May 07 2008
Cadets On Tour
Cadet 9631
James Hayward (Waldringfield SC)
Alex Warrington (TBYC)
2nd Indicator Trial - Datchet Water
After the 1st Indicator at Rutland being “snowed off” the Inland Championships were moved to be combined with the 2nd Indicator at Datchet. It was a very important event as the selections could have been won or lost at this event.
Saturday arrived with a nice force 3 and a steady breeze which is rare at Datchet! The first race finished with the boys in 5th place - solid and where they wanted to be, but consistency was going to be the key. The 2nd race saw them improve again and finish in 2nd place which was fantastic. They were equal 2nd place going into lunch. The afternoon only got better with a 3rd place and then that all important win!
However the wind failed to turn up at Datchet on the Sunday and despite several attempts, racing never got started. Although this played in to the hands of our boys, it would have been nice for them to have had a crack at extending their lead which by now was clear by 8 points.
Both of the lads sailed brilliantly and rarely put a foot wrong. A credit to the winter coaching from Mike Macnamara and his team, not forgetting all the great coaching and training of Alex last year by Ollie Herve!
3rd Indicator and final selection of the World Team is in 3 weeks at Weymouth. I couldn’t be happier with their position going into this event and ever hopeful that they will continue in the same way!
In the meantime they were crowned “Cadet Inland Champions 2008″
Sailing Instructions, Notice of Race and Entry Forms will added to the website in the next few days. If you would like a copy now then email me at 
Sorry SOLD OUT..TBYC Presents and evening of Live Blues on Friday 2nd May 2008
Natalya Eyre and Laura Sanders finished a creditable 25th in the 29er fleet, a pretty good showing considering the time they have spent in the boat.