John Taylor 2 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 (edited) During this year I have done a lot of sailing, I guess making up for loss time in the past. So today I had a look at the proposed 2020 race calendar. After making my own racing wish list, it looks like I’m going to be busy for another year. Is there anyone else thinking they are going to have a busy year? 26 Jan 6m Open at Fleetwood Travelled 568 miles, Travel Budget £85 08 Mar Northern District (IOM) Open - Askern Travelled 482 miles, Travel Budget £85 (1050m / £170) 14 - 15 Mar 10r Ranking Race 1/2 at Lincoln Travelled 428 miles, Travel Budget £80 (1478m / £250) 29 Mar 6m Open Race at Fleetwood Cancelled 23 - 24 May RM Ranking Race 2/3 at Fleetwood Cancelled 9 - 19 June World Championships at West Kirby Cancelled 27 June 6m Open at Harwich and Dovercourt Cancelled 11 July IOM Ranking Race 3 at Coalhouse Fort Cancelled 26 - 27 July RM Championship at Manor Park Cancelled 2 - 7 August Vane A-Week at Gosport Cancelled 23 August Northern District (IOM) Championship at Keighley Cancelled 29 - 31 August (IOM) Championships at Fleetwood Cancelled 19 - 20 Sept (US1m) Championship at Sacremento, USA Cancelled 27 September Tri - Services Services (IOM) Championships at Gosport Cancelled 24 - 25 October (IOM) Ranking Races 5/6 at Manor Park. Cancelled 31 October - 01 November (6mtr) Championships at Norwich Cancelled Edited October 31, 2020 by John Taylor Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Ewart 3 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Come on John surely you can squeeze a couple of PRACC races in there? Mike Ewart Link to post Share on other sites
John Taylor 2 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Mike, I think the only event I could do is the RA Championship at Manor Park on the 3/4 October. This would involve more funding to complete my boat. My wish list of races includes the West Kirby Worlds, Vane A-Class Week and an ambition to race in the US in 2020, I dunno if I can financially stretch any further? JT Link to post Share on other sites
John Taylor 2 Posted June 26, 2020 Author Share Posted June 26, 2020 Wow, I have just reviewed my Sailing Calendar wish list. I've only 6 potential regattas left. I was going to hit the circuit hard this year and clock up the miles. Ended up saving money JT Link to post Share on other sites
John Taylor 2 Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 (edited) At the beginning of 2020, I was excited with the amount of sailing I was going to do this year. However, today my sailing wish list is in tatters. Only the Joint Services (IOM) race is left, I wonder what the decision on that race will be? The only plus side is that Ive not burnt all my money to the fuel companies such as Shell and Esso. JT Edited August 1, 2020 by John Taylor Link to post Share on other sites
Derek Priestley 2 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Hi John, We (Maureen & I) also planned attending many events, but have also saved lots not paying it to oil companies and hotel chains!! However, I fear that our sport will be the loser for it as I worry that some of our regular competitors will have found something else to do with their weekends? We must hope for the best when & if we return to normal, whatever that is. Link to post Share on other sites
Darin Ballington 0 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Hi John/Derek, I know that the council are very keen to ensure that we can get back to competitive racing as soon as possible and are working on guidance documents. Like Derek I am concerned that some of our members may find other activities but I also see that we have a fantastic opportunity to place club sailing back at the front of everyones mind, and if we all support our local clubs we can individually do something to encourage our friends and mates to come out to play. I see that clubs are starting to organise regular sailing and if we all join in (socially distanced of course) we can help everyone feel confident to return. 2020 has been a year of home projects for me but looking forward to getting the transmitter in my hand again soon. Darin Link to post Share on other sites
Derek Priestley 2 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Darin & all, I've never stopped supporting my local club, yesterday I was racing R/C Lasers. Sat I was fixing a new members IOM. Thurs night I was racing df65's tues I was racing df95's and last Sun I was racing IOM's until my boat broke! I'll be trying it again this comming sat. Link to post Share on other sites
John Taylor 2 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) Gents and Others, I am turning my attentions now to the Trade Show and the (MYA) AGM. Surely we can achieve those at the very least? I kinda think this years AGM would become very important, in terms of initially publishing to its members, the Council's future ideas for how events in 2021 can be run? I am sure if advertised carefully and following future distancing guidance, we could achieve an enjoyable Trade Show and fast becoming, in my opinion, a very important future AGM. A discussion for a future thread away from this post perhaps? Regards, JT Edited August 3, 2020 by John Taylor Link to post Share on other sites
Darin Ballington 0 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 More bad news for you John, the trade show has been cancelled due to social distancing concerns. Link to post Share on other sites
John Taylor 2 Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) Edited August 4, 2020 by John Taylor Link to post Share on other sites
Barry Chisam 0 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 We have to beat this thing down to a manageable level first and hopefully we can all do our thing next year. Beating it must come first especially because so many of our members are elderly. Link to post Share on other sites
Guzzilazz 3 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Individually we have zero chance of "beating this thing down". Its transmissibility is phenomenal, as can be seen from the upticks in cases in numerous places around the UK and the rest of the world. The only real hope is that one of the vaccines works... Larry IOM sailor North Essex Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Holliday 1 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 6 hours ago, Guzzilazz said: Individually we have zero chance of "beating this thing down". I disagree, it is only by individuals taking responsibility for their actions and maintaining social distancing/hand washing/small groups only/face masks, etc that we will keep the infection rate low. It is the irresponsibility of individuals who feel they are immune from this or who simply ignore the safety and welfare of others around them that causes the spikes in infection that we are seeing now. Be responsible now and we just may get to have serious competition again in 2021. Be irresponsible and we will be having this same conversation in twelve months time. The choice is yours...... Link to post Share on other sites
Derek Priestley 2 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Morning everyone, Life is going on!! And our sport must be one of the most healthy of all. Outdoors, fresh air, exercise, must be better for the health of our members than sat in front of the box!!? Lets get out there & get some responsible, social distanced, racing done!! Link to post Share on other sites
Guzzilazz 3 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 13 hours ago, philholliday said: I disagree, it is only by individuals taking responsibility for their actions and maintaining social distancing/hand washing/small groups only/face masks, etc that we will keep the infection rate low. It is the irresponsibility of individuals who feel they are immune from this or who simply ignore the safety and welfare of others around them that causes the spikes in infection that we are seeing now. Be responsible now and we just may get to have serious competition again in 2021. Be irresponsible and we will be having this same conversation in twelve months time. The choice is yours...... Without trying to be pedantic, that is what I said... There are too many people who believe they won't be affected by the disease, as they are young. Someone in my village was infected and hospitalised for 6 weeks. He had sepsis and two strokes, before being released from hospital. He was 31 and fit before the virus. There is much rumour that pubs and restaurants aren't taking names and contact details, and not providing "Covid Safe" environments. Combining the "it won't affect me" with the previous sentence, there is little chance in my opinion that we will be doing much differently until a vaccination programme is well under way, and that will reduce the incidence of the virus in society. Larry IOM sailor North Essex Link to post Share on other sites
John Taylor 2 Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 I am wondering if we could have a Virtual Trade Show and AGM via Zoom? Trying to think how this can work, suppliers sign up for a timed slot using Zoom. It is the suppliers choice to have a number of their products on display and be available for questions from the public. I'm not overly sure how Zoom works but all suppliers may receive a Zoom Calling code once they have signed up, which is published to all the MYA Members wishing to be involved. As for the AGM, this could be achieved on one contact number for all the interested members to enter. Any thoughts or has someone thought about this already? JT Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator Austin 0 Posted August 5, 2020 Administrator Share Posted August 5, 2020 6 hours ago, John Taylor said: I am wondering if we could have a Virtual Trade Show and AGM via Zoom? Trying to think how this can work, suppliers sign up for a timed slot using Zoom. It is the suppliers choice to have a number of their products on display and be available for questions from the public. I'm not overly sure how Zoom works but all suppliers may receive a Zoom Calling code once they have signed up, which is published to all the MYA Members wishing to be involved. As for the AGM, this could be achieved on one contact number for all the interested members to enter. Any thoughts or has someone thought about this already? JT Zoom is not the solution for a virtual trade show I am afraid. It's just not practical to potentially have 1750 people attend a Zoom meeting and it not be chaos. We are prepared for a virtual AGM but won't be using Zoom for that either for the reasons above. Link to post Share on other sites
Darin Ballington 0 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Hi John, Why not post your own "virtual" trade show, I'm sure that the members would really appreciate a video of what you have planned for 2021 and the suppliers section of the forum is just the place. Link to post Share on other sites
John Taylor 2 Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 That is certainly something to think about, should be rather fun to create. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
G-Bayliff 0 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Hi John, A Facebook Watch Party might be just the thing on the MYA downwind group. Supplier records a video and invites us all, we watch with you and post comments or ask questions. A host can queue videos so a few suppliers could get together to form a virtual trade show. Post to MYA forum after that for anyone not on Facebook Just a thought. See you at a race soon Link to post Share on other sites
John Taylor 2 Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) Recently, I entered the Dutch (IOM) Open - 24 / 25th October. However, last Friday saw the government putting quarantine restrictions in place, which includes returning from the Netherlands. Therefore, it seems I cannot sail in this event anymore. Link: https://www.iomzeilen.nl/ What is left for me.... Not the (IOM) Championship, Fleetwood - 29 August. then.... Not the DF95 Championship, Fleetwood - 26 & 27th September. Both Cancelled Edited October 31, 2020 by John Taylor Link to post Share on other sites
Derek Priestley 2 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) Notice of Race – Not the IOM Nationals 29th & 30th August 2020 2 SEPARATE RACES All are welcome up to 28 boats! Edited August 17, 2020 by Derek Priestley Link to post Share on other sites
John Taylor 2 Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) Edited August 17, 2020 by John Taylor Link to post Share on other sites
Site Admin GaRRy 0 Posted September 3, 2020 Site Admin Share Posted September 3, 2020 On 17/08/2020 at 09:37, Derek Priestley said: Notice of Race – Not the IOM Nationals 29th & 30th August 2020 2 SEPARATE RACES All are welcome up to 28 boats! Did this take place ?. How did it go ? Any Lessons learned ? Link to post Share on other sites
Derek Priestley 2 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Hi Garry, Yes it took place but with only 13 boats entered on sat & 15 on Sunday it was an easy event to manage. On Sunday with 15 boats we assessed the risk of running 1 fleet with 2 more boats in it than the MYA's GUIDANCE and we decided that there was no problem with the wide open space around Fleetwood lake, and all competitors agreed so we did 16 races in one fleet in very challenging shifting winds. Lessons learned, The MYA GUIDANCE is just that GUIDANCE and we had all the precautions in place and had, I hope, a successful safe day. Link to post Share on other sites
Damian101 3 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 I'll eco Derek's words, it was a very good weekend with plenty of space with skippers up on the grass bank and the crabbers on the concrete. Challenging shifty conditions was an understatement, Derek did a sterling job in setting us the best course he could in the conditions. You forget how tiring two days of sailing can be - but highly enjoyable. Link to post Share on other sites
Site Admin GaRRy 0 Posted September 9, 2020 Site Admin Share Posted September 9, 2020 On 04/09/2020 at 16:59, Damian101 said: I'll eco Derek's words, it was a very good weekend with plenty of space with skippers up on the grass bank and the crabbers on the concrete. Challenging shifty conditions was an understatement, Derek did a sterling job in setting us the best course he could in the conditions. You forget how tiring two days of sailing can be - but highly enjoyable. Sounds good. Unfortunately the new restrictions just announced make it look like the NTDF95 Nationals may not be so fortunate. Not given up hope yet Link to post Share on other sites
John Taylor 2 Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) New events now on my radar. Fleetwood (Vane 36R) - Lever Cup: 19th September Travelled 568 miles, Travel Budget £85 Fleetwood (Not the DF95 Championships) - 27 / 28 September Cancelled Forfar (IOM) Scottish District Wooden Championship - 3rd October Travelled to Greenock as a round trip 934miles, the regatta was postponed to a mid week event. Therefore, unable to sail! JT Edited October 31, 2020 by John Taylor Link to post Share on other sites
John Taylor 2 Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 (edited) At the beginning of 2020, I advertised my own race calendar wish list. I wanted to record the distances I would travel and the amount of expenditure used during this year when attending regattas. Like all of us, the pandemic has severely restricted my race calendar, but I have managed to achieve something in 2020. Yet looking at my previous wish list above, the amount of money and mileage I potentially could have covered makes me quiver. Even though the year isn't finished, the remainder of the time will be spent developing projects rather than racing. Total mileage covered - 2980 miles Total Budget used on fuel - £420 + A flight ticket to the US. Pictures of the yachts used competitively in 2020 What will 2021 bring? JT Edited October 31, 2020 by John Taylor Link to post Share on other sites
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