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.
The entry fee will be £165 (£190 for late entries so don’t be late) for which you will get a full racing programme with big courses on one of the best bays for sailing in the country. Evening meals will be provided and a full social programme including a Commodore’s Reception on Saturday and a drinks reception on St Michaels Mount. For those who want to extend their stay the club will be open for the remainder of the week as the Enterprises are having a week long Championship providing an opportunity to enjoy the beautiful beaches, coastal walks and other attractions that Cornwall has to offer.
Motorhome and camping will be available close to the sailing club and details will be provided shortly. We hope to see many of you there, to make this one of the best Championships ever and to really show those Enterprise sailors what they are missing!
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
Now in its tenth season, this winter dinghy handicap championship brings out the best and the bravest to compete at seven big events throughout the chilly months. Click image for series web site. Selden are the new headline sponsors.
Selden SailJuice 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.
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- 2018 Gul Osprey Round Island Race Report
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Future UK National Championship Venues
Being considered:
- 2019 Mounts Bay SC, Marizion, Cornwall [confirmed]
- 2020 Castle Cove SC, Weymouth, Dorset
- 2021 South Wales
2018 Wilkinson Sword Trophy
The final standings after the final event. Only two points separated first from second overall, with third a further 4 points adrift. Close at the end.
Congratulations Terry Curtis and your crews Peter Greig & Andy Rushworth on winning 2018 Wilkinson Sword Trophy.
Keep a look out for the 2019 Wilkinson Sword events list.
Classic Boat Article
Classic Boat magazine have an article on the Osprey. Alan Henderson & Oscar Chess helped them with the article.
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.
MURRAYS IN A HURRY TO ENTER THE SELDEN SAILJUICE WINTER SERIES
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Note - the Murrays referred to in the title are not Osprey sailors from Wales!
Online entry to this season’s Seldén SailJuice Winter Series has opened at www.sailjuiceseries.com. The first event is the Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash on 17 & 18 November.
Now in its 10th Anniversary year and with a new title sponsor in the well-known mast maker Seldén, the ever popular Winter Series goes from strength to strength, typically seeing around 1,000 competitors compete each winter from over 160 classes since its inception.
With all events having a maximum capacity, and more events only allowing advance online entry, enter now to avoid disappointment. The Draycote Dash is one of those events where it’s not possible to turn up and enter on the day, so make sure you get your entry in soon. Enter at www.sailjuiceseries.com
RNLI Donation
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Huge thanks to Ken Brown and Lee Marriott for running the Crazy Sheppey Raffle during the Weymouth National Championships and raising £130 for the local Lifeboat in the process.
The donation finally reached the station at the weekend and was handed over to the duty volunteer who was a little camera shy so I ended up with this dummy instead!
2018 Gul Osprey Round Island Race Report
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GUL Osprey Round the Isle of Wight Race 15th September 2018
Report by David Downs and a video clip put together by Oscar Chess of rounding The Needles
Photograph and copyright Angela Mamwell
The Osprey was designed by Ian Proctor to take part in the 1952 Olympic trials. A year later the prototype Osprey No 1 was sailed by Ian, John Oakley and Cliff Norbury in a round the Isle of Wight race for dinghies organised to commemorate the Queen’s Coronation. The Osprey won that race by a matter of seconds beating 300 of the best dinghy sailors in the process. Their winning time was around 11 hours.
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