On the Road 2008

Cotswold August 17th

Whilst Ben Ainsley was doing his bit for history ten sailors from far and wide gathered for Cotswold Model Yacht Club’s Footy open meeting.

After the drifting match at Aylesbury it was great to get some decent wind and Trevor Thomas made the most of it from the off. Starting 1,1,2,1 he left the rest of the fleet standing and it was only John Birnie that provided any viable opposition. Gary and Christine Sanderson made the long journey up from Kent and were rewarded by taking third and fourth place respectively: Pete Hubbard and Ian Apps had less reward for their travels and the less said about the rest the better.

Lawrence Hartley suffered the trauma of seeing his boat sink after the aerial plug came loose and it took the skills of the rescue boat skipper and Gary Sanderson to recover the boat from seven foot of water; an operation that was not  aided by the “helpful” suggestions from the shore.

With rain clouds banking up to windward and some very long homeward journeys beckoning a halt was called after thirteen races.

David Wilkinson and the race team did a superb job and kept  things moving along nicely and the competitors were unanimous in their desire to return to the club again.

 

1st Trevor Thomas  GBR147 Mistralette  15 pts

2nd John Birnie  GBR180     Micron    23pts

3rd Gary Sanderson GBR13 Slimtrekker   31pts

4th Christine Sanderson GBR113   Duck 77pts

5th Ian Apps   GBR33  ‘507’ 88pts

 

Mark Collyer

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Hot day at Hove

The Hove Corporation Cup 29th June

A stiff breeze and warm sunshine greeted the seven Footies that arrived at Hove Lagoon for one of the oldest trophies in Model Yachting. 

Roger Stollery (Guildford) had a tremendous day, not only winning by a country mile, but also as a designer, with three of his designs in the top four.

A great day and a solid learning experience

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MYA Presidents Day 14 June

Despite the plethora of other classes, the Footies more than held their own with five visitors joining Bill Green at Bournville for a day of informal racing and boat development.

Bill spent the morning giving Trevor Thomas lessons on sailmaking, Andy Trewin experimented with his “square” rig on his new V12, and Mark Collyer tried unsuccessfully to get to grips with the sloop rig on his Kittywake; meanwhile Charles Smith and John Birine ( Bug and Micron, respectively) looked on and enjoyed the cabaret. When the racing started it was Trevor’s Mistallette and Bill’s Micron that set the pace for the afternoon with honours coming out even. John showed well in third and the others improved as the day went on.

In terms of numbers the Footies showed well and although the Micro Magics had greater numbers they were boosted by the MYA/RYA  fleet with Mike Weston doing an admirable job loaning them to anyone who happened to put their own boats down for a second.

All in all a very successful day and all credit is due to the club and the MYA for this.

  Mark Collyer

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