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Brief Travelogue from Peter and Henri Stephens and their yacht "Highlander III"

We left Crete in March last year 2008, and sailed to Main land Greece, then through the Corinth Canal up to Corfu and over to Italy. We then travelled up the West coast of Italy, over to the islands of Elba and Corsica finally arriving at Port St Louie near Marseilles in June. Here we had the mast lowered and stowed on deck to allow us to travel up the French rivers.

At this point we returned home until August for a break returning to travel up the river Rhone then in to the river Saone through France, leaving the boat for the winter at St Jean Losne near Dijon in the centre of France, then returning home to Wales to plan our next part of the voyage.

Returning to the boat in March this year 2009, we left St Jean Losne and entered the canal that would take us over to the River Rhine and in to Germany, the river Main and in to the river Danube. Thus we travelled through Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania and to the Danube-Black Sea canal to Constanta on the Black Sea. Here we put up the mast adjusted the rigging and set off down the Black Sea for the Bospheros, the Sea of Marmuris, the Dardanells, in to the Aegean, through the Greek islands and back to Crete arriving August 2009.

We travelled about 4,800 miles in total and had many adventures on the way but will save that for another time.

Regards Peter and Henri.

Combined Race

The Combined race was held Sunday 9th August, Colin Digweed stood in as OOD. The entry was quality rather than quantity, but what a day. The sea in long rolls, a wind fresh from the west, a beautiful sun, a seal fishing on the bar and seven porpoise dancing around us as we raced. It was the perfect sailing day.
Not having a start/finish buoy made for a strange race start, but an even stranger finish.
All who entered enjoyed their day. On corrected time the race was won by Stardust, second was At Last, third Seacat and fourth Bugel Noz.

Willis Trophy

On Saturday 8th.August the Regatta and Willis Fishing Competition took place. The event this year was well attended with at least nine boats of various sizes taking part.

The contest was run on a points system,where points were awarded to a particular species of fish and in the interest of conservation,unwanted and undersized fish were returned to the sea alive.
Conditions on the day could be described as "lumpy" with cloud giving way to sunshine.

The results wereas follows.
1st. "Willis Trophy" Mike Lane on "Cariad"
1st. Junior Section,"Cariad Cup" Rachael Stacey on "Bugez Noz"
Most points (Open) Norman Smith on "Cariad"
Most species Mike Lane (six species) on "Cariad"
Best Specimen Mike Lane on "Cariad" A Tope in excess of 50 lb. in weight

The afternoon turned out to be warm and sunny,and in excess of thirty members and there families attended a BBQ where freshly caught fish were on the menu. Games were arranged for the children with some adults taking part.Everyone had a good chinwag with the usual stories of "the one that got away" being expressed in detail by some members.
A good time was had by all.

I would like to express my thanks to all the members their families and friends who assisted in the preparation,planning ,cooking and cleaning of the BBQ

Trevor

Sailing Results from Llanbedr and Pensarn Yacht Club

Class: Cruisers
Start: 22 August 2009 11:00:00

TAKI
Race_1

Place	Sail No	Hcap	Name	Owner	Type	Finish	Corrected	Points
1	1	1113	Bugel Noz	Bill Stacey	WESTERLY KONSORT	19:42:20	7:49:18	1
2	0	1175	Stardust	Melfyn Jayes	Mirage 26	20:19:49	7:56:26	2
3	8283Y	1019	Shoestrings	Colin Mackie	KELT 850	20:11:40	9:01:23	3

Race notes: OOD Richard Duffill
Results last updated on 24/08/2009 at 18:01

Race officer was Richard Duffill
Wind speed was 1 to 19 kts, direction mainly south

Sailing Results from Llanbedr and Pensarn Yacht Club

Class: Cruisers

Series: Greensleeves
Trophy: Greensleeves

Rank	Sail No	Name	Type	Owner	Hcap	Race_1	Race_2	Race_3	Race_4	Nt Pts
1	0	Rioja	MOODY S31	John Ball	1063	1	1	1	(2)	3
2	0	Stardust	Mirage 26	Melfyn Jayes	1175	2	2	(4)	3	7
3	8283Y	Shoestrings	KELT 850	Colin Mackie	1019	3	3	3	(5)	9
4	0	Sea Cat	JAGUAR 21	Digweed	1160	6/DNF	4	(8/DNF)	4	14
5	0	Soundwave	VIVACITY 20	Richard Duffill	1365	(87/DNC)	6/DNF	8/DNF	7/DNF	21
6	0	Last Orders	Oceanis Clipper 311	David Lampert	1056	4	(87/DNC)	2	87/DNC	93
7	648	Sanderling	JAGUAR 25	Chris Jones	1188	(87/DNC)	87/DNC	87/DNC	1	175
8	0	Lady Amanda	Seadog 36	Graham Tottle	1360	(87/DNC)	87/DNC	8/DNF	87/DNC	182

Best 3 out of 4 to count
Races in brackets () are discards.
There are 4 races scheduled in this series.
4 races have been sailed.
3 races have been counted.
Race_1 note: OOD Colin Mackie
Race_2 note: OOD John Ball
Race_3 note: OOD Graham Tottle
Race_4 note: OOD John Ball
Results last updated on 29/06/2009 at 12:41

Sailing Results from Llanbedr and Pensarn Yacht Club

Class: Cruisers
Start: 28 June 2009 12:02:00

Greensleeves
Race_4

Place	Sail No	Hcap	Name	Owner	Type	Finish	Corrected	Points
1	648	1188	Sanderling	Chris Jones	JAGUAR 25	13:19:00	1:04:49	1
2	0	1063	Rioja	John Ball	MOODY S31	13:22:08	1:15:23	(2)
3	0	1175	Stardust	Melfyn Jayes	Mirage 26	14:11:16	1:50:01	3
4	0	1160	Sea Cat	Digweed	JAGUAR 21	14:29:20	2:07:01	4
5	8283Y	1019	Shoestrings	Colin Mackie	KELT 850	14:23:17	2:18:39	(5)
DNF	0	1365	Soundwave	Richard Duffill	VIVACITY 20			7
DNC	0	1360	Lady Amanda	Graham Tottle	Seadog 36			87
DNC	0	1056	Last Orders	David Lampert	Oceanis Clipper 311			87

Race notes: OOD John Ball
Results last updated on 29/06/2009 at 12:41

Race officer was John Ball
Wind speed was 0 to 9 kts, direction West

Sailing Results from Llanbedr and Pensarn Yacht Club

Class: Cruisers
Start: 27 June 2009 11:20:00

Greensleeves
Race_3

Place	Sail No	Hcap	Name	Owner	Type	Finish	Corrected	Points
1	0	1063	Rioja	John Ball	MOODY S31	13:05:00	1:38:47	1
2	0	1056	Last Orders	David Lampert	Oceanis Clipper 311	13:16:57	1:50:45	2
3	8283Y	1019	Shoestrings	Colin Mackie	KELT 850	13:17:19	1:55:08	3
4	0	1175	Stardust	Melfyn Jayes	Mirage 26	13:39:50	1:59:00	(4)
DNF	0	1365	Soundwave	Richard Duffill	VIVACITY 20			8
DNF	0	1160	Sea Cat	Digweed	JAGUAR 21			(8)
DNF	0	1360	Lady Amanda	Graham Tottle	Seadog 36			8
DNC	648	1188	Sanderling	Chris Jones	JAGUAR 25			87

Race notes: OOD Graham Tottle
Results last updated on 29/06/2009 at 12:37

Race officer was Graham tottle
Wind speed was 0 to 5 kts, direction SW

Sailing Results from Llanbedr and Pensarn Yacht Club

Class: Cruisers
Start: 14 June 2009 12:10:00

Greensleeves
Race_2

Place	Sail No	Hcap	Name	Owner	Type	Finish	Corrected	Points
1	0	1063	Rioja	John Ball	MOODY S31	13:36:50	1:21:41	1
2	0	1175	Stardust	Melfyn Jayes	Mirage 26	13:47:48	1:23:14	2
3	8283Y	1019	Shoestrings	Colin Mackie	KELT 850	13:40:10	1:28:29	3
4	0	1160	Sea Cat	Digweed	JAGUAR 21	14:06:02	1:40:02	4
DNF	0	1365	Soundwave	Richard Duffill	VIVACITY 20			6
DNC	0	1056	Last Orders	David Lampert	Oceanis Clipper 311			87

Race notes: OOD John Ball
Results last updated on 16/06/2009 at 19:57

Race officer was John Ball
Wind speed was 4 to 12 kts, direction SW

Class: Cruisers
Start: 13 June 2009 11:20:00

Greensleeves
Race_1

Place	Sail No	Hcap	Name	Owner	Type	Finish	Corrected	Points
1	0	1063	Rioja	John Ball	MOODY S31	12:43:15	1:18:19	1
2	0	1175	Stardust	Melfyn Jayes	Mirage 26	12:59:36	1:24:46	2
3	8283Y	1019	Shoestrings	Colin Mackie	KELT 850	12:56:10	1:34:22	3
4	0	1056	Last Orders	David Lampert	Oceanis Clipper 311	13:09:29	1:43:41	4
DNF	0	1160	Sea Cat	Digweed	JAGUAR 21			6

Race notes: OOD Colin Mackie
Results last updated on 16/06/2009 at 19:44

Race officer was Colin Mackie
Wind speed was 5 to 10 kts, direction SW

Sponsorship

Race marks, our racing buoys, have been a problem for many years - if you leave them in place they get swept ashore, or lure you into the shallows when the storms move them, and if you bring them in they're very heavy to move out before and after each race. This is normally done by Colin, but I've helped him on occasion and taken a real back-hammering in rough seas.. So members may wish to know that Will Stacey has negotiated a splendid solution - sponsors to provide really sound systems which can be left in place throughout the season.
W.Partington has provided anchors, chain and anchorplate and JKA Sails has given sponsorship in the manner of cash towards the cost of buying the marks.
We suggest that if members visit either sponsor they mention the sponsorship to encourage them.
Graham Tottle.
Partington mark

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