The Inland
Champs at King
George SC
Despite the total
lack of wind on the
Saturday, most of
the fleet stuck
around to contest
the inland
championships at
King George Sailing
Club. We weren't
sure if we believed
race officer Vince
in the morning, but
the wind did come in
and we (just about)
got 3
triangle-sausage
races in before the
breeze faded away.
Graham Camm and Zoe
Ballantyne came out
on top. You can
check out the full
report
here.
Proving the 12s
really are National,
21 boats from all
over the UK turned
out at Ripon a week
later for the
penultimate round of
the
GUL Series.
Ripon SC gave us
their usual warm
welcome, and those
who hadn't visited
last year got to see
the shiny
refurbished club
house for the first
time. There was
excellent racing
throughout the fleet
with hot competition
for the non-foiling,
Admiral's Cup and
Vintage prizes.
Local helm Bernard
Clark crewed by
daughter Ellie won
the AC prize and
recent converts to
the Vintage fleet
Dave Peacock and Ann
Britton took that
prize. The full
write up can be
found
here. Enough 12s
to fill the Tarn
made a weekend of it
and headed to the
Yeadon open meeting
on the Sunday - find
out who won
here.
Adding a win at
Ripon to their
Inlands victory,
Graham and Zoe have
come back into
contention for the
overall
GUL
Series setting
up a final showdown
at Northampton. The
Admiral's Cup is
really tight too
with Alan Beeton and
Helen Barry just
ahead of Neal and
Freya Lillywhite.
The
GUL Series
results so far can
be found
here.