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& VINTAGE RACING DINGHY ASSOCIATION
2004 Annual Dinner & Prizegiving Sat Nov 6th
at The New Inn Hotel, Market Square, Lechlade, Glos.
and
Frostbite Regatta
Sun Nov 7th
Bowmoor Sailing Club, Near Lechlade, Glos.
Sixteen
lovely old Classic & Vintage boats converged on Bowmoor SC for the
last CVRDA event of the year. To qualify the boat must be at least 25
years old and from a class established before 1965. Boats from as far
away as Plymouth, Melton Mowbray, Clywedog (mid Wales) and Hayling Ferry
arrived to be greeted by a gentle breeze which thankfully held on all
day.
The oldest boat present was Chris Barlow's Merlin Rocket ISKA no 6,
and he also brought along his other two slightly newer Merlins Sprite
Full 507 and Half Cut 2121. There were also three Mirrors on the water
for a while, until Kathryn Whelan put her foot through the floor of
her Mirror 12055, which ended her days sailing before the start of the
first race!
Racing was very close with Bowmoor sailors Russell Smith in his Kestrel
and David and Keith Rollinson in a 40 year old Pegasus swopping places
at the front until the Pegasus went for the wrong finish line gifting
a win to the Kestrel. Alan Price in OK 1211 claimed 3rd place, with
Chris and Lois Barlow in Iska finishing 4th.
The old 1965 PY numbers are used but adjusted by the CVRDA for age of
boat and state of tune/sails etc. For example Iska, complete with cotton
sails races off 101, while the newer Merlins sail off 91.
The last race saw a battle between Roger Devereux and Rupert Whelan
in Hornet 140 and the Rollinson brothers, but the Hornet gradually pulled
out a 3 minute lead, enough to win on handicap with the Pegasus 2nd
again and the Kestrel snatching 3rd which was enough for Russell Smith
to win overall from the Rollinson brothers and Roger and Rupert in 3rd.
Most of these lovely old wooden boats will now be taken away for their
annual dose of TLC until the next CVRDA event on May7/8th at Shearwater
SC in 2005.
Full
results
This
event will be the first to count for the 2005 travellers series !
see www.bowmoor.co.uk for more
details
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