Wanderer Tag: Championship

Wanderer National Championships at Cotswold SC – 28/29th September

Cotswold Sailing Club occupies one of the lakes in the Cotswold Water Park complex south of Cirencester. We have visited on a number of occasions over the years for our Inlands. This was the first time they had hosted our Nationals.It was with some trepidation that the Wanderer fleet scanned the weather on the week leading up to the event. We were wondering quite how big the lake would have grown with the September rain, and if maybe we would have been able to sail over the road and into South Cerney SC. As it was, the lake was only up by a few inches. There was no rain over the course of the event, and the wind (mostly) played ball. 6 visitors from as far afield as Grafham and Whitstable joined 3 local boats on the Saturday morning for a midday start. The wind was a light north westerly,

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Wanderer Nationals at Whitstable Yacht Club

Wanderer Nationals at Whitstable Yacht Club, Saturday September 2nd and Sunday September 3rd 2023 by Tim Barr Ten Wanderers gathered at Whitstable during the last week of August and the first weekend of September. Wanderer East, a series of cruises up the Swale and over to the island of Sheppey was held during the week. On Saturday and Sunday seven of the boats competed for the Ian Proctor Wanderer Nationals and Gavin Barr trophies over four races. Saturday races were held in a moderate force three out of the North East. The first start was into a flood tide with an even start line. W 1819 Helmed by Colin Gilbert and crewed by Geoff Floyd led at the first mark closely followed by 1282 helmed by Tim Barr with Jack Skipper as crew. These two boats pulled away from the fleet with 1819 ho1ding on to the lead until the

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2019 National Championships

9 Wanderers gathered at Bewl Valley in Kent to Race for the title of National Champion 2019. Adam Wickenden writes his race report for the event.

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