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Bell Chimes November 2008 -

With the news that there would be six new boats joining the fleet (new, new to the fleet or upgraded) this year we would have thought that we would be returning to the days of 20 + boats on the line. With 30 boats parked in the fleet dinghy park this should have been possible.

However the combination of work and uni-versity commitments and the problematic British weather we were happy to achieve regular turnouts of 10 boats peaking at 15 when the weather was just perfect. I calcu-lated that a quarter of the nights sailing throughout the three series were lost to bad weather and I suppose that resulted in a loss of momentum among some. I know that certain individuals had their "candle blown out" on too many occasions. My highlight for the year should have been the GP Southern Area Championships held in June. A lot of preparation work and plan-ning went into making the event as good as the National in 2005 captained by Barry Southam. In the opinion of the association we should have expected 35 boats. In the end home boats actually outnumbered the visiting boats. Still, it was a brilliant event and very enjoyable (except that a visitor had to win - congratulations to Richard In-

stone & Steve Parker (Chase S.C.) The weather was co-operative although slightly higher than forecasted and one of the visitors commented on the opportunity to sail in 16 - 20 knots in blistering sunshine. As always the club did us proud on the food and the OOD Martin Nick-ols was able to run the event to schedule. Many thanks to all those on the organising committee, Dennis and Ian especially. The Picnic and BBQ also seem to have fallen victims of the weather. We still have the Christmas dinner to celebrate the year and I hope you have all booked Sat 20th December in

your diaries. Menu choices are attached to this newsletter. Can we have your trophies from last year back (polished) so that they can be engraved. I know that there are at least four boats plan-ning on travelling to Carnac next year for the Europeans - if any of you fancy a holiday in France - come and join us. One criticism that has been levelled at us as a club is that we don't appear on the travellers circuit at other clubs. We all agree that it would be impossible to improve on perfection but some effort on our part would result in bet-ter visitor numbers in the future. Maybe as a

fleet we would agree to pay the entry fees for any Poole boats on the UK traveller series for the next year. On a positive note we may be moving Sunday sailing to Saturday afternoons - for the autumn series. This will also allow more flexibility in our approach to new sailors. Martin Murphy

CAPTAIN’S CRAP

GP14 ANNUAL DINNER

Saturday 20th December 7.00 for 7.30

Orders on the pink form to Den

before 10th December

Menu & Details on the back cover page

Our GP14

A.G.M.

TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER

7.30 p.m.

It’s also Curry Night ! Please attend if you can - Upstairs at the club

We need you there !

TTHHEE BBEELLLL CCHHIIMMEESS

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1. CAPTAIN’S CRAP

2. BALDRICK’S BANTER / TROPHIES ‘08

3. SOUTHERN’S AT PYC

4. LETTER TO THE EDITOR

5. SATURDAY SAILING

6. PIPLERS ROUND THE ISLANDS

7. THOMPSON’S TRAVELS

8. ANNUAL DINNER 2008

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The Archaeopteryx Cup Monday Spring Series

Talula Mike & Margaret Williams

The Chanterelle Trophy The Bar Buoy Race

Moby Andy Welch & Taras Palamarcuk

Joint Venture Trophy Monday Summer Series


The Wareham Race

White Knuckles

Mike Arrow & James Stafford

The Redstone Trophy Monday Late Summer Series


The Endeavour Trophy Best Sunday Trophy R/up

T.B.D.

Keith Wells Cup Thursday Spring Series

The Big Floater

Colin Rainback & Andy Burge

The Silver Pot Monday Silver Fleet Winner

Moondust Martin Trim & Kate Thomson

Jack's Summer Cup Thursday Summer Series

The Big Floater


The Broadstone Bowl Thursday Silver Fleet Winner

Shaken not Stirred

Ian Wall & Ted Hewett

Oyster Trophy Thursday Late Summer Se-ries

The Big Floater


The Ching Chalice Monday Bronze Fleet Winner

Timmit Tim Whittle & Tim Chalk

The Autumn Shield Sunday Autumn Series

Moby Andy Welch & Taras Palamarcuk

The Voodini Trophy Thursday Bronze Fleet Winner

Growler Simon Hill & Jennie Noon

The Winter Shield Sunday Winter Series To be decided

Jaine Cup Best Gold Fleet Runner Up

White Knuckles ll

Mike Arrow & Ian Aitken

The Salterns Chandlery Studland Shield

Not Sailed

GP14 Trophy

Overall Gold Fleet Winner Talula

Mike & Margaret Williams

The Nautilus Trophy The Swanage Race

Not Sailed

Valentine Trophy

Most improved Team Mazoe Tim & Jo Edom

The Bob Hoare Round the Islands Cup

Talula Mike Williams & Martin Trim

Milborne Mug

Gorilla Tactics

Colin Byrne

GP14 TROPHY WINNERS 2008

The Bournemouth Pier Race


The Piplers of Poole GP14 Round

the Islands Team Races

After holding the Southern Area

Championship in June we doubted

this years event would be well sup-

ported. Thankfully the usual crowd

of 15 Welsh Harp boats turned up,

(only 10 visitors for the June

event). I suppose we are no longer

surprised by the poor turn-out of

Poole boats (6), and this included James Stafford,

still a B.T.Y.C. member.

The mornings light winds created a long, slow

race for the anti-clockwise route won by, surprise-

surprise, Richard Lord of Seahorse.

Efforts by Baldrick to have a shorter race after

lunch created not only confusion but total rejec-

tion, and a sore throat shouting successive

changes of course. Baldrick’s embar-

rassment was completed by the wind

stiffening nicely and the racers enjoy-

ing an excellent, long, spinnaker reach

from Piccadilly to the finish line. Oh

Yes, Richard Lord won again.

The event was won by B.T.Y.C. ‘A’

team (bye-bye trophy) with very con-

sistent individual results Roger

Walton 2 & 3 and Za Jelliffe 5 & 5.

Mike Williams was the best of the Poole boats

with a 4 & 4.

Many thanks to Phil Hoath for shepherding a

small visitors cruising group on the Sunday.

BALDRICKS BANTER


Don’t forget ! Stay tuned to our web site

www.poolegp14.co.uk

Also, we need your input

contact Den if you have any ideas.

01202 602038

[email protected]

7/8 June - Poole Yacht Club Saturday gave us wind speed between 5 - 16 knots with regular 90 degree wind shifts against the 10 - 12 knots northerly forecast. The OOD had been tasked with a target of 45 minutes per race - one hour between races and this he managed to maintain. The eventual overall winner Richard Instone with the help of crew Steve Parker proved the simple rule for winning a race - start well - get into the lead - don't let any boats pass you until the finish - this worked for all the races he won. The last race saw the wind lift from 5 to 16 knots and shift so that generally the fleet was over standing the windward mark after rounding the leeward mark. Winning this race left Andi Tunnicliffe of Windemere with Matt Burge of Poole second still in the running after the first day both with four points from their best two races. Sunday gave us 16 - 22 knots northerly against the 7 knots forecast but the glorious sunshine made it seem so much better. Richard Instone cemented his lead with two clear wins as the wind speed saw many local and visiting GPers enjoy the warmer waters and soft mud of Poole harbour - wind shifts and gusts catching them unawares. The final race gave the Burge clan a 1st and 3rd as Matt's father Andy crewed for Colin Rainback in Reflection. We think there was a separate competition between those two.

Ian Sinclair and Alan Jones "swiped" the silver fleet trophy with very consistent finishing al-ways in the top 8. James Ward and Richard Whitehill took bronze again with consistent finishing - always in the top half of the fleet.

Many thanks to our sponsor Piplers of Poole without whose support over the years we would not have been able to host many of our events. Picture : Matt Burge & Simon Wheeler (PYC) Overall Results: 1st Richard Instone & Steve Parker (Chase SC) 2nd Matt Burge & Simon Wheeler (PYC) 3rd Andy Tunnicliffe & Adam Lees (RWYC) 5th overall & 1st Silver, Ian Sinclair & Alan Jones (Bolton SC) 11th overall & 1st Bronze, James Ward & Rich-ard Whitehill (Papercourt SC)

The Piplers of Poole GP14 Southern Championship 2008

Your

TROPHIES BACK

Polished please !

by the end November

We need your trophies back to be engraved for presentation at the GP14 Dinner Please return to Martin Murphy at Quiz Nights on Thursdays or Telephone 01258 455894

Mobile 07840 972 625 e-mail [email protected]


No 1 The Pollocks

Chipping Moreoff

Letter to the Editor Greater Albion

Dear Sir

I would like to complain. I feel it necessary to give you a piece of my mind.

I find it descipable hobbirable unplesent to note that

there are indevidules people who wait lurk -

waiting for disaster to strike others. In particular I refer

to the article in this Summers Mainsail showing a poor

unfortunate annnnnomus un named individual on whom tragedy has befallen. See photo. While

attempting to discover the identity of the individual in

the photo I spoke to one indevidules person who said

“ I do not know any red heads with a big bum” I can

not reveal my sources for fear she will divorce him if she finds out what he said.

Another example of this activity is taking pleasure in others misfortune. Following is this prevuusly before

now unpublished picture despicting showing two intrepids battling the elements – lose concentration for a

moment and YES there was the lurker - with a camera. And OH. Did they offer assistance. NO Just sit there

and took bl**dy photographs.

There have been examples of this at other events with even the safety boats getting in on the act (Celia)

A final example of this unfortunate activity is as the attached photo of a boat 3OZVW - I think. The poor

unfortunate obviously inexperienced sailor with his

novice (if a bit cute) crew is floundering in despair. But

does the camera man come to their aid. No. He focuses

on the poor young girls bum. And so does the

photographer.

I hope by this letter I can put an end to this activity.

Maybe your readers can send other examples of this

disgraceful practice.

Yours

Mr Irving Rate

Bell Chimes November 2008 - Page 4


SAILING RESULTS

A full set of the Sailing results are included with this issue.

Our thanks to Ian Wall

SATURDAY AFTERNOON DINGHY SAILING There are discussions among the dinghy fleets about weekend sailing. With the lower

numbers on Sunday mornings (less than a third of the GP fleet) and with frequent Sun-

days where the volunteers outnumber the competitors there have been many moves to

improve attendance over the last few years. This has mainly been in the form of starting

later or finishing earlier in the season.

This has been compounded by the frequent bad weather and not helped by the too many

occasions where I am advised that the race office has cancelled racing "unnecessarily".

This issue I am advise is being dealt with.

My suggestion is that we try substituting Sunday morning racing with Saturday after-

noon racing. This has been put to Sailing Committee and has generally received a posi-

tive reaction. I am confident that we will have Saturday afternoon sailing this time next

year.

My reasons are as follows

Saturday afternoon is generally a time associated with sport while Sunday is associated

with family.

I am advised the sea breeze usually fills in around then.

There would be more heat in the day and in the competitors.

Parkstone seem to have a thriving Saturday afternoon dinghy fleet.

The club is virtually empty on Saturday afternoon.

Cruiser racers like myself would be available to sail.

If you race on Sunday your kit would not be dry for Monday.

Saturday afternoon lends itself better to coaching / taster sessions for new people.

It has been suggested that we could run two short races with a helm and crew series of

races.

Against

There are still people who work Saturdays or mornings who would struggle to get there.

There may be conflict with Parkstone fleets

We would need new volunteers for Saturdays - although the ribs are only required for

dinghies so only a few extra volunteers would be required.

I look forward to any comments and response but I feel that if successful the trial could

be extended with more summer afternoon sailing.

Martin Murphy GP14 Class Captain

SATURDAY VOLUNTEERS

If the club give the go ahead to hold Saturday

Afternoon Racing, we will need extra volunteers.

When the volunteer forms come out please vol-

unteer if you can.


For all your boating needs

The Piplers of Poole annual Round the Is-

lands Team Race event, where boats from

Poole Y.C. compete with Seahorse S.C and

B.T.Y.C. Sailsports from the Welsh

Harp, London, attracted an entry of 21

boats in 7 teams. Fortunately the previous

days winds of force 7 and above subdued

but still forecasted to be breezy. As com-

petitors arrived with the islands covered in

mist and light winds the forecast looked

questionable. At least the sky cleared and

the islands were viewable for the start of

the first race.

Race 1 – With the imminent arrival of the

Barfleur, a course of anti-clockwise round

the islands of Green, Furzey and Brownsea

was chosen. The force 2 south easterly

shifted southerly at the start causing a

crowded pin end and a one sided beat to

Piccadilly mark. Martin Trim (PYC) and guest

crew from the Harp recovered from a poor

start by sailing low of the fleet to pop up in

front but their lead was short lived as the

favourites closed in.

Mike and Margaret Williams (PYC) tempted

the fleet to sail close to Green Island with

inevitable consequences, one being the un-

forgettable sight of the favourite Richard

Lord, parked and sedately climbing from his

boat into knee level water to remove the pin

from his fixed rudder.

This was magic to the passing fleet espe-

cially the Williams’s who now seized the lead

which they held past the castle to the home

stretch. Lord fought back and choosing to

cross the channel uncovered paid dividends

and passed the finish, streets ahead of the

pack that sailed close to the island. Second

place in the two and a half hour race went

to Roger Walton & Serena Counsell (BTYC)

in front of Den Valentine & Serina Thorley

(PYC).

Race 2 – As boats began to launch in bril-

liant sunshine so the breeze leaped up to

force 5 promising some exiting sailing.

This time the same course but clockwise

and a spinnaker start. After a short post-

ponement they were off with the first cap-

size just yards from the line. Richard Lord

and Lorna Davis (Seahorse) enjoying the

conditions soon made the running, gaining a

convincing lead as they passed the cas-

tle. The uncomfortable beat to Nat West

Buoy and then the route round the Islands

saw no change and with Lord now cutting

the corners the rudders again were lifting.

With the club now in sight and a beam wind,

the kites went up and the planning began.

More capsizes but again no change for the

leaders and once round Piccadilly the exhila-

rating, long fast reach to the line became a

perfect climax to the days racing.

Another first for Richard and Lorna but sadly

not the prizes as this is team racing.

Mike Arrow and Ian Aitken from PYC took

second place but the result that clinched the

Trophy, a third for Roger and

Serena (BTYC).

Scoring best overall was Team A from BTYC.

Congratulations to:

13696 - Brian Jeffries and Richard Malden

13980 - Za and Libby Jelliffe,

and 13887 - Roger Walton and Serena

Counsell,

all deserved winners of the Piplers Trophy

for 2008

After Tea and Prizegiving the evening

rounded off with a dinner in the clubhouse

for sixty plus with special guests John and

Catherine Gardner from Piplers of Poole and

some kind words from Za Jelliffe represent-

ing the visitors.

Roll on next year !

THE PIPLERS of POOLE

GP14 Round the Islands Team Races

2nd August 2008 Picture

Mike Millard


A Letter from Dave Thompson ( GP14 Snowey)

Hello from the Sunny Mexican Riviera. As you all know (I hope) I now work for Princess Cruises working on Sapphire and later Crown Princess. Somewhat bigger than the Royal Navy frigates I am used to! So what is it like?

The ship is 115,875 gross tonnage, 50 Me-ters wide, 290 long, 3,400 tonnes fuel, cruise at 20 knots on 2 electrically driven shafts, 3 stern thrusters and 3 bow thrusters means we can go sideways at 2 knots! Crew of 1,200 and 2,600 Passengers. Has 16 decks, 5 swimming pools, countless bars and restaurants and a Gym (yes I do use it).

We have just finished cruising up in Alaska – stunning scenery! And are now based in Los Angeles as our “turn round port”. We sail down to Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta on the Mexican mainland then up to Cabo San Lu-cas before heading back to LA, each cruise is a week long. When I cross over to the Crown I will sail from Port Everglades and cruise the Caribbean on one week cruises.

What do I do? I am the Second Electro Tech-nical Officer (Communications) responsible for (Deep breath), All radars, Integrated bridge display systems (including electronic chart system), all GPS, 2 gyros, all Passen-ger Announcement equipment, computerized digital phone system, all stage equipment, all music systems, GMDSS, U / VHF radio sys-

tems, TV Broadcast equipment (including sta-bilized Satellite TV), Satellite communications and I am sure I have missed a few bits! So a broad spectrum of equipment that keeps us busy, I work for the First ETO with a work force of 4 (2 Pilipino and 1 Indian).

We work every day regardless of where we are and my contract is 12 weeks on 6 weeks off.

I have a double cabin (with windows!), en suite facilities and a full entertainment suite (well I do maintain it so I get a plasma TV!).

As an officer I get to use all the passenger facilities including restaurants and pools, we get to go to the shows and bars too (the latter we do have to pay but get crew discount!).

Tempted? Well come on over it is a good life and interesting and somewhat bigger then a GP – yes I do miss sailing and look forward to sailing again in my weeks off!

Some of the questions I have been asked so far (usually by Americans!) Do these stairs go up as well? What time does the midnight buf-fet start? Why do we have to get off this side today, yesterday it was the other side? Is the tennis court on the sport deck?

Well I hope that has given you an insight to life on a small cruise ship, those of you old enough may remember “Love Boat” a TV se-ries based on a cruise ship in the 70’s and 80’s, that was Princess cruises in the early days.

See you all soon.

Dave Thompson

PS – Hannah has settled in at Aberystwyth University, joined the sailing club and they have GP14s too!

THOMPSON’S TRAVELSTHOMPSON’S TRAVELSTHOMPSON’S TRAVELS


Menu Choices needed before 10th December please

Please send your Menu choices on the Pink Form with payment to :

Den Valentine, 1 Waterloo Road, Poole, BH17 7JX

Or you can :

e-mail Den Valentine den.valentine @ btinternet . com

Telephone on 01202 602038

If you could pay in advance it would help and save me a job on night.

If you chose to pay on the night remember that payment would still be due unless cancelled

before 15th December.

REMEMBER TO INVITE YOUR CREWS OR FRIENDS AS THEY MAY NOT HAVE

RECEIVED THE NEWSLETTER.

Hope you can make it !

GP14 ANNUAL DINNER - Sat 20th December 2008

(7.00 for 7.30)

1 Homemade Vegetable Soup

2 Crisp Salad with Cured Salmon Rolls in a Raspberry & Champagne

Mayonnaise

3 Duck Spring Rolls on a bed of Mixed Salad Leaves with a Sweet Chilli Sauce

1 Turkey Roulade stuffed with Sage & Onion Stuffing, served with Chipolata

Sausage & Rich Gravy

2 Roasted Leg of Lamb with a Redcurrant Jus

3 Basil & Parmesan Crusted Cod Fillet with a Thick Tomato Coulis

4 Caramelised Red Onion & Goats Cheese Tart with a Balsamic Syrup

1 Individual Christmas Pudding with Brandy Sauce

2 Pot Au Chocolate

3 Belgium Apple Pie & Cream

4 Cheese & Biscuits

Coffee and Petit Mince Pie

£19.00 per person

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