the wellington college year book 2010/2011
sailing
T
he Old Wellington Sailing
Association has had another
good year, with ows of all
ages having fun both on and
off the water.
In October 2010 we entered two boats
into the Arrow Trophy yacht racing regatta in
October, which this year attracted a record
24 entrants. Based in Cowes, the Arrow
Trophy is an annual regatta in which former
pupils of various public schools compete in a
fleet of identical Sunfast 37s chartered from
Sunsail. Wellington a skippered by Nick
Vigors qualified for the match racing on the
Sunday, and were awarded the Winchester
Target trophy after achieving an impressive
3rd place overall. Wellington b skippered
by Anthony Esse finished in a respectable
9th place. A memorable cocktail party was
hosted by Willie Pennefather aboard his yacht
Ollyono after the first day’s racing, following
which the crews enjoyed supper and the
prizegiving ceremony at the Royal Corin thian
Yacht Club, whilst ow spectators repaired to
a Cowes curry house.
The Annual Dinner took place at the
In and Out Club in St James’ in November
where members and their guests enjoyed a
lively evening.
Our annual rally was held in the Solent
on the weekend of 20th?–22nd May. There
was an excellent turnout despite some of the
regular stalwarts being unable to attend this
year, with the following yachts and their crews
taking part: Clive Forestier-Walker’s Oyster,
Casalmy; Peter Hewitt’s Moody, Xena; Patrick
Rowe’s Moody, Merlin, John Roome’s Swansong;
Henry Thurstan’s Westerly, Lochinavar and
John Peacock’s Fisher Leonide. The rally arrived
at the Royal Yacht Squadron’s Haven marina
on the Friday afternoon and subsequently
enjoyed a superb dinner at the Squadron.
We were very fortunate to be dining on the
Platform and so enjoyed excellent views of
the Solent during pre-dinner drinks. After
a leisurely full English breakfast at the Royal
London Yacht Club, the rally ambled off to
Gins Farm in the Beaulieu River. As usual
an excellent supper was had at the Royal
Southern’s Gins Farm. The forecast was a tad
sporty for Sunday (sw at 30?–?35kts) and so
the boats returned to their home ports on
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