Norwich Model Yacht Club

Norwich Model Yacht Club

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Report on the "Yare Cup" for IOM’s held on Sunday 13^th. March 2011
(Report by Ronnie Mobbs NMYC)

With a warm overcast day and unfavourable light winds from the South South West. The Officer of the Day Peter Sutton Commodore of the NMYC due to the wind direction had to set a close reaching start to a five hundred meter course with all port rounding’s. Twelve skippers five of whom travelled long distances took part in twelve very clean races with few penalties necessary and nine skippers achieving one or more first places, some very close sailing without a runaway winner.

1^st. place Rick Buxton. Broads Italiko 34 points

2^nd place Graham Bartholomew Chelmsford Winstar MM 36 points

3^rd place Terry Burton. Broads. Picanto 37 points

4^th.place Augustine Marino Chelmsford Italiko 39 points

5^th.place Vernon Appleton Chelmsford Topiko 39 points

6^th.place Bernie Guest Broads Topiko 45 points

7^th.place John Torrance Chelmsford Isotonic 53 points

8^th.place Robert Owen Norwich. Widget 65 points

9^th place Mark Holt. Broads Italiko 70 points

10^th place Michael Howard Broads Kracar 82 points

11^th place Malcolm Cotton Norwich. Widget 98 points

12^th place Robert Fawbert Norwich Widget 105 points.

Whitlingham Trophy for Radio Marbleheads 13-02-2011

Report by Ronnie Mobbs NMYC Secretary

The Whitlingham Trophy & Eastern District RM Ranking Event incorporated the first of the G.A.M.E.Series. This early season Radio Marblehead event was held on the Great Broad, Whitlingham, near Norwich and was attended by 10 skippers from five clubs. With a cool southerly wind increasing in strength as the day progressed, Race Officer Peter Sutton set a 800metre course with, due to the prevailing winds, a tight reaching start to a triangle with a beating leg and sausage in an area not used by the Norwich Club for five years.The Club's area of the Broad has been plagued by a heavy blanket of “Nuttals Water Weed” since last June and despite having been completely frozen over, and more lately the gale force winds, is still not sailable. Peter Sutton explained the course to the skippers. Racing started at 10-00hrs with all the boats on “A” rigs and an eight mph gusty wind. Graham Bantock won 11 of the races by quite large margins with a closely packed fleet following. Martin Crysell achieving two first and four second places and Rick Buxton gaining two first places and one second place. The last race finished at 15-40hrs. Very good clean racing was seen with few mishaps and no recorded protests.

Results:- 1st. Graham Bantock GBR95 (Chelmsford) Prime Number. 15 points. 2nd. Martin Crysell GBR52 (Guildford) Prime Number 46 points. 3rd. Rick Buxton. GBR41 (Broads) Rok. 50 points. 4Th. Roy Stevens. GBR54 (Two Islands) Prime Number. 52 points. 5th. Hugh McAdoo GBR16 (Guildford) Prime Number 56 points.
Grateful thanks for the cooperation of The Whitlingham Charitable Trust. Norfolk.C.C. Outdoor Education Centre and Café-café at the Park.

Position	Skipper	Club	Sail #	Score
1	Graham Bantock	Chelmsford RYC	95	15.0
2	Martin Crysell	Guildford MYC	52	46.0
3	Rick Buxton	Broads RYC	41	50.0
4	Roy Stevens	Tri-Services RCYA	54	52.0
5	Hugh McAdoo	Guildford MYC	16	56.0
6	Mark Holt	Broads RYC	40	57.0
7	Terry Burton	Broads RYC	76	74.0
8	Augustin Moreno	Chelmsford RYC	60	76.0
9	Duncan Ellis	Norwich MYC	24	77.0
10	Michael Howard	Broads RYC	176	116.0

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