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 Cowes Dinghy Week 2010 
Sun July 25^th to Fri July 30^th

This year’s Cowes Dinghy Week at Gurnard Sailing Club was blessed with warm weather and generally moderate winds, apart from Wednesday’s blow. Organiser Mark Harrison introduced a new format of 7 races for each fleet over 6 days, plus some committee boat starts, and the resulting racing was close, with several series not decided until the final day.

The Pico Race fleet was particularly hard fought, with cadet sailors Shannon Tate and Georgia Caws swapping the lead all week. Shannon needed to win the final race to retain her title, and led for most of the way, but Georgia fought back and it was neck and neck down the last run, with Georgia clinching the race and the series by inches on the line. The Laser 4.7 fleet was similarly close, but an emphatic win from Bradley McLaughlin in the final race secured series victory.

Ben Gibson dominated the Laser fleet, and also won the Yachts and Yachting trophy for best performance, with 6 wins and one second place. Derek Ness and daughter Daisy sailing an RS Feva won the slow handicap and also the Henry Symons Trophy for parent and child. The John Davis Memorial Trophy for best Gurnard cadet was awarded to Georgia Caws. 

In the Shadow cat class, several sailors gained podium places but Laurie Gustar sailed consistently to win the series, while in the big cats the Hurricane of Paul Jennings and Viki Gill survived the rough conditions on Wednesday to gain a lead which they maintained for the rest of the week. The Fast and Medium Handicaps were both very open, with Tim Wilkins and Heather Martin in an RS 500, and Miles Mence in his Blaze, winning the titles.   The RS 400 was won by Paul Bowen and Shaun Kellett, and in the Laser Radial, Richard Ellis won the battle of the masters, leaving Jane Peckham and Libby Deegan in 2nd and 3rd respectively. 

The prizes were presented by Sarah Webb, who sailed for Great Britain in Athens and Beijing, and who entertained the company with a lively tale of the highs and lows of winning Olympic golds. 

Commodore Martin Bean rounded off the week by thanking the event supporters - Awlgrip, Anacasta, Navigate Solutions, Happy Daze, North Sails, Joli and Fastnet Insurance, and in particular Mark Harrison and his wife Liz plus all the volunteers whose hard work made for a successful week both afloat and on shore.

Results

Fast cats:1 Paul Jennings/Viki Gill ^{Fast Cats}

Shadows:1 Laurie Gustar, 2 Robin Leather, 3 Jules Salter ^Shadows

Fast handicap:1 Tim Wilkins/Heather Martin, 2 Andy & Pat Paterson, 3 Martin Scott ^{Fast Handicap}

RS400:1 Paul Bowen/Shaun Kellett, 2 Graham Deegan/Judith French, 3 Luke Bradley/Ben Green ^RS400

Medium Handicap:1 Miles Mence, 2 Chris Gillies, 3 Tom Griffiths ^{Medium Handicap}

Laser:1 Ben Gibson, 2 Martin Bean, 3 Sam Prime ^Laser

Laser Radial:1 Richard Ellis, 2  Jane Peckham, 3 Libby Deegan ^{Laser Radial}

Laser 4.7: 1 Bradley McLoughlin, 2 Emma Baker, 3 Dominic Mortimer ^{Laser 4.7}

Pico Race:1 Georgia Caws, 2 Shannon Tate, 3 Stuart Sanders ^{Pico Race}

Slow Handicap: 1 Derek & Daisy Ness, 2 Paul & Jenny Schofield, 3 Ben Symons, 4 Simon & Alice Bean ^{Slow Handicap}

Ancient Mariners Award: Barry Byham & John Hayden

Youngest Sailor Award: Charlotte Conder, aged 8.

John Davis Trophy for best under-18: Georgia Caws

Henry Symons Trophy for best parent/child: Derek & Daisy Ness

Morgan Ladies Cup: Jane Peckham

Yachts and Yachting Trophy for best performance: Ben Gibson  

Entry form (Entries so far - see below)

Sailing Instructions

The annual Cowes Dinghy Week regatta is hosted by Gurnard Sailing Club in the waters of the Western Solent, during the week immediately preceding Cowes Week. (www.cowesweek.co.uk )

Dinghy week is a friendly but fiercely contested regatta, attracting around 150 entries from sailors of all ages, in a range of classes, with social events most evenings.

For sailors under 16, there is also Gurnard Junior Regatta, which runs from Fri 23^rd July-Sun 25^th July and caters for all abilities

Sailing

Seven races are scheduled over 6 days, with starts from the club line and racing on a variety of courses in Gurnard Bay and the Western Solent. As well as the traditional 2-2 ½  hour long races, this year each class will have one day with 2 shorter races run back to back,  from a committee boat.

All dinghy classes are welcome. There will be class racing for classes with 8 or more entries, a catamaran handicap class, and three monohull handicap classes. Classes confirmed already are Shadows, RS400, Lasers and Pico Race.

Entries to date (updated 18/07/10)

Dinghy week entries at 7/7/10 Boat sail no Name   Crew Club             f18 cat GBR 825 Douglas Wright Iain Lawrie GSC f18 cat GBR3 Christopher Murphy Lewis Couch GSC f18 cat gbr8 Adam Younger Sarah Younger GSC f18 cat TBA Ian Molyneux Clarie Wakeley Yaverland RS500 566 Jeni Tod Kate Tod Lymington Town RS500 625 Tim Wilkins Heather Martin Hickling Broad SC RS800 845 Steve Cole Pete Green GSC RS800 860 Chris Symons Paul Jennings GSC RS700 865 Phil Bunn xx GSC RS700 877 Martin Scott xx GSC RS800 1060 Richard Fagan Pete Evans GSC Iso 1171 Barry  Byham John Hayden GSC sprint sport 15 1365 Derek Kingsland xx GSC sprint sport 15 1952 Katherine Leather XX GSC TopazCX 16 6187 Mike Sleep xx GSC topaz 14 extreme 7150 Michele Fisher xx GSC topaz 14 extreme 7379 Tony Petit xx GSC Laser 107242 Mike Elsom xx GSC laser 174575 Martin Bean xx GSC laser 174761 Joshua Peckham XX GSC laser 182447 Steve Kimpton xx GSC laser 190565 Sam  Prime xx RVYC laser 191854 Kingsley Brown XX GSC laser   192716 Ben Donald XX GSC Laser 197689 Julian James xx GSC laser 4.7 138166 Georgina Hill xx seaview yc laser 4.7 189138 Bradley McLaughlin xx RVYC laser 4.7 191300 Emma Baker xx RVYC laser 4.7 194123 Dominic Mortimer XX RVYC laser 4.7 ?? Jack Cox xx RlymYC laser 4.7   Will Toogood xx Bembridge sailing club laser 4.7   Jamie Cobb xx Bembridge sailing club laser 4.7   Louisa Laughton-Scott xx Bembridge sailing club laser 4.7   Hector Jervis xx Bembridge sailing club laser 4.7   Connie Chalmers xx Bembridge sailing club laser 4.7   Freddie Chalmers xx Bembridge sailing club laser 4.7   Poppy Maltby xx Bembridge sailing club Laser radial 164466 Mike Peddar xx GSC Laser radial 176830 Jane Peckham XX GSC Laser radial 193523 Libby Deegan XX GSC Laser radial 197779 Richard Ellis xx GSC Laser radial   Alex Toogood xx Bembridge sailing club Laser radial   Emma Toogood xx Bembridge sailing club Laser radial   Fergus Penny xx Bembridge sailing club Laser radial   Geroge Mathews xx Bembridge sailing club Laser radial   James Beart xx Bembridge sailing club laser radial   Laetitia Jervis xx Bembridge sailing club rs100 136 Chris Gillies XX GSC RS200 316 Claire Lewis Crissie Alexander- James Tudor Sailing club Blaze 668 Miles Mence xx Royal solent Yacht Club laser Vago 899 Chloe Hill Rebecca Lines seaview yc RS200 920 Tom Harrison Oscar Donovan GSC RS200 991 Edward Conder Edward Panek GSC RS200 1096 James Stevens Caroline stevens GSC lark 2046 Roger Bee Dawn Bee GSC National 12 3521 Dare  Barry Thomas Griffiths RVYC laser II 7671 Amanda Harding Marilyn Barrell GSC 420 53053 Jane Sceales Cassie Symes Yarmouth Pico Race 4 James Hamer xx GSC Pico Race 30 Anna robinson xx GSC Pico Race 168 Isobel McInnes xx BHYC/RVYC Pico Race 4848 Joseph norman xx Brading haven SC Pico race 5814 Ella Symons xx GSC Pico Race 5837 Stuart Sanders xx Yarmouth SC Pico Race 7957 Shannon Tate xx GSC Pico Race 8073 Helen Ralfs xx GSC Pico Race 9508 Jessica Attrill xx RVYC Pico Race 10363 Georgia Caws xx GSC Pico Race 10365 Tom Stevens xx GSC Pico Race 10543 Karis Minshull XX GSC RS400 806 Luke Bradley Ben Green GSC RS400 944 Sophie French Pete French GSC RS400 962 Gary Collett Richard Gill GSC RS400 964 Paul Tyson Sam Tyson GSC RS400 1056 andrew Warren Debs Warren GSC RS400 1099 Graham Deegan Judith French GSC RS400 1123 Ivan Burden Ewa Trojan Portchester SC RS400 1220 Ali Bridle Ian 'Hose Ronaldo' Gibbs GSC RS400 1245 Paul Blowers Lucy Newnham GSC RS400 1256 Paul Bowen Shaun Kellett GSC RS400 1362 Brett Aarons Robbie Southwell GSC RS400 ?? Phil Wright Pat Downer GSC Shadow 15 Jules salter xx GSC Shadow 18 Paul Tanner xx GSC Shadow 32 Mike Martin xx GSC Shadow 40 Dave Downer XX GSC Shadow 43 Tony Wyeth xx GSC Shadow 56 Robin Leather xx GSC Shadow 63 Laurie Gustar xx GSC Shadow 64 Carl Blenkinsop xx GSC Feva 140 Lawrence  Tate TBA GSC Feva 894 Beth Noakes Ann Hinton Yarmouth SC Topper topaz 921 Peter Bowen TBA GSC Feva 999 David solomon xx GSC Feva 1300 Martin Conder Charlotte Conder GSC miracle 1305 Simon Bean Alice Bean GSC Pico training 2008 Jack Elsom xx GSC Pico  training  2141 Annika Tomlinson xx GSC Feva 2626 Derek Ness Daisy Ness GSC Feva 2783 Samuel Tremlett Kimberley Jennings GSC Pico training 6756 Oscar Bicket Harry Chisholm   Pico training 8071 Ben Symons xx GSC Pico Race 10364 Rob  Sauven TBA GSC Pico training 10381 Katie Peddar xx GSC Topper 45249 Ian Joliffe xx GSC mirror 67471 Paul Schofield Jenny Schofield GSC Pico  training  Club 1 Rachel Poyner xx GSC Pico  training  Club 2 Yvonne Schmeidel xx GSC

Social

There is a vibrant social programme throughout both regattas, with lunches and teas available daily, and entertainment and food most evenings. See below for the line up this year:

 

 

 

 

 

For further details please contact  dinghyweek@gurnardsc.org

 

 

Help needed!

We need volunteers to help run this event. A list is in the clubhouse to sign up for the following duties:

Kitchen

Bar

Safety boat

Beach masters

People to help with the tallies

Please sign up in the clubhouse or email me with details of how/where/when you can help

web@gurnardsc.org.uk

Thanks!

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