Feva Worlds  THE Club's top two junior crews had a good week at the RS Feva world championships in Brittany. After five days' hard competition at Carnac siblings Rob and Becca Morris finshed 19th, while brothers George and Ed Shelley came 36th out of 140 entrants.
Rob, 15, and Becca, 14, sailed consistently with a best result of fourth and came ashore in 19th place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights. George, 16, and Ed, 14, of Market Drayton, also sailed well in the closely contested races, usually finishing in the 20s. They finished Wednesday night in 25th overall, but struggled to hold that position in the face of fierce competition and slipped a little over the final two days.
Yacht Club de Carnac hosted 140 boats from the UK, France, Holland, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Germany and Italy and the field included some of the best sailors of their generation. Junior Fleet Captain Paul Dutton says: "We haven't heard all the details yet, so we don't whether the four are pleased with their results, or think they could have done better. We're certainly very proud of them. They've gone up against some of the best young sailors in the world and have done very, very well.
"All four have worked really hard over the last couple of years to get to this stage. There's been a lot of travelling with their families to events and training weekends." The quartet spent 12 months in a Feva regional development squad, before being selected this year for the national squad. British boats finished first and second, an Italian pair third and two Irish boats came fourth and fifth.

Broadband Arrives!   Broadband has been enabled at the club and we have successfully setup the wireless router.  Members are able to link to the web (password needed) and the Club Race Management Computer has been linked so results can be quickly sent to our Press Officer and Dutyman can be checked from the clubhouse.  The next step will be a webcam and possibly an on-line weather station so you can check the wind conditions at Whitemere before you set out!

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