Thirty eight Beneteau’s and 140 people took part in a weekend of racing and social events; all hosted from the shore side premises of Maiden Marine.

fun in the sun!

What an amazing weekend of wall to wall sunshine, for the Maiden Marine Beneteau Cup Regatta on Lake Windermere.

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Maiden Marine bénéteau Cup 2013

The weekend kicked off with a SLAMBUCA PARTY on the Friday evening and our premises here at Ferry Nab, were packed to the rafters with competitors enjoying the drinks supplied

by James Wright of Halewood International and the super canapés and SLAMBUCA’s (red Sambuca!) supplied by SLAM UK.

19th/20th /21st July 2013

The racing for real started at 11am on the Saturday morning with the North Sails Trophy Race. The windward / leeward course was set and the first fleet to get away were the mid-sized boats.

The Fleet

21’s a Plenty

Next away were the big boats combined with Sports boats. A diverse fleet with a beneteau 25, two First 30’s and two - oceanis 40’s. Then a horde of First 21’s, all vying to work their way through the fleets in front of them. david watkins and his team sailed the First 260 “diamond edge” really well to come in 1st overall and claim the North Sails Trophy.

race two was sponsored by those lovely people from ob Sailing Tuition & Charter. Neil & yvonne Crowder provide race Committee duties for

Papillion

the weekend. They both give up valuable ob Sailing time, to help out with this event and we really appreciate their contribution, along with that of Lyn Gooch, a stalwart of the committee boat and multiple beneteau owner! This race was a triumph for long time beneteau regatta competitor, rod bulloughs and his team on the beneteau 25 “ridiculous”, this boat was the first new beneteau that Maiden Marine ever sold; 16 years ago, so we were really delighted to award rod the super ob Sailing trophy.

Maiden Team

Neil & Yvonne

Racing over, the competitors returned ashore to apply after sun to their slightly pink faces; such a lovely change to have sunshine and breeze for this regatta and not a sacrifice to the weather gods in sight!! Saturday night we were all off to the super windermere Hydro Hotel for a fabulous buffet and entertainment from the “New Tricks band”. A really great evening was had by all. The buffet spread was amazing; a huge thanks to Ken and his team at the Hydro and Tony rothwell’s band were fantastic! Nice to see so many people dancing the night away!

Sunday dawned a little less windy, with another easterly breeze continuing to make the course challenging, for the competitors and race officers alike!

Navigators & General have, as usual, been hugely supportive to this regatta, they sponsored the third race. It was the bigger boats which dominated the Sunday racing with Tim & Jo Jones and their oceanis 311 Phoenix collecting the Navigators & General Silver Salver for race 3, with david watkins’ F260 “diamond edge” in second and david, Vicki & Jamie wilson in 3rd with their oceanis 343 “Killara”.

boats.com – the world’s most popular marine web site, sponsored the last race of the weekend and it was once again Tim & Jo Jones who triumphed, to take the lovely boats.com trophy to add to their N&G silver salver. david watkins repeated his second place and this time it was david & Fiona Priestly with their F25.7 who “Fast Forwarded” into third!

back to Maiden Marine for a late bbQ lunch on the slipway, with yet more Pimms and Tsingtao beer, then the prize giving ceremony. In addition to the major event sponsors SLAM clothing UK, we should mention in particular Navigators & General, boats.com, yachtworld.com, North Sails, Harken, dubarry, optimum Time & Halewood International, who have all been extremely generous with prizes, as have many of our chandlery suppliers, So a BIG Thanks to all our sponsors, without whom this event would be very dull!

21’s

Tony Sladen “Westwinds”

Fleet

Race 1 North Sails Trophy North Sails 3rd David & Fiona Priestly F25.7 Fast Forward North Sails 2nd Tony Brindle & John Jackson F21.7 Ben O II North Sails 1st David Watkins – F260 Diamond Edge

Race 2 - The OB Sailing Trophy OB 3rd David & Fiona Priestly - F25.7 Fast Forward OB 2nd Paul & Mandy Hibbert - F21.7 Owasippe OB 1st Rod Bullough & Co - Ben 25 Ridiculous

The Nav & Gen Trophy Race 3 N&G 3rd David, Vicki & Jamie Wilson - Oc 343 Killara N&G 2nd David Watkins – F260 Diamond Edge N&G 1st Tim & Jo Jones – 311 Phoenix

Boats.com Trophy Race 4B.com 3rd David Priestly - F25.7 Fast Forward B.com 2nd David Watkins - F260 Diamond Edge B.com 1st Tim & Jo Jones – Oc 311 Phoenix

The overall results for the Fun in the Sun –

Maiden Beneteau Regatta 2013 (powered by SLAM!)

The Fleet

rounding the mark

The Navigators & General Sponsored- First 21 Fleet - 17 boats in totalN&G 21 FLEET 3rd Tony Brindle & John Jackson F21.7 Ben O IIN&G 21 FLEET 2nd Derek & Sarah Beddows F21.7s CarouselN&G 21 FLEET 1ST Paul & Mandy Hibbert F21.7s Owasippe

The 25’ Fleet, includes a First 260, First 25 and First 25.7s F25 FLEET 5TH Dennis & Polly Straker – F25.7 ExcaliburF25 FLEET 4TH Mark John & Tina Crossley – F25.7 Sloe Motion F25 FLEET 3RD Steve Hackett & Ruth Pickup - First 25 Bliss F25 FLEET 2ND David & Fiona Priestly – F25.7 Fast ForwardF25 FLEET 1ST David Watkins – F260 Diamond Edge

Oceanis 31 Fleet31 FLEET 5TH Kevin Stafford - Oc 311 Escape II31 FLEET 4TH Paul Duckworth - Oc321 Isis31 FLEET 3RD Ted & Trish McGrath - Oc31 Minerva31 FLEET 2ND Andy Sawyer – Oc 31 Papillion31 FLEET 1ST Tim & Jo Jones – Oc 311 Phoenix

Oceanis 34 Fleet34 FLEET 2nd Roger Smith & Family – Oc34 Elle Five34 FLEET 1st David, Vicki & Jamie Wilson – Oc 343 Killara

Sports Boat Fleet SB Fleet 4th David Geen - FC7 Ferocious Beast SB Fleet 3rd Paul Helsby - First 30 Volante SB Fleet 2nd Tim Penny – First 30 FireflySB Fleet 1st Rod Bullough & Co – Beneteau 25 Ridiculous

THE BIG BOAT FLEET - SPONSORED BY YACHTWORLD.comYW FLEET 3rd David Hathaway – Oc 40 CharismaYW FLEET 2nd Peter Ward – Oc 37 Chunky MonkeyYW FLEET 1st Mark & Michelle Boyd – Oc40 Persuasion

GILBERT BROWN MEMORIAL TROPHY – for the newest owner on the start line - Paul Duckworth and family with the Oceanis 321 “ISIS”

CAPITAL BANK BEST NOVICE BOAT - Paul & Bernice Hartigan F21.7 Summer Wine

BEST IMPROVED – Registering a 24th in first two races, they finished Race 4 in 6th place! Polly & Dennis Straker – F25.7 Excalibur

BENETEAU OWNER’S ASSOCIATION - SPIRIT OF THE EVENTHe put a huge amount of effort into the event, got himself a boat sorted to race in, provided great sponsorship back up with SLAM and generally was the “Spirit of the Event” – Chris Ducker

THE CORINTHIAN – (Top Owner Driver) BENETEAU CUP - OVERALL WINNERS 3rd Rod Bullough & Co – Ben 25 Ridiculous2nd Tim & Jo Jones – O311 Phoenix1st David, Fiona, Mathew & Rebecca Priestly – Fast Forward 25.7

Overall Fleet Results

There is such great camaraderie amongst this Beneteau fleet, chuck in a weekend chock full of sunshine and some breeze and it is amazing to see how much fun everyone has!

The quality of the racing in the fleet improves every year. The competitors (and sponsors) are all so enthusiastic about the event, both ashore and afloat, they really should all get “Spirit of the Event” awards, we are proud that this makes our Beneteau Cup Regatta special!

winners of the 25 Fleet and the North SailsDavid Watkins First 260 “Diamond Edge”

winners of the ob Sailing Trophy and Sports boat Fleet Rod Bulloughs & Team “Ridiculous”

winners of the First 21 Fleet Paul & Mandy Hibbert

winners of the beneteau CupDavid & Fiona Priestley’s First 25.7 “Fast Forward”

winners of the big boat FleetMark & Michelle Boyd Oceanis 40“Persuasion”

winners of the 31 Fleet, Navigators & General Trophy, and the yacht world TrophyTim & Jo Jones and Lynne Walker - Oceanis 31 “Phoenix”

winners of the oceanis 34 FleetDavid, Vicki and Jamie Wilson - Oceanis 343 “Killara”

winner of the Gilbert brown Trophy - newest owner on the start line...Paul Duckworth’s Oceanis 321 “Isis”

Andy Sawyer & Team Oceanis 31 “Papillion”

Full List of sponsorsSLAM CLOTHING UK

Navigators & General Insurance Company

OB Sailing Tuition & Charter

North Sails

Yachtworld.com

Boats.com

Halewood International

Dubarry

Marlow Ropes

Meridian Zero

Marathon Leisure

Optimum Time

Aquafax

Harken UK Ltd

Henri Lloyd

Musto

International Paints

English Braids

Steve Hackett & Ruth Pickup - First 25 “Bliss” Paul Helsby’s First 30 “Volante”

David & Wendy Bone with Simon Crowder - First 21.7

Peter Gooch “Viva!”Simon Crowder - (Maiden’s Mechanic)

Mike Hynes & Marion Kirk- First 21.7 “Secco”

Gay Crossley & Dan Nichol- First 21.7s “Murmur”

winners of the best Novice boat at the eventPaul and Bernice Hartigan“Summer Wine”

Tony Brindle with his bottle of Rum - kindly presented by sponsors Halewood International

Ted & Trish McGrath, Chora & Team “Minerva”

Tim, Anna, John & Amy Penny with Bill& Lynne Entwistle Team “Firefly”

winners best Improved - zero to hero resulutPolly & Dennis Straker “Excalibur”

winnerof the Spirit of the event Award and top SponsorChris Ducker