 EAORA 2010 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.
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2010 EAORA Sailing Instructions Part 1
2010 EAORA SI Ammendments
2010 EAORA Race Declarations
2010 EAORA Handbook
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 Pattinson CupBurnham-on-Crouch to West Mersea Saturday 10th April 2010 Cosmic Dancer III Overall Winner 2010
2010 Class Winners Class I Inn Spirit Class II Double Trouble Class III Cosmic Dancer III
| 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. This year the trophy is the back to back race via the NE Gunfleet & finishing near the Bench Head.
Organising Authority West Mersea Yacht Club |
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 Ralph HerringWest Mersea to Burnham-on-Crouch Sunday 11th April 2010 Assarain IV Overall Winner 2010
2010 Class Winners Class 1 Assarain IV Class 2 Selene Class 3 Tigo IV
| 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, finishing at the Outer Crouch mark.
Organising Authority Royal Burnham Yacht Club |
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 Jane’s CupBurnham-on-Crouch to Medway Saturday 1st May 2010 Cosmic Dancer Overall Winner 2010
2010 Class Winners Class 1 Assarain IV Class 2 Selene Class 3 Cosmic Dancer
| 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 2nd May 2010 Assarain IV Overall Winner 2010
2010 Class Winners Class 1 Assarain IV Class 2 Selene
| Starting at Medway No 12, the RCYC 50 mile reverse race back to Burnham-on-Crouch. Racing for the prestigious Thames Estuary Shield the fleet race past Shoebury & the Maplins to finish at Inner Crouch."
Organising Authority Royal Corinthian Yacht Club |
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 RORC North Sea RaceHarwich to Scheveningen Friday 14th May 2010 Cosmic Dancer III Overall RORC winner 2009
Top EAORA Boats 2009 Cosmic Dancer III Jaguar of Burnham Titian Oz Privateer Heartbeat 3 of Burnham
| 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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 RORC East Coast Night RaceBurnham-on-Crouch to Oostende Friday 4th June 2010 Oz Privateer Overall Winner 2009
2009 Class Winners Class 1 Oz Privateer Class 2 Titian Class 3 Dark & Stormy
| The second RORC race of the EAORA season is a night race starting Friday pm that takes the fleet from Burnham-on-Crouch to Ostende approx 100 miles. Prizegiving at Ostende Sat 5th June & the fleet prepare to race to Breskens on Sunday for the start of EAORA Week.
Organising Authority Organising Authority: Royal Ocean Racing Club with the Royal Burnham Yacht Club, North Sea Yacht Club, and East Anglian Offshore Racing Association |
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 MYC Cannon Ball TrophyMarkermeer Sunday 6th June 2010 Red Macaw Overall Winner 2009
2009 Class Winners Class 1 Jedi Knight Class 2 Red Macaw Class 3 Boatox
| 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. Cannon Bal counts towards EAORA seasons points & the fleet will start from Ostende & race to Breskens, the course of which will be set by CRO Brian Bolton on the day.
Organising Authority MYC |
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 East Anglian Week Friday 4th June To Friday 11th June 2010 Red Macaw Overall Winner 2009
2009 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 Holland' competitors are fit and ready to face the race for the MYC Cannon Ball Trophy, racing in racing in the Westerschelde to Breskens. The remainder of the week's count towards EAORA points with 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 Burnham Saturday 17th July 2010 Assarain IV Overall Winner 2010
2010 Class Winners Class 1 Assarain IV Class 2 Spirit Class 3 Cosmic Dancer III
| Competition for the Walker Challenge Cup Sat race starts off Wadgate Ledge Beacon & heads some 50 miles up the coast to Lowerstoft finishing just south east of the Harbour.The fleet then make a welcome return to the Royal Norfolk & Suffolk Yacht Club for the prizegiving dinner.
Organising Authority Haven Ports Yacht Club |
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 Harwich Race
Lowestoft to Harwich Sunday 18th July 2010 Tigo IV Overall Winner 2010
2010 Class winners Class 1 Inn Spirit Class 2 Selene Class 3 Tigo IV
| Organised by the RN&SYC the fleet head back 50 miles to Harwich via the Shipwash & Bawdsey marks. Racing for the prestigious Lowerstoft to Harwich Cup which will be presented at the EAORA prizegiving in October.
Organising Authority Royal Norfolk & Suffolk Yacht Club |
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 Houghton Cup
Offshore Race out of Burnham On Crouch Saturday 28th August 2010 Amazon 2009 Overall Winner
2009 Class Winners Class 1 Oystercatcher XXVI Class 2 Double Trouble Class 3 Amazon
| 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 50 and 55 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 Goblets West Mersea to Ostend Friday 17th September 2010 Oz Privateer 2009 Overall Winner
2009 Class Winners Class 1 Oz Privateer Class 2 Titian Class 3 McGregor III
| 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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