Yachts & Yachting — February 2018

CLUBS & CLASSES NEWS

Dalgety Bay celebrates the year

Dalgety Bay SC members enjoyed a review of the year at its

annual celebration with a look back at all the club’s activities

• from top class dinghy racing and oshore keelboat
  cruising, to fun regattas for children and fundraisers.
  It included a presentation by the charity Chernobyl
  Kids Lifeline, which sees children hosted by local families
  and included this year the club taking them out sailing.
  Youth member Alistair Higgins was recognised
  by Fife Sailability for helping out regularly. Special
  awards included: the Seal Pup Trophy for Best Junior,
  presented to Matilda Franklin; the Burnside Memorial
  Trophy for outstanding contribution went to Peter
  Taylor; and an award to Gina Angus for setting up
  and continuing to support the club’s Youth Week.

Sail Aid UK dinner

raises £46,000 for

hurricane-hit Caribbean

A Sail Aid UK

black tie/loud

shirt dinner at the

Land Rover Ben

Ainslie Racing

headquarters in

Old Portsmouth

raised £46,000 to

support the relief

e orts for victims

of the Caribbean

Islands a ected

by the September

hurricanes.

Among the 185

guests present

were Sir Ben and

Lady Georgie

Ainslie, Giles

Scott, David

‘Freddie’ Carr,

Andy McLean,

Hannah White,

Mark Covell,

Mike Golding,

Brian Thompson,

Helena Lucas,

Conrad

Humphreys

and Olympian

Hannah Stodel

• a veritable
  who’s who of the
  sailing world.
  In a recorded
  message,
  Antiguan-born
  singing star Asher
  Otto thanked
  everyone before
  singing her single
  Home, which
  has now been
  o–cially adopted
  as the Sail Aid
  UK anthem.
  A live auction,
  hosted by Nick
  Bonham, included
  contributions
  from Sunsail, The
  Moorings,
  and Will King,
  whose auction
  items provided
  over 50 per
  cent of the total
  auction revenue.

Torpoint Mosquito prize-giving

Torpoint Mosquito dinghy sailors and supporters celebrated another year of great

sailing – albeit in some challenging conditions at times – at its annual prize-giving.

Master of ceremonies was sailing secretary (dinghies) Steve Roberts, and the

awards were presented by outgoing commodore Steve Creek.

Among the prizewinners was Girl Cadet of the Year, Grace Cowd and special

mention went to Jenny Roberts and Olga Shimell for their help onshore in

running the racing and to all the safety boat volunteers who turn out every week

whatever the weather.

WASZPs gather at home and Down Under

More than 100 Waszps are expected to

gather at Royal Freshwater Bay YC in Perth,

Australia, for the 2019 Waszp Games. With

dates of 22-28 January, classic ‘Fremantle

Doctor’ breezes of 18-22 knots are also

expected along with competitors from the UK,

Europe, USA and New Zealand, for a

spectacle of speed and colour.

Closer to home, the Waszp fleet has been

out practising at Rutland Water, where a

winter gathering saw an age range of 16 to

40 plus years and a spread of ability braving

the blustery conditions. Stuart Appleby

and Max Todd battled at the front; Graham

Priestly cracked a rib; and Harry Pulford, Dan

Welbourn, Sam Sparks and Steve Tylecote

took on some challenging moves in the gusts.

A well-earned trip to the pub to defrost

provided a chance to swap foiling strategies

and plan for the nationals at Rutland in May.

VICTORIA PAYNE/RUBY PANTER/KEITH WATTS

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