2019 UK National Championship
The 2019 Osprey National Championships will be held at Mounts Bay Sailing Club at Marazion in Cornwall over 4 days from Sunday 4th August to Wednesday 7th August, with 10 races to be scheduled; 2 on Sunday & Wednesday and 3 races on each of the other two days. The event will be shared with the Enterprise Class which will increase the number of people attending and provide an opportunity for bigger social events and some inter-class interaction.
More information, which will be updated as additional information becomes available, now includes links to Notice of Race & Entry Form downloads plus link to entry list.
2019 Blithfield Open
Second event of the Wilkinson Sword Series and the Welsh & Midlands Championship [Notice of Race]
Date: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th April 2019
The now well established Saturday night repast of hog roast & real ales is all organised!
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2019 National Championship Clothing now available. Get your Osprey branded clothing from the web shop by clicking image.
Osprey Class Regalia
Regional series of races between October 2018 and April 2019, for dates and entry information click on the image.
Sailing Southwest Winter Series 2018-2019
It’s a series of handicap racing events that take place throughout the year, and it’s open to pretty much any sail-powered craft. The Challenge will involve events throughout the whole year.
Great British Sailing Challenge
The Allen Endurance Series combines 4 already well-established endurance events - The Whitstable Forts Race, Solent Forts Race, East Coast Piers Race and Isle of Sheppey Round The Island Race.
Allen Endurance Series
Events Calendar
Future UK National Championship Venues
- 2019 Mounts Bay SC, Marizion, Cornwall
- 2020 Castle Cove SC, Weymouth, Dorset
- 2021 Tenby SC, Tenby, Pembrokehire, Wales [confirmed but dates TBA]
2019 Tata Steel Open
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Osprey Open Meeting at Tata Sailing Club 13th and 14th April
Report by David Downs
The first leg of the Osprey Wilkinson Sword Series 2019 was held at Tata Steel SC on the 13th and 14th April. Twelve boats entered and were greeted by sunshine and a bitterly cold and blustery South Easterly wind. The wind direction enabled the Race Officer John Lockett to set a big triangular course using most of the lake, however with the wind coming off the land there were plenty of shifts and big gusts to challenge the competitors. Downwind there was one very broad spinnaker reach and a fantastic two sail reach across the lake which really allowed the Ospreys to get going.
CVRDA 20th Anniversary Year
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Something owners of older Ospreys may like to participate in are the following events.
Classic and Vintage Racing Dinghy Assoclatlon
20th Anniversary year
The Classic and Vintage Racing Dinghy Association (CVRDA) was formed in 1999 to bring together owners of older boats, encouraging maintenance, restoration and racing together. It is for all dinghies and catamarans of classes designed before 1965 and built before 1985,' wood or fibreglass, tatty or immaculate and also ttiose "lost" classes, designed before 1985 and no longer in production whose class association no longer exists. We also support Classic Dinghy class associations and some specific early models of certain classes - Baker built Larks, early wooden Phantoms etc. that find it hard to compete in the modern sailing scene. We already have joint events with SigneTs and MiniSails and have provided a focus for the
revival of the Lowrider International Moth.
2019 RYA Dinghy Show
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Two Ospreys were on show at the event. Mick Greenland's Grey & Yellow boat on the Osprey Class stand with a custom fit and lots of string! On the Hartley Boats stand was the new boat for John Shenton in white or grey [can't tell from the photos] with Teal highlights [centreboard case, foredeck & new cassette rudder stock.
Mick's boat was commended in the Y&Y Concours d'Elegance competition and was mentioned as such in the recent Sailjuice podcast.
The boat on the Hartley stand, was the new standard layout Mark V. It has single pole, and simpler systems, hence cleaner layout, and better pricing. Carbon spars and adjustable rigging were
included in that boat.
Some photos of both boats are below.
2018 Final Fling, Rutland
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The traditional end of season open meeting took place over the weekend of the 20th and 21st October, sharing the water with the Contender fleet, Hornet fleet and 420 fleet, thus ensuring that having your head on a stick was going to be of greatest importance.
The weather was kind to all fleets with a good breeze on each day and wall to wall sunshine, a stark contrast to previous years and plenty of water to sail on which was a bonus compared with other inland venues this year. The usual organised chaos on arrival soon abated and all crews focused on rapid rigging to meet the midday start time, for most of the Osprey fleet it was the first meeting since the Nationals so it was very good indeed to bump into so many crews that had travelled especially as further afield in Wales another Osprey open was running with ten boats in attendance there.
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