2012 Scottish & Northerns, Coniston

June 2nd - 4th 2012 The setting for the Coniston Osprey Open is in staggeringly beautiful mountaino...

2012 50th Panmorra Cup

Mount's Bay has to be one of the best places in the UK to go sailing irrespective. When the weath...

2012 Kielder Open

2012 Kielder Water Sailing Club Open Meeting 8th & 9th September Report by Paddy Lewis "Local ...

2012 Sheppey Open Report

        Weather prediction for weekend of 13th & 14th October: fog F1, SE F6, N F5-6, all ...

2013 Mounts Bay Open

2013 Mounts Bay Open incorporating Southern Area Championships & Panmorra Cup on 4th & 5t...

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Osprey Wins: 2013 HISC Glyn Charles Memorial Pursuit Race

An Osprey won this competitive event from an entry of 62 of which 24 finished during a windy race.

Paddy Lewis crewed by Peter Creig won the event from a Merlin Rocket and Streaker. The only other trapeze boat to finish was a Laser 4000 in 13th place.

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2013 Nationals Clothing

Order your Osprey Nationals 2013 Shirts NOW!


Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to pre-order your shirt before Sunday 23rd June 2013 to get your boat name and number listed on the back of all shirts, but don't forget to let Nick know exactly how you would like your boat name and number to appear.

The design includes a discrete reference to the 60th anniversary of our superb craft. The range of Osprey Nationals shirts this year are as follows:

Men’s polo shirt (£16.00 each)

Colour choices are Charcoal Grey or Navy.

Sizes – XS (34”/36””) , S (36”/38”) , M (38”/40”) , L (40”/42”) , XL (42”/44”) , XXL (44”/46”) , XXXL (46”/48”)

 

Ladies polo shirt (£16.00 each)

Colour choices are Sky Blue or White)

Sizes - XS (8) , S (10) , M (12) , L (14) . XL (16) , XXL (18)

 

 

Unisex Half Zip Sweatshirt (£22.00 each)

Colour - Navy Blue

Sizes - XS (34”/36””) , S (36”/38”) , M (38”/40”) , L (40”/42”) , XL (42”/44”) , XXL (44”/46

 

 

Nationals 2013 logo will be embroidered on front patch pocket area.  Boat names and numbers of entrants who pre-order shirts before Sunday 23rd June 2013 will be listed, (in print), on the rear of all shirts.  (n.b. boat names and numbers shown on garment sample images are for illustrative purposes only).

We intend to have very limited numbers of additional shirts available at the Nationals so please contact Nick Broomhall at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to order your shirt as soon as possible to ensure your boat name and number is included.

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2007 Isle of Sheppy Open

Last Updated on Thursday, 05 July 2007 09:27 Written by Administrator Thursday, 05 July 2007 09:11

Heading for the Mark!
Heading for the Mark!
Photograph by kind permission of Chas Bedford
 
Three Ospreys flew in from across Kent and Essex (Wilsonian and Marconi SCs) to join three home birds at the Isle of Sheppey Sailing Club over last weekend (although one of the IOSSC boats (1197) was helmed by John Shenton who had stepped over from the River Medway to join Mark Mawhinney).  The waters in this part of the Thames estuary have been described as the 'South East's best small boat sailing waters' and, while there weren't too many competitors, they all enjoyed the wide expanse of open water available in this part of the world.
 
Saturday's weather brought in a nice 3-4 but very wet conditions.  Race 1 saw Will and Simon Odling (1331) take first place, followed by Paul Heather and Jonathan Osgood (1292) in front of 824 helmed by IOSSC Commodore, James Bell, with Scott Atkinson which left Michael Greenland and Lee Marriott in 555 to take 4th place.  John and Mark in 1197 DNF.
 
Race 2 was again won by Will and Simon Odling (1331) with Paul and Jonathan (1192) taking second again.  Third place went to Michael and Lee (555).  Racing was quite close but, sadly, James and Scott in 824 broke their main halyard and were forced to retire.  Osprey 1197 finished fourth.
 
Sunday arrived with clearer skies but a lot more wind! (with a forecast of 5-6 Southerly, i.e. off-shore).  We were joined by Mike Taylor and Jon Willey in 1297 as they were only able to sail one day.
 
Race 3 got under way with 5 boats (not six as 1197 had a touch of gear failure).  The two Marconi boats rounded the windward mark first, followed by the men from Kent.  Unfortunately, on the reach, Will Odling broke the end of his spinnaker pole and was forced to retire, leaving Mike Taylor in the lead, chased by Michael Greenland in 555, Paul Heather in 1292 and James Bell in 824.  Paul was also forced to retire later having capsized four times.  All these incidences took place on the first triangle leaving only three boats left in the race.   The winds picked up as they raced down to the 'sausage' with Mike Taylor and Jon Willey being the only ones flying their spinnaker.  Local sailors, Michael Greenland and Lee Marriott, chose not to fly their's.  Mike had quite a good lead but, when dropping the spinnaker at the leeward mark, it went under the boat and allowed Michael to nip inside up the final beat to the finish.  At this point Race Officer, Ken Brown, registered 31-32 mph winds and shortened the course and finished the remaining boats half way up the beat.  This left Michael and Lee in 555 in first place, followed by Mike and Jon (1297) and James and Scott in 824 in third place.
 
Overall Results:
1st.   555  M Greenland and L Marriott
2nd.  1331  W Odling and S Odling
3rd.  1292  P Heather and J Osgood
4th.  824  J Bell and S Atkinson
5th  1297 M Tayor and John Willey
6th  1197 J Shenton and M Mawhinney
 
Finally, I would like to thank everyone from IOSSC for providing a brilliant weekend which was enjoyed by all competitors.  Particular thanks to former Osprey sailor, Race Officer Ken Brown, and his team.
( If you have a close look at the photographs on IOSSC's website you may notice that Ken was unable to resist the temptation to go 'out for a blast' in 824)
 
PS  I hope that we will see a lot more Ospreys at this event next year - I've already asked IOSSC to look at dates so that we can get it booked into the 2008 calendar as soon as possible.
 
John Shenton
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