Yarmouth September 28th 2002
I received a phone call early in the morning of the 28th to say that Yarmouth was heaving with seven rallies. A little disappointing as I had called the Harbour master one month earlier and had been told that there were no events booked and that I couldn’t book. I now know that the harbour will take bookings, so the mistake will not be repeated. I must however thank the Harbour master for finding 6 berths for us at short notice.
The weekend was beautifully sunny with a SE force 3-4, the weather could not have been better!
Five boats, Taranaki, Cascade, Tumbler, Leda of Hamble and Jovi managed to moor between a pair of piles and Ospray squeezed on to the harbour wall. Unfortunately Maxima could not get into the harbour and Morfran had to moor on one of the outside buoys. Apologies to Maxima, Morfran & Ospray for the disorganisation and missing out on the Glasses of wine and chat.
The rest of us enjoyed some sunshine whilst sipping a glass of wine before rushing off to the Kings head to meet the 1830 hours food ordering deadline.
Pictures from the day –
Weymouth Saturday August 3rd 2002
Eight boats met on the east side of the Weymouth’s old harbour on Saturday night. Those from Taranaki, Caorann, Cascade, Tumbler, Maxima, Leda of Hamble, Jovi and local boat Aitch attended. We all managed to perch on/in Taranaki’s cockpit for a glass of wine and a chat. Ospray joined us on the Sunday on her way to the west country.
Thank you all for coming.
Mick & Rose
Pictures from the day –
East Coast 2002 Round-Up
Moonshine took part in the Haven Race to Ostend, managing an astounding average of 7.7 knots for the 78 mile trip. Wind conditions were good, starting at F4 and building to F5/6, with spinnaker runs for the first 12 and last 6 miles. Moonshine then followed this with a delightful day with Bacchus in Nieuwpoort before turning for home.|
Champions Bell at Burnham Week 2002
 After a disastrous excursion under spinnaker onto the Foulness Sands (or concrete) on Monday, the rest of Eclipse’s week went much better…
– Tuesday: class winners for the up river race;
– Wednesday: won the first off-shore regatta and took line honours too;
– Thursday: runners up in the second offshore race;
– Friday: won the last offshore race and as a consequence the Midweek Points and Offshore regatta cups;
– Saturday: class line honours
Overall, Eclipse were the Class 3 winners for the week and to cap it all, she was the Best Boat in Regatta in terms of points scored after discards (one retirement and a second place) and so won this year’s Champions Bell – quite an achievement!
 It shows the benefit of a very well oiled crew and ….. a great yacht!
by Daryl M
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