Fourth Race Day of the Spring Series for SAMM was held on Sunday May 13^th.  The race took place from the CAR Sailing Centre at Los Narejos on the Mar Menor. There were 10 boats taking part in a two lap race with an easterly wind of 4-5 knots. The first race started at 11.35am. 

The results on corrected times were:-   

First race:
Place                Boat                             Helm                     Crew
First                 Miracle                        John Clarke           Doreen Squires
Second            Sailfish Sorocco           Bob Miles              Marian Elias, Vernon O’Byrne
Third               Sailfish Mistral             Mick Burgess         Val Hewitt, Justine Sylvester
Fourth             Shoestring Cuatro       John Down            Phil Roper
Fifth                 Deltania Dos               Clive Wilkinson    Lynn and Pete Ewers, J Humble
Sixth                Shoestring Tres           Peter Cadwell       Tug Wilson
Seventh           Laser, Single Hander   Mike Blewitt
Eighth              Balaton Conny            Terry Chapman     Robert Hudson, Dave Lees
Ninth               Shoestring Uno           Bob Blinkhorn       Donaugh O’Byrne, Kath Roper
Tenth              Weta 14                      Brian Murray         Linda Coates   

Second race:
In the second race started at 14.20 hrs with 9 boats and they completed 3 laps with southerly winds of 5-6 knots.   

Place                Boat                             Helm                     Crew
First                 Shoestring Tres           Tug Wilson           John Down
Second            Miracle                        John Clarke           Doreen Squires
Third               Laser, Single Hander   Mike Blewitt
Fourth             Weta 14                      Brian Murray         Linda Coates
Fifth                 Sailfish Mistral             Mick Burgess         Val Hewitt, Justine Sylvester
Sixth                Balaton Conny            Robert Hudson     Terry Chapman, Dave Lees
Seventh           Sailfish Sorocco           Bob Miles              Marian Elias, Vernon O’Byrne
Eighth              Shoestring Uno           Peter Cadwell       Bob Blinkhorn, K and P Roper
Ninth               Deltania Dos               Pete Ewers            C Wilkinson, J Humble, L Ewers

The next race will be Sunday (May 27). For more information go to www.sailingmarmenor.com  or email sammracing@yahoo.co.uk

Sailfish Mistral one of the Balaton Fleet, winner of both races today.

THIRD RACE DAY OF  SPRING SERIES

SAMM was pleased to hold the Third Race Day of the SAMM Spring Series on Sunday May 6^th which had been postponed from the previous weekend. The race took place from the CAR Sailing Centre. There were 10 boats taking part with a southerly wind of five knots and gusts of more than 8 knots. The first race started at 12.10pm, it was a square course which started well out into the Mar Menor, sailed in an anticlockwise direction and consisted of three laps. 

In the first race six boats finished, due to the high winds and strong gusts Shoestring Tres with Tug and Ingo capsized. The other three dingies;  The Miracle with John and Doreen, Shoestring Uno with Peter Cadwell and Janice Penning and the Laser with Mick Bewitt were defeated before the start by strong gusty winds. The results on corrected times were:-   

First race:

Place                Boat                             Helm                     Crew First                 Sailfish Mistral             Rob Hudson          Bob Miles, Julian Pering

Second            Deltania Dos               Pete Ewers            C.Wilkinson,J. Humble, L.Ewers

Third               Catamaran Hamoor    Brian Blackburn    G. Warrad, G. Lewis, J. Parker

Fourth             Sailfish Sorocco           Vernon O’Byrne   M. Elias, M. Burgess

Fifth                 Weta 14                      Brian Murray         Linda Coates     

Sixth                Balaton 18                   Terry Chapman     D. Hobbs, R. Cheshire 

Second race:

In the second race 9 boats started and finished as the wind was steadier.  

Place                Boat                             Helm                     Crew

First                 Sailfish Mistral             Rob Hudson          Bob Miles, Julian Pering

Second            Miracle                        John Clarke           Doreen Squires

Third               Shoestring Tres           Tug Wilson           Ingo Wilson

Fourth             Sailfish Mistral             Vernon O’Byrne   M. Elias, M. Burgess

Fifth                 Balaton 18                   Terry Chapman     D. Hobbs, R. Cheshire

Sixth                Catamaran Hamoor    Brian Blackburn    G. Warrad, G. Lewis, J. Parker

Seventh           Deltania Dos               Pete Ewers            C.Wilkinson,J. Humble, L.Ewers

Eighth              Weta 15                      Peter Cadwell       Janice Penning

Ninth               Weta 14                      Brian Murray         Linda Coates

 The next race will be Sunday (May 13).

This will now be held on Sunday May 6th. If you would like more information please go to www.sailingmarmenor.com or email sammracing@yahoo.co.uk.

Sailing Association Mar Menor (SAMM) was pleased to welcome Mike Blewitt  a member of SAMM who has not raced for many years. He came with his original Laser for the Second Race Day of the Spring Series.

The race took place from the CAR Sailing Centre at Los Narejos on the Mar Menor. There were 11 boats taking part with winds of five knots from the East South East. The first race was a square course of three laps and started at 11.30am.

The first three in each race on corrected times were:- 

First race:

Place     Boat                             Helm                       Crew

First      Sailfish Mistral          Bob Miles               C. Sibson, Andy Kaluza

Second  Deltania Dos              O. Petts                  Kelvin Pritchard, J. Down

Third      Balaton 18                 Robert Hudson         T.Chapman, D. Hobbs

Fourth     Shoestring Cuatro  Roger Drew           Anne-Marie Tasney

Fifth          Miracle                    John Clarke           Doreen Squires         

Sixth         Sailfish Sorocco    Mick Burgess         Carl Vogt, Ingo Wilson

Seventh     Laser SH               Mike Blewitt

Eighth       Shoestring Tres    Vernon O’Byrne    Barry Young

Ninth         Shoestring Uno   Peter Cadwell       Kath and Phil Roper

Tenth         Weta 14                 Brian Murray       Linda Coats

DNF            Martin                  Mike Woods          Sherry Andrews

Second race:

In the second race the course was changed to a figure of eight and three laps. As the wind speed had increased to more than 12 knots only 7 boats competed.

Place          Boat                         Helm                   Crew

First           Miracle                    John Clarke       Doreen Squires

Second      Sailfish Mistral      Bob Miles             C. Sibson, A. Kaluza

Third          Deltania Dos          K. Pritchard          O. Petts, J. Down

Fourth       Shoestring Tres      Vernon O’Byrne  Barry Young

Fifth           Balaton 18 ‘Conny’ Robert Hudson    T.Chapman, D. Hobbs

Sixth           Sailfish Sorocco     Mick Burgess        I. Wilson, C.Vogt

DNS    Weta 14          Brian Murray              Linda Coats

The next race will be Sunday (April 29). For more information see www.sailingmarmenor.com or email sammracing@yahoo.co.uk.

This Group has been inactive for a while due to lack of support but did have many great cruises and helped crew explore and learn.  You can still see information on this website by clicking on this link or going to the Home page ‘jigsaw’ and clicking on the “Cruising” picture!  Once there, click on ‘Events‘ and you will see previous pictures and information about our cruises!

Yacht owners:
This is for  Yacht owner  big or small & would need crew for day sailing or a few days so if you could tell me where your Yacht is moored (and how to get there), what type of crew you might be looking for and roughly how many crew you need, this will help you get afloat and meet new friends!

For Crew:
This Group is also for anyone who would like to  crew for day sailing or longer cruises if needed by an boat owner.  Could you let me know what experience you have, what sailing qualification you have, if any and your level of interest in cruising.

To help stimulate renewed interest in this exciting Group, could you please contact me by email  at heatheragnesbell@gmail.com if you are interested.

Welcome and kind regards,
Heather

The Second Race Day of the SAMM Spring Series on Sunday April 15^th was postponed due to extra strong winds.

This will now be held on Sunday April 22^nd. If you would like more information please go to www.sailingmarmenor.com or email sammracing@yahoo.co.uk.

At the First Race of the Spring Series, SAMM was pleased to welcome a competitor from Guardamar, Mike Waterfield and his crew Raymond Leese, in their Dufour 24, which is 7.35 metres long and over 30 years old.

The race took place from the CAR Sailing Centre at Los Narejos on the Mar Menor. There were 10 boats taking part with wind speeds from 5 to 12 knots from the South West, bearing round to South at the end of the 2^nd race.  The first race started at 11.45hrs and the results on corrected times were:-

FIRST RACE 

Place, BOAT, Helm, Crew

1^st       MIRACLE, John Clarke, Doreen Squires
2^nd     SHOESTRING CUATRO, Roger Drew, Annemarie Tasney
3^rd      SHOESTRING TRES, Tug Wilson, Mike White
4^th      DUFOUR 24, Mike Waterfield, Raymond Leese
5^th   SHOESTRING UNO, Vernon O’Byrne, Kath Roper, Phil Roper and Mark Roper
6^th   BALATON 18, Hudson,R. Cheshire and Andy Kaluza
7^th      WETA 15, Edd Penning, Brian Murray
8^th      SHOESTRING DOS,Bob Blinkhorn, Barry Young
9^th      WETA 14, Janice Penning, Linda Coats

DNS    SAILFISH, Mick Burgess, Marianne Elias and Ingo Wilson 

THE SECOND RACE 

1^st      MIRACLE, John Clarke, Doreen Squires
2^nd     BALATON 18, Hudson, R.Cheshire and Andy Kaluza
3^rd   SHOESTRING TRES, Mike White, Tug Wilson
4^th   DUFOUR 24, Mike Waterfield, Raymond Leese
5^th   SAILFISH, Mick Burgess, Marianne Elias and Ingo Wilson
6^th      SHOESTRING CUATRO, Roger Drew, Annemarie Tasney
7^th   SHOESTRING UNO, Vernon O’Byrne, Kath Roper, Phil Roper and Mark Roper
8^th   SHOESTRING DOS, Barry Young, Bob Blinkhorn
9^th   WETA 15,  Brian Murray, Edd Penning
10^th WETA 14, Janice Penning, Linda Coats 

The next race will be on 15^th April. If you would like more information go to www.sailingmarmenor.com or email sammracing@yahoo.co.uk.

Should any Member wish a full sized file copy of any of the above pictures, please email webmanager@sailingmarmenor.com

 The Balaton Group is the most recently formed (September 2011) and fastest growing group within SAMM. It owes it´s existence to the generosity of a past SAMM member Peter Sharpington who offered a boat to SAMM for a modest sum, which included a payment of 500€ to the Paul Cunningham Nurses charity.

 This boat was a Balaton 18S, a 5.48 meter (18ft) sloop built in Hungary in 1977. She carries 8.06sqM of sail, main and furling jib, has tiller steering, a 4 hp outboard and a small cabin. She is easily sailed by two but will comfortable take four and has 4 small berths and a chemical toilet so can be used for overnight trips provided picnics are taken as there are no galley facilities. She is kept on a swinging mooring at Los Alcázares and is a great little vessel for those who enjoy “messing about in boats”, but we will also be competing in the SAMM race series.

 As Samm does not own boats it was decided that a new group should be formed and 16 people expressed an interest in joining, but this gradually reduced to 11 who proceeded to sign up. In addition to the monies requested by Peter the boat needed some TLC, including new anti-foul and some rigging, as she had lain idle for over a year plus a new mooring and insurance. The group membership fee was therefore set at 350€ plus an Annual Fee of 120€ to cover all the costs.

 One of the group, Carol Sibson, previously owned the boat and generously offered to pay for a complete repainting provided the hull was returned to the original dark blue and the boat returned to her original name of “Conny”. The other group members gratefully accepted the offer.

 By 23^rd November 2011 the repainting and anti-fouling was completed and the boat returned to the water and on the 28^th November she was moved to her new mooring at Los Alcázares.

 Part 2.

 A waiting list for potential new members soon developed and when, in February 2012, another two boats, both Sailfish 18’s were offered to the group it was decided to purchase both and enlarge the membership.

 The Sailfish is similar to the Balaton but has a transom fitted main sheet which makes the larger cockpit very spacious plus a lifting keel so the boat can be easily trailed and beached.

 Both boats again needed refurbishment and the members decided to do this themselves. The first to be renamed “Sirocco” was repainted inside and out, antifouled, all the woodwork striped back, stained and varnished, new windows for the cabin plus many other small repairs to the hull, deck and rigging. A new swinging mooring was laid and the boat was launched on the 14^th March, a fantastic team effort by the members. Work on refurbishing the second Sailfish will commence as soon as possible.

 The group members now look forward to some great sailing and racing in the 2012 series.

 A waiting list for potential new members is available and interested parties should speak to one of the members or can email to julianpering@live.co.uk