Yorkshire Ouse Sailing Club open meeting
The 2017 GUL “Naburn Paddle”, 4th June 2017.
For the first time in many years, if ever,
Yorkshire Ouse SC had been invited to host a round of the
National 12 traveller series, now generously sponsored by
GUL Watersports, run over the season across the UK. The Club
was delighted to accept and the event duly started in bright
sunshine and light winds with the Jubilee Trophy Race on
Sunday morning.
A much improved attendance saw a
crowded start line on the river but Patrick Hamilton and
Gail Kay N3502 got clean away, chased hard by the leading
vintage boat N2620 of Dave Peacock and his YOSC crew Tina
Beresford. Third was multiple past winner and YOSC stalwart,
Philip David with his crew Fiona Phillips, both former YOSC
Commodores in N2545.
After a lunch stop the wind had
picked up, leading to some brisk sailing, but this time the
Hamilton/Kay crew were over the line at the start and had to
return, putting them out of contention. This left the
Peacock/Beresford crew a clear run to a vintage boat win
over the far more modern competition.
The final race
and a shorter course but now it was the Peacock/Beresford
boat over the line at the start. Tim Hampshire (N3330) was
first to the windward mark and held the lead for much of the
race. Following the Hampshire boat, a crowded leeward mark
had Brian Herring & Ros Stevenson (N2345) in trouble
dropping them to last before recovering well. As the race
reached its third lap, the Hamilton/Kay crew reasserted
their authority and took the lead and a well-deserved win.
Prize-giving, YOSC cakes and YOSC’s famous Naburn Paddle,
rounded off the day with Patrick Hamilton and Gail Kay
overall winners, both of the Jubilee Trophy and The Paddle,
with Dave Peacock and Tina Beresford second and winning the
Transom Trophy for vintage boats. Also awarded were valuable
prize vouchers most generously supplied by series sponsor
GUL Watersports. These included Merit awards and the popular
choice of furthest travelled and his first visit to YOSC,
Angus Beyts and his crew Rosemary Overend got a special
cheer, Angus, not only travelled furthest from Perthshire
but as he’s was also just recovering from a replacement hip!