SAILING NEWS
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Club zips
in join the
Jean team
BOLTON Sailing Club has adopted Jeans for
Genes as their charity for 2007. Throughout the
year the club will raise money for the charity
through a series of competitive sailing and club
events.
Jeans for Genes is a national charity which funds
research into the causes and treatments of genetic
disorders in children and is best known for its
annual Jeans for Genes Day when millions of
people ditch the usual dress code and wear jeans in
exchange for a small donation. This year Jeans for
GOLDEN OLDIES: Craft taking part in the 2006 festival
Genes Day is on Friday 5th October.
Bolton Sailing Club with over 400 members has
Festival steps
been based at Belmont reservoir, between Bolton
and Chorley for 50 years. It is one of the foremost
sailing clubs in the north of England with a flour-
ishing junior section and a commitment to family
back in time
sailing.
Warren Price, Training Officer commented:
“The club is delighted to support Jeans for Genes.
We hope that this will be the start of a long
ORGANISERS of a major festival Festival in Brittany, with which
relationship between the charity and the sailing
for traditional craft being staged in Seafair Milford Haven is affiliated,
community. Our aim is not only to raise a lot of
West Wales next year have revealed when a group of delegates from
money but also to raise awareness”
that interest in the event is already Pembrokeshire were invited to set
The season started on June 24th with the Club
high following its official launch in the scene for this Welsh event
Regatta where members fought it out for the Jeans
France. among a foreign audience.
for Genes trophies.
Seafair Milford Haven 2008 is an Organisers are also looking forward
Later in the year, the club will enter a Jeans for
exciting week-long festival being to a launch in Pembrokeshire later
Genes GP14 into the Southport 24 hour race.
staged around the West Wales deep this year.
Competing against boats from all over the north
water estuary to celebrate the mar- Over 100 classic and traditional
west, Bolton Sailing Club expects to do well,
itime history of Pembrokeshire. craft, from gigs to square riggers,
having finished in the top three in recent years.
Building on the success of an oar and sail, ‘raided’ Haven com-
Custom-made sails will be donated by Speed
JEANS FOR GENES: Bolton Sailing Club has
inaugural Seafair Festival in 2006, munities and enjoyed a week of on
Sails. Richard Estaugh, Managing Director of the
adopted the national charity for 2007
the event aims to attract traditional and off water events during Seafair
sail maker and chandlers is pleased to support this delighted with this support. He said “Jeans for
craft and seafarers from 18-25 June Festival in 2006. Organisers expect
initiative. Genes is more than a one day event, it is a great
2008, to experience 22 miles of the 2008 event will be an even
He says: “Speed Sails has had a long association cause which needs support all year round.
sheltered sailing around the Haven, greater success. Races and expedi-
with Bolton Sailing Club so we are very happy to “Bolton Sailing club is the first club in the sail-
from the dramatic cliffs and sandy tions to Pembrokeshire’s off-shore
support them. We supply sails for all types of boats ing community to get involved for which the char-
bays of the Dale peninsular to the islands will take place throughout
but we will make a special effort in this case to cre- ity is very grateful. After this, who knows, we
quiet creeks of the Cleddau Rivers. the festival and there will be many
ate a unique visual display for this worthy cause.” might get other clubs to join in.
The festival was launched in opportunities for land-based visitors
Local Jeans for Genes organiser, Geoff Creamer, “To receive such generous support from Speed
France recently at the Morbihan to view boats at close range.
who has two sons affected by a genetic disorder, is Sails is a welcome bonus”
50th anniversary
bash gets the OK
THE UK Association for the OK Dinghy celebrated the 50th
Anniversary of this popular single-handed dinghy at the Upper Thames
Sailing Club in June. Enthusiasts who have been involved with build-
ing or sailing this boat came from around the UK to celebrate in style
on the banks of the Thames at Bourne End.
Upper Thames Sailing Club now has the largest OK Class
membership in the UK and these boats can usually be seen racing
every Sunday morning.
The anniversary weekend attracted more than 35 boats, so the racing
was extremely competitive. A team of young sailors from the home
club won the fun relay race on the Saturday when Wooburn Green
twins Tom and Sam Preston were joined by Alex Holbern and Julian
Burnham. The main social event of the weekend was a pig roast dinner
followed by speeches from various class dignatories relating stories
from the early days of OK sailing.
The main racing event on the Sunday was a series of three races for
the Yeatman Bowl. This was won by Nick Craig from Frensham Pond
LEARNING THE ROPES: Young visitors to the OK Dinghy 50th Anniversary celebration Sailing Club.
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