UKLA GUL Laser 4.7 Ladder 4 and ESSO Winter Championships

Image from the 2011 Laser 4.7 Worlds

Good Luck to Jamie Calder and Melissa Brady who are heading South to Datchet Water Sailing Club in London this weekend for the UKLA GUL Laser 4.7 Ladder 4 and ESSO Winter Championships and World Championships Qualifier event.  Good luck guys.  Results should appear tomorrow and Sunday at http://www.kbsuk.com/laser/47events/index.asp?EventID=42

Scot takes Radial National Championship

News just in is that Iain McLauchlan has been crowned 2012 Laser Radial Junior Champion at the conclusion of the Open National Championships at Abersoch.

Fellow Scot Jack Aitken sailing as a Youth was an impressive 13th overall.


Well done all the Scots at Abersoch.

G.

2012 470 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Scotland's Anna Burnet and Flora Stewart have secured an impressive 3rd Place overall in the Women's Fleet at the 2012 470 Junior World Championships in New Zealand.

RYA Spring Championships

Luke wins Olympic berth

British Olympic Yachting has today confirmed that Scotland's Luke Patience (Rhu) with crew Stuart Bithel  (Rochdale) will be the men's 470 representatives at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Well done Luke.

This is it

Well folks, this is it, the big day, what you have all been waiting for....

Entries are now OPEN for the RYA Youth National Championships and Trials 2012.

Which means at last the dates are firm the venue is firm and you can make a firm booking for your accommodation at Pwllheli.

Good luck!

Latest news on a difficult day

After scoring a 1st and a 3rd this morning Charlotte suffered another dissapointing 21 this afternoon slipping to 8th overall in her flight.  Meanwhile Alison Young who enjoys the stiffer conditions has pushed back ahead in the GBR standings with a 2, 1 and is 4th in her flight although today's final race places are yet to be posted.

News from Perth - ISAF Worlds 2011

Team GBR await the qualifying race start.
Charlotte is GBR 22.

Racing is now well underway at the ISAF Sailing Worlds in Perth, Australia which is almost certainly the final selection event for the Radial berth for team GBR at the London Olympics 2012.

After a difficult start on Monday Charlotte Dobson picked up her first race win this morning followed by a healthy 8th to move her up to the top of the team GBR standings.  Ireland's Analise Murphy had a similarly challenging first race but is now clearly enjoying the conditions and with the first discard in play has moved to the top of the overall leader board.

In the mens 470 class Luke and Stuart have engaged first gear and followed their 5, 1 scores from Monday with three more bullets today.  With the 470's in the unusual position of using flights, Luke and Stuart are just ahead of the Australians who also dominated their flight today to give a scoreline of 9,1,1,1,1.

More Scottish interest in the Finn class as our adopted sailor Giles Scott picked up two firsts today with Ben Ainslie scoring two 3rds.

Alison Young takes no prisoners on the start line today.

In the women's windsurfer Bryony Shaw is also looking very strong at this early stage.

Shark watch has been increased following some confirmed suspicious sightings....

G.

Go team GBR.

 

Follow the action at http://www.perth2011.com/

Strathclyde Loch Christmas Regatta 2011 - See you there?

Great weather for first squad regatta

For once the weather gods were co-operating and all the squads enjoyed a great weekends trainng at Largs last weekend.Publish Post

Inlands Results.

Results from the Inland Championships at Grafham are now posted.  Just three races completed.  Top Scott was Andrew but special mentions for Iain and Sarah!  Well done everyone.  Squad Regatta at Largs next...

Click here for the full results.

Even more still

No news from the Inlands at Grafham but checking the weather cam suggests windspeed - zero knots!  Makes the long drive so very worthwhile.  Fingers crossed that some racing is (or was) possible....

Still in the Squad - Very Still

Yes it was very very still at Cumbrae this weekend so it was a disappointing first Squad session for becalmed and fog bound Radial Squad.  Still - plenty of fitness work was completed - ouch!.

Good luck to the Scottish Radials heading to the Inland Championships this weekend.  Please remember the Championship has been moved to Grafham Water as the Reservoir at Carsington is a little empty just now.

G.Publish Post

Venues and Dates for 2102 European Championships Announced

The dates and venues are no available on the ILCA website.

From what I can see I think the mens and Women's European Champs will be in France at the beginning of July although this year the minimum ages has been raised so all competitors must be at least 17 in 2012.

The Radial Youth Championships look to be taking place at the end of August in Nieuwport, Belgium. Competitors must be at least 15 but not 19 in 2012.

Both events are "qualified" so there will be events to complete and a ladder to select the UK places.

The ILCA European Events page is here.

G.

2011 RYA Scotland Laser Radial National Squad Announced

Huge Congratulations to those sailors selected from the 28 determined applicants to form the 2011/12 RYA Scotland Laser Radial  National Squad.  The Squad will be training very hard over the coming months with the first target being the 2012 RYA Youth National Championships and Trails to be sailed at Pwllheli, North Wales 2nd-6th April 2012.

The 2011/12 Squad Are

Jack Aitken                                       Sarah Alexander
Jordan Black                                     Rosalind Dunlop
Angus Gray-Stephens                        Joanne Foster
Andrew MacGowan                            Samantha Foster
Ross MacLean
Iain McLaughlin
Dean Malcolm
Alexander Still
Calum Tait

Well done all, we are expecting great things!

Chuckie rules the waves

Congratulations to Alexander Still who brought home the Silverware (not literally) from the Hayling Island Qualifier this weekend by winning Silver Fleet at a very competitive and well attended event - the largest of the Autumn Qualifiers so far.  Iain McLaughlin (14) was a real star with his first entry into the heady heights of the Gold Fleet.  The rest of the team had to be content with good competition practice and the fun of surfing the waves over the Hayling bar on the way back in Sunday.  "Brilliant Fun" exclaimed Joanne after her first full Radial event - sadly she was describing surfing the waves rather than winning the races but a promising start anyway!
G.

Hayling Island Qualifier

A strong Scottish Team which includes many of the newly identified members of the 2012 RYA Scotland National Laser Sailing Squad is heading to Hayling Island Sailing Club this weekend for AUtumn Qualifier 2.  Follow their progress at the UKLA event mini site here. 

Scottish Open Race Training

Hi All,

This is advanced warning that Scottish Open Race Training are organising Topper & Laser Training at Helensburgh Sailing Club on the weekend of 15^th & 16^th October.  We may be able to offer some Topper 4.2 and Laser training could  include 4.7 rig  if there is enough demand.  The cost will be around £70 per sailor and the coaches will be Michael Gorskowski and Robin Paris.  Registration will be available soon via SORT’s website.

http://scottishracing.org/wp

Charlotte at Weymouth

You can follow Scottish Laser Radial sailor Charlotte Dobson at the Olympic test event at http://www.sailing.org/uploads/WPIR2011/LaserRadial_results.pdf

Scottish Sailing become 29er agents for Scotland

Duncan Hepplewhite has confirmed that Scottish Sailing are to become Ovington Sailboats Scottish Agents with immediate effect. Duncan will be particularly looking to promote the devlopment of a 29er fleet and will be working with Nathan Batchelor at Ovington's to arrange some demo days and other 29er events.

Scottish Sailing

The Dinghy specialist

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Laser Radial Scottish Championships 2011

It was a very testing weekend at Largo Bay for the Scottish Laser Radial Championships 2011. With the wind refusing to settle into anthing like the forecast strength or direction Saturday comprised just one race which was started after a lengthy postponement in a light breeze which lasted just long enough for the competitors to reach the windward mark then fell away to little more than a challenging drift to the finish. At this point the OOD wisely called it a day and the fleet returned to the shore to enjoy Largo Bay's legendary hospitality and a great barbecue. Sunday was a little more promising but alas race 2 was almost a re-run of race one with patience the main talent on display.

Fortunately the wind finally arrived for races 3 and 4 which were sailed in a reasonable 8-11 knots allowing even the larger competitors to stretch their legs a little on the upwind and enjoy a couple of sparkling reaches in the afternoon Sunshine.

With three races from four to count, despite a slow start Andrew MacGowan managed two emphatic race wins once the breeze finally arrived to secure the men's title from Ian Fitgerald in second and Ian Calder in third.

Amongst the ladies the competition was equally close and the pattern similar with Samantha Foster, having struggled in the ultra light races pushing through to post much improved scores in races 3 and 4 to secure the Ladies title from Rosalind Dunlop in second and Kellie Carmichael in third.

Full Results are here.

Thank you Largo Bay for a great event despite the challenging meterology.

G.