GAFFERS LOG JUNE 2014 In this Issue: Pilot Cutters Racing &Insurance Winklebrigs Fitting out NEWSLETTER OF THE ASSOCIA TION FOR GAFF RIG SAILING GAFFERS LOGJUNE 2014 Contents Foreword 3• Foreword It’sMay Day. Dull, damp and distinctly chilly as I put together the June Gaffers Log, here in land-locked Derbyshire. Not ideal weather today, but there have been enough sunny 4• Fromthe Quarterdeck days to feel Spring is in the air, and I hear that many of you are already out on the water. 5• OGATrophies Two reports from early season racing caught the copy deadline, the East Coast p.15 and 6• 110ºis OKby me Solent p.48. A young gaffer reflects on YOGAFF, and as this issue hits your doormats SamLlewellyn reflects on thejoysofsailingagaffer there’sbeen plenty going on. DBOGA has another great line-up, then there’sUp and 8• OGA50legacy: Youthfund Down Channel in Cardiff Bay, BealePark, Lake District Rally, SeaFairHaven and the Photo:Phil Cogdell Campbeltown Classics.Send your reports to update the website, and browse the 14 Area 9• YOGAFF:fromtot toteenager pages in this issue to find plans for the future and what’s been happening since February. June 2014 14 year-oldFynMitchell reflects onhisexperiences Editor: BeverleyDaley-Yates 10 • AveryFrenchfestival Themes for June were ‘Fitting out’ and ‘Spring sailing’,attracting plenty of contributions. +44(0)797 0943135 Royston Raymondlooks back to1996 This issue illustrates the wide range of our fleet, from winklebrig to pilot cutter. Reviewed by one of our advertisers, Simon Winter, we bring a timely article about insurance and
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