CHARLES HYATT COMPLETES ROUND THE WORLD RACE

Charles Hyatt completed his 35,000 mile circumnavigation in July on board "Jamaica Lightning Bolt", one of the ten 68' one-design yachts competing in the Clipper 09-10 race. Made up of 14 individual races, it was an eventful 10 month journey for the various boats, with a dismasting off Taiwan, another dismasting in big seas and 70 knot winds in the Pacific following a knockdown, one boat abandoned after running aground on a submerged coral reef in the Java Sea, a major start-line collision in Cape Town, 2 med-evacs and an MOB in the Southern Ocean.

Many congratulations to all our winners and competitors alike. We hope you enjoyed JF2010 - we certainly did! A huge Thank You to our army of helpers and supporters who made the event. Without you we couldn't have done it.

We look forward to seeing you all back at Itchenor in 2011 - and to those of our sailors who are moving out of the top of Junior Fortnight - we wish you well and every success on the water wherever that may be.

International 420 PM - Bantam Cock Trophy - Lisa McDanell and Ollie Smyth
International 420 AM Week 1 - Mason Trophy - Hugo Sloper and Xander Morrison
International 420 AM Week 2 - Grenelli Goblet - Hugo Sloper and Xander Morrison
Laser AM - Wootton Trophy - Esmond Bowerman
Mirrors 1 - Pram Challenge Cup - Natasha Law and Olivia Hartley
Mirrors 2 - Itchenor Porringer Cup - Natasha Law and Abby Gilchrist
Mirrors 3 - The Cygnet Trophy - Isabel Davies and Jonny Law
Toppers AM - The Little Lady Trophy - Ben Masson Currey
Toppers PM - The Jean Andre Marroquin Trophy - Hugo Moss

MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO BECKY KALDERON WHO FINISHED IN 4th PLACE IN INTERNATIONAL 420 WORLDS

Rebecca Kalderon, and her crew Katrina Brewer, have had a great summer. They  finished  4^th at the 420 World Championships  in Haifa, Israel, and 2^nd at the Belgian nationals.  

At the worlds they were lying 4^th after the qualification series so went into the gold fleet, top British girl. They finished 4^th after 11 more races in the gold fleet, well ahead of the other British girls. Rebecca and Katrina’s warm-up was  coming second overall (boys and girls) in the Vlaanderenm Regatta at Nieuwpoort, Belgium, before flying off to Haifa. Whilst the worlds are divided into all girl and boy or mixed fleets, the Flanders event was not. So Rebecca and Katrina beat all the British boys as well as the girls!

4 Itchenor sailors went to the French Nationals, in Brest. This was open to anyone who wanted to take part.  Hugo Sloper and Xander Morrison, Ollie Smyth and Izzy FitzGerald were part of an 11 boat British contingent. It was a blustery week and none of the Itchenor sailors made the gold fleet but all had fun.

The 1923-built XOD Catherine, sailed by Steve and Peter Lawrence, and Patrick Smart from Itchenor, have not only won the biggest, and one of the most competitive classes at Cowes Week with 88 boats, but have also won White Group overall.

With four firsts, a fifth and a second to their credit, and with some of the most impressive leads recorded this week, the Catherine team are, not surprisingly, incredibly popular winners. As a team, they've been racing together in the XODs at Cowes Week for 10 years and up to now, the overall Captain's Cup national championship title has eluded them.

Stepping ashore this afternoon after their final concluding race, Peter Lawrence commented: "We've come second in the fleet four times, which is why we were a little apprehensive as we headed out to the start line this morning. We are so happy to have won.

"We've had some fantastic sailing with plenty of interesting beats up The Green shoreline, which is great for the XODs."

Next year the class celebrates its Centenary, which will see an even bigger fleet on the start line. According to Lawrence around 120 boats expected.

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A fast race with relatively little spinnaker work (only from the start to the Needles) and a not much tacking either in the Northerly breeze (which had been forecast to drop, but instead increased. Tidal tactics, particularly round the back of the Island and through Sandown Bay were characteristically important. The long windward leg to Bembridge was quite tough and waterline length made a difference in the bouncy seas. It had been a very early start (Team Jazz on parade at 03.45!) and the first boat home finished at 09.30!

IRC Div 0 Elapsed 05.45 Velsheda (Simon Shaw) (1st in Group)
Div 1a 07.02 Jinja (Kit Glover) (2nd)
Div 1c 07.33 Jazz (Willie Smythe) (6th)
Div 0 07.33 Petite Lune (Mike Burnford) (22nd)
ISC 3d 08.36 Tattarat (Tony Glover) (3rd)
Div 3c 08.37 Trudi (Phillip Mcdanell) (15th)
Div 3d 08.40 Flying Boat (Michael Shaw) (11th)
Div 3d 08.48 Scallywag (Stevie Lawrence (6th)

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The Stig!

The XOD Under 25 Cup was awarded for the first time last year at Cowes Week to the highest placed boat of which at least two of the crew including the helm, were under 25 years old at the end of the series.

The Cup was won by Andy Shaw, crewed by George Yeoman and Alan Roberts (from HISC), sailing XOD 186, 'Phoenix'. They achieved fifth place overall, a remarkable result in a fleet of 80 X boats. Their entry was sponsored by the Itchenor Divison and generous benefactors. The sponsorship included the entry and mooring fees for Cowes Week and the loan of a fully insured XOD.

The same sponsorship is being offered for Cowes Week 2010 to an Under 25 team. To qualify, two of the team must be Under 25 at the end of the Cowes Week series on 07 August 2010 and members of Itchenor Sailing Club. This is open to qualifying members in all the club classes.

According to the level of interest expressed, there will be an appropriate short series or sail-off arranged to enable the Class Captain to make the final nomination for the sponsorship award.

If you are interested in being considered for this sponsored place then please respond to the Class Captain, Alan Perry at: classcaptain@xod-itchenor.com by Monday 24th May 2010.

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