(Advert) The good,the bad and .......the most modern will all be ST'ing at Hollingworth next weekend so why not join us at Minima and have a go at the challenges of river sailing !
Race for the Eric Archer Memorial Trophy - for those of you who remember Eric and know Ben.
Champagne for winning boats (Kindly presented by Ben A.)
Need points for the Thames Series? Not many events left!
Enjoy a good day out at a friendly club.
There should be plenty of older boats (perhaps the champagne will stretch to the fastest one!)
I do hope to see you there.
Posted: 01/10/2006 12:27:00 By: Ben |
Having capsized three times at Wembley on Sunday and managed not to break/lose anything (except a battered and bent red burgee which is now consigned to the bottom of the Welsh Harp), will definitely be at Minima on Sunday. Here's hoping for a force 3 northerly or southerly!
Posted: 02/10/2006 10:25:27 By: Richard (3233) |
Going to be a good day,who will taste the champagne and who will taste the pain?see you all there...
Posted: 02/10/2006 11:39:54 By: Ben 3634 |
Ken and I will be there to sail our newly acquired Merlin for the first time.
Posted: 02/10/2006 13:45:16 By: Brian |
Sorry I cant make it this year to defend the nice new trophy presented by Ben A..
Posted: 02/10/2006 15:25:40 By: Rob W |
Hoping to get there to sail your ex boat the beautiful Deep Thought. We've both been suffering from flu and coughs recently so fingers crossed we are fit enough!
Hope the day goes well.
Posted: 02/10/2006 15:44:13 By: The Minx |
I'm sorry to hear that Rob,we'll miss you,I'm even going to try and stay in the boat this year!As for you Minxy,get some lemsip and I'll see you there.
Posted: 04/10/2006 09:08:08 By: Ben 3634 |
Meaow, hope you are bringing Buster with you?
Posted: 04/10/2006 11:08:05 By: The Minx |
Just wanted to say thank you to Minima for putting on such a great event. Three exciting races in perfect sailing weather - force 3 south/southwesterly, scudding clouds and sunshine! Four visitors from Tammy, one from Thames and, of course, Ben Archer from Parkstone/ex-Cookham. Well done Ben on coming fourth and winning a prize, and one of your bottles of champagne! Maybe next year Minima will get a few supporters from Hampton/Cookham/Upper Thames/Ranelagh.
Posted: 09/10/2006 09:20:00 By: Richard (3233) |
Results...
1st Mike Stephens/Andy Douglas - Aloha (3635) - Tamesis
2nd Berry Ritchie/Barry Mourant - Crescendo (607) - Tamesis
3rd Ken Duffell/Brian Corking - Harry (3599) - Tamesis
4th Ben Archer/Ellis Payne - Ministry of Pleasure (3634) - Parkstone YC
5th Richard Mourant/Joe Woods - Total Eclipse (3233) - Tamesis
6th Dennis Lockwood/Joanna Cameron - Bow Belle (685) - Minima YC
7th Paul Seamen/Eileen Barry - Warrior (1952) - Minima YC
8th Ben Marshall/Andrew Cowan - Fat Marce (2529) - Minima YC
9th Phil Chase/Erica Bishop - Adastra VII (3538) - Minima YC
10th Howard Hughes/Jeremy Evans - Flowerchild (2062) - Thames SC
11th Steve/Kathy Collins - Red Admiral (2638) - Minima YC
Posted: 09/10/2006 09:50:54 By: Richard (3233) |
Thanks richard for posting those results,and thanks to everyone who came as well as all at Minima for hosting a great day so well.Well done Mike!
Posted: 09/10/2006 20:09:55 By: Ben 3634 |
Richard, Despite the fact that my boat is broken i was still there!! Also Ben is a member of Cookham, even if he won't admit it!!
Posted: 09/10/2006 22:23:15 By: Jeremy3550 |
Jeremy, I wasn't having a go at you and I did mention that Ben is ex-Cookham in this thread. Just trying to egg the other clubs on a bit. I'd also like to see a few more Merlins from Tammy as well, bearing in mind we have over 50 boats there now! Unfortunately, our class captain Joe McLaughlin, despite the very strong will/desire to go, couldn't due to work commitments that day. Anyway, good to see you on Sunday and I hope you're back on the water very soon. : )
Posted: 10/10/2006 09:40:37 By: Richard |
Jeremy - have you seen your painting from the Inlands?
http://www.blithfield.org.uk/inlands_print.jpg
Posted: 10/10/2006 13:32:01 By: Tamesis |
Were you at the back then ;-)
Mast looks inverted ;_0
Posted: 10/10/2006 19:51:57 By: Alan F |
If you look closely you will see my rudder is up as we had just left the beach to go out to the start line. At this point i had not had a chance to work my way to the back of the fleet!!
How do i get my hands on a print of this for my wall then? Or is the original for sale?
Posted: 10/10/2006 20:16:32 By: Jeremy3550 |
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http://www.merlinrocket.co.uk/forum/main/topic.asp?topic=2577&forum=main&comments=41&page=1&sort=5&order=1&search=
Posted: 11/10/2006 13:37:04 By: . |
Thanks who ever posted that!!! It was due to only doing 2 of 5 races!
Had a good party though.
Posted: 14/10/2006 22:23:16 By: Jeremy3550 |
My article seems to to be losing its thread!
My main point at this time is that this has been my first entry on the FORUM and has provided considerable entertainment following your replies.
Secondly, that this reply puts it back to the top!!
Last but not least - A special thanks to BEN A. for his support of this event (much more than just turning up) to Richard for his 'Tammy arm twisting' and of course, to all of our visitors.
Posted: 16/10/2006 09:26:29 By: Ben 2529 |
It is my pleasure to sopport Merlin sailing in general and such a well run event in particular.Good sailing all day,close exciting racing on the river,more contestants every year,dad would have been chuffed to bits.
Posted: 16/10/2006 15:02:02 By: Ben 3634 |
