July 10, 20233 yr Centenary of the A class Championship. 5 World Champions, countless National Champions, a Cadet World Champion (age 12) 8 previous winners (some multiple times!!) and many multi generational teams are all heading to Gosport Model Yacht Club for the centenary of the Scrutton Cup (The A class Championship trophy) and the Yachting Monthly Cup (originally for International competition and was the model yachting equivalent of the Americas Cup. Presented in 1923 The YM cup was raced for by a challenger & defender, and was intended to use Model Yachts to test design ideas which could be used in full size yachts of the day. Such was the interest within the MYA that Herbert Scrutton presented a separate trophy for the MYA championship for A class yachts. Initially this championship was the British Empire Championship and was therefore only open to British passport holders but after the racing resumed following a wartime break the event became the MYA British Open A class Championship for competition by all Nations. Raced for over 5 days, with the YM cup now a separate stand alone knock out event, the event will be hotly contested with Walsh, Stollery, Roberts, Harris, and Bantock , all names you’d expect to find in the top of the leader board at the IOM Nationals, joined by some past winners Alex Austin, Dave Geldard, Graham Butler, and Shaun Wyeth. Also we have new boy on the block MYA Racing Officer Nigel Barrow’s first event Vane sailing but with his analytical mind, he’ll so get the hang of it!! Another notable fact is the Wyeth family’s contribution to the event, with Graham assisting with the starting, and Shaun & his 3 sons all racing boats. This must surely be a record of 4 boats all from the same family!!! Also watch out for Lewis Wyeth, Shaun’s eldest son, who won the Northern District Championship at Fleetwood yesterday with 11 boats racing. We expect about 20 boats (40 sailors) will be taking part in the weeklong event which is preceded, on sat 29th July, by a separate day racing for classic & vintage A class boats with boats from 1970’s and before right back to the 1930’s. Interesting note.............. Of the GBR winners of the MYA IOM Nationals only one has never raced a free sailing (vane) A class boat!! Lots happening, come and see it!!
July 10, 20233 yr Love these questions. I have Tony Edward's, Phil Playle and Paul Jones but not sure you are counting Jonesy as he did sail for GBR but obviously an Aussie. The main point though is, if you really want to know about trimming a boat, vane is where you want to be sailing. You cannot win the start or tack on a shift, all you can do is put a good trim on to win. Edited July 10, 20233 yr by Graham Elliott A
July 11, 20233 yr Author Graham, You are quite correct! there are 3 I was misled by a Fleetwood member & should have checked my facts!! You are also spot on with your 2nd sentence!
July 11, 20233 yr Looks like a cracking event Derek, well done to all involved. Can someone point to a link for the full list of entries? Hope to make it down for a look. Ohh and my money is on the new breed of Stollerys, Roberts and Wyeths taking points from their elders. Cheers Brad
July 11, 20233 yr 3 hours ago, Derek Priestley said: Graham, You are quite correct! there are 3 I was misled by a Fleetwood member & should have checked my facts!! You are also spot on with your 2nd sentence! 3 hours ago, Derek Priestley said: Graham, You are quite correct! there are 3 I was misled by a Fleetwood member & should have checked my facts!! You are also spot on with your 2nd sentence! Phil Playle is not on the link below so not as mislead as you think https://www.mya-uk.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MYA-National-Champions-List-31-10-2021.pdf
July 11, 20233 yr 45 minutes ago, Mark90 said: Phil Playle is not on the link below so not as mislead as you think https://www.mya-uk.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MYA-National-Champions-List-31-10-2021.pdf That list needs a bit of an update Mark. Phil was the first IOM Nationals winner in the UK. I believe the event was held in Rhyl, Wales and he was sailing a Rhythm design. cheers Brad Edited July 11, 20233 yr by Brad Gibson
July 12, 20233 yr Author I think it was Brentwood? Anyway the point of the claim, in the original post, was to demonstrate that several of our World Champions, who will be racing in this week, served there mode yachting apprenticeship with a pole and a vane gear!!!
July 12, 20233 yr Absolutely Derek a great point. Wouldn’t it be great to show just how many of those top skippers will be at Gosport with a list of Entries and designs that they will be sailing….
July 14, 20233 yr Administrator Latest list on the website just updated. https://www.mya-uk.org.uk/entries-to-date-for-centenary-vane-a-national-championship/
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