November 2010 gallery images

Photographs from the penultimate day of the season; thanks to Nicky for these, the majority taken from the Dam at the start of the morning race.

Clustering at the start – Jane Anderson at pin end

And a few seconds later

Vicki, Mary, Steve and Paul Anderson almost in line

Jane Anderson still holding the inside line, with Steve and Paul coming across

Jane Anderson still holding the inside line, with Steve and Paul coming across

And Paul round in second

And here comes the pack….

Boats having to get really close to the boom in order to make Dam Green on the next tack

And the Otter bringing up the rear

And the fleet goes away down wind

But by the afternoon race, the wind had disappeared…. to give a perfect reflection

1st May 2011 gallery images

Simon (in a Topper, no less), Jane Anderson and Bob and Lee Sampson in the RS200

Vicki working hard to keep it flat

A trio of Toppers: Simon, followed by John and Vicki

Bob really getting close to the wire

Good atmospheric shot of Jane leading the pack

A lot of the RS’s bottom on display…

And showing the gunwale the water, too…

Up spinnaker

Toppers aren’t always the smallest boat on the lake..

Jane well protected against a cold May day

A trio of Toppers: Simon, followed by John and Vicki

Plus something spectacular to finish with….

August Bank Holiday 2011 gallery images

Before the start of the afternoon race: boats going all ways

Toby completes a tack

Roger gives one of the club Bosuns a spin, with James Pollard as crew

Tight racing: Roger and James Pollard in the Bosun, John almost shielded behind,plus Simon and Lee Hartop in the Enterprise and Vicki in her new Topper

And the same quartet now heading across the lake

Enterprise of Alan Comber and John Weller, with Bosun of Roger Heasman and James Pollard close behind

Toby three-up in the Bosun, with Jane Chadney and Jenny Whybrow as hard-working crew in the stiff breeze

Roger and James in the Bosun, plus John and Vicki in the Toppers

Early Season 2012 gallery images

The fleet rounds the first mark at Inlet White, with the leaders already on a broad reach across to West, Steve Axford’s Laser in pole position

Really good close-up of Steve Axford – the sort of picture you see in the pages of ‘Yachts and Yachting’

Atmospheric shot of the eventual race winner, Jane Chadney

Taken from a similar position, Mary Carter going well in her Laser 4.7

Bob Sampson and James Pollard get the gennaker pulling well in the RS200

Close-quarters competition at the back of the fleet: John Buckett’s Otter just about to be overtaken by Vicki in the Topper, with John Savage’s Solo in close attendance

Jockeying before the start of the afternoon race, with the sky already looking quite dark

… and now white streaks across the water, a sure sign that the wind is seriously building

Now lining up for the start, under a dramatic sky

And the fleet sets off across a decidedly choppy Upper Tamar, with Toby and Stephanie in the RIB keeping a close eye

A few seconds later, Adam Hilton’s Solo in the foreground is in trouble with a broken tiller extension, whilst Roger heads East in the Streaker

John Buckett throws in the towel and heads for the pontoon in the Otter, whilst the fleet battle their way towards Pinky

13th May 2012 gallery images

Three Toppers before the start of the race: James Pollard in the foreground, with Vicki heading towards the camera and John disappearing towards Inlet

The same three Toppers, plus Adeney Pooler’s Graduate in the background

Just before the start; a trainee from Budehaven School being sheparded away from the start line by the circling RIB

Just after the start: Roger Heasman has the prime spot to windward of this bunch, with James Pollard next down the line

Nearly the entire fleet stretched out across the lake on the long reach up to the first mark at Far

12th August 2012 gallery images

Circling before the start of the race

Interesting sidelight on the dinghy classes racing at the club these days: whereas a few years back, sometimes Lasers made up the bulk of the fleet, in this shot there’s a wide variety of classes (with just one Laser, but two more were in the race)

Still jockeying before the start

One class in the ascendant at the moment is the Solo: here three are in shot – Paul Whybrow in the foreground, with Adam Hilton and John Savage visible further back

Boats in the foreground beating across towards Middle, whilst ahead boats already round the mark have borne away onto a run and the leaders are already round the downwind mark and heading back towards the Dam

Alan Comber (sailing Christine Marshall’s Otter) approaching Middle, chasing hard after Simon Veal’s Bosun and John Savage’s Solo

The wind beginning to pick up across the middle of the lake: Mary Carter gets her Laser onto the plane, whilst behind the Bosun (with Toby Tobias and Nathan Pollard) is kicking up a bow wave

Roger Heasman heading back towards the Dam in his Streaker

26th August 2012 Bank Holiday gallery images

Steve Axford ahead of Sue Murray as the mist gets thicker….

Jane Chadney, the eventual winner of both morning and afternoon races, in a classic shot of Laser sailing

Roger Heasman and James Pollard with the gennaker pulling well on a reach

Jane Chadney and Mary Carter setting off from the beach (with rudders still up)

2nd September 2012 gallery images

Jane Anderson and Bob Sampson looming out of the murk at speed in their Lasers

Paul Whybrow’s Solo on the plane downwind, whilst Bob Sampson leads Jane Anderson on the beat.

Paul Whybrow again

Jane Anderson downwind on the place, whilst Sue Murray’s Topper Topaz is about to disappear into the fog

Bob Sampson and Jane Anderson in the foreground, with (we think) Steve Axford leading the way in the background

Bob and Jane bear away onto the run after rounding West, whilst Steve Axford beats back out before heading up to Pinky

Simon Veal and Elliot Pomeroy in the Bosun: sailing forward, looking back

Steve Axford ahead of Sue Murray as the mist gets thicker….

30th September 2012 gallery images

John D leads Jane Anderson in their Toppers, whilst Mary Carter’s Laser heads the other way

Toppers in a Bosun sandwich: Simon Veal with crew Alex Clifton produces an impressive bow wave in the Bosun, followed by the planing Toppers of Jane Anderson and John Duncalf, with Toby Tobias and Jane Chadney making an even bigger splash behind

7th October 2012 gallery images

A mixed fleet, with a good admixture of Toppers, circling before the start

Adeney Pooler’s Graduate catches a gust, whilst John Savage stays flat; the three-up Bosun, helmed by Roger Heasman, with Alex Clifton and Elliot Pomeroy, is heading the other way towards Inlet White

Adeney Pooler’s Graduate catches a gust, whilst John Savage stays flat; the three-up Bosun, helmed by Roger Heasman, with Alex Clifton and Elliot Pomeroy, is heading the other way towards Inlet White

The two Janes (Anderson and Chadney) lead Bob Sampson’s RS200 and Alan Comber’s Enterprise as they head for Dam Red