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Richard Harris and Jason Stokes win Cookham Merlin open 

Tamesis boats took the first three places in an 18 strong fleet at the Merlin Rocket Thames series open meeting at Cookham Reach SC on Sunday 11 May. Richard Harris and Jason Stokes were first overall in Passing Cloud (1079) with two firsts, winning the Cookham Shield; Berry Ritchie and Sue Harris were second in Crescendo (607), counting a first and second; and Andrew Harris and Liam Dempsey were third in Millie (3649), counting two seconds.

With a light, variable and extremely shifty east/northeasterly breeze, all three races were contested around a straightforward sausage course with windward and leeward marks left to port. Race one began with a beat downstream towards Cookham road bridge. With the transit on the start line diagonally across the river, boats that positioned themselves towards the opposite bank were forward of those starting on the club side and seemed to have an advantage in terms of clear air and the race to the first mark. For those tacking up the Berkshire bank, extreme caution also had to be taken with the overhanging tree branches and moored motor cruisers.

After a break for lunch and refreshments, races two and three were held back-to-back, and the course was set upstream around the bend with the river now in a generally north/south direction. The start/finish line moved upstream with the fleet, and the river widened out to reveal open fields to the left and the hope of freer conditions. If anything however, the breeze seemed more shifty and variable, and with the shallow water on the Berkshire side, making progress was tricky, with the tail-enders being lapped by the leading section of the fleet.

The final race saw a somewhat depleted fleet of 11 boats and the chance for those carrying a bad result to improve their overall standing. Racing was competitive across the range of ability and speed and, as ever on the Thames, close quartered and challenging.

Overall results:  1 Passing Cloud (1079) Richard Harris & Jason Stokes, Tamesis, 2 points; 2 Crescendo (607)  Berry Ritchie & Sue Harris, Tamesis, 3 points; 3 Millie (3649) Andrew Harris & Liam Dempsey, Tamesis, 5 points; 4 Boing Went Zebedee (3504) Chris Whitehouse & Ellie Bremer, Ranelagh SC, 9 points; 5  Luka (3560) Mike Stephens & Barry Mourant, Tamesis, 9 points; 8 Harry (3599) Ken Duffell & Brian Corking, Tamesis, 11 points; 11 Total Eclipse (3233) Richard Mourant & Joe Woods, Tamesis, 19 points. 

Andrew Harris and Liam Dempsey, sailing Millie (3649), won the Guy Pearce Memorial Trophy handicap race at Cookham Reach on Saturday 10 May.  (Report by Richard Mourant)..

The Tamesis prizewinners (Photo:  Robert Harris)

Tamesis Solos at Wraysbury

Three Tamesis Solos made the trip to a very hot and sunny Berkshire on Sunday 11 May for the open meeting at Wraysbury Lake SC, where Jack Holt designed the Solo while he was commodore of the club some 50 years ago. Racing was close in very light and shifty conditions that did not improve throughout day. There were some big lulls and shifts. Hero to zero stuff all in one shift or puff!

Tamesis placings:  5 Wild One (4836) Rob Wilder;  6 Bada Bing! (4850) JoeMcLaughlin;  8 Graham Hughes  (Report by Rob Wilder).

Queen Adelaide Cup won by Pope and Stephens

Doug Pope and Mike Stephens won the Queen Adelaide Cup on handicap in One over the Eight (349) in a nine boat entry of National 18s on Saturday 10 May.  The Anchor Trophy for the first on-the-water result went to Jeremy Vines and Maxine Webb in Rhapsody (375), who beat Pope and Stephens by one point.

There were three races with no discard. The racing started in typical Tamesis light and variable winds which gradually strengthened as the afternoon went on and the last race was sailed in a beautiful Force 1 to 2 from the NNE. 

There were nine entries and after the first two races there were ties in both the Tamesis Anchor and the Queen Adelaide Cup. So it was all to sail for in the final race. In the event, Rhapsody, sailed by Jeremy Vines and Maxine Webb, won the on-the-water Tamesis Anchor trophy by 1 point from One over the Eight, sailed by Doug Pope and Mike Stephens, with Ocatillo (316), Charles Fox and Hugh McLaughlin, third. 

The Queen Adelaide Cup handicap trophy was won by Doug Pope and Mike Stephens, with Red Dragon (333), sailed by Richard Howells and Ralph Griffiths, second, and  Charles Fox and Hugh McLaughlin in Ocatillo once again third. Fourth, fifth and sixth positions for the Tamesis Anchor were settled after a three way IYRU tie-break, showing the competitiveness throughout the fleet.

By the smiles as people came ashore, an enjoyable time was had by all … even the prospective nominee for the Uffa Spoon!  (Report by Ian Burnett).

Rhapsody leading One over the Eight upriver (Photo:  Richard Howells)

Tamesis results at Rutland Merlin open

Two Tamesis boats travelled to Rutland SC for the Merlin Rocket silver tiller open meeting on Rutland Water on Sunday 4 May.  John Buckley and William Anderson were 49th overall in (3404) and Richard Mourant and Joe Woods were 51st in (3233).

Joe McLaughlin wins Reading Solo open 

Joe McLaughlin  won the Reading Solo open meeting in Bada Bing! (4850) on Sunday 27 April and Rob Wilder was second in  Wild One (4836).  The mainly light and shifty conditions suited the two Tamesis sailors, who made the most of the familiar weather in a highly competitive 17 boat fleet.  Joe scored a second, first and fourth and Rob had a sixth, third and first, winning the last and windiest race of the day.  The event was organised by Reading SC and was part of the Solo Thames series.

Andrew Harris and Sara Warren sixth at Hayling Merlin open

Andrew Harris and Sara Warren finished sixth overall in a fleet of 32 boats at the Hayling Island SC Merlin Rocket open meeting on Sunday 27 April.  Sailing Mille (3649), they had a third and a ninth and a discarded 24th from the three race event which was sailed in light  south westerly winds.  Phil Plumtree and Kirsty Phipps were 27th in Raunchy (3621).

Tamesis boats in Glyn Charles Pursuit

Two boats from Tamesis competed in the 2008 Glyn Charles Pursuit Race, which attracted 215 entries this year from Cadets to foiling Moths and foiling RS600s at Hayling Island SC on Saturday 26 April. Mike Stephens raced his vintage Passing Cloud replica Luka (3560), with Andy Douglas crewing, and was 10th Merlin out of 24 modern designs and 42nd overall.  Phil Plumtree racing his new Let it Ride wide Merlin, Raunchy (3621), with Kirsty Phipps as crew, was 15th Merlin and 87th overall. This annual event offers a magnificent day's racing in Chichester Harbour, where the sand bars and tides are said to offer excellent practice for Salcombe Merlin Week.

Looking for the exit (Photo:  Ian Roman, www.ianroman.com)

Sarah Webb and colleagues win bronze medals at Hyeres

Tamesis member Sarah Webb and her crew colleague gold medallists Sarah Ayton and Pippa Wilson finished third overall in Mirabaud (GBR12) to take the bronze medals in the 20 boat Yngling fleet at the French Olympic Sailing Week in Hyeres on Friday 25 April. They had started well with a third and a first in the opening races but a 14th in the third race had to be added to their overall score after they discarded a 15th and 16th later in the week.  They held fourth position overall for several days but a second place in Friday's medal race enabled them to break clear of the Russian and Finnish boats, both of which had been ahead on points earlier in the week, to finish just behind the American crew with 51 points overall.  The Norwegian Yngling took the gold medals with 44 points, finishing sixth in the medal race, which was won by the Americans.   The British crew's score line from the 11 races sailed was 3,1,14, 3, 7,10,16, 5, 4, 15 and 2.  Their bronze medals follow golds at the Yngling European championship at Blanes earlier in April, when they beat the Americans by one point,  and silver medals at the Princess Sophia Trophy regatta at Palma in March.

Mike Stephens takes early lead in De May Trophy series

Mike Stephens took an early lead in this year's De May Trophy series for vintage Merlin Rockets with two wins at a cold and windy open meeting at Datchet Water SC on Saturday 19 April.  Despite the grey skies, rain and brisk easterly wind putting some competitors off, four Tamesis boats took part in the event . With the first start postponed, racing finally got underway by 12.15pm. Other visitors, Mervyn Allen - Kate (1), Chris Barlow - Iska (6), Nick Price - Diablo (214) and Ben Marshall - Fat Marce (2529), decided not to compete in the 15-20 knots easterly winds and wet, overcast conditions. Racing was over a triangle/sausage course, with both results being decided after two laps. Gusts were fairly strong but more predictable and controllable than those often experienced at Tammy. Race one saw both second placed Splatter and fourth placed Lady Anne capsize, the former losing her bow buoyancy bag in the process, and the latter breaking her tiller extension. With only Flinkidink and Saltarello left in the running, overall results were decided in race two and the remaining two boats opted to forget the final race. Despite the small number of competitors, those who did take part agreed the sailing had been hugely enjoyable with big open courses, long legs and planing conditions with the kite up. Mike commented afterwards that his boat had never gone so fast before.

Overall results: 1 Flinkidink (1097) Mike Stephens & Aaron, 2pts; 2 Salterello (1602) John Adams & Richard Mourant,  4 pts; 3= Splatter (1631) Phil Plumtree & Steph Brandt,10pts; 3= Lady Anne (1978) Charlie Morgan & Jo Crabtree,10pts .  (Report by Richard Mourant).

Joe McLaughlin sixth at Maidenhead

Joe McLaughlin was sixth overall in a 16 boat fleet at the second open meeting in the Solo Thames Valley series at Maidenhead SC on Saturday 19 April.   Sailing Bada Bing! (4850), he was seventh, seventh and second in the three races and scored nine points after the discard.

Tamesis Cadets do well at Frensham

Mary Henderson and Rachel Thomas won the first under 13 prize at the Cadet open meeting at Frensham Pond SC on Saturday 19 April and the first under 14 prize went to former Tamesis helm Abigail Croft, who was crewed by Katie Hinde of Frensham.  The 57 boat entry made this Frensham's largest open meeting for 40 years.

Wakefield and Saunderson win Elizabeth Cup at Firefly open

Nigel Wakefield and Emily Saunderson of Wessex Exiles won the Elizabeth Cup on a tie break at the Tamesis open meeting for Fireflies on Sunday 13 April.  Sailing Flo (3674), they had a first, second and third from the three races, giving them three points overall after discarding the third, pushing Alex Davey and Jonquil Brookes from the Royal Harwich YC sailing (3690) into second place, also with three points from a second, first and a discarded fourth.  The light south westerly breeze gave the 12 entrants some frustrating moments in the beat upriver against the stream, particularly if they were caught in a near windless flat spot at the same time as a cold rain shower eclipsed the sunshine.  Race Officer Donald Forbes set a single dogleg course and the skill of the frontrunners in searching out the favourable wind patterns soon became evident in the wide gaps that developed throughout the fleet during each of the four round races.  Mark Tait and Sally Wakefield from Burghfield SC were third overall in Dido (498), scoring  two thirds and a first.  Fourth overall, with six points, were Rob Cage and his daughter Georgina, from Bewl Valley SC, in Flare (18). The meeting was part of the Vines Trophy series.  In addition to Wessex Exiles (a club for former Southampton University SC members), the Royal Harwich, Burghfield and Bewl Valley, there were visitors from Castaways (ex-London University), Hamble River SC and Dell Quay SC. 

Overall results:  Firefly Open 2008 

Jostling for prime position at the start (Photo: Carolyne Vines)

View from the starters box shows Nigel Wakefield gets it spot on (Photo:  Peter Johnson)

The winners were presented with the cup by Tamesis Commodore Peter Mason (Photo:  Carolyne Vines)

Tamesis Merlins get warm welcome at Ranelagh despite capsize in snow

Three Tamesis Merlins trailed to Putney for the Merlin Rocket Silver Tiller Trophy at Ranelagh SC on Sunday 6 April and received a warm welcome despite the overnight snow.  The weather reduced the fleet to 11 boats and by the start at 13.45 there was a moderate northerly breeze for the long beat up to Hammersmith Bridge with the tide, followed by a  tricky  run back downriver to the club. 

Chris Whitehouse and Ellie Bremer led from the start in Boing Went Zebedee (3504), but they were soon overtaken by Duncan Salmon and Ian Garwood of Wembley SC in Poached Salmon (3644),  and Alex Jackson and Chris Downham of Shoreham SC in Attack of the Clones (3662).  Tamesis helm Andy Harris, crewed by Liam Dempsey, in Mille (3649) broke through to the lead at the windward mark.

Five boats pulled out ahead on the run against the tide with Phil Plumtree, of Tamesis, crewed by Kirsty Phipps, in Raunchy (3621) rounding the windward mark close behind Whitehouse and Bremer.  Success seemed to depend on when to cross the river from the Fulham to the Putney bank.

There was continued place changing among the top four, until Andy Harris and Liam Dempsey suffered a capsize on the third run and decided to retire.  After five laps of close racing Jackson and Downham took the winning gun with Salmon and Garwood second.  Phil Plumtree and Kirsty Phipps were fourth.   The third Tamesis boat, Harry (3599), sailed by Ken Duffell and Brian Corking, retired with a broken main halyard.

The cold run down river  (Photo:  Robert Harris)

Ben Vines in winning team at Team Racing Nationals

Ben Vines was a member of the Spinnaker All Stars team which won the National Team Racing Championship in Fireflies at the Spinnaker Club near Ringwood on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 April.

Sarah Webb and crewmates win gold medals at Yngling European Championship

Tamesis member Sarah Webb and her crewmates Sarah Ayton and Pippa Wilson were overall winners of the Yngling European Championship which ended on Saturday 5 April at Blanes on the Mediterranean coast of Spain north of Barcelona.  Sailing Mirabaud (GBR 12), they beat the American crew of Sally Barkow, Carrie Howe and Debbie Capozzi (USA 337) by only one point in a close four boat finish. The British team had four firsts, a third, seventh, eighth, and 14th, giving them 53 points overall.  They finished second in the medal race, which was sailed in a moderate sea breeze with some good surfing waves, but their one point lead was enough to give them the gold medal place on the podium. The Americans, who were first in the medal race, had 54 points from one first, a second, three fourths,  a fifth, ninth, an 11th, and a 12th.  They won silver medals.  The Dutch boat (Ned11) sailed by Renee Groeneveld, Annenike Bes and Merel Witteveen was third with 57 points. The performance of the British crew under great pressure, which included a closely fought protest on the Thursday, bodes well for their prospects at the Olympics in August.  Their success in the European Championship follows their victory in the World Championship in February for the second year in succession. Please see earlier report on this page. 

The European Championship ran from 30 March to 5 April at the Club Vela Blanes, Girona.

Sarah sent a newsletter to Tamesis via Commodore Peter Mason about how she and her crewmates overcame the strong challenge from two Russian crews to win silver medals in the Yngling Class at the Princess Sophia Trophy regatta at Palma, Majorca in March.  Please click on YNGLING NEWSLETTER 16 for details.   See also report on that regatta below.

Richard Harris wins Geoff Cooper Trophy in Passing Cloud

A light westerly over a strongish stream made hugging the banks and judging the right angle to go for the marks key factors in the last race of the Merlin winter series on Sunday 30 March. Typical Tamesis weather, in other words. Richard Harris, sailing his father's  Passing Cloud (MR1079) was a close winner from Oliver Houseman in Mike Stephen's Luka (3560), a modern replica of the same design, with Berry Ritchie and Sue Harris the best of the rest in Crescendo (607). 

The conditions prevented the race lasting the full two hours that tradition dictates, but that did not prevent the fleet stretching over a wide interval, with Richard lapping all but the next two boats at least once. The Laser class was a more general victim of the conditions, with an endless stream of Merlins swamping their wind. There is a strong case for separate rounding marks on such occasions, particularly downstream.

The impact of the race on the overall results for the Merlin winter series was small. Mike Stephens had already sealed victory with a string of first and second places. But Crescendo's third place enabled Berry and Sue to steal second overall from Andy and Nym Harris by two points.

Home teams contest final in windy Serpentine Cup

Tamesis Club's first and second teams both won their way through to the final in some exciting sailing at the annual inter-club team race for the Serpentine Cup on Teddington reach on Saturday 29 March.  With a warning of gale force winds and heavy rain for later in the day, Race Officer Brian Southcott lost no time in getting the racing off to an early start and the first rounds  were sailed in bright sunshine and a moderate to fresh south westerly wind.  Even so one of the Thames SC boats unfortunately suffered two capsizes and that destroyed their chance of progressing further, leaving London Corinthian SC and Hampton SC to share equal third place.  The wind veered to the west and strengthened considerably for the final, which was won by Tamesis One, represented by Andrew Harris and Andy Douglas and Phil Plumtree and Charlie Morgan, in a fast thinking, fast moving contest described by Commodore Peter Mason at the prizegiving as "like playing chess on the water".  They were presented with a magnum of champagne along with the Serpentine Cup by the Rear Commodore Sailing of the Royal Thames YC, Bernard Kinchin, who recalled that the Royal Thames had originally presented the cup for an inter-club event on the Serpentine where it had been won by Tamesis in three successive years.  Tamesis was then deemed to have won it outright and re-presented the cup for an annual inter-club team race on the Thames.  The race was sailed by two boat teams in Merlin Rockets.  The on the water umpires were Ricky Walters, Bernard Kinchin, David Law and Chris Simon.

Results:  1 Tamesis One (Andrew Harris & Andy Douglas, Phil Plumtree & Charlie Morgan);  2 Tamesis Two (David Vines & Joe Woods, John Adams & Doug Pope);  3 London Corinthian SC (Alan Beaney & Jess Holly, Rhys Triffitt & Simon Hills) & Hampton SC (John Bell & Duncan Bell, Phil Dalby & Suzi Bell);  5 Thames SC (Nick Hoskins & Chris Martin, Kevin Pearson & Nick Fribbins).

Tamesis 2 and Hampton jockeying for the mark (Photo:  Carolyne Vines)

Phil Plumtree, Charlie Morgan, Andy Douglas holding the champagne, Andrew Harris holding cup and Rear Commodore Kinchin (Photo:Carolyne Vines) 

Ice Bucket Trophy attracts British Moths in freezing weather

Bitterly cold northerly winds gusting at over 40 knots, a sharp overnight frost and snow flurries severely reduced the enthusiasm of both club members and visitors for this year's Easter Regatta at Tamesis and entries were down to 14 - one of the smallest for many years.  The strongest winds were on Saturday 22 March when the Officer of the Day, John Adams, Rear Commodore Sailing, first postponed and then wisely abandoned racing for the day.  By Sunday morning 23 March the wind had dropped to a light westerly with occasional snow showers and five British Moths set off on the first of three races for the appropriately named Ice Bucket Trophy.  The eventual winner was local helmsman Rob Wilder, sailing Proper Job (846), who collected three firsts, with the best two counting for overall points.  Colin Hall, of Hunts SC, was second overall with three seconds.  The wind strengthened and veered to the north in the afternoon to give a fast run upriver, with a difficult dogleg from the Surrey to the Middlesex bank that provided good viewing for spectators sheltering in the warmth of the clubhouse, and a downstream beat.

Mike Stephens and Doug Pope won the Merlin Cup with two firsts in Luka (3560) and Ken Duffell and John Adams were second in Harry (3599) scoring a fourth and second after some impressive spinnaker handling.  The Bryan Evans Cup went to Stewart Colley, the winning Laser, in Grey Dove (17688) counting a second and a first, with Henry Defries second in Limelight (42169).

Results:  British Moths - 1 Proper Job (846) Rob Wilder, Tamesis, 2 points;  2 Ockams Razor (856) Colin Hall, Hunts SC, 4 points;  3 Scruff (871) Roger Witts, Frampton on Severn SC, 6 points.  Merlin Rockets - 1 Luka (3560) Mike Stephens and Doug Pope, Tamesis, 2 points; 2 Harry (3599) Ken Duffell and John Adams, Tamesis, 6 points;  3 Smart Cookie (3559) Peter and Richard Mason, Tamesis, 8 points.   Lasers - 1 Grey Dove (17688) Stewart Colley, 3 points;  2 Limelight (42169) Henry Defries, Tamesis, 5 points.

The British Moths beat downstream under a threatening sky (Photo:  Joe McLaughlin)

Luka runs upstream between two close-hauled Lasers (Photo:  Richard Howells)

Tamesis Solo sailors first and third at Island Barn

Two Tamesis members, Rob Wilder and Joe McLaughlin, were first and overall in a 24 boat fleet in the Solo late winter series at Island Barn Reservoir SC.  Rob, sailing Wild One (4836), had five firsts and Joe had three seconds, a third and fourth in Bada Bing! (4850).

Sarah Webb and crewmates win silver medals in Princess Sophia Trophy regatta

Sarah Webb and her crewmates, Sarah Ayton and Pippa Wilson sailing Team Mirabaud (GBR 12) finished second overall with 39 points to win silver medals  in the Yngling class at the Princess Sophia Trophy regatta at Palma, Majorca, on Friday 21 March.  They were third in Friday's medal race, which was sailed in strong winds and choppy seas, following their fifth and fourth in Thursday's two races and have discarded an OCS from Wednesday's race. Their earlier placings include a first, second, third,  fourth and two sevenths.  The gold medals went to the Russian Yngling (Rus 4), which finished first on Friday to gain 29 points overall after discarding a 10th.  The other Russian entry,  Maritime Bank (RUS 8), which had been in the lead on Thursday, dropped to third place overall with 45 points, having finished 10th in the medal race.  The American Yngling (USA 337), which  was also OCS on Wednesday, has maintained fifth overall with 51 points, behind the Chinese boat (CHN 1), which  has 50 points.  The regatta began on Sunday 16 March.

Team Mirabaud, the British Yngling, sailing in the Princess Sophia Trophy regatta (Photo:  Marie Rondoz)

Wilder second overall at Broadwater

Rob Wilder was second overall at the first Solo open meeting of the 2008 season at Broadwater SC near Denham on Sunday 9 March.  He was sixth, fourth and first in the three races in Wild One (4836) in a shifty wind with lulls and gusts allowing big losses and gains for the 25 competitors.  The event was won by Tony Cooper of King George SC in Han (4698), with Godfrey Clark (4120) of Fishers Green SC third, and Will Loy (4835) of Littleton SC fourth.

Rob Wilder sailing Wild One (4836) in centre of picture (Photo:  Broadwater SC)

Sarah Webb and crewmates win Yngling World Championship for second year

Tamesis member Sarah Webb and her crewmates, Sarah Ayton and Pippa Wilson, won gold medals at the 2008 Yngling World Championship on Friday 15 February for the second year in succession. They were defending the title they gained at the 2007 World Championship in Cascais, Portugal, last July. By finishing fifth in the 10 boat medal race on the final day they consolidated their strong overall lead in a 28 boat fleet after ten races at the Championship week in Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida. Sailing Team Mirabaud GBR 12, they scored a first, third, third, second, fourth, fifth, first, fourth, second and 11th in the ten races and went into the medal race with an overall score of 25 points, less than half that of their nearest rivals. The11th became their discard, replacing an earlier fifth. Their final overall points total was 35.

The silver medals went to the Australians, Krystal Weir, Karyn Gojnich and Angela Farrell, in AUS 59.  They started the medal race with 56 points from the 10 races, having scored a fourth, sixth, second, third, 10th, 10th, ninth, ninth and third and discarded a 14th from their last race.  They finished ninth in the medal race and had 74 points overall.

The German crew, Ulrike Schuemann, Julia Bleck and Ute Hoepfner, took the bronze medals in GER 261. They dropped from second overall on Wednesday to third overall on Thursday with 61 points from a  sixth, seventh, fifth, first, third, ninth, fifth, eighth, a discarded 27th in the ninth race, and 17th in the tenth.  They were seventh in the medal race and finished with a total of 75 points.

The medal race was won by the French boat  FRA 9, sailed by Anne-Claire Le Berre, Marion Deplanque and Alice Ponsar, who had 86 points overall. The American boat USA 337, sailed by Sally Barkow, Carrie Howe and Debbie Capozzi,  was fourth overall and fourth in the medal race, finishing with 86 points. 

The other British entry, GBR 17, sailed by Shirley Robertson, Annie Lush and Lucy Macgregor qualified for the medal race by moving up to10th overall at the end of the week and was sixth in the medal race.  They discarded a 29 point  penalty for being over the line in the first race and were counting a 22nd, 14th, seventh, sixth, third, 11th, 13th, 10th and fifth, giving them 103 points overall.

GBR 12 leading in the first race (Photo:  yngling.org)

Sarah Webb has sent the following account of the racing at Miami to Tamesis Commodore Peter Mason in her latest newsletter YNGLING NEWSLETTER 15.

The 2008 championship ran from Sunday 10 to Friday 15 February.  Ayton, Webb and Wilson had finished fifth in the preliminary Olympic classes regatta a week previously. They were officially selected by the British Olympic Association on Tuesday 8 January to represent Britain at the Olympic regatta at Qingdao in August.  Their selection, announced together with six other leading sailors as part of Team GB, followed their naming by the Royal Yachting Association on Tuesday 18 September as first choice to represent Britain at the games. See ROYAL YACHTING ASSOCIATION  website for more details.

Please also see NEWS  page and YNGLING NEWSLETTER for more details. 

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