There were 22 entries but one didn’t arrive. The Westerly wind was very strong and  all the skippers were looking for their small sails, most of them choosing  4th suit. Racing started and those brave enough flew spinnakers for the return board from the west end of the lake. Gradually more skippers started using spinnakers to try and keep up. Three heats were completed by lunch time, then 4 more after lunch.

Chris Harris had the best performance scoring 32 out of a possible 35, followed by Oliver Stollery with 26 points, having had a bye in heat 5, then Derek Priestley and Shaun Wyeth each on 25 out of a possible 35.

On Sunday morning the wind strength had increased but was still from the west. Skippers looked for even smaller rigs than the previous day, but 2 decided to withdraw.  One heat was sailed, then a half hour break was taken to see if the wind would reduce. Another heat was sailed, then it was decided to have lunch. After lunch it was planned to continue until 3pm, then resails would be taken and scores added up and converted to % of possible, due to some skippers having had byes, ready for Presentation at 4pm. A total of 11 heats were sailed.

 Final Results

1st    Chris Harris                         Windrush                88%

2nd   Martin Dovey                      Bournville               80

3rd   Shaun Wyeth                       Gosport                  76

4th   Derek Priestley                     Fleetwood              70

5th   Peter Whiteside                    Fleetwood              65

6th= Oliver Stollery                       Guildford                64

6th= David Geldard                      Leeds & Bradford   64

8th= Rob MacIntosh                     Birkenhead             54

8th= Peter Stollery                        Guildford                54

10th Lewis Wyeth                          Gosport                  53

11th= Thomas Wyeth                    Gosport                  44

11th=  Russell Wyeth                     Gosport                  44

13th=  Peter Iles                             Fleetwood              36

13th=  Martin Roberts                    Birkenhead             36

13th=  Sam Roberts                        Birkenhead             36

16th=  John Sharman                     Fleetwood               32

16th=  Amber Geldard                   Leeds & Bradford    32   withdrawn Sun

16th=  Damian Ackroyd                 Fleetwood               32

19th    Alan Crawforth                    Fleetwood               30

20th    Susanne Lewis                     Fleetwood               12

21st    Oliver Murray                       Fleetwood               11   withdrawn Sun

PUGWASH TROPHY (CLUB TEAMS)

1st   Chris Harris & Martin Dovey            Midlands       168

2nd  Derek Priestley & Peter Whiteside   Fleetwood 1  135

3rd   Shaun & Lewis Wyeth                      Gosport 1      129

4th   Peter & Oliver Stollery                      Guildford       118

5th  David & Amber Geldard                    Leeds & Bradford    96

6th   Russell & Thomas Wyeth                 Gosport 2       88

7th  Martin & Sam Roberts                       Birkenhead     72

8th  Peter Iles & John Sharman                Fleetwood 2    68

9th    Rob MacIntosh                                    Birkenhead 2                 54

10th  Oliver Murray & Damian Ackroyd       Fleetwood 2                  43

11th  Susanne Lewis & Alan Crawforth         Fleetwood 4                  42

Long standing Fleetwood club member Fred Baker passed away on Wed 30th April after a long illness.

 

Fred grew up in Fleetwood and worked as foreman engineer for the trawler repair company  James Robertson. When the trawling industry closed in Fleetwood Fred set up a small workshop repairing cars etc.   In the 1990’s when the old wooden flagpole had rotted away and it looked like the club would not have one, I got a metal street lamp tube and Fred welded parts to it to make a new one. 

Fred joined the club in the 1970’s with the newly formed scale section, and was very interested in building trawlers and warships.  Later he became interested in scale sailing models and built several in his shed in his garden. 

In his younger fitter days Fred also joined in with the racing yachts, owning both a Mustang & a Laser, but after a while they became too fast for his legs, so he reverted to the more sedate schooners!!

In addition to his shed Fred had a metal workshop with all the equipment needed for model engineering, and was able to help members make metal parts for their models.

Fred helped the club by holding the position as Bosun for several years looking after the structure and managing the berths, lockers, and doorkeys.

 

Fred’s funeral will be at Carleton Crematorium on Friday 23 May at 11.00 am

Seven Vintage and 3 Classic yachts entered this year’s event. Teams of 2 were drawn at random during the Saturday briefing. The wind was light and generally from the SE, although the direction was tending to vary, making trimming difficult. Two heats were sailed before lunch. After lunch the wind was a little stronger and form the NW. Some spinnakers now appeared. Three more heats were sailed leaving 4 for Sunday.

On Saturday evening a table was booked at the North Euston Hotel for those skippers and officials wishing to partake.

Sunday morning sailing conditions were initially similar to Saturday then finally stronger and from the NW.

RESULTS

Wayne Stobbs           “Skylon” (Vintage)                Gosport                   33points

Alan & David Bell      “Tempest” (Vintage)             Fleetwood               30

David Mathers &      “Black Prince” (Classic)          Hampton Court       29

David Geldard 

Derek Priestley         “Sallie” (Vintage)                   Fleetwood                24

Tony Wilson             “Ballerina” (Vintage)              Fleetwood                23

Olly Murray              “Porpoise” (Vintage)              Fleetwood                21

Peter Whiteside        “Bosun’s Mate” (Vintage)      Fleetwood                20.5

Derek Morland        “WaZp” (Vintage)                    Gosport                    20

Peter Iles                 “Secsea” (Classic)                    Fleetwood                 14.5

Eric Austwick          “Willie Wombat” (Classic)        Fleetwood                 10

Trophies were awarded as follows:

Walter Jones Memorial Trophy    1st Vintage            Wayne Stobbs

Hayes Trophy                               2nd Vintage          Alan & David Bell

Pearson Trophy                            1st Classic             David Mathers & David Geldard

Mayoral Cup                                2nd Classic            Peter Iles

1st Team of Two                         Wayne Stobbs & Derek Morland        53 points

Thanks are due to the Mates on the opposite banks:

Jim, Kevin, Steve, Harry, Julie, Jeanette and Sharon 

and our Officials: Helen & Ann (Scorers), Bob (Starter)              

Glorious day of sailing sailing in mid to top end of A Rig and sunshine

The evening session:

1st Mark Rose (4 Alioth) 6 wins

2nd Olly Murray (67 Dead Reckoning) 2 wins

3rd Peter Iles (78 Britpop)

4th Harry Balderson (83 Sedici)

5th Alan Smith (99 Widget)

6th Eric Austwick (15 Sedici)

Afternoon sailing:

1st Eric Austwick (15 Sedici)

2nd Derek Priestley (67 Dead Reckoning)

3rd Harry Balderson (83 Sedici)

4th Peter Guest (fantasia)

5th Alan Smith (Widget )