Aldeburgh YC open 10th & 11th July

[paul turner]

To echo the other comments about the weekend - AB FAB!
Despite splitting a plank on Saturday (which turned Starfish into a sieve) and top batten failure ripping the 1974 Musto sails (thank you Chadders for the loan of your standby P&Bs N2266s for the Sunday) the 400 miles round trip and nearly 8 hours driving was totally worth it!
Sincere thanks to John Chalker, Anthony Gifford,Anthony's Dad (race officer) and all the crew at Aldeburgh - please can we come back next year? Px :K)

[chalky]

Bad luck if you stayed at home last weekend. There was racing for everyone at Aldeburgh YC in a diverse fleet spanning 70 years of development.
Congatulations to Guy Pelling, winner of the Ganymede Trophy and to Howard Chadwick, winner of the vintage section.
Thanks to all the visitors who travelled to the far east. We look forward to next years event, hopefully with even more boats on the water. The N12 fleet outnumber the combined RS400 & K6 fleets on saturday evening. If we have enough entries the Club has offered a hog roast next year.

[Tim Gatti]

Great weekend - thank you John for organising it and the stunning weather.  Not only did Howard win the vintage section showing what a good sailor he is - but he was also generous enough to lend his spare mainsail to Mr Turner in 'Starfish' for the racing on the Sunday after his top batten pocket disintegrated on Saturday. (see attached photo) Tim