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Optimist Update
13th May 2008
We are well into the sailing season now and all our river training is in full swing and going well. I have been very impressed at the level of sailing so far, clearly not all has been forgotten over the winter months and I think we will have a good fleet of sailors by the time our Open Meeting comes along on the weekend of the 12th/13th July so please put the date in the diary.
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Otters' Murder Mystery Party
Friday 18th April 2008
On Friday the 18th of April a group of eight actors and actresses travelled to the club to provide members with an evening of investigation. Split into teams of ten, each team had to play the role of detective for the evening to see who was causing the trouble at Rilloby Hall.
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Optimist Start of Season
April 2008
Well, the time has come!! Our first year river group start sailing on this Saturday 12th April but on the pond for the first couple of weeks, which will act as a refresher following a winter of relaxing and forgetting!!! Your trainers, Duncan and Nick, are looking forward to seeing you at 09.30 sharp.
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OTTER ACHIEVEMENTS 2007
2007 was a year of great performance and achievement for the Corinthian Otters; a gold medal in the 470 Women's Junior European Championships, first places for Cadet sailors in both the Inland and the National Championships, eight places in the team for the Cadet World Championships and the East Coast Champion in the Optimist Class were among the successes of a long and varied season.
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Toby flies the flag!
15th November 2007
Toby Harris has moved on and is now studying hard, (we hope!) at Southampton Solent University but is still managing to sail! SS University was selected to represent GB at the end of October in the Student Yachting World Cup (SYWoC)at La Rochelle in Jenneau Grand Surprise 32s.
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Optimist End of Season
13th November 2007
We have finished an excellent season with the Optimists. This year saw the largest pond group for a long time and so we have a good foundation of new sailors joining the Optimist river fleets next year. The river fleets have had a good showing all through the year.
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The Mailspeed Cadet Trophy
Eastern Region
6th & 7th October 2007
This year a new trophy was given to the Cadet Class, The Mailspeed Marine Cadet Trophy, to be awarded to the winner of an Eastern Area Series, which consisted of Waldringfield Open, Otter Open, Stone Open and Fisher's Green Open with 68 boats taking part altogether.
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The Otters in Hamburg
31st August 2007
After the visit earlier this year by some members of the Hamburg Sailing Club the Otters were invited to make a return visit to the Alster Piraten in Hamburg. So on 31st August all nine of us (Katherine, Billie, Sophie, Alex, Jamie, William, Tom, Dom and me) plus some stray parents, got up at 4am to catch our flight from Gatwick.
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The Otters visit the AHOY Centre
1st & 2nd September 2007
It was way back in early June that the Otters entertained the AHOY Centre and we promised to return the visit later in the season. And we did and it was really fun.
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470 Gold for Katrina at Medemblik
9th - 16th August 2007
Hannah Mills and Katrina Hughes took the Gold Medal in the 470 Women's Junior European Championships in rough and gusty conditions at Medemblik, Netherlands. The gruelling twelve race series had a truly international flavour with strong competition from the Dutch and Belarusian Women's teams who finished second and third.
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Cadet National Championships
28th July 2007
Pwllheli Sailing Club and the UK Cadet Class association hosted an excellent National Championship. Sunshine and light to moderate winds meant that all 12 scheduled races were completed. With over 150 entries, fleets were split into flights and racing took place in a round robin series with all flights taking turn to race the others.
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HCC Optimist East Coast Championships
14th &15th July 2007
Strong winds and rough conditions certainly gave the Otter Optimists a hard time over the weekend of the 14th & 15th July when they combined with the BSC to hold the East Coast Championships but they were not daunted and it was the Corinthians Otters' own Fleur Page who was the clear winner of the Main Fleet. The whole event was a credit to the organisers with 88 entrants from 17 clubs in the eastern area.
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Promoting Youth Sailing
BCPS 27th June 2007
Once again the Otters put on a display at the Burnham on Crouch Primary School's Open Day joining various other national and local organisations such as the Police, a recycling company, St Peter's High School, Burnham Rugby Club and many others to promote local recreational sports and social clubs offering out of school activities
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Cadet Open Meeting
23rd & 24th June 2007
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The Otter Open Meeting consisted of five races, two on the Saturday and three on the Sunday. We all hoped for six but, because the wind suddenly dropped on the Saturday, we were only able to complete two races before we all drifted off down the river.
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Otters 'Try Sailing Day' 2007
Saturday 9th June 2007
Contrary to the forecast, the weather on the day was perfect to take the 20 or so eager children afloat for this year's Otter 'Try Sailing Day'.
With a warm breeze and a fair helping of sunshine the day went off smoothly, unlike previous years when the weather did its best to deter any
newcomers from ever venturing on the water again.
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The AHOY Shipmates visit Burnham
2nd & 3rd June 2007
Last weekend ten children from the AHOY Sailing Centre in Deptford, London, visited the Corinthian Otters at Burnham on Crouch, Essex. The sun shone and a light wind blew as Otters and AHOY Shipmates sailed down the river in AHOY's RS Visions, and a mixture of Cadets and Toppers.
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RYA Training for the Otters
Saturday 19th May 2007
The Otter Optimists joined forces with Oppie sailors from the Burnham Sailing Club to enjoy a full day's training with
James Brown, one of the best RYA Optimist coaches on the 19th May.
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The Alster Piraten visit the Otters
11th, 12th and 13th May 2007
Any visit between the Alster Piraten, (the Pirates) and the Corinthian Otters was bound to be something special; something more than a meeting of two sets of youngsters, enjoying fun on and off the water with some serious racing thrown in.
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Otters versus the Piraten
12th &13th May 2007
Over the weekend of the 12th and 13th May, the 'Norddeutscher Regatta Verein' sent a Dragon Team to race against the RCYC Dragons. And with them came a team from the Alster Piraten YC to race against the Corinthian Otters. How did this all happen? It's the result of a real co-incidence......
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Oppie Start of Season at the Pond
Sunday 22nd April 2007
Sun, water, light winds enthusiastic children and a host of experienced parents made this a magnificent start to the season. We had two fleets start at the pond on Sunday 22nd April, one junior fleet of complete beginners with trainer Phil Aspinall and fleet manager Becky Bacon and a senior fleet with varying degrees of sailing ability being trained by Duncan Kay and managed by Marion Aspinall.
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Katrina's Quest for Gold
March 2007
Otter Katrina Hughes spotted my plea in the Club newsletter for news of her progress in the recent 470 event held in Palma de Mallorca and has sent this report.
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The Otter Easter Egg Open Regatta
31st March -1st April
The Otter Easter Egg Regatta took place over the weekend of 31st March, 1st April. For many sailors this was the first sail of the season, it was a real baptism of fire.
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Brush up on your rules
Saturday 17th March 2007
Last weekend, Saturday 17th March, rules expert John Doerr visited the Club. John is one of the world’s leading authorities on rules and has been involved with Americas’ Cup and Olympic umpiring, so is obviously worth listening to!
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Otter Quiz Night
Saturday 3rd February 2007
Mick Hill, ably assisted by his hard working scorers Hilly and Richard, ran a most enjoyable Quiz night. The graphics and other technological features were amazing!
Maureen and I joined a small but select group, Andrew and Lindsey Barr and Steve Jones to form ‘Dad’s Army’. We found ourselves sitting next to a table of very noisy Mexicans named ‘118/118’.
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Charlie at the UKNCCA Squad Training
13th and 14th January 2007
Charlie Matthews has just experienced Squad Training at Grafham Water. He was so pleased with his weekend that he e-mailed the Cadet Fleet Captain, Kay Tavinor, to tell her how he got on.
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Otter Chris attends the Mirror Dinghy Worlds
December - January 2007
When 15 year-old Chris Matthews set out for Port Elizabeth with his crew Oliver Townsend on the 29th December to attend the Mirror Dinghy World Championships, he had the feeling that this could be the experience of a lifetime....he was not disappointed.
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Musto Skiff Event
Saturday 9th December 2006
It was way back in the summer that the idea of an exhibition of Musto Skiffs was first suggested. Gradually the idea took shape; a good fleet of boats, sailed by the experts, the possibility of backing the winner of each race, the proceeds to go to charity.
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A perfect Brass Monkey
18th November 2006
The weather couldn't have been more perfect for the last race of the 2006 sailing season for the Otters. 17 Cadets and one Laser entered this annual pursuit race.
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IOCA/RYA East Zone Training
28th October 2006
What a brilliant day's training. With forty Oppies on the water the RCYC was a hive of activity with a real buzz in the air! (Pun intended).
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Lookers Volvo Youth Open
14th & 15th October 2006
The Otters took advantage of what was possibly the last good weather of the season and organised the Otter Youth Open on the 14th and 15th October.
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Otters at the Cadet Nationals
19th -25th August 2006
6 Otters attended the 2006 Cadet National Championships in Weymouth from 19th to 25th August, armed with special Otter Nationals 'T' Shirts, and high expectations … do well and achieve
UKNCCA Squad & RYA Cadet National Junior Squad Places.
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Otter Week Laser Report
12th August 2006
With a Fleet consisting of three 4.7s and eight Radials, coaching from Kirsty Bonner of the RYA, amazing sailing conditions for the Class, the Laser boys dressed as monkeys and mice, and a cream cake fight, the Lasers had a memorable Otter Week!
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Off to the Optimist Nationals
Saturday 5th August 2006
We left Burnham early as it's a long drive to Pwllheli Sailing Club where
the Nationals were being held for the second year running. We registered then
pitched our tent at Abererch Sands.
Sunday was the first sail after the briefing at midday- one race to determine
the group and coach I would be with for the week. That evening it was raining
so we had to eat our scampi and chips in the car!
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Well done, Chris!
1st-2nd July 2006
January 2007 is likely to be a really exciting time for Corinthian Otter Chris Matthews who has been selected by the RYA to represent Team GBR at the Mirror Worlds in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
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'Try Sailing Day' 2006
1st July 2006
An unusual convoy left the Corinthian on June 21st, making for Burnham County Primary School. Philippa Munro, Kay Tavinor and Chris Southcombe trailed an Oppie, a Cadet and an Otter Spotter to publicise the 'Try Sailing Day', arranged for July 1st.
Once they were set up in the playground, several Otters were on hand to explain to the interested children how it all works and what fun it is.
The parents could ask questions about safety!
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Lookers Volvo Otter Int Cadet Open Meeting
24 & 25 June 2006
Twenty-six boats registered for the annual Cadet Open meeting held at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Burnham-on-Crouch. After a half hour delay to the launch due to lack of wind, the fleet was towed to the River Roach.
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Otter Easter Egg Open Meeting
22nd & 23rd April 2006
The Otters were out in force to compete in the annual Otter Easter Egg Open Meeting when both their sailing and hunting skills were put to the test!
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Optimists at Braassemermeer
April 2006
The first Open Optimist Meeting of the season saw three Otters joining competitors from Europe and the USA.
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Otter Oppies start the season
11th April 2006
The pontoon is back and so are the Oppie Otters! There were no less than seventy guests for the start of season lunch.
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Ex Otters compete in Sydney B14 Worlds
January 7th to 13th 2006
It's years since Jamie Mears and Matt Gill sailed in the Otters, but they met again at the B14 World Championships held at Woollahra Sailing Club in Sydney. Richard Edwards was also there.
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Corinthian Otters Cadet Open Meeting
25th & 26th June 2005
The Corinthian Otters Cadet Open meeting consisted of 6 races over the two days, with a discard after 4. The weekend thunderstorms forecast earlier in the week had fortunately cleared by Friday night, leaving sunshine and a cool East North East breeze...
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