Mumbles Yacht Club F16 Global Challenge 2008

	M U M B L E S ¤ 2 0 0 8 G L O B A L ¤ C H A L L E N G E August 9th to 12th

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ENTRIES ¤ as of 21st July
to pre-enter the event on-line. You do not have to pay - it's just a statement of intent and helps us to plan ahead; so don't worry if you don't actually turn up! You can also get to the pre-enter page from the main club site. Please do try and pre-enter if you're thinking of coming to the event.

1	Mark Pressdee	Mumbles YC	GBR 555	Stealth
2	Hans Klok	WV Zandvoort	NED 111	Blade
3	Simon Longstaff	Grafham Water SC	GBR 553	Stealth
4	Gill De Bruyne & Kathleen Vandenbulcke	VVW Heist	BEL 666	Blade
5	John & Rob Alani	Leigh on Sea SC	GBR 527	Stealth
6	Paul Warren & Ann Powter (Blade Watch!)	Datchet Water SC	GBR 801	Blade
7	Geert Ruesink & Joanna Lienti (USA)	WSG	NED 9	Blade
8	Nick Moore	Datchet Water SC	GBR 505	Stealth
9	John Terry	Rutland SC	GBR 556	Stealth
10	Dave Tugwell	Datchet Water SC	GBR 554	Stealth
11	Wayne Richards	Datchet Water SC	GBR 506	Stealth

PRACTICE RACE AND APRES EVENT CRUISE ¤ Mark Pressdee, 5th March

The 2008 Global Challenge officially starts on Saturday 9th and finishes on Tuesday 12th August. However, a practice race will be arranged on Friday 8th start time around 11.30. All the racing will take place in the confines of Swansea Bay. The prevailing winds are South Westerly and the bay is usually well protected from the Atlantic swells by the Mumbles Head. Due to this the sea state can remain relatively flat and the wind isn’t too shifty either!! However, there are some local phenomena due to a couple of valleys positioned around the Bay. The wind can often funnel down these valleys producing areas of higher pressure which can be advantageous to those who can spot such benefits. The races will be taking place during a neap tide cycle so the currents will be negligible and therefore will not effect a racer's strategy. However, in saying all this if the wind blows from any Easterly direction then everything apart from the current is the opposite. Launching and recovery is usually easy as the two concrete slips (ramps) are in the lee of the land, again it only becomes more challenging when the wind is blowing onshore (Easterly). The boat park itself is all tarmac and is shared with a coffee shop and ice cream parlour you take your choice of refreshment dependent on the conditions. If anybody is still willing then on the day after the Championship we could sail down the Gower coastline to Oxwich - a beautiful long sandy beach with a pub/restaurant tucked away in the corner. We can either stop for a pub lunch, have a BBQ or just turn round and sail back to Mumbles? As for the clubhouse those of you who went to Zandvoort will be disappointed to learn that it has two changing rooms!!! One for each sex. There is also a galley which will be serving breakfasts and evening meals during the event and not forgetting a bar and pool table. Mumbles itself also offers numerous other shops, pubs and restaurants to suit various tastes. There is also a yacht chandlers should you have forgotten something or just wish to tinker. Should you have any further queries or news in regard to this event then please don’t hesitate to contact me. mark@sailwave.com. See you soon, Mark.

INTRODUCTION ¤ Mark Pressdee, 3rd March

The 2008 F16 Global Challenge will be hosted by Mumbles Yacht Club 9-12 August 2008. The club is located just West of Swansea, Wales, UK and is locally known as the gateway to the Gower Peninsular. Many of it’s members are experienced and qualified in race/safety management and there is also a large contingent of keen volunteers who act as a friendly and reliable support team. Over the past fifty years the club has been a popular choice for catamaran and dinghy world, european, national and weekend regattas. As the current club Sailing Captain, member of the F16 PR Team and a very keen F16 Racer, I hope this event will be well supported and that as many of you as possible will make the effort to attend what we hope will be a truly international event, held in a magnificent location with some of the friendliest sailors I have ever met. I’m therefore looking forward to meeting new and old friends alike and buying you all a drink or two.