We will require pre-registration and boats that have not registered may not be able to attend. Boats entered will be asked for an entry fee of £15 for a single hander or £25 for a double hander to confirm their entry into this event. So enter now by completing THIS FORM!

We will need to limit the number of boats to under fifty and it is hoped to represent all of the dinghies that Holt designed or built. (see below for list). Some examples may be difficult or impossible to locate but we want to try. We would like to have a spread from the earliest examples from a class to a modern version to show the development of his work. For instance Enterprises no 1 and 2 exist and the owners have expressed interest in this event. An up to date version would make an interesting contrast. With development classes like the National 12s his involvement was a little more limited and only a few Holt 12s exist still (possibly as few as one or two). He was the original designer for the Merlins and dominated the fleet till Proctor became the leading name. So do we include an up to date one or keep to the many Holt designs?

The two day event will include points races, maybe a pursuit, concours and display of boats and hopefully photo/information display etc. There is a nice camping area on site etc. Please help to make this a special event to celebrate someone who made such a contribution to the dinghy sailing world.

Holt Boats:
Cadet, diamond keelboat, enterprise, GP14, Heron, Hornet, Int canoe, Int 14, Jacksnipe, lazy E, Merlin, Miracle, Mirror, Mirror 16, National 12, North Norfolk16, Pacer (formally Puffin), Rambler, Solo Streaker, Vagabond.

17 boats took part, 10 local and 7 visitors. Boats varied from the 1948 International 14 of Andrew Thornhill, through four beautiful Fireflies, to a 1960′s Finn. The wind on both days was fickle and rather feeble allowing the experienced river sailors the opportunity to excel in the ch allenging conditions.

Making the best of the gently winds with a clean sheet of first places was Rupert Whelan sailing single handed in Saskia – Firefly F2324, returning to BASC after a few years lake sailing and showing that the time away from the river had done nothing to slow him down. Second place was taken by the local experts, Bob Corefield and Christine Higham in Mercury 37 and third was Ed Bremner in Firefly F2942 from Baltic Wharf Sailing Club.

Results:

Overall – 1st, Rupert Whelan – Firefly, 2nd, B,Corefield & C,Higham – Mercury, 3rd, Ed Bremner – Firefly.

Persuit – 1st, Rupert Whelan – Firefly, 2nd, Andrew Thornhill – Int 14, 3rd, B,Corefield & C,Higham – Mercury,

For some great images provided by Kathryn Whelan go here

to know more about BASC please visit their web site at www.bristol-avon-sailing.org.uk

Results

CVRDA Roadford Classic Rally

Final Results – overall

Individual Race Results – click here

Pos	Tally	Wing	Boat Name	Class	Sail No	Crew	Club	CVRDA Classic H/cap	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Notes
1st	8	Classic	Blast from the Past	Pegasus	194	David & Keith Rollinson		93	2	1	1	3	1	5
2nd	12	Classic	Squall	Flying Fifteen	1155	Stuart Jones & Jenny Prout		89	1	2	2	6	3	8
3rd	11	Classic	Citrine	Pegasus	48	Andy and Jessica Hayes	Starcross	93	DNS	5	3	1	2	11
4th	14	Classic	FFLARE	Flying Fifteen	598	Geoff and Hazel Town		89	4	4	3	4	5	15
5th	29	Old	Shape	Osprey	959	Jeff Faulkner	RLSC	84	3	6	5	2	12	16
6th	2	Vintage	Gazelle	Plymouth Dolphin	13(10)	Mark Jones	MSC	104	6	3	10	7	4	20
7th	10	Classic	Touchstone	National 12	2340(340)	Ian & Amanda Smith	Lympstone	98	8	7	22	10	6	31
8th	23	Old		Bosun	645	A. & M. Wallace	RLSC	101	5	8	12	9	15	34
9th	17	Classic	No Kiddin II	Graduate	370	John & Lyn	BASC	105	12	12	7	5	19	36
10th	15	Classic	GOZ	Wayfarer	384	Simon & Deborah Dunsford		97	10	11	9	15	8	38
11th	33	Old	Kraken	Osprey	589	James Platts	RLSC	86	15	10	6	22	17	48
12th	25	Old	Paper Gold	National 12 – Old	2822	Kath Refson and Crew		97	19	19	15	8	10	52
13th	27	Old	Boat 26	Otter	490	John Bucket	RLSC	112	13	20	11	17	11	52
14th	20	Classic	Dirty Dozen	National 12 – Classi	2204	Stuart Budden & Lizzy Harrison	BCYC	98	DNS	14	18	12	9	53
15th	32	Old	Cold Feet	Merlin Rocket – Old	2967	Terry Burgess & Judith Marlow	BWSC	88	11	27	19	13	14	57
16th	34	Old	Urban Kipper	Merlin Rocket – Old	2900	Jason Rickards & Crew	BWSC	88	DNF	15	13	18	13	59
17th	13	Classic	National Panic	National 12 – Classi	1684(3237)	Howard Elcock and Crew		98	18	13	20	14	16	61
18th	31	Old	Panatella	Merlin Rocket – Old	3165	Ron Perry & Lyn Crabb	CVLSC	88	7	9	8	DNS	DNS	62
19th	35	Classic		Flying Fifteen	698	R.Burnham	RLSC	89	9	33	23	16	18	66
20th	22	Old	Symba	Streaker	203	Adrian Holmes	BWSC	99	22	16	17	11	26	66
21st	16	Classic	Cirrus	Pegasus	192	David McKay & Kevin Needham		93	16	28	16	19	20	71
22nd	9	Classic	Half Cut	Merlin Rocket – Clas	2121	Chris & Lois Barlow	Sheerwater	91	20	25	30	21	7	73
23rd	3	Classic	Effie	Jollyboat	3	Ed Bremner & various crew	RLSC	82	17	18	29	20	21	76
24th	18	Classic	Shady Lady	505	1432	Bob Corefield and crew	BASC	82	21	22	32	28	22	93
25th	30	Old	Unknown	Bosun	5	Dick Seeley	RLSC	101	DNS	24	24	23	25	96
26th	26	Old		Enterprise	3485 (20939)	Nicky Bucket & Val Shillito	RLSC	98	23	30	27	24	23	97
27th	4	Classic	Maladicta	Jollyboat	332	Robert Trythall & Crew	RLSC	82	27	31	21	27	24	99
28th	6	Classic	Django	Finn	435	Alan Williams	RLSC	90	DNS	32	14	29	28	103
29th	7	Classic	Sunset Yellow	Enterprise	110	Steve Cooksey & Debs Dingdon	RLSC	98	26	29	26	25	27	104
30th	21	Classic	Whoosh	Osprey – Classic	442	Colin and Malc Bird	RLSC	85	24	21	31	30	DNS	106
31st	5	Classic	Goonfly	Firefly	2942	Lizzey and Bradley	RLSC	100	14	17	DNS	DNS	DNS	107
32nd	1	Vintage	Iska	Merlin Rocket	6	Allan & Hillary Ross-Watson	BWSC	95	DNS	23	25	26	DNS	112
33rd	38	Old		Otter	750	Unknown	Tamar	112	25	26	28	DNS	DNS	117	Needs to register!!!
34th	28	Old	Oh No!	Sheerwater	1857	Alan Williams	MSC	80	28	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	142	Correct Sail Number?
35th	19	Classic	Snowgoose II	Merlin Rocket – Clas	1031	James King & James Gourplay		91	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	152	Most probably not racing
35th	24	Old	SCATT III	International Canoe	119	Neil Witt	RLSC	80	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	152
35th	36	Classic	Purpitude	Purpitude	?	Bob wood and family	RLSC to be		DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	152	Most probably not racing

Results by round here

This event continues to grow in popularity with numbers increasing over the 1st year.

Boats from many classes took part with examples from throughout the history of these same classes. Firefly’s, Merlin Rockets, National 12′s, Jollyboats, Plymouth Dolphins……….all competed for the series title as well as the concourse d’elegance.

Saturday was the fun race, a treasure hunt, maths and anagram test finishing with a knot test made for a lively but very lighthearted start to the event.

The Pegasus and Mercury classes both held their national championships at this years event. For those and the others there was some lively, noisy but once again friendly racing. 20 or so boats at the 1st mark in near drifting conditions IS fun!

The ‘party in the barn’ on the Sunday night was a resounding success resulting in quite a few thick heads the next day.

Results

mmmmmmm, to be honest, I can’t remember much and if I get time I will dig through the boxes of cvrda stuff and find them out and put them up here, If anyone is really bothered……give me a call.

I seem to remember it was something like this:

Classic Wing 1st Pegasus 48 (Citrine) – Andy Hayes
Vintage Wing 1st Tideway (Blossom) – Pat Thompson
Old Wing 1st Osprey 959 (Shape) – Jeff Faulkner
Overall Winner Osprey 959 (Shape) – Jeff Faulkner
1st Plastic Boat Wayfarer 4004 – Roger Ford

The Association, formed in 1998, was the initiative of Ed Bremner to encourage racing and sailing of dinghies designed prior to 1965. His initiative was rewarded by an entry of 36 dinghies. The fleet included a stunning copper-nailed Tideway (whose crew included a Jack Russell!), three sturdy Plymouth Dolphins, an original 1946 Merlin (No 6), and J3, one of the earliest Jollyboat class, designed by Uffa Fox as the fastest reaching mono-hull in the 50′s and early 60′s.

The Saturday afternoon Concours d’Elegance was an impressive sight .The 1948 Olympic single hander Firefly showing deft touches of formation sailing as the five entries ‘ swarmed ‘among the rest of the ‘sail- pass’. The award for best looking dinghy, at such events, tends to be decided by a panel of stern judges, with clipboards, noting fine detail. For this occasion Ed decided all the attending crews should be the judges. Issued with coloured voting ribbons and after considerable deliberation, the ‘Best Looking Boat on the Water’ was a tie between the Plymouth Dolphin, ‘ Valkyrie’ and ‘ Maladicta’, a Jollyboat. The latter conceded immediately to Mark Jones’ Valkyrie in acknowledgement of her impressive crew, his five-year-old daughter, who had trapezed expertly throughout the whole sail -pass!

Sunday and Monday were race days with the light breeze on Sunday favouring the Firefly class and the slightly stronger winds on Monday favouring the Osprey and Jollyboat classes.

The Rally was the opportunity for Pegasus, a 1958 Uffa Fox design, to hold their Nationals. Five dinghies fought a close series to be won ultimately by Andy Hayes and Alison McGregor from Starcross sailing club P48.

The remainder of the dinghies had a great time competing in accordance with the 1963 PY ratings. The Rally winner was Rupert and Katherine Whelan in Firefly 2324. The fastest dinghy over-all was James Platts and Michelle Adderley in Osprey 589.

Following the success of the inaugural rally ,the association looks forward to an expanding event, with more boats on the water next year, at Roadford Lake .

Robert Trythall J332 31st August 99

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Hunts 2011 results

Whitefriars Sailing Club provided an idyllic Cotswold backdrop to the 2011 cvrda Nationals over the August Bank Holiday. Competitors started arriving on the Friday, to set up camp, screw vital pieces to their boats, and retire to a nearby pub for supper and a pint.

Saturday dawned bright, sunny and windy, perfect for a day of blasting up and down the lake, taking part in an on the water treasure hunt and posing for the camera in an hour-long sail past. The 30 boats had a wonderful time planing down towards Karen Collyer and her camera. One the beer fuelled AGM was over, it was time for a Barbecue.

On Sunday we started the almost serious business of racing. With the day’s racing also being part of the Vintage Merlin Rocket traveller series, they were the best represented class, with 6 boats, including a pre-amalgamation Rocket. Minisails were next, with 4 helms using 6 boats between them as the weekend went on! Perhaps the most unusual boat, allowed to sail by special dispensation, was a modern version of a 19^th century design; a gaff rigged Cornish Cove Boat.

On the water in the strong, gusty wind, the Merlins and an Albacore had a titanic battle for line honours, with MR1066 coming out on top more than once, but they were unable to escape the attentions of International Moth 2883, British Moth 790 and Minisail 3446, who vied each race for the handicap win.

Much Pizza was consumed that evening to help with the recovery process.

Monday morning’s races, held in lighter winds, saw the “slow” boats mixing it up with the fast end of the fleet as the wind shifted seemingly at random. The same 3 boats were again top of the heap on handicap. In the afternoon, with the 6 race Nationals series finished, a grand 90 minute Pursuit was held. Mirror 67667 held the lead for half the race before British Moth 790 rocketed past, but was in 2^nd place until almost the finish, when several boat blasted past in freshening wind. The Skua took a well deserved 2^nd place.

Unusually for the cvrda, where grey beards are not an uncommon sight, there was a strong junior presence. 2 Mirrors, an OK, an International Moth and a Puffin were all sailed by under 18’s, with several junior crews, too. The youngest competitor was 9 years old, while the youngest pairing competing as helm and crew were 12 and 11, sailing Mirror 67667. They finished in the top 3^rd of the fleet, too – a fantastic achievement in windy conditions.

The prize giving (with scones, jam and cream, of course) was a rowdy affair, with the most popular award being the “Wing Nut” for incompetence or ineptitude. This year’s competition was fierce, but the people’s choice was for the Skua, sailed by John and Jane Andrews, who capsized. Nothing unusual in that, except that the Skua has a large keel on the bottom of it, and was thought to be self righting! John is reported to have sat on the deck saying “She’ll come up in a minute, She’ll come up in a minute” as she was blown flat. She didn’t…

Results

Results for the cvrda are split into Vintage (boats built using traditional methods) Classic (boats designed and built before 1965) and Old (designed before 1965 and built before 1985. All boats race together.

OLD FLEET

1^st Minisail 3446                          Rupert Whelan

2^nd British Moth 790                     Roger Witts

3^rd International Moth 2883         Ian Marshall

CLASSIC FLEET

1^st Merlin 1066                             Tim & Pat Bury

2^nd Merlin 507                               Chris & Lois Barlow

3^rd Wayfarer 1079                        Giles & Kate Penfold

VINTAGE FLEET

1^st Rocket 252                              Garry Rucklidge & Tom Andrews

GRP BOAT

1^st Albacore 5198                         Sandy Lavelle & Pat Jones

JUNIORS

1^st Mirror 67667                           Will Hopes & Charlie Whelan

Youngest competitor          Pippa Whelan

Results for 2011 Nationals at Whitefriars S.C.

The Wing-Nut award

The wing nut award is given for acts of gross ineptitude or underachievement, and is one of the most coveted prizes the cvrda gives out…

This year, there were enough acts of serious dumbness to warrant some of them being mentioned at the prize giving. As  my notes of the goings on weren’t copious, I hope what I write here doesn’t differ too much from what I said then, or, less importantly, what really happened…

Garry Rucklidge, sailing with Tom Andrews, for ramming the immovable object… in this case the large keelboat known as the Skua. Presumably he was attempting to skewer it… Actually, what happened was that the bows of his beautiful 1950’s Rocket, Gannet, all ribs and copper rivets, went ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, and large quantities of whitefriars lake were able to make their way inside. Thank goodness for duck tape! The icing on this particular cake for the crowd at the prize giving was that the Skua is owned and sailed by the parents of Garry’s crew.

Charlie Whelan, for continuing a family tradition. He and Will hopes were really keen to get started at this Nationals, as keen as only 11 and 12 year olds can be. So keen, in fact, that Charlie, in his haste to sit out, threw himself overboard! The Mirror broached, capsized and turtled. However, they did manage to right her before the rescue boat got there, and while that race was over for them, they did continue to complete all the other races of the weekend.

Now, when I said family tradition, I was thinking of me at one of the original classics meets at Bristol Avon, where I ended up trying to steer with my head under water. However, the next mishap concerns Kathryn Whelan, so it really does seem to run in the family. Having owned Saskia for well over 15 years, you’d think Kathryn knew how to step into her… maybe not. Foot straight onto the thwart, boat rolls to windward, Kathryn falls in backwards, nice big splash as she enters the water…

Just to show that anything one Kathryn can do, another can do equally badly, Kate Penfold decided that sailing a Wayfarer is enough like sailing a yacht that you can simply step ashore, rather than doing all that scrabbling around the rest of us do. However, Kate discovered that it is well worth checking the shore is really there before taking that vital step… another nice big splash!

Moving on to a slightly more complex and long term series of under achievements, we come to the case of Tom Moore and his Minisail. This really starts on Tuesday, when Tom discovered a hole in the stern end of his self draining cockpit. A quick patch, all will be well. Having tied the boat down very well, he discovers on arrival that the one bit that wasn’t tied (“It goes in so tight it never moves”) has fallen out on the motorway. However, ingenious use of polystyrene and gash wood not only got him on the water but bagged him the false teeth award for using materials in ways never intended. But, the problems of Tuesday came back to haunt Tom when he put his knee straight through the rotten aft deck he had so carefully patched before. End of sailing for the weekend, one would have thought? No. Undaunted Tom borrowed another Minisail hull and carried on sailing. Unfortunately, in recovering from a capsize, he snapped the centreboard. At that point, it really was time to call it a day…

Another multi-boat under achiever is Andrew Parker Mobray. He decided to bring his 1976 Solo with him on the basis that he’d not sailed the 1971 boat at all, so it would be more reliable. Hmmm… Half way through Sunday, the rigging started to go rather slack, and water started pouring into the boat from under the mast foot. Time for a look to see what had gone wrong. Basically, the boat had rotted away under the mast step, and the mast was in the process of pushing its way through the bottom of the boat. Undeterred, he drove home, and came back next day with the 1971 boat. A short while later, he was back on the shore, and when asked why, said he had heard a bang, but couldn’t spot where it had come from, till he looked at the shrouds. One of them had broken all but 2 of the wires – 10 seconds more on that tack, and the mast would have come tumbling down. Cue very careful sail to the shore… and plenty of boat repairs to keep Andrew busy this winter!

Our final nomination is far more simple. As simple as a capsize. However, when the capsize is by John and Jane Andrews, in a boat with a large keel on the bottom, thought to be uncapsizable, the situation becomes a little more interesting. When you hear that John, as the boat is going over, is sitting on the deck of the Skua, not really trying too hard, saying “She’ll come up in a minute, she’ll come up in a minute” the case for under achievement becomes overwhelming, and the assembled masses decided that such a simply elegant cock-up deserved the 2011 Wing-nut award.