Fancy having a go at sailing for free? Come to Rollesby any time between: 10:00—15:00 on the 26th April A club member will take you for a sail. Ages 6—99 Snacks and refreshments available
Rollesby Broad Sailing Club, Burgh Wood Rd, Ormesby St Margaret, Great Yarmouth NR29 3LT
Following the death, last year, of our friend Dennis Manning the club has revived the Wayfarer Trophy as a memorial . This is to be awarded to the best scoring Wayfarer team over several series combined.
First presented in 1995, we have decided to reinstate the RBSC Wayfarer Trophy in memory of our good friend Dennis Manning. The trophy is to be presented each year to the most successful Wayfarer competing over the Autumn, Winter and Frostbite series. Dennis had won the trophy on many occasions in the past and wishing to promote more class racing within the club it seemed appropriate that we reinstate the trophy.
We have extracted the Wayfarer results from Race 1 and 2 morning Multi-sail starts so far and published them separately here:- Wayfarer Trophy
The winners of the 2024-2025 series over the winter period were David Houghton and John Symonds. A presentation was made at the Spring Regatta on 6 th April 2025.
Wayfarer Trophy is to be reinstated in Memory of Dennis Manning
First presented in 1995, we have decided to reinstate the RBSC Wayfarer Trophy in memory of our good friend Dennis Manning. The trophy is to be presented each year to the most successful Wayfarer competing over the Autumn, Winter and Frostbite series. Dennis had won the trophy on many occasions in the past and wishing to promote more class racing within the club it seemed appropriate that we reinstate the trophy.
We have extracted the Wayfarer results from Race 1 and 2 morning Multi-sail starts so far and published them separately here:- Wayfarer Trophy
The weather hasn’t been so kind this winter so the number of boats currently qualifying in the series is low, but with the potential of a further 12 races still to go until the end of the Frostbite Series there is still plenty of opportunity for more Wayfarers to try and qualify. We have always had a very strong Wayfarer fleet at Rollesby so it would be great to see as many boats take to the water for the remainder of the Frostbite series to try a qualify. Good luck!
24 Boats turned out for the first races of the Frostbite series on Sunday 9th Feb 2025. The day was cool and overcast. The forecast easterly wind however turned out to be more northerly with a moderate breeze blowing down the Broad.
The first race was four laps of a figure of eight course. Only four boats actually started in the multi sail fleet. Dave Houghton and John Symonds in their Wayfarer took an early lead and held on to win in front of Tony Fulford’s Comet with the other two boats not far behind. In the single sail fleet seventeen boats took part. There was close racing throughout the fleet. Mike Gower took the win in his Solution a few seconds in front of Roger Wilson’s Streaker. Dan Bull crossed the line with Wilson but was third on handicap . These first three boats followed by Chris Barker in a Laser were well ahead of the fleet.
At the break between races trophies were presented for previous series. A presentation was also made to Clive Wells on his retirement from the committee after serving fourteen years as Secretary and the past two years as Commodore
In the next race mark number 3 was included in the course to give a long run down the broad. In the multi sail fleet Dave and John flew their spinnaker with great affect to take a substantial lead and win in front of the Vareo of Howard Astley Jones.
The long four lap race was a bit of a work out for the single sail boats with the fleet spacing out and a few capsizes in the gusts. Ellie Edwards in the Splash won the race with Dan Bull 2nd, Roger Wilson 3rd and Kevin Edwards in his Solo 4th.
As in previous years there will be a 2 course dinner (menu below), plus tea or coffee, Cost will be £27 per adult (includes gratuity), £15 per child (12 and under) .
There will be prize giving for the last couple of series and regattas.
A quiz by David Goodwin for sailors and non-sailors alike.
The deadline for signing up is 2nd February. You can also sign up now and pay closer to the date, if you choose.
The evening races were enjoyed by members again this year. Thirty-Six different helms took part at various time during the series. A couple of evenings were not sailed because of a lack of wind but for most of the summer the wind stayed up giving some good sailing.
The main contenders for the trophy this year came down to David Taylor and Stuart Highfield. David had some good results toward the end of the series to win and will get his name on the cup for the second time. The regular Wednesday sailors were all quite close on points with Stuart second and Daniel Harvey third. The full results can be seen on the club website.
There were quite a few novice sailors coming for the evenings this year which was nice to see. The pursuit race with the personal handicap is an ideal way to try sailing a race.
Now that the sun has set on the 2024 series we look forward next summer. There will be a slight change to the rules in that each helm will have their personal handicap scored irrespective of which boat they sail. ( previously it varied with boats) New participants will start on scratch time for the class but new experienced racers will start on an agreed handicap.
Well done everyone for yesterday. At one point we counted 7 toppers capsized up on the broad at once. All our sailors gave it a go and we are super proud of them. 3 of our team managed to do enough races to get some good results-
Alcomers b – Emily came 6th overall out of 12 in her streaker.
Toppers – Hattie came 20th out of 35.
Alcomers c – Henrietta came 7th out of 19. (4th opi)
Star of the day was Hattie who kept on going to finish despite a lot of capsizes (must have been over 20) at her first sailing venue other than rollesby.