Yachts & Yachting - July 2018

Game on for summer’s biggest event

The RS Games, which celebrates 25 years of RS racing at

WPNSA this summer, has revealed a social programme

designed to keep sailors and supporters entertained, fed

and watered from the day they arrive until the final sunset;

from big RS parties, live music and championship dinners

to laid back BBQs, chill out meals, themed food nights

and fun inflatable games. Sailors and guests are urged to

book tickets with their entry or via the RS Games shop.

Rose sets sights on Topper Worlds

Fourteen-year-old Rose Edmonds from Snettisham Beach SC in Norfolk is hoping

to compete with the British squad heading to Longcheer YC in China for the

Topper Worlds.

Rose started sailing after her grandmother’s next door neighbour introduced her

to the first RYA OnBoard course at the club; up until that point nobody in Rose’s

family had ever sailed.

Having started in club Optimists and gradually moved up through Toppers,

she did well enough in the nationals and national series to be awarded

partial funding for this year’s Topper Worlds but needs to find the rest, and is

crowdfunding to raise £700 at justgiving.com/crowdfunding/sarah-edmonds-1

The ambitious youngster says: “My success, so far, has been down to a few

great people: Jane Ellison, our lovely senior instructor; John Eaton, who has

helped me understand how to race; Jasper Barnham (a former 2000 national

champion), who has been very encouraging and a good tactical sailor to learn

from and last but not least, the Snettisham Beach Sailing Club. I’m proud to

be flying the flag for them around the country and now around the world.” MARK CLEARY; GEORGINE CRAIG HARVEY; SPORTOGRAPHY.TV

CLUBS & CLASSES

NEWS

Simon Morgan from Wildwind Holidays

is sponsoring the 2018 Hobie Europeans

in Denmark, with four lucky competitors

getting the chance to win a holiday

to Wildwind in Greece or Mauritius.

For the last 31 years Hobie Cats

have been an integral part of the

Wildwind fleet in Vassiliki. Wildwind

instructors like Joe Bennett, Vassiliki

centre manager of over 20 years,

have become experts in racing on the

Hobie Tiger and the Wildcat, with Joe

fourth at the Tiger Worlds in 2016.

This year’s Hobie Multi Europeans

are 20-28 July, in Hornbæk, Denmark.

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

Wildwind continues love

aair with Hobie Cats

Two brand new jetties have been

oicially opened at Budworth

SC thanks to grants from

Sport England, Manchester

Airport and the RYA.

Geof Meggitt, RYA north

west regional chair, cut the

ribbon accompanied by Bob

Rudd, chair of Cheshire West

County Council, who is also

a member of the Manchester

Airport Community Trust Fund.

It took three months of hard

work by a team of experts and

the club’s members to replace

the original wooden jetties,

which had served the club for

over 50 years but were slowly

becoming more dilapidated.

he new jetties also feature

a hoist to help disabled

people get onto the water.

Club commodore Hugh

Devereux said: “It will ensure

that the club can continue to

provide excellent facilities and

fantastic training opportunities

as well as enhancing the

sailing experience for both our

members and the community.”

New jetties improve access at Budworth SC

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