Any now for the most hotly contested prize of the week . . . the BURTON BRICK!

This year was a unique occassion as we were lucky enough to have both the Burton Brick and the Burton Box! The Brick spent the week resting in Pevensey enjoying the ideal sailing conditions following a a HARD year acting as a step for the Mackley's Cat!

Nominations were fruitful at this year's Burton!

 Steve Lightfoot showed the entire fleet that the best way to depower in a strong wind was to halve your sailing area. Steve ripped his main in two on the final beat - Steve later commented "I still had good upwind speed and so I went on to finish the beat!"

Sam Sutton, The National 12 fleet's very own "Man - o - Man", showed us just how much of a hunk he was by sailing home all the way from the gybe mark (a good 2 miles) on his own during the particularly windy Burton Race. Having sailed 2 miles in a force 6 and huge waves without capsizing Sam tipped it in within feet of the shore in front of half the fleet (whilst attempting a bow for his performance).

Our most entrepide traveller Marcus Wheel came all the way from Glasgow - not happy with his bouyancy Marcus decided to re-build his boat in the middle of the week.

We received a self nomination from Malcolm Mackley "for returning to the champs with the JIB BOOM!"

Chris Edwards was nominated for thinking he was sailing in the "streaker" class - something to do with wind, a washing line and not enough clothes!!!!

The OOD received a worthy nomination for setting a 2 mile first beat, against the tide! ouch! We would liked to have nominated Terry Cook for a related offense, during the same beat after sailing for 30 minutes Terry came across a mark and assumed it (as one would) to be the windward mark! Terry went flying down the reech in first place, then realised the actual windward mark was another mile away! Terry Could not be nominated however because his blistering upwind boat speed meant he rounded to the that mark first as well!

Graham Ireland put in a excellent performance this year. Graham hit an unfortunate wave whilst leaving the beach and put a hole through the bottom of his boat with his knee. Graham, being an inventive chap was not put off by this minor set back, whipping off his dingy boots he filled the hole with his socks. Content with the sea worthiness of the repair Graham Sailed on to do the race and only finally turned back when his centre board broke in two!

Antony Gifford received many nominations this year. In the first race Antony put his team racing skills to use and Cowboyed in at the first mark, then promptly jumped out of the boat (obviously in a fit of guilt!) In another race Antony found himself in the water again (common occurrence). Thinking his boat was a large yacht Antony looked for the ladders on the stern. Unfortunately his rudder didn't make a very good substitute and promptly broke in two!

RUNNER UP - Dare Barry was nominated for executing a perfect 180 degree flip (in the dinghy park) and landing with trolley still attached. Unfortunately this resulted in the tragic demise of his mast, but not a single scratch was found on the boat!

But this year we had a clear winner - This helmsman was not happy with the quality of his slot gasket and so replaced it to increase boat speed. The next day whilst sailing to the start the crew was heard to say "the centerboard is a little stiff this morning!". There was a short pause before the helm replied "Oh dear - I think I forgot to cut the slot in the centre board gasket!" - So the brick goes to a worthy winner - DARE BARRY!