
Quote
remeber Brancaster, sailed from there
with Frank Dye inW46 "Waneer'. In
1973 we sailed a daytri fro thr vie the
to Kings Lynn - infog, NE F4 -where
we wate for th tide to com in the up
the Ouse River - many bridges - to Den-
~Wah
~was
held back by Margaret and Malt as he
~
--
shued: 'If ft wes nt for these two lovely
Ladies you gt s wol not have a chance to
come through here to- nightf Indeed I should
want to be there for the wceek-en sailing
wth Man' + Co the area looks a lot like the
West Coast of Jutland the part of Nrwy
siing off the monans hee th at I came
i-
Unquote
.....
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Best regads an wishes to both of you.
Ken &Go
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.,Ken
Jensen Wi 34 'Maitken'
i~itionos(Founder of Scandinavian Wayfarer
Ken showing cruiing Norwan styr
.ar
Editor,
Sir!
'- -
Thans a lot and cortulaIons for your-
rfarelous W-Magaznes RayI Reahy good
stuff' for a W-sailor
The very first time ever inmy nerl 70years
n.umtberl That of WI0iSS which on p. 30
(issue 107) looks likeS88l0l - quie a high1
W-numberl Suppsel f coul cost a
dsaificaionl t'eh that would be on way
Re th 'Supeme Buceret 4. 19} Isecure
the handle hereof by makingdrlin two
smal holes each side, in th bucket and
sewiang the galanisedadle with a strong
nylon-ashirn' so it sty put inth sockets.
Srealie -asanotdsat obvlousoes
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