 EAORA 2008 Race Programme
Any amendments to the Sailing Instructions for individual races (Part 2) will be issued by the organising authority 3 days before the race and will be made available here.
Race Information & Reports
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 2008 EAORA Sailing Instructions Part 1
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2008 EAORA Handbook
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Pattinson CupBurnham-on-Crouch to West Mersea
Saturday 12th April 2008
Tigo IV
Overall Winner 2008
2008 Class Winners
Class 1 Heartbeat III
Class II Titian
Class III Tigo IV
|  The Pattinson Cup (presented by Geoff Pattinson) was the first race of the inaugural season, sailed on May 13th 1950. The first race was open to bona fide cruisers over 18ft LWL. Normally a race of between 50-65 miles, it is one of the most popular EAORA weekend races.
Organising Authority
West Mersea Yacht Club |
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Ralph HerringWest Mersea to Burnham-on-Crouch
Sunday 13th April 2008
Tigo IV
Overall Winner 2008
2008 Class Winners
Class 1 Heartbeat III
Class 2 Titian
Class 3 Tigo IV
|  This Trophy is the back-to-back race for the Pattinson Cup and this year starts on Sunday at the Nass Beacon finishing at the Outer Crouch buoy. Ralph Herring was a former Commodore of the RBYC and his family have been closely involved in East Coast racing for several generations. Ralph’s brother Phil served as Chairman of the Association in 1958-9. The annual Ralph Herring Trophy race is now a similar reversed course to that of the Pattinson Cup, of between 50 and 65 miles.
Organising Authority
Royal Burnham Yacht Club |
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RORC North Sea RaceHarwich to Scheveningen
Friday 2nd May 2008
Cosmic Dancer III
Top EAORA Boat 2008
Top EAORA Boats 2008
Cosmic Dancer III
Titian
Strait Jacket
Jedi Knight
Skipjack
|  The longest passage of the EAORA season, the North Sea Race starts at Harwich Harbour, first warning signal at 1020h and finishes in Scheveningen.
Approximately 180 miles of frustration is how it has been described in the past, and is raced under Special RORC regulations.
Organising Authority
Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Royal Harwich YC, EAORA, the YC Scheveningen, the Royal Maas YC, the Noodzee Club and the Royal Dutch YC. |
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Jane’s CupBurnham-on-Crouch to Medway
Saturday 7th June 2008
Titian
Overall Winner 2008
2008 Class Winners
Class 1 Jedi Knight
Class 2 Titian
Class 3 Tigo VI
|  The Jane’s Cup is named after the daughter of Brigadier Basil Chichester-Cooke of the Royal Engineers YC. He was a great supporter of the Association and the Jane’s Cup was given in memory of his daughter ‘who loved boats’. Jane was the finder of the cannonball of the eponymous ‘Cannonball Trophy’. The Jane’s Cup has always been regarded with great affection by the Association. The starts are from Burnham with courses of 43 or 50 miles finishing up the Medway. There is then a bit of hike up to the Medway Yacht Club in preparation for the evening entertainment.
Organising Authority
Medway Yacht Club |
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Thames EstuaryMedway to Burnham-on-Crouch
Sunday 8th June 2008
Cosmic Dancer
Overall Winner 2007
2007 Class Winners
Class 1 Inn Spirit
Class 2 Habanero
Class 3 Cosmic Dancer
|  This was the second race sailed in the inaugural season in 1950. That race was 95 miles, leaving from and finishing at Burnham, via Longsand Head, Kentish Knock, South Edinburgh Channel, into Barrow Deep and back through the Whitaker Channel. This year a 45 mile course finishing at the Inner Crouch buoy.
Organising Authority
Royal Corinthian Yacht Club |
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RORC East Coast RaceWest Mersea to Breskens
Saturday 28h June 2008
Skipjack
Overall Winner 2007
2007 Class Winners
Class 1 Skipjack
Class 2 Titian
Class 3 Tigo 1V
| The second RORC race of the EAORA season takes the fleet from West Mersea to the continent and also acts as a feeder race for boats taking part in EAORA Week in Holland.
Organising Authority
Royal Ocean Racing Club with the West Mersea Yacht Club, Yacht Club Breskens and East Anglian Offshore Racing Association |
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MYC Cannon Ball TrophyBelgian/South Holland Coast
Monday 29th June 2008
RACE ABANDONED 2007
| This trophy is raced for between Dutch and English yachts. The ‘Cannon Ball’ is believed to have been found by Jane Chichester-Cooke in 1962 in the mud of the Medway near Upnor Castle – and was said by the National Maritime Museum to have been fired from a Dutch warship of De Ruyter’s fleet in 1667. The cannonball was mounted on a plinth of yew from a tree in Upnor castle. The Cannon ball counts towards EAORA points and the course is set by R.O. Brian Bolton in Breskens.
Organising Authority
MYC |
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East Anglian WeekBelgian/South Holland Coast
Saturday 28th June To Friday 4th July
Red Macaw
Overall Winner 2007
2007 Class Winners
Class 1 Jedi Knight
Class 2 Red Macaw
Class 3 Amazon
|  The week starts with the RORC East Coast Race. Following the Saturday evening 'welcome to Belgium' competitors are fit and ready to face the race for the MYC Cannon Ball Trophy, from Breskens, racing in the Westerchelde, back to Breskens YC for the prizegiving party. The remainder of the week's races do count towards EAORA points but a number of superb trophies (County Standard Salver, Millennium Cup, Ailish Trophy, Secretary's Plate and the Mary Hill Rose Bowl) will be fought for in inland Dutch waters between Monday and Friday of the week. EAORA camaraderie and the all-embracing Dutch welcome ensure that this is a not-to-be-missed week, on and off-water.
Organising Authority
EAORA |
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Walker Challenge Cup Harwich to West Mersea
Saturday 26th July 2008
Jedi Knight
Overall Winner 2007
2007 Class Winners
Class 1 Jedi Knight
Class 2 Habenero
Class 3 Cosmic Dancer
|  Competing for the Walker Challenge Cup, Saturday race is a passage race to West Mersea, starting at the seaward end of the Dovercourt breakwater at 0800. The fleet will arrive at West Mersea, via the North Eagle buoy, for the prizegiving party at WMYC.
Organising Authority
Haven Ports Yacht Club |
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Harwich RaceWest Mersea to Harwich
Sunday 27th July 2008
Carronade
Overall Winner 2007
2007 Class winners
Class 1 Carronade
Class 2 Spirit
Class 3 Harvest Moon
| The second half of the weekend sees boats returning to Harwich taking in the Wallet & Holland Gap Diffuser's & finishing at the Beacon Hill Buoy.
Organising Authority
West Mersea Yacht Club |
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Beadles’ CupBurnham-on-Crouch to Ramsgate
Saturday 9th August 2008
|  After a short hiatus, the fleet once again visits the picturesque harbour and town of Ramsgate. Starting at Burnham the fleet will race across the Thames Estuary to Ramsgate. The race also acts as a feeder for boats competing in Ramsgate Week and the inaugural East Coast IRC Championship.
Organising Authority
Royal Temple YC and EAORA |
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Houghton CupOffshore Race out of Burnham On Crouch
Saturday 23rd August 2008
Harvest Moon
2007 Overall Winner
2007 Class Winners
Class 1 Inn Spirit
Class 2 X-Factor
Class 3 Harvest Moon
|  The Houghton Cup originally was an 82 mile night race taking the fleet to and from the Crouch via the Sunk and Cork Light Vessels. This trophy, from the Crouch YC was originally presented in 1911 by Sidney Houghton, who was noted for his 1921 single-handed transatlantic crossing from Halifax, Novia Scotia to Burnham. This race now always takes place on the first day of Burnham Week. Courses are between 42 and 50 miles in length, starting from the Branklet buoy at the mouth of the Roach, travelling to the Swin Spitway possibly to Barrow Deep, returning to the Crouch YC line.
Organising Authority
Crouch Yacht Club |
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Buckley GobletsWest Mersea to Ostend
Friday 19th September 2008
Oystercatcher XXVI
2007 Overall Winner
2007 Class Winners
Class 1 Oystercatcher XXVI
Class 2 Titian
Class 3 Harvest Moon
|  The Buckley Goblets remains as it did in the inaugural season, the final race of the year – presented by JC Buckley in 1950 - although then it was limited only to larger boats (then 24ft LWL!). This year the traditional race starts on the Friday morning at 0700 for the 90 mile passage from West Mersea to Ostend. The customary hospitality of the Royal North Sea Yacht Club and of the town of Ostend ensures a great last race party. An end-of-season atmosphere pervades the race and an end-of-season hangover tends to pervade the return trip.
Organising Authority
West Mersea Yacht Club |
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