Wayfarer Junior Championships 2018 - Preview
by Tim Townsend 19 Apr 2018 19:49 BST
21-22 April 2018
Wayfarer Western Area Championship © Moya Weighill
West Oxfordshire Sailing Club, just south of Witney, will host the second
event in the 2018 UK Wayfarer Association National Circuit and
Travellers Series, sponsored by Craftinsure, this coming weekend.
After a well attended and successful Inland Championships at Datchet
Water SC a couple of weeks ago, the open meeting at WOSC, which is
shared with the Wanderer Class, will also count as the UKWA Junior
Championships.
Several of the hardened travellers will be attending
looking to improve their rankings, along with Lilly Gosling, the reigning
Junior Champion who will be looking to retain her title.
Junior sailors
from other clubs including Haversham and Swarkestone are also
planning to compete and give Lilly some stiff competition.
The forecast is for a building southerly breeze with sunshine and
showers on Saturday while on Sunday the breeze will clock to the west
and 10-17mph.
For more details see wayfarer.org.uk/events/event/west-oxfordshire-sc
Aside from the racing, I can recommend the fish and chip
supper and the live band which will persuade several hipster Wayfarer
sailors onto the dance floor to shake their thang (if last year was
anything to go by!).