Monthly Archive January 22, 2024

Junior Race Training

Three days of coaching during February half term to
improve your sailing and racing skills!

21st, 22nd and 23rd February 2024 – 10am until 4pm

Fully qualified and experienced coaches to provide excellent advice in a fun, friendly surrounding.

Limited numbers but members will be given priority so please let us know your interest early.

Galley open for breakfast and lunch every day. Tea and coffee just 60p!

Level 3 and upwards. Minimum age 8. Three days sailing for £60 for members and £75 for non-members.

All junior dinghy sailors welcome, Lasers, Toppers, Oppies etc

Please contact sfsc1@hotmail.com to register your interest.

Burns Night 2024

ITCA R1 – SNOWFLAKES 14th January 2024

So exciting and biting cold to be at our first ITCA East Regional race event of 2024 at Snowflakes, Wroxham. I had sailed in the summer when it was Norfolk Broads Yacht Club (very Swallows & Amazon) and loved it then but remember it is a tricky place to sail with lots of wind shifts and tourists. The tourists were gone but the wind shifts were plentiful. All the Snowflakes members were so welcoming and we raced together with several different boat types including Star, Yoeman, Laser, Splash, Solo and other dinghies. Our event consisted of four races. The wind was West North Westerly and light which suited a certain type of sailor! 

Races 1 and 2 were longer, we even went ashore for a break in between to warm up. 

New to 5.3 Toby Turner took a strong lead in the first race at the windward mark (buoy 3) which continued around buoy 5. The front pack were really spaced out and chasing Toby was Jensen Jakob, Tabitha Blackman Northwood and Harry Wemyss. However local sailor Jensen Jakobs stormed past and took the race with a superb finish followed by Toby Turner 2^nd, Theo Chapallaz 3^rd, Sofia Eaton 4^th and Tabitha Blackman Northwood 5^th. 

After a hot chocolate and renewed energy there were strong starts in race 2 from Faith Turner, Sally Kerry, Sofia Eaton and Yasmine Braham. However, once again Jensen stormed ahead and rounded the first buoy.  There was a change of wind which brought the fleet closer and mixed us all up. During the second lap of race 2 things got exciting as the sailors all bunched up and were moving positions. The sibling rivalry started between the Turner sailors and even a Star boat joined in too which perhaps led the Toppers to head off in different directions as well as the wind shifting to North Westerly which lifted Faith Turner and Tabitha Blackman Northwood. Big sister Faith Turner took 1^st place followed by Toby Turner in 2^nd place and Tabitha Blackman Northwood 3^rd.

After a lovely warm lunch thanks to the Snowflakes Galley everyone was re-energised meanwhile the wind had dropped.  This meant that races 3 and 4 were shorter and slower races. No one gave up however and there was a real fight jostling for positions in difficult light wind sailing conditions making crucial decisions about when to tack. But it was Toby Turners tactical decisions on the day that paid off and his remarkable comebacks. Congratulations to siblings Faith and Toby for their first ITCA events in 5.3 and Jensen Jakob too who neatly sandwiched between them with a strong 2^nd place overall. 

Meanwhile, Henry Lambert and Toby Hailey jostled for positions in the 4.2s with two wins each but Noah Hughes 2^nd place in the 3^rd race was the deciding factor leading to a narrow win by Henry Lambert. 

Congratulations to all the brave sailors for taking part and sticking at it, especially Yasmine Braham who capsized and carried on despite the freezing water. 

Editor: Claudia Savory, 229 (SBSC).

Results

4.2 

1^st Henry Lambert – 268 (Hunts SC)

2^nd Toby Hailey – 606 (WOBYC)

3^rd Noah Hughes – 310 (Waldringfield SC)

5.3

1^st Toby Turner – 169 (Snettisham Beach SC)

2^nd Jensen Jakobs – 521 (NBYC)

3^rd Faith Turner – 173 (Snettisham Beach SC)

4^th Tabitha Blackman Northwood – 568 (Hunts SC)

5^th Sofia Eaton – 232 (Snettisham Beach SC)

6^th Theo Chapallaz (NBYC)

7^th Harry Wemyss – 336 (Hickling Broad SC/Snowflakes SC)

8^th Joshua Blackman Northwood – 209 (Hunts SC)

9^th Robin Hailey – 605 (WOBYC)

10^th Yasmine Braham 509 (NBYC)

11^th Claudia Savory – 229 (SBSC)

12^th Sally Kerry – 348 (SBSC)