PHOTO'S FROM 22ND & 29TH JUNE
A
local photographer has been taking shots of Hampton sailing recently and has built up
a portfolio which can be viewed here
www.photoboxgallery.com/zoomphotos
Hampton retains Mid Thames Trophy
This year was Hampton's turn to host the Mid Thames
trophy which took place on Saturday 19th of April. This annual event
involves Aquarius, Desborough, Littleton and
Hampton
sailing clubs. 17 boats took part racing for individual prizes and for
their club.
It was a very windy day with a cold
north easterly resulting in several capsizes and retirements. Classes
competing included Bosun, Comets, Enterprises,
Merlin Rockets, GP14, Graduate and Solos.
Full race report can be found here
Final team positions:-
1st Hampton, 2nd Littleton, 3rd Desborough, 4th Aquarius.
Individual prize winners:-
1st-Richard Page/Phil Dalby (Hampton)
2nd Hywel Bowen-Perkins/Lorna Dixon (Hampton)
3rd Mike Wickie (Littleton)
4th Tim Hare (Littleton).
Many thanks to Rob, Ben and Stuart for their help in recovering this Merlin. They turned out in fairly atrocious conditions, very wet and windy and recovered the boat without serious damage either to them, the rescue boats or indeed the rescued boat.
This should remind us all of how important it is to ensure that our boats are properly secured when we leave the club, especially at this time of the year.
- Derek May |
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