Solway Yacht Membership had one of many busiest and most rewarding sequence of crusing actions of the season up to now on the weekend.
The membership was privileged to host The Challenger Travellers Open Assembly. Challenger crusing dinghies are 15 foot lengthy single handed trimarans, that are particularly designed to be sailed and raced by disabled and fewer cellular sailors.
5 rivals, together with one aged 92, took half in 4 races throughout the weekend. The races have been sailed round Tough Firth, the estuary of the River Urr because it flows out of Kippford. On every day an acceptable course was set by the principal race officer, Chris Nurney. Gentle northwesterly winds veering to southwesterly on each days made for fascinating tactical crusing by all involved.
On day one, all rivals accomplished the primary two lap race by crossing the ending line inside two minutes of one another. First to cross was Nick Bett adopted by David Driffill, Duncan Greenhalgh, Val Millward and Ronald Cameron.
The second race was equally aggressive, on this event being received by Val Millward adopted by David Driffill, Nick Bett, Duncan Greenhalgh and Ronald Cameron. The primary day was rounded off by a superb buffet supper, supplied by the Anchor Lodge, for all rivals, their helpers and members of the Solway Yacht Membership in Kippford Village Corridor.
Racing on day two happened in related comparatively mild wind circumstances with race three being received by David Driffill adopted by Val Millward, Duncan Greenhalgh, Nick Bett and Ronald Cameron.
The ultimate race was as tightly aggressive because the others and was received by Duncan Greenhalgh, carefully adopted by Val Millward, Nick Bett, David Driffill and Ronald Cameron.
In spite of everything outcomes have been taken under consideration prize giving, organized by the membership commodore Scott Practice, happened on the garden of the yacht membership pier. Total joint winners of the weekend’s racing have been Val Millward and David Driffill. In third place was Duncan Greenhalgh, fourth was Nick Bett and fifth Ronald Cameron.
Concurrently with the Challenger racing programme, the Solway Yacht Membership spring Saturday sequence and the spring Sunday sequence common competitions continued. Six dinghies took half in two races on each Saturday and Sunday with the primary three boats crossing the ending line inside a couple of minutes of one another on every event.
The present leaders of the Saturday sequence are Finlay Practice (Laser Radial) first, Pete Hammond and Ian Murgatroyd/John Sproat (Flying Fifteen) second and Stephen Gaughan and Richard Colbeck/Rhiannon Leyshon (Osprey) third. The current leaders of the Sunday sequence are Scott Practice and Anne Stewart (Flying Fifteen), with Stephen Gaughan and Richard Colbeck (Osprey) in second place and Colin Filer with Jamie Gascoine (Flying Fifteen) in third.
On Saturday night, earlier than the buffet supper, a lot of 2021 membership racing prizes have been offered to the winners by commodore Scott Practice. These included the Tordoff Cup 2021 membership championship trophy to Stewart Mitchell (Finn), the OK Palnackie Mug to the winners of the Palnackie pursuit race to Richard Colbeck and Alan Crichton (Buzz).
Stewart Mitchell (Finn) was awarded first prizes for the opener, summer time, autumn and the ultimate fling competitions. Scott Practice and Anne Stewart (Flying Fifteen) received the tip summer time sequence prize. Different prizes from final season awarded have been the Crusing By Vase (in reminiscence of Kevin Paul) to John Healey for an impressive contribution by a non-committee member, the Sally Hampton Trophy to Nicola McColm for essentially the most excellent contribution by a cadet member and the boat dealing with trophy to Toby Iglehart for the most effective boat dealing with by a cadet member.