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West Oxfordshire SC Spring Races, Wanderer and Wayfarer Open

Winning Tactics by Ian Simpson, Dave Bardwell and Amanda Shakir (W 1004) Photos of Race 1 sailed in the lightest of airs by Philip Meadowcroft On 22nd and 23rd April, Ian Simpson and Dave Bardwell won the West Oxford Wanderer Regatta, winning all five races in Dave’s boat, Teazle. The event was held simultaneously with a parallel Wayfarer event, sailing the same courses, with the Wayfarers having a 5-minute start. In the fourth race, Ian and Dave came first on the water beating not only the other Wanderers, but also the Wayfarers, even with their 5-minute head start. When asked to recount their tactics – what happened during the race, Ian said that he didn’t know – he was watching the front of the jib all the time. Dave said that that was also true for him. So this write-up, clearly, will contain the adventures of the front of the

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Wanderer West 2023

A report by Andrew Powell This was the second iteration of the brainchild of Martin Overton and John Sharples: a few days for Wanderer sailors to meet and sail and camp in beautiful Cornish surroundings and go cruising together. The campsite, Coastland at Mylor, has a sloping field with terraced pitches, so everyone has a lovely view over the river Fal as they eat their breakfasts! To be able to walk from one’s tent to one’s boat and launch, without using the car, adds immeasurably to the event, especially for Paul, my crew, and me; neither of our wives sail but they are free use the car to go and explore the surroundings, and sometimes meet up with us when we put in for lunch. The Tuesday was dominated by arriving and putting up the tent, and stepping masts and rigging boats for the next day. On Wednesday we met

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WandererFest 2022 by Richard Maltby

You will not get better than this: four days blessed by glorious sunshine, a consistent sea breeze each day as if switched on for boats to go sailing, high water in the afternoon, great company, adventure, and the peaceful enjoyment of Cobnor Point for camping. The highlight of the WCOA programme, WandererFest attracted more than 30 Wanderers and two Gulls (owned by WCOA members), and more than 60 sailors. We had a fantastic time. You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please Log In. Not a Member? Join Us

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Event Update August 2022

I am afraid this is a disappointing Update…..at least to start with. It has become sadly evident that we have no alternative but to cancel the 2022 National Championships scheduled for September 17/18 at Bewl. At six weeks’ notice, no suitable alternative venue can be adequately arranged. Earlier this year the Committee Boat at Bewl capsized.   Recovery has occurred but Mark Munday (who ably organizes our events there) says it is now unlikely to be serviceable in time for our event.  The alternative is a fixed race hut start and finish line but it is far from suitable since there is a considerable reduction in the certainty of a windward start.  On top of this the water level at Bewl was shown at 64% on July 28 (Southern Water has, worryingly, not updated the level since) and the weather forecast for the rest of August is not indicating any serious

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