Results 2007, Regattas and other events

On Tuesday 12th December a presentation of trophies took place in the Commodore Motel, Holm. There was a great turn out of club members. The points racing cup went to Fred Johnstone sailing Fleetwing. The K & S Marwick Challenge Cup went to Robbie Stevenson, for winning the Crews Race. Robbie Stevenson also won the Longhope Cup, awarded to the winner of the under 21 years old skipper race.

Many thanks to Ruby Foubister for presenting the prizes.

Overall Points Racing Results

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Kemp Cup

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The Kemp Cup was held on Saturday 8th September in a fresh North Westerly Breeze. This is an open event, but was dominated by the local Kirkwall boats. Among the dinghies there were four Wayfarers as well as a mix of other handicap boats. Three snipes took part including Go Quickly Red from Stromness Sailing Club and Moonstone from Holm Sailing Club. Freddy Johnstone of Stromness sailed Mercury Too in the afternoon race.

The morning race consisted of two laps of a triangular course around the bay. The afternoon race was a similar race, but with one of the laps out to a mark laid off Thieves Holm, then round the Scargun Shoal cardinal mark.

Go Quickly Red showed much better upwind speed than Moonstone, and finished well ahead in both races. The long legs allowed Best Kens to make good use of her huge spinnaker, and she won both races (both over the water and on handicap) by a comfortable margin.

Morning Race

Kemp Cup Race

Points Racing

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Four boats prepared to race on Tuesday 4th September. While rigging there was a shifty light breeze which soon changed to a fairly strong westerly wind. Three of the boats completed a single race, before it was decided that the weather was a bit too wild to continue.

On Tuesday 28th August Holm Sailing Club points racing continued, with an earlier start of 6:30 p.m. Five boats took part in a light Westerly breeze. A short course was set; three races were held with some very close racing.

The evening racing will continue next week, with a 6:30p.m. start.

Kirkwall Regatta

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The 2007 Kirkwall Regatta was held on Saturday 4th August.

Snipes

Centreboards

Allcomers

Mixed Centreboards

Juniors

Cats

Yachts

Wayfarers

Yoles

Skiffs

Skiffs/Yoles

Points race results

On Tuesday 31st July five snipes turned out for points racing in a strong south west wind. Results were as follows.

Five boats turned out for points racing on Tuesday 24th July. A light and shifty Northery breeze propelled the boats on a fine summer evening. Three races were held.

In race 1 Moonstone managed to get a lead early in the race and held on to the finish. Crewzen took on a canine passenger during the second race. In the first leg there was a moment of excitement when Neil's four legged friend leaped overboard. Bruce and Brendan were quickly on the scene with the rescue boat, but Neil managed a quick recovery without their help.The dog didn't seem too bothered by the incident; it is a good thing mouth to mouth resusitation wasn't required. Moonstone won the second race. In the third race Moonstone was early for the start and had to go back. This gave Aquamania an opportinity to take the lead, and eventually win the race.

Frozen Food Challenge Trophy

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On Thursday 19th July thirteen Snipes assembled for the first Frozen Food Centre Snipe Challenge. In very light conditions Malcolm Tipler eventualy won a drift round Stromness Harbour. Results as follows:

Stromness Regatta

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Twenty five boats turned out for the annual Stromness Regatta on a wet and grey Saturday, 14th July 2007. Despite the rain, a North Easterly breeze made for good dinghy racing within the harbour.

'Fiddlesticks' romped home first in the snipe race, consolidating a significant lead early in the race. 'Go Quickly Red' came in 2nd, with 'Moonstone' rolling in third.

'Flashdance', an RS300 sailed by Ben Yeats won the allcomers race. The RS300 is an unusual modern singlehander, quite different from the Snipe which is celebrating it's 75th anniversary this year.

Snipes

Allcomers

Yoles and Skiffs

Yachts

Wayfarers

Mixed Centreboards

75th Anniversary race

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The weather improved considerably on Sunday 15th July 2007 for Stromness Sailing Club's Snipe 75th anniversary race. The twelve competitors were treated to a light Westerly breeze and warm sunshine. The race included a lap inside the harbour followed by a long triangular course outside the harbour. Neil Foubister once a again showed the rest of the fleet a clean pair of heels, leading the race from the start. There was, however, close racing for the 2nd and 3rd places. 'Moonstone' managed to finish second, with 'Go Quickly Red' sailed by Malcolm Tipler and his son Peter close behind at 3rd place.

Detailed results are on the Stromness Sailing Club website.

Points Racing

On Tuesday 3rd July eight boats turned out to race in a good Easterly breeze. Results were as follows -

A crews race was also held:

On Tuesday 19th June, seven boats turned out to race. Three races were held, with some very close results. Results were as follows -

On Tuesday 12th June, seven boats turned out to sail in a light North East breeze. Results were as follows -

On Tuesday 5th June, seven boats turned to sail in a light north east breeze. The points racing results were as follows

Crews Race

The first crews race of the season was also sailed and the results were as follows

On Tuesday, 22th May, 6 boats turned out for points racing in a strong North East wind, Results were as follows -

15th May

On Tuesday night members of Holm Sailing Club enjoyed their second night of points racing this season. Four boats took to the water with a mix of well known faces, and some new ones too.

Two races were sailed. Moonstone won the first by a few seconds and the second by a good margin.

8th May

Five boats assembled in St.Mary's for the start of the Tuesday night points racing. The weather conditions made for delightful racing with a shifty NEly breeze which swung to the NW and eased. Everyone was pleased to be on the water again, it was good to see the return of Fred Johnstone sailing Fleetwing with his grandson Andrew as crew. Another new face to the club was Amy Causer sailing with Malcolm Gordon on Aquamania. Neil Foubister and Robbie Stevenson did well, winning the first two races in the renamed 'CrewZen'.