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All week, the forecast had been grim! High pressure. Little cloud cover! High's of 28'c! Sun splitting the rocks! Not the conditions your average '15 sailor hopes for. Fortunately, the latest instalment of the travelling circus that is the Sprint 15 Summer Series had arrived in Thorpe Bay.

Strong winds had been forecast for the weekend and it was not surprising to see a reduced fleet arriving on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Saturday morning saw 13 visitors and 6 home helms looking over the sea wall at flat water but WSW winds 25mph gusting SW into the low 30s.

Unfortunately I have to advise as to the recent theft of a memory stick containing our Membership Data Base which, by its nature, contains personal information on us all.  The stick was seemingly stolen whilst it was in Royal Mail hands and this issue will be explored further with them. 

The 2013 Sprint 15 Sports National Championships, sponsored by Wightlink Ferries and Windsport International were held at the Yaverland Sailing and Boating Club on the Isle of Wight. With a total of 28 boats taking part, racing took place in the English Channel just south of the Isle of Wight (well actually at the eastern end of Sandown Bay but technically in the channel), and featured winds of various strengths and likewise an assortment of directions which did manage to drain the colour from the race officers’ cheeks.

Winter 2012-13 Series final report... Thus we lost 2 of our scheduled 5 events and with the best 3 results to count it meant that there were no discards.

As you are  aware we raised our fees for payment by Standing Order from £10 to £20 last year and whilst many are being received for the revised amount we received 50 plus incorrect payments in March.  In the last issue of Newsprint we reminded all Members of the increase in the Subs and the revised method by which they should be paid.  You will need details of our bank account and your unique SP number to do this and if you have lost them please contact me at the membership address in the contact details page

A total of 25 Sprint 15s took part in the Traveller event at Marconi SC – with a particularly noteworthy turnout of travellers given the dreadful weather conditions leading up to the event.

Sadly the Sprint 15 Icicle Event on Sunday 24 March at Grafham has been cancelled due to the poor weather forecast (snow and high winds across the country).

Sorry to say the doomsayers were proved right, with absolutely zero wind at Queen Mary today and no sailing.

The first event in the Sprint 15 Winter TT series is something of a highlight of the class racing calendar and following a record breaking turn-out in 2011, this year’s event was expected to be another ‘big-one’.