General Meeting - Speaker: Phillipe Peché

Phillipe Peché, who was a member of the record breaking Orange II crew (current Jules Verne Trophy Holder http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/photos/05/orange-rtwr/ ) and regular crew on the French Open 60 Trimaran racing circuit, has agreed to give a presentation about his expliots at our next general meeting, which is now scheduled for next Thursday (March 6th). It should be a very exciting meeting, please check back next week to confirm the venue, we are currently looking at Brighton Yacht Club.

Feb General Meeting postponed to March

The next General meeting will be held early March. Date ,venue and details to be advised ASAP. Our apologies for the postponement.

SOMR 2008 Results

Congratulations to Redshift for winning the line honours and OMR championship and to Frassld for their PHS victory. Thanks to all the competitors for a great series which was proved to be a huge success. The results have now been posted to the website and special awards are listed below:

THE WINNERS !

SERIES CHAMPION, TYCV PERPETUAL TROPHY, OMR CHAMPION
REDSHIFT – GEORGE BULKA

OMR:
1. REDSHIFT – GEORGE BULKA
2. CASCADE – ALEX MACNAUGHTAN
3. SEASPRINTER – DALE GARDNER-BERRY

PERFORMANCE HANDICAP:
1. FRASSLD – SHAUN FISHLEY
2. SEASPRINTER – DALE GARDNER-BERRY
3. RAINBOW CONNECTION – LEON ALEXANDER

BANDERSNATCH TROPHY, LONG DISTANCE RACE AWARD
CASCADE – ALEX MACNAUGHTAN

PIGS MIGHT FLY TROPHY ( MISPLACED OPTIMISM AWARD)
WE THREE – JAMES BROWN

ZINTA TROPHY ( I CAN BUST MY BOAT BETTER THAN YOU CAN)
SIN – MARK STAFFORD

STEADY AS SHE GOES AWARD ( MOST CONSISTENT MIDDLEFIELDER)
BULLFROG – GEOFF HUNTER

SOMR VIRGIN AWARD ( MOST SUCCESSFUL FIRST TIMER)
FRASSLED – SHAUN FISHLEY

PARASOMR AWARD ( I CAN BUST MY BODY BETTER THAN YOU CAN)
TRIFLE – VINCE GARDNER

ST. ARBOA RD. AWARD (RED/GREEN BEWILDERMENT)
SEASPRINTER – DALE GARDNER-BERRY

AS TIME GOES BY AWARD ( MOST FOOLISH ETA PREDICTION)
DAVID BLAKELY

SOMRSUGARDADDY AWARD ( GENEROSITY BEYOND THE CALL)
ANDREW & HARRY SHIRT – ANDREW SHIRT MARINE