Otter Week 2010 - Day Four
Tuesday 5rd August 2010
The senior Otters braced themselves for an intensive day of sailing for their long distance race. After starting from the club line, the Lasers, 420, Cadets, Fevas and Toppers set off towards the Roach. Meanwhile, the Oppies piled into RIBs and made their way to the White House to enjoy team games and swimming.
Read more about Otter Week 2010 - Day Four...Otter Week 2010 - Day Three
Monday 2nd August 2010
Today we sailed in four to five knots of wind which was interesting. After the racing there was a Treasure Hunt and the Oppie sailors piled into the seniors' boats which was really good. I think everyone enjoyed it because we interacted with the younger generation.
Read more about Otter Week 2010 - Day Three...Otter Week 2010 - Day Two
Sunday 1st August 2010
Today we went out for our second set of series races. On the way down the river it wasn't very windy but as we passed the barges, it picked up. We managed three races on a very good course.
Otter Week 2010 - Day One
Saturday 31st July 2010
The first day started Otter Week with a bang! After an excellent show of entries at registration, everyone rigged and launched for the first race. This started with llight winds that gradually increased throughout the afternoon which gave us all a chance to spot where there would be stiff competition for the rest of the week.
Burnham Optimist Open Meeting
Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th July 2010
We had forty-seven registered for the Saturday of our Oppie Open Meeting. The series was seven races and the fleets split between Race and Regatta.
Saturday was one of those balmy Burnham days with the land breeze from the west being countered by the ever increasing sea breeze. John Hardy, our Race Officer for the weekend, managed to get two races sailed before lunch.
GB Cadet World Championship Team
6th July 2010
The British team enjoyed their last chance to practise at Graffham before heading out to Poland for the World Championships. The team has elected both a Helms' Captain (Oliver Paliarakis) and a Crews' Captain, our own Scarlet Anderson. Scarlett is top left and Katie is bottom right.
RS Tera National Championships
Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th June 2010
This year there were seventy-four entrants at the Tera Nationals held at Netley Sailing Club in Southampton. Otters taking part included James Hutton-Penman, Hamish Eckstein, Flynn Davies and Zac Bikhazi in the Tera Pro fleet and Niamh Davies in the Tera Sport Fleet. There were two further sailors from the Burnham Sailing Club taking part, Josh and Jamie Aldridge.
Otter Camp Out & Pursuit Race
Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th June 2010
Again the weather was kind to us for the Otter Camp out and Pursuit Race 2010.
The afternoon started with a pursuit race, the slowest boats starting first. These were the first Oppi river group who put in a heroic performance to battle against the tide. A couple of these managed to obtain adult crews, although little Abby Jayasakera said once Nick Hutton Penman got in her boat she could not get rid of him!
Otter Cadet Open Meeting 2010
Saturday 19th June 2010
When scheduling an open meeting in June you expect to be hosting a beautiful, balmy sail on the Crouch. NOT TRUE. The 19th June was grey and blustery with black clouds building and passing through in big rainy squalls, with the wind shifting in as the rainstorms passed through and provided some very challenging conditions.
The 2010 Otter Season so far...
June 2010
I write this at the beginning of June. In spite of some miserable weather, not much sunshine and sometimes too much wind, the Otters are following their various programmes with enthusiasm and some real success.
Read more about The 2010 Otter Season so far......STOP PRESS! Barr and Anderson chosen for Cadet Worlds...
1st June 2010
At the final indicator in Weymouth over the Bank Holiday Weekend, Katie Barr and Scarlett Anderson, sailing 8435 Blue Moon have qualified for the British team at the World Championships in Puc, Poland in July.
Otters at the Volvo Musto Inland Championships
Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th May 2010
A dozen Otters trailed their boats to Grafham Water for the Volvo Musto Inland Championships over the weekend of the 15th and 16th May. It was an exciting experience for everybody; the conditions were tricky and the fleets were large - 90 entrants in the Regatta Fleet and 220 in the Main Fleet with the starts in flights of 45 boats. The Otters acquitted themselves well and Nick, their trainer, was pleased with the outcome. His report follows.
Otters at the 2010 Eric Twiname Championship
Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th May 2010
We had a number of Otters selected for the RYA Eastern Region Winter Zone squad and four of these were selected as part of a team of eight to represent the zone at the Eric Twiname Championship Selection Event. The event took place over the weekend of the 8th/9th May and there were 60 Optimists sailors competing from zones all around the country.
Laura reporting on the Cadet Inlands
Thursday 8th & Friday 9th April 2010
With a forecast of light winds on the second day of racing, the Race Committee ran four races on the first day of the Inland Championships. With a fleet of 82 boats, everyone knew the competition would be fierce and the title of Inland Champion would be hard to achieve. The course of a triangle followed by two sausages (windward-leeward loops) was put into place and not long after the first race began.
Congratulations to Katie and Scarlett!
Thursday 8th & Friday 9th April 2010
The week following Easter the Otter Cadet Squadron visited Rutland for two days training followed by the National Inland Championships, which were also an indicator for the British team to go to the World Championships in Puc, Poland at the end of July.
Otter Easter Egg Regatta
Saturday 27th March 2010
On Saturday the 27th of March the Otters held the annual Easter Egg Regatta. With the sun shining and a breeze of about 8 knots it looked as though the conditions were perfect.
Oppie Otters Had A Successful Winter
27th March 2010
A number of our Oppie sailors have sailed through the winter in various squads. We have had representatives in the RYA East Zone Squad, the IOCA Development Squad, the IOCA Intermediate Squad and the Tera National Squad.
Read more about Oppie Otters Had A Successful Winter...The Otters are back!
Saturday 13th March 2010
The Clubhouse was thronging with returning Otters and their parents, all anxious to get the Sailing Season 2010 underway. As all the groups had moved on this was a chance to meet the new trainer for the season and lay some plans for the summer.
Otter Programme - download
13th March 2010
Download your printable version of the Otter programme here.....
Read more about Otter Programme - download...Cadet World Championships, Argentina
22nd December 2009 to 4th January 2010
Wow, the Worlds in Buenos Aires were an amazing, once in a lifetime experience for everyone and which, for me, will be remembered as one of the best! The training began on the 22nd of December, the winds were light and the team did not go out until midday, which seemed to be the pattern for the whole event. This late start to the day reflected the entire atmosphere of the Worlds, off the water, relaxed and calm.
Cadets shaking out the Cobwebs
17th January 2010
Several hardy Cadets, together with some visitors, braved the January weather for a day's training with Michael MacNamara, the UKNCCA national coach on the 17th of January. Suprisingly, conditions were near perfect, bright sunshine and a consistent 10 knot breeze allowed the participants the opportunity to shake out the cobwebs and work with some new crews.
Oppie Christmas Lunch and Party
Sunday 6th December 2009
The Christmas period is always an exciting time and it brings the Oppie Christmas Lunch full of festive cheer complete with carols. The children and adults enjoyed a special Christmas meal with all the trimmings and everything!
