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Friends planning breast cancer charity regatta at Port Hamble

A COUPLE of friends from Hampshire are planning a regatta to raise money for a charity close to their hearts. Tanya and Liane met a couple of years ago, whilst working on the South Coast sailing yachts. Liane was amazed to hear that Tanya was fighting breast cancer, but little did she know that she would soon be fighting the very same disease. Their friendship has grown as they have gone through treatment and the friends now plan to put on a regatta to raise money for the charity, Breast Cancer Now. Liane Williams said: “Once I finished my treatment for breast cancer I started to think how we could give something back. “We were just having coffee, and I said why don’t we try and organise a Regatta. “It’s the sort of thing we do for large corporate companies but we decided to develop it and see how we could make it about charity and breast cancer.” Both ladies found that throughout their time dealing with breast cancer, the sea helped them to keep their sanity, when physically and mentally they were ‘close to despair’. They have now started putting the event, the “Sail the Sea” Sailing Challenge, out on social media and say they have received a very positive response. The event will be made up of a series of short races and will cost £295 per head to enter. It is due to take place from Port Hamble on May 8, 2021. Liane added: “We don’t want it to be too serious as t’s for everybody and it will be lots of fun. No sailing experience necessary. “We want to turn the marina pink and hope everybody will come along.” The charity, Breast Cancer Now are providing t-shirts and promotional materials for the event with the ladies just wanting to raise as much money as possible. “With us both living on the south coast, being out at sea really helped us. “We also want to do it to encourage anyone going through breast cancer and want it to be a positive story about how you can get over this.”

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Filey and Ripon join forces for inter-club youth regatta

A sunny day in September saw Ripon and Filey sailing clubs collaborating to bring their youth and junior sailors together for a regatta on the North Yorkshire coast, with fun racing on the water and safe social distancing on shore. The Inter Club Youth Day was hosted by Filey SC and gave Ripon SC’s younger members a chance to sail on the sea, with each club organising its own competitors, who then met on the start line. Having had to cancel its open events this year, and limited as to what was possible under the shadow of the Coronavirus pandemic, Filey SC was aiming for a simple, easy and fun day so that young sailors from the two clubs could experience sailing and racing together in Filey Bay. Filey SC club secretary Carol Milner and Ripon SC youth and junior secretary Fiona Spence worked together to enable the day to happen, with each coordinating their home club’s sailors and parents. There were no entry fees for the event, a zoom briefing was held the night before, Ripon had its own designated area of the beach and everyone brought a picnic. Carol said: “We are all under pressure this year and sometimes you need to take the pressure off and just have some sailing. As many clubs are experiencing - especially volunteer-run smaller clubs - many members are not able to come sailing never mind volunteer. We love to host and put on a good spread of food and cake and serve beer and tea but when it comes down to it - it’s about the sailing and sometimes it’s about facilitating. By coordinating club-to-club rather than individuals it all became possible with minimum complications and safe distancing.” Young sailors with a range of abilities took to the water and although there were results, the day was more about enabling personal progression through racing rather than performance. Ripon’s Fiona Spence commented: “Filey’s invite came at an opportune moment and was too good to say no to. I am immensely grateful for their can-do attitude and support. Ripon has a lot of young sailors who have not experienced sea sailing and it was great to be able to bring some of our newer #teamripon members along to experience an event at a different venue with a supportive race team and safety crews. It was a day of firsts for several members – first time towing, first trip away from Ripon, first time on the sea.” Both Filey and Ripon believe inter-club cooperation can provide opportunities for members of all ages and abilities to participate and develop their skills, not only through high profile events but also informal and relaxed occasions providing a fun and varied environment for learning. Fiona continued: “The racing at the front of the fleet was pretty fierce with some renewed rivalries from the Youth Traveller Series. It was great to see the sailors at the front of the fleet revelling in the conditions and competition whilst supporting the less experienced members as they rigged and set sail. This is what sailing is all about – the camaraderie, friendship and support as well as a great day on the water. We look forward to hosting Filey at Ripon as soon as possible.” Carol added: “Everyone's resources are under pressure this year and we wanted to share our venue and create club collaboration to give the Ripon youngsters an opportunity on the beach. As a smaller club we are looking at ways to increase collaboration in the region and share resources. Clubs can be stretched holding events and it’s good to work together and sail together.” Fantastic conditions in Filey Bay as youth sailors launch for the regatta, credit Ripon SCRegatta report Conditions for the Filey & Ripon Inter Club Youth Regatta saw a glorious sunny September day with a neap tide and offshore winds keeping the sea flat and the surf very small. The winds were SW and changeable with some gusts up to 33 mph. It was an inverted P-course with handicap racing using average lap time for two races before and two after lunch. Seventeen dinghies set out - 10 from Ripon SC and 7 from Filey SC - although due to the strong winds not all raced or stayed on the water. For some of Ripon SC’s members it was their first time on the sea. The youngest leaving the beach was Molly Wilson, aged six (FSC, Tera) but due to wind strength she had to retire early. Danny Whitehead aged 9 (FSC, Tera) fought through all four races. Harriet Newcombe, Rebecca Newcombe, Sophie Gates and Keira Cowell earned special mention for their tenacity and perseverance. Tom Moss and Henry Smith ferociously battled the elements and George Spence, Ollie Lumb, Theo McGonigle, Hamish Steel and Ben Whitehead had a blast. After four races the final results were: 5th Alex Horsman (Byte, RSC); 4th Finn Goodman (Topper, RSC); 3rd Tommy Whitehead (RS Tera, FSC); 2nd Liam Boyce (Laser 4.7, FSC); and 1st Tom Bates (Laser 4.7, RSC). Carol sums up: “At the end of the day there were grins all round and everyone had learnt something. It was a great day – Simple, Easy, Fun. Thank you to all the parents who supported.”

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America’s Cup: UK Team in transition

Ben Ainslie, Team Principal and Skipper of the America’s Cup challenger INEOS Team UK, provides an update as the British squad transitions from their headquarters in the heart of Old Portsmouth to Auckland, New Zealand. The COVID pandemic has thrown a number of challenges our way over the past six months, as it has been for everyone around the world. The circumstances we found ourselves in focused us to slow down and think long and hard about our priorities and how we make the most of the time we have left before the 36th America’s Cup. This meant the last three months have been a very positive period for the team. We have achieved a great deal and I’m proud of how we got through it together as a team. It has been an especially positive period on the water. In fact, I can say we’ve probably had one of the best summers of sailing ever as a team in the UK. Being forced off of the water for a few months was, of course, frustrating. As they say in the America’s Cup the one thing you can’t buy is time. However, from May through to August, we had a brilliant sailing period. Getting out on the water regularly has been so valuable to us as a team because the learning curve on these brand new AC75 boats is so steep that every time we went out, we learnt a huge deal. The British summer really turned it on for us! We have now finished sailing in the UK and are currently halfway through relocating our entire team to New Zealand. Our first AC75, Britannia I, is already on her way to Auckland on a ship. Our second AC75, Britannia II, is currently being fitted out before she too goes to Auckland on an Antonov cargo plane at the end of September. Many of the team are already in New Zealand. Others, including myself, are due to head out in the next few weeks. As you would expect, when relocating this many people halfway across the world, it’s a very busy period and there’s a lot of pressure now on the team to get everything in order before we all head out but equally, we are all very excited to head to Auckland and take this next big step in our America’s Cup challenge. Once we get to Auckland, and through the mandatory two-week quarantine period, we are aiming to be out on the water in our new AC75, Britannia II, in October. That will give us a two-month period of productive sailing before we head into the Christmas regatta (Dec. 17-20), which will be the first time all these teams have lined up together in a race environment. That will be a fascinating period and will be met with a lot of intrigue. Given this is such a new class of boat, there may well be some big differences between the teams when we first line up against each other. For me, however, this Cup feels a lot like the 34th America’s Cup in 2013 in that the key to winning will be how quickly each team can develop and keep developing throughout the competition period. We can’t wait to set sail in the Waitemata Harbour. New Zealand is such a beautiful country and Auckland is fantastic place to sail. Ultimately, however, we are there for only one reason – to win the America’s Cup for Britain. It won’t be easy, but we’re looking forward to the challenge ahead.

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