Dell Quay Sailing Club

In September the Club was awarded the prestigious RYA Volvo Champion Club status in recognition of the Club’s commitment to youth training and its delivery of high level training.  The award was presented by James Tilley, the RYA’s Youth Racing Operations Officer, and Alison Murphy from Volvo dealer Cambridge Garage, Portsmouth.

Photo: Laura Hughes

 

Gordon Barclay’s new Solo (S4936) was the centre of interest on the National Solo Class Association stand at the Dinghy Exhibition in March.  Displaying great ingenuity and benefiting from all of Gordon’s many years of Solo experience his boat was widely photographed and reported on.  He was heard to remark that his novel self bailer controls had been tested more in one weekend than they would be in several seasons!

 

 

Gordon Barclay at DQSC’s 2009 Solo Open  

Photo: Laura Hughes

 

 

 

 

In December Ben Chrystall learned he had been selected to join the RYA Volvo National Laser Radial Transition Squad for 2010.

 

Ben at Fed Week 2009  

Photo: Liz Sagues

 

 

 

 

Bill & Charlotte Dawber narrowly missed taking the Laser 2000 Inland Championship held at Ullswater Y.C. in September.  After winning two rounds of the six race series they were pipped to the title by just one point.  A few weeks earlier Bill, this time crewed by Stu Denyer, finished eighth in the National Championships held at Hayling Island SC. A planned sail by of L2Ks from HISC to Dell Quay to celebrate the Class’s 10^th anniversary was unfortunately abandoned due to strong winds.

Bill and Stu at the L2K Nationals Photo: Clare Turnbull

 

 

Stephen Doll was runner-up in the 8-12 years age group at the Southern Regional Final of the Honda RYA Youth Rib Challenge held at Parkstone YC on 16 May.

 

Stephen on his way at Parkstone

Photo: Sam Schemuly

 

 

 

 

 

Liz Sagues (L2K 21032) was presented with The Tony Slade Memorial trophy by the L2K Class Association in recognition of her work on the Association’s newsletter ‘Millennium Mutterings’.

Liz being presented with the trophy by Trevor Bradley, L2K Class Association President

 

Photo: Courtesy of the L2K Class Association

 

 

 

Graham Dalton (L2K 21763) was elected to the Committee of the L2K Class Association.

 

Graham & Lucy Dalton at DQSC’s 2009 Regatta

Photo: Laura Hughes

 

 

 

 

 

Following a rapid build-up of numbers and sustained turnouts the National Solo Class was awarded Adopted Class status at DQSC.

 

Andy Gray enjoying the breeze (S3325 now replaced by S5082)

Photo: Laura Hughes

 

 

The Club was awarded RYA Power Boat Training Centre status which means it can train powerboat helms and crews ‘in house’.  It is planned that by 2011 all helms and crews manning patrol boats will be appropriately qualified.

Alf Yellowley helming ‘Alfie’ –

the Club’s new Rib

Photo: Laura Hughes

 

 

Chris & Helen Turner won the vintage section of the Peter Milne Memorial Fireball open meeting held at Hayling Island SC in April.  Sailing their 47-year old Fireball, K6 ‘Six of the Best’, a rarely seen retro-rigged boat, they beat the other vintage boats – all rigged with trapeze and spinnaker – and missed beating a couple of modern boats by a whisker.  They were presented with their winner’s prize by Peter Milne’s widow, Maggie.

 

Chris & Helen irritating a somewhat younger Fireball

Photo: Fiona Sayce

 

 

 

 

Chris Turner

December 2009