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Streaker and Solo Open Meeting at Yeadon

Despite a very low wind forecast and a clash with the rescheduled Streaker Nationals a fleet of nine local and visiting helms arrived to compete for the open meetings and were greeted by a fitful breeze which almost died then shifted 180 degrees during the briefing making the race management somewhat tricky!

Peter and Helen in close contention for victory. Photo John Cheetham

Fortunately as the briefing ended the breeze filled in slightly and switched back to the forecast direction and the decision was made with all concerned to sail both fleets together and to start straight away before the breeze died again.

The breeze held and after a clean start Streaker 1616 Peter Kitchen took up the lead closely followed by Solo’s 4163 Tony Langley and 5413 Andy Cheetham with the rest of the fleet in close pursuit.  The wind however died again and the fleet bunched up, with places changing constantly as what breeze they had shifted in direction every few minutes.  At the end of the race it was the same three boats but the order changed almost on the last mark with Andy Cheetham Solo 5413 taking the win from local hero Tony Langley and Peter Kitchen St 1616 all three finishing within three boat lengths after racing for almost an hour the second Streaker was Richard Long in 1625.

Close finish of race 1 after almost an hour of light to zero wind racing. Photo Howard Chadwick

After an excellent lunch and a course change to suit a slightly increased breeze the fleet again made a clean start this time with a new leader Helen Voisey in Streaker 1676 (in her first open meeting away from her home club Ripon) being chased by Peter Streaker 1616.  Despite being over taken by Peter who led in the middle part of the race Helen fought back to take the victory from Peter with Richard Long Streaker 1625 in third place.  In the Solo fleet Tony Langley having made what seemed to be a bad start had managed to recover and was first Solo at the first mark a position he held until almost the last mark when Andy got through once again to take the fleet win and the open meeting.

Light weather predominated for most of the day. Photo John Cheetham

Race three saw a further course change and only one Solo taking to the water however the Streaker results were still wide open and all boats were on the line and raring to go.  Again the fleet got off to a good start and this time it was Paul Metcalfe who took up the lead, a position he held for two laps before being overhauled by Peter and then Helen.  Despite the wind having shifted to almost remove the windward leg Helen managed to get through into the lead only to lose it again in the closing stages and come in a very close second.  Gavin Gulliver-Goodall Solo 3986 sailed a solid race finishing 1st Solo moving him up to 2nd overall.

Solo Fleet

1st	5413	Andy Cheetham	2 points	Ripon Sailing Club
2nd	3986	Gavin Gulliver Goodall	4 points	Ripon Sailing Club
3rd	4163	Tony Langley	4 Points	Yeadon Sailing Club

 
Streaker Fleet

1st	1616	Peter Kitchen	2points	Tees and Hartlepool Yacht Club
2nd	1676	Helen Voisey	3 points	Ripon Sailing Club
3rd	1625	Richard Long	5 points	Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club
4th	1781	Paul Metcalfe	7 points	Yeadon Sailing Club
5th	1597	Rob Crossland	8 points	Ripon Sailing Club
6th	1884	Graham Dyer	10 points	Yeadon Sailing Club

Report by Howard Chadwick 13^th October 2014

Reminder: Last Sunday Series Race @ Sun 19 Oct 2014 14:30 - 17:30 (Yeadon Sailing Club)

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National 12 Open Meeting Yeadon Sailing Club Sun 5th October 2014

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

Yeadon SC National 12 Open Results			Sun 5 October 2014
Rank	Fleet	SailNo	Helm Name	Crew Name	Club	Points
1st	DB	3499	Philip David	Emma Hampshire	Ripon/Yorkshire Ouse	2
2nd	AC	3209	John Cheetham	Alison Cheetham	Yeadon	3
3rd & 1st Vintage	V	2266	Howard Chadwick	Helen Nicholson	Yeadon	4
4th & 2nd Vintage	V	1657	Brian Kitching	Olivia Stodiek	Chew Valley	8
5th & 3rd Vintage	V	1833	Angus Beyts	Gail Kaye	Forfar	9
6th & 4th Vintage	V	2345	Brian Herring	Ros Stevenson	Winsford Flash	9
7th	AC	3216	Neil McInnes	Katie McInnes	Yeadon	11
8th & 5th Vintage	V	2335	Tim Gatti	Gill Bilton	Yeadon	13
9th	V	2358	Tony Dufton	Ben Harding	Yeadon	15
10th	V	1607	Alan Mason	Paul Gibson	Redesmere	18
11th	V	1483	Ian Purkis	Margaret Purkis	Yorkshire Ouse	19
12th	AC	3330	Tim Hampshire	Christopher Hampshire	Ripon	20

Photos by Charles Hurford

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