2021 We thought we were out of the woods but a further covid outbreak would again thwart much of the season. The rya dinghy show was virtual, the nsca committee manning the stand via zoom tech but it was nothing like the real thing. The highlight was simon and Brenda Hoult’s miles 4214 winning the We were allowed out to play from April and by June things seemed back to normal, chris brown beating wells and Horey…..in a wooden solo. We had not gone back to the future, it was the vintage championship and brown had purchased solo 4200 (originally Ian houston’s gosling) to beat a thresher and a Beckett at Leigh on sea. Ninety-eight sailors made the trek to mounts bay to contest the national championship and Andy Davis replicated his 2012 performance to win from gillard and Paul ellis, the final days racing canned due to insufficient breeze but everyone was just pleased to be living a normal life again. Sal Erskine Furniss won the vacher cup and young harry Lucas was first junior. concours d’elegance and well deserved. Membership stood at 790 as of august. There had been some drama in race 3, a light wind race seeing the fleet follow the leader through the finish line even though the pro had not shortened course. Judge Steve Watson had a few sleepless nights. The inlands (72 entries) was held as a one-day winner takes all event and chris brown finally laid some ghosts to rest to take the title of inland champion from rich Pepperdine and Oliver turner. Brenda would t was first lady and sixteenth overall. The Eos was a blustery affair and the fifty seven competitors had a blast at Draycote, Ian walters two bullets beating the 1-2 of davis and the 2-4 of pepperdine. Chris Brown was crowned north sails super series champion and Doug latta won a new north P2 presented by Patrick burns. The irony was that Davis had picked the ticket and Doug had relinquished the class presidency to Patrick just a few months earlier. Guy Mayger would become vice president and Jonathan woodward would take on the chief measurer position. Synergy marine announced they would be building the JP solo for P+B and chris brown’s tuning guide suggested the front of mast to outside of transom should be 3070mm.
Latta, Cranford-smith and burns
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