Tewkesbury

Five 2.4s headed to Tewkesbury in changeable conditions. Turning up on Friday in the pouring rain the river was actually wider than remembered. I was told that the river is 90ft wide. With four of us coming back from the worlds in Sneek there was lots of reminiscing to be done which we did quite a lot of on the Friday night.

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Tidal Nationals

The Tidal Nationals 2017 were held on the 29/30th April and the 1st May sailed out of Fowey Gallants Sailing Club.                         

Fun in Fowey - ahoy!

Ten of us took our boats to Fowey,
That's Meg ,Keith and Iain,
Plus Kate ( that is I ),
With Steve and John Paul, plus Brooker to boot ,
With Nev , Andrew and Mike - what a hoot

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Frensham Pond Open Meeting 3rd & 4th June 

We had a wonderful weekend of racing. With a mixture of local boats and visitors, it made for a very competative and enjoyable event. It was very nice to see a few new and returning faces at the meeting.

For more  pictures of the event click here

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

That was the wind on day 1 at Queen Mary Sailing Club, as a gentle breeze oscillated around the reservoir.

Named after the queen consort to George V , the reservoir is a large area close to London for sailing , where the 2.4 fleet has planned to have an open meeting for the last couple of years, but were thwarted by the lack of water, but not this year.

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Snow White in Antwerp

Snow White (aka Dorothy... or maybe this should be the Wizard of Oz... no stick with the plan Kate, don't make the same mistakes you do when sailing) took her seven dwarfs on an outing to Antwerp. Sleepy (aka Iain), Dopey ( Simon ), Sneezy ( Martin W-J ), Bashful ( Bruce P), Grumpy ( Steve) , Happy (Keith ) , took to the water

They were joined by the Evil Queen ( Megan), the Mirror ( Kate) , whilst the Huntsman ( Jean Stowe ) and Doc ( Martin Pascoe) stayed ashore with Snow White to keep her safe.

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Rio 2016 2.4mR Paralympics

CONGRATULATIONS HELENA LUCAS - 2016 PARALYMPIC 2.4mR BRONZE MEDALLIST

The final placings for the Rio 2016 2.4mR Paralympics after a hard fought championships are: Damien Seguin FRA Matt Bugg AUS Helena Lucas GBR The final overall results here.