A quiet day’s sailing with an oddly variable wind, defying us to set a sensible course.  Whilst most of the gang were off in chocolate-land with their 6 metres, Neil showed us how it was done with ten victories in fourteen races.  Even intensive work by Eric’s pit crew over the lunch break couldn’t keep him off the podium!

Will I see more of you at next Tuesday’sevents?

Entries were received from Gosport, Hampton Court, Vintage Model Yacht Club and Fleetwood.

On arriving at the lake on Saturday morning it was practically flat calm with a very light breeze from the south. Fortunately at the 10-00 hrs start time there was a light breeze blowing from the west, so racing commenced. Most yachts were in their tallest rigs, the Vintage with 72″ rig height and the later Classic yachts up to 85″. There were 7 Vintage and 7 Classic yachts so Teams of Two (TOTs) with each team consisting of a Classic and a Vintage yacht, were drawn at random. Seven heats were sailed on Saturday. The weather was warm and sunny and the wind strengthened a little. Oly Murray had a good day only dropping 2 points. 

On Saturday evening our President, Derek, had booked a table for competitors and guests at the North Euston Hotel and a pleasant evening was spent.

On Sunday morning the wind was still from the west, but much stronger than the previous day. Smaller sails were employed by all. Some impressive runs were seen by those brave enough to use spinnakers. Racing was terminated around 16-00 hrs with just 2 heats left of the race schedule. Scores were converted to %, as some had not had byes.

RESULTS

                                                                                %

1st Oly Murray            Fleetwood      Classic          90.9   

2nd Keith Wiseman    Fleetwood       Classic          83

3rd  Dave & Rob Bell  Fleetwood       Vintage         63.6

4th  Derek Priestley    Fleetwood       Classic          58.2

5th  Peter Whiteside   Fleetwood       Vintage         56.4

6th  Peter Iles             Fleetwood       Vintage         54

7th  Derek Morland    Gosport            Vintage        52.7

8th= Nigel Brown       Gosport            Vintage         40

8th= Dave Lindsay    Gosport            Vintage         40

10th  David Mathers  Hampton Court Classic         36.4

11th  John Sharman   Fleetwood        Classic         35

12th  Tony Wilson       Fleetwood        Vintage        34.6

13th  Gareth Jones    Vintage MYG    Classic        30.2

14th  Wayne Stobbs   Gosport            Vintage       27.6

Trophies Presented

1st Classic Mayoral M Class Cup       Oly Murray

2nd Classic Pearson Trophy               Keith Wiseman

1st Vintage  Walter Jones Trophy       David & Robert Bell

2nd Vintage Hayes Trophy                  Peter Whiteside

TOTs Results

1st  Nigel Brown & Keith Wiseman      123

2nd Wayne & Oly Murray                      118.5

3rd  Dave / Rob Bell & Peter Iles           117.6

4th  Dave Lindsay & Derek Priestley      98.2

5th Derek Morland & John Sharman      87.7

6th  Peter Whiteside & Gareth Jones     86.6

7th  Tony Wilson & David Mathers          71.0

A small turn out today, whilst the world champs were doing their thing down in Datchet.  Did everyone else believe the weather forecast?  Top of A-Rig wind, but with some over-the-top gusts, and varying directions.  Tony and Eric tied for the afternoon honours, with Peter a distant third.  In the evening session Tony took it by one point from Eric and one more for Peter.  Mark, turned up in B Rig as the wind died so packed up but was around to help out. All done by the time the rain came in!

Well done to Peter Whiteside and Eric, who’ve pumped the water levels all the way back up again.

There were 5 entries. The wind was initially light from the SE. Mid heat it changed direction to SW, then strengthened and back to SE. After lunch most skippers changed down to 2nd suit sails.

One full round was sailed. Thanks due to Eric Austwick for looking after the Mates’ bank along with the bye boat skipper.

Results

1st      Peter & Stuart Whiteside                             13 points

2nd=   Tony Wilson                                                 11

2nd=   John Sharman                                             11

4th      Peter Iles                                                     10

5th     Harry Balderson                                            5

Sunday 10th May 2026 Woodhouse Trophy Vane 36R

There were 7 entries. As yesterday the wind at the start of racing was light from the SE. By lunchtime it had changed to NW. During lunch the wind strengthen further and most skippers changed down to 3rd suit sails. With just the last heat to go and a couple of resails any of three yachts could be overall winner. The full round was completed and just one resail required to produce the final winner. Thanks due to Eric, Sharon, Uncle Derek and the bye boat skipper for looking after the Mates’ bank.

Results

1st     Ollie Murray                                             25 points

2nd    Peter Whiteside                                       23

3rd     John Sharman                                         18

4th     Peter Iles                                                  15

5th     Tony Wilson                                              11

6th     Harry Balderson                                        10

7th     Keith Wiseman                                           3