Antwerp 2019

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  And so on from Genoa, 3 fool hardy Brits continued onto Antwerp. One returning home for a brief 4 days at work (what does the T-Shirt say - " Born to Sail, Forced to Work"), the other 2 continuing their road trip. Meg , Kate and Nev where join my Brit , Martin Whittingham Jones, who had to pull out of Genoa. So a merry band of 4 headed into Antwerp, for what had looked like a pleasant three days sailing... but low and behold the weather forecast changed from a sunny 8mph to a blustery 18 gusting 30mph... oh joy, more windy weather, just what we needed.  Still at least the water would be flat !!

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German Nationals 2019 - Essen

A massive congratulations to Brian Harding, the soul GBR representative at the German Nationals this year. He finished a very respectable 21st out of 36, continuing his improvement over the season as he heads towards the Worlds in Genoa. Well done Brian 

Irish Nationals 2019-Kinsale

It was a long trip to Kinsale. but the food and the welcome by Kinsale Yacht Club made it all worth while. The weather was not particu;arly kind, with Saturday blowing an unusual SE wind that lead to a swell and chop in the Estuary, that meant sailing was cancelled. That did however leave us time to explore Kinsale with its amazing array of eating and drinking options.... it was tough.

Sunday however gave us a glorious day and the club running us 4 superb  races, the tide proving challenging to some. Meg was once again in a different league, giving the locals an excellent display on how to sail a 2.4mR well. The locals , quite rightly, thought the 2.4mR was a beautiful boat and that they would love to sail one.. we hope they do.

Dutch Nationals

W.v Aegir

Once again we travelled to this event, with the aim of sailing well and having fun. It’s fair to say that we all achieved the latter, whilst some sailed better than others. Congratulations have to go to Nev Millard who finished 2nd British boat out of 6... no guessing who was first. A fantastic achievement.

Thanks to W.V. Aegir, Tony and his band of helpers who did us proud. Nothing was too much trouble and the food and drink - there was plenty. The winds on the sailing area where fickle and shifty. On the Saturday, racing was abandoned after 2 races as the wind died, that left us time for a scenic trip around the canal, before a delicious BBQ in the evening.  

Meg again did us proud, not letting any one get a look in until the Sunday, when she let someone else have a chance. With two discard, she once again finished with a nice picket fence to count. Apparently it is tradition for the winner of the Dutch Nationals to take a plunge. With the weather fair and warm, Meg was happy to oblige.

For  more pictures of the event click here

For full results see Dutch Nationals 

Inland Nationals at Rutland  Sailing Club 

July 26th - 28th

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A lovely warm afternoon  greeted the early arrivals at Rutland Sailing Club for the Inland Nationals 2019 on Thursday and it was much of the same Friday for the later arrivals. Sun was out but unfortunately the breeze wasn't. Nice for rigging and boat bimberling but that was about it.  

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UK Tidal Nationals

RYA Multiclass regatta

After arriving on Friday and getting the boat in the water, accidental entertainment was provided due to the prom being run for the local schools. A red carpet was set up and there was a procession of cars and all the kids arrived beautifully dressed up after which they had an evening dinner in the hanger. It was great fun to watch and there was the wonderful juxtaposition between the sailors wondering around in kit, looking tired and wet and all the kids dressed up beautifully.

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