National 12s at Yeadon : 5/10/2014
Light
and changeable south-easterly winds greeted the helms and crews of a dozen
National 12’s who gathered at Yeadon Tarn last Sunday. Three trophies were being raced for – the
local Tarn Trophy, the ANYEC Trophy and the ‘Witchcraft Bailer’ Trophy for
Vintage boats.
The
fleet was dominated by vintage, clinker-built boats, eight in all, ranging from
Ian and Margaret Purkis’ Proctor Mk4A ‘My Little Margie’ built in 1957, through
to a modified Starfish design ‘Starbuck’ built in 1966 and recently renovated
by local sailmaker and ex-Merlin sailor, Peter Robinson. In addition there were
three Admiral’s Cup designs – a Crusader, Crusader 88, and a Baggy Trousers
with one double-bottomed Feeling Foolish design, ‘Out of the Blue’, making up
the numbers.
Figure 1 Close Light Airs racing at Yeadon Oct 5th 2014
Race
1: After a clean start, the fleet soon found themselves rafted up at the
windward mark as the wind shifted more easterly and the onshore trees cast a
large wind-shadow over the south-east corner of the Tarn. Eventually three
boats managed to break clear - Philip David and Emma Hampshire in their Feeling
Foolish N3499, Howard Chadwick and Helen Nicholson in their vintage Starfish
‘Triada’ N2266 and John and Alison Cheetham in their Crusader N3209
‘Rebel’. Despite several challenges to
the leaders from Brian Kitchen and Olivia Stodiek in their beautifully restored
Chimp N1657 ‘Just Lucky’, the leading three held their positions to finish in
that order.
Figure 2 Philip David and Emma Hampshire - event winners
Race
2: Saw Chadwick and Nicholson last across the line – an unusual position for
them. However they quickly made their
way through the fleet which again suffered another major traffic jam at the
windward mark. After much place-changing
it was David and Hampshire who again took the gun, closely followed by Team
Cheetham with the vintage Starfish ‘Triada’, close behind. Unfortunately, the
Feeling Foolish had been involved in an incident on the water which led to them
having to retire, which meant that Angus Beyts and his local crew Gail Kaye,
sailing N1833 ‘Water Nymph’ a Mark 9 design from 1960, who had sailed an
exceptional race, made it into third place.
Figure 3 Howard Chadwick & Helen Nicholson - 1st
Vintage
Race
3: With a further change of course to try and avoid the wind shadows now
affecting the north-east corner of the lake, the fleet was once again led by
the same three 12’s only this time two other vintage boats – both Starfish
designs – N2335 ‘Saskia’, sailed by Tim Gatti and Gill Bilton and N2345
‘Bakewell Tart’ with Brian Herring and Ros Stevenson, joined the leading group
and built up an unassailable lead over the remainder of the fleet.
Figure 4 Modern and Vintage designs battle it out at
Yeadon N12 Open Meeting
At
the prizegiving, Philip David and Emma Hampshire were awarded both the Tarn
Trophy and the ANEYC Trophy as overall winners of the event. John and Alison
Cheetham were second overall and Howard Chadwick and Helen Nicholson finished
in third place and were first Vintage boat.
They were also awarded the Witchcraft Bailer Trophy for their overall
win in the 2014 Vintage Series.
Many
thanks to all at Yeadon Sailing Club for hosting an extremely well-run event
despite the tricky weather conditions and to all those competitors – some
travelling from as far away as Scotland and Bristol, who took part. We look
forward to seeing you back again in 2015.
Tim
Gatti
N12
Fleet Captain
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Yeadon SC National 12 Open Results
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Sun 5 October 2014
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Rank
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Fleet
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SailNo
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Helm Name
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Crew Name
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Club
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Points
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1st
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DB
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3499
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Philip David
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Emma Hampshire
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Ripon/Yorkshire Ouse
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2
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2nd
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AC
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3209
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John Cheetham
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Alison Cheetham
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Yeadon
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3
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3rd & 1st Vintage
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V
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2266
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Howard Chadwick
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Helen Nicholson
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Yeadon
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4
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4th & 2nd Vintage
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V
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1657
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Brian Kitching
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Olivia Stodiek
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Chew Valley
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8
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5th & 3rd Vintage
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V
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1833
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Angus Beyts
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Gail Kaye
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Forfar
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9
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6th & 4th Vintage
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V
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2345
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Brian Herring
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Ros Stevenson
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Winsford Flash
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9
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7th
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AC
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3216
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Neil McInnes
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Katie McInnes
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Yeadon
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11
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8th & 5th Vintage
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V
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2335
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Tim Gatti
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Gill Bilton
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Yeadon
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13
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9th
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V
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2358
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Tony Dufton
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Ben Harding
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Yeadon
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15
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10th
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V
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1607
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Alan Mason
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Paul Gibson
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Redesmere
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18
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11th
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V
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1483
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Ian Purkis
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Margaret Purkis
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Yorkshire Ouse
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19
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12th
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AC
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3330
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Tim Hampshire
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Christopher Hampshire
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Ripon
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20
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Photos by Charles Hurford
