You maybe thinking "where is my 2012 phantom renewal", or then again maybe not.
If you are the former then don't worry they will be with you soon. Roger Brown hasn't forgotten you, its just that he has been working with Ben Falat to set up taking PayPal payments for the class association and it is felt that it was better to wait until this was sorted.

Very shortly you will able to make your subs payment to the class via a PayPal button on the website rather than trying to find your cheque book. This should make things easier for you and the class as well as being a secure online way of doing it. Don't worry you won't have to have a PayPal account either as the system allows payments via your credit or debit card without registering with PayPal.

We have been advised that the date for the Blithfield open this is actually July 15th not any other date that you may have seen, including this site. Even the Blithfield website is incorrect and is due to be updated. 

The 15 boat phantom fleet were greeted with sunshine and light northerly winds for this years Steve Nicholson Memorial Trophy.

The singlehanders were away cleanly and straight away it was clear that it was going to be a tough day on the water with the wind not only shifting lots but also fluctuating in speed across the lake. Andy Couch, Andy Wilde and local hero Will Gulliver all got away well up the first beat which proved to be the making of the race. These three had a close battle and each took it in turns to lead with eventually Will finding himself in an Andy sandwich with Couchy taking the honours. Tyler Harmsworth followed by Mike Webster completed the Phantom top five.

The fleet then hit the clubhouse to re-energise whilst the asymmetric fleet had their first race.

There was a minor delay to proceedings in the afternoon as the double-handers were all rather keen, forcing the race officer to recall the fleet. The single-handers got away cleanly, none more so than Andy Wilde who flew straight up the middle of the first beat to find himself with a huge lead.

This left a very close battle between Andy Couch, Tim Andrews and John Waying for second place which Couchy eventually took but there was no catching Andy Wilde in this race.

Congratulations to Andy Couch who successfully defended his Steve Nicholson crown and win overall from Andy Wilde. Thanks go to Northampton SC for such a great event and also to all the phantom boys for making us the biggest fleet.

5 new events have been added to the calendar for 2012. They are -

Island Barn SC - 21st April (southern)

Lee-on-Solent - 16th & 17th June (southern)

Northampton - 7th July (midlands)

Shoreham - 11th & 12th August (southern)

Bartley - 16th September (midlands

Its that time of year when we are looking for Volunteers for the Dinghy show stand, to set up on Friday and tear down on Sunday, and the bit in the middle.

We need to cover from 9am - 7pm on Saturday and 9am - 7pm on Sunday Including 2 hrs for taking the stand down.

If you are interested please contact John Wayling to book your 2 hr slot.