2009
Musto Skiff Nationals at East Lothian YC After
an excellent pre-event
training camp, run by GBR 49er Coach Harvey  Hilary
the event was scheduled to start. With 53 entries the class
and the club were very happy with the level of support the
fleet had given to this the first UK Nationals CHampionships
to be hosted by a Scottish Club. The first day of the MPS
Nationals was greeted with high winds. Race officer Jim
Sinclair ventured out into the bay in the RIB and measured
42knots with the reading never dropping below 30 knots.
Full
Report >>>
 Musto
Skiff Training Pre-Nationals at East Lothian YC Prior
to the Musto Performance Skiff Nationals training was held
for 20 boats lead by Harvey Hillary. To give the new comers
to the fleet a good head start in their boats and to sharpen
up the skills of the old hands the MPSCA held training supported
by RYA Scotland to give the event a fantastic kick start.Read
more >>>
Musto Skiff training at Derwent
Reservoir SC Northern
Area training was held at Derwent Reservoir on 18th and
19th April. A small but dedicated fleet of seven Musto Skiff
sailors turned up for training from experienced Musto sailor
and coach, Martin Boatman.
More
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Musto Skiff Open Meeting Whitstable Yacht Club
3
is the Magic Number >>>
 -
3 is the number of opens so far this year
- 3 is the number of different event winners
- 30+ is the number of entries at each event
- 3 perhaps will be the number of different National Champions
in 3 years ... we'll see in a couple of weeks Read
more >>>
Scottish skiffs at East Lothian Yacht
Club 23 boats turned up at East Lothian
YC for round 2 of the Scottish skiff circuit including 12
musto skiffs, which were also competing for their Scottish
championship as part of the event. As competitors headed
out to the race course in a 15 knots easterly it was the
size of the waves rather than the breeze that were going
to make things interesting for competitors. More
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 Seldén
Mast UK Youth Series The four event Youth
Championship series sponsored by Seldén Mast has
finished this weekend in glorious sunshine at Whitstable
Yacht Club. The series was raced within the classes open
meeting programme at the following venues Rutland, Stokes
Bay, Felpham and Whitstable to find the top under 21 Musto
Performance Skiff sailor. A complete fit-out of Seldén
hardware and a spinnaker with their logo were very generously
donated by the company following talks with Ben McGrane
earlier in the season.. More
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Musto Skiff Training:
Pre-Nationals with Harvey Hillary The Musto Skiff
Class Association with support from RYA Scotland will be
running a 2 day training camp lead by Olympic Squad coach
Harvey Hillary on the 16th & 17th June, the 2 days prior
to the UK Nationals. The training will be hosted by East
Lothian Yacht Club at North Berwick.
Find out more & book a space >>>
SCOTTISH SKIFF
RACING 2009 - Dalgety Bay – May 16/17 Dalgety Bay
Sailing Club were the hosts for the first Scottish Skiff
event of the 2009 season, and the 16 boats that made it
were treated to strong breeze and sunshine for the majority
of the weekend. After launching the boats were given a downwind
blast to the start line, just off Inverkeithing, which saw
a few take their first swim of the day! After a short delay
Race 1 got underway in a fresh easterly breeze with home
boy Ian Renilson establishing an early lead that he would
hold to the finish. The chasing pack of mustos were having
a hard fought race with places changing constantly – a theme
that would carry on for the remainder of the weekend. Meanwhile
Paul Hignett, in his bladerider, was making the most of
the conditions to finish in 2nd position on handicap. 3rd
place went to John Evans from Derwent who just pipped John
Reekie who was 4th. Read
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Felpham Open
The Musto Skiff Fleet congregated at Felpham SC on the 16th
and 17th May for the third event in the Southern Travellers
series. After 30 and 33 boats at the previous two events
it was expected to be another bumper turn out until everyone
saw the forecasts in the run up.
With 16 of the most talented and foolhardy skiffies rigging
their boats in the big breeze on Saturday morning it became
apparent fairly quickly that with 25kts gusting to over
30kts and onshore, just getting off the beach would be a
step too far. The racing was canned which led to much beer
drinking and a night in the club, one of the friendliest
clubs that the fleet visits. With the forecast looking good
for Sunday, 10-15kts everyone was optimistic that we'd get
some good racing. However it became very apparent as soon
as the fleet arrived at the club that it wasn't going to
happen and the Met Office had provided another Michael Fish
forecast. Breeze over 25kts and even bigger breakers. Thanks
must go to the Felpham organizers who gave everyone a chance
to make the decision and also gave a refund of the entry
fee, very impressive.
 Training
at Segelclub Attersee 2009 Whilst I understand the
weather was not so good in the UK, the sun was shining and
the wind was blowing just nicely for the weekend of 16th
– 17th May for the training on Lake Attersee in Austria.
For those who are not familiar with this venue, the lake
is 45 minutes drive east of Salzburg (1½ hour flight
with Ryanair from Stansted) at the northern edge of the
Alps. Lying north – south, the lake is approximately 15km
long by 2.5 – 3km wide and regularly hosts major championships.
It is similar in shape to a small Lake Garda, and also deep
(nearly 200m in places) the southern end has steep cliffs
rising out of the lake into the Alps, and the northern end
is open to the rolling hills. This geography provides a
regular thermal wind (not usually as strong as Garda) with
the exception of July and August when the hot summer temperatures
stops the wind. Read
more >>>
Picture Gallery
Update: Thanks to a nudge in the right direction
by Jon Simpson I have added a number of updates to the Picture
Gallery page. We are very lucky as a
class as Tania Samus (wife of Sergei) has been taking many
excellent photos of Musto Skiffs catching our greatest moments
on the water. There can be few classes with a photographic
portfolio of this quality, thanks again Tania for all of
the sailors View
the galleries >>>
Tiger Trophy 2009
- 11th / 12th July. As I’m sure everyone can remember,
due to snow, snow and a bit more snow the 2009 Tiger Trophy
had to be moved from it’s traditional date. The event will
now be held over the weekend of 11th – 12th July. For those
who have not ventured out at that time of year, this later
date gives you all the opportunity to take part in one of
the countries biggest handicap events. As I’m sure you are
all aware, it is also for an excellent cause! Please come
along and we’ll see if we can have the biggest entry fleet
again. Don’t forget, if you win all four races there is
£1000 prize money! More
details >>>
 THE
ART OF NOT GIVING UP. I aim this missive not at those
who are proficient at the fine art of Musto Skiff sailing.
Not those who can skip about the surface of this high powered
ironing board with impunity like Olga Korbut herself. (Olympic
gymnast 1972, chaps. Terribly famous at the time). Neither
those for whom perfecting snappy gybes and pelvic thrust
wire to wire tacks in a force 6 is but second nature. Nor
those for whom their MPS is but an extension of their limbs.
I address those who like me have just started out, or who
are thinking of doing so. Or, more especially those who
have been humbled by their efforts so far. And maybe your
Skiff lies sulking under covers in the dinghy park. Unloved,
while you wonder what to do next. So maybe you are questioning
the wisdom of your decision to try and conquer the MPS in
the first place? Read
the full article >>>
 Stokes
Bay Training Weekend 25th & 26th April Conditions
for Training Saturday were far from ideal, a short sharp
Solent chop combined with a shifty wind gusting up to 20
kts made conditions challenging for the thirteen sailors,
all of whom took at least one swim during the day. Russ
Clark ran a very professional event, and it was obvious
that Penny wasn’t the only one who had picked up skills
during her Olympic campaign (Eds. note Russ's wife Penny
was the GBR Laser Radial Rep. at the 2008 Olympics). The
morning session was based around a short windward-leeward
course, with the emphasis on boathandling and starting skills.
Some of the sailors new to the class went out in the second
RIB to observe and lend rescue help as required. The experienced
sailors were coping with the boathandling, just, and some
of the less experienced were sailing without the kite. Common
problems areas were tacking and gybing, often exacerbated
by the unsettling effect of the chop. Read
more >>>
UK Nationals -
Entries now open NOR & Entry Forms are now available;
PLEASE enter early if you are planning to attend as this
makes the job of the event organisers much easier. Details
>>>
 Stokes
Bay Musto Skiff Open 2009 Second event this year;
Second +30 turnout. On the weekend of the 18th and 19th
of April this years Stokes Bay Musto Skiff Open was held.
It was another event shared with the B14s, so apart from
the Musto Skiff competitors, there were many familiar faces.
Despite a forecast for very light winds, the fleet was 33
Musto Skiffs strong, even outnumbering the very successfull
9er Open in Rutland earlier in the year. Noteably, sailors
from as far as the north east were attracted, although the
event was dominated by the southern fleet. More
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Melbourne World
Championships delayed to 2011 As the majority of
you will recognise, the Class has been active in scoping
and planning ahead for key events both within and outside
of Europe in the coming years, which culminated in the very
exiting prospect of the trip into Australia for our first
non-European World Championships that was planned for Melbourne
in January 2010. The origins and extent of skiff sailing
that Australia is renowned for, the conditions of Melbourne,
together with the reputation of Black Rock YC in holding
quality events, make a Worlds event there a desirable Championship
to put into your sailing memories. More
info >>>
Stokes Bay Training
Day 25 April Russ Clark and Dan
Vincent will be running the training. Russ is fresh
from training in Palma with Sten and brings loads of experience
from helping his wife Penny to reach the 2008 Olympics.
Dan finished in the top 10 at last year's Nationals and
Worlds. The idea is to cater for everyone, from those picking
it up this season to experienced performers who want to
find a bit extra.
Find out more and book your place >>>
 The
Iscomar sponsored Musto Performance Skiff event at the Princess
Sofia regatta, Palma de Mallorca Before I write any
details of the event, I’d like to thank Javi and the Stenhouse’s
for their time helping me during the event. As everyone
knows, our class is one of the friendly ones, and without
help from the fleet these events would not go as well as
they do! Also a big thank you to Iscomar who very generously
subsidised the ferry passage so all the sailors from outside
Mallorca could take part on a more economic basis. More
info and watch Sten's Video >>>
 Musto
Skiffs at Black Rock Yacht Club AUS Last weekend
saw the Australian Musto fleet participating in the first
dedicated weekend mixed skiff regatta run by Black Rock
Yacht Club. As you will be aware, Black Rock is the venue
for the January 2010 MPS Worlds. The regatta comprised skiff
fleets of Musto’s, I14’s, Moths, B14’s, and a couple of
other local Australian skiff fleets, totalling 60 boats
in all. The star studded fleet included I14 World Champions
Archie Massey and Lindsay Irwin, Moth World champion Rohan
Veal, OK World Champion Roger Blasse, and our own Contender
double World Champion (now Musto sailor) Marcus Hamilton.
Just another usual weekend at the ‘Rock, really… More
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K16 Trailer now
released. Just incase you didn't laready know how
good the training DVD is Sten has just released a trailer
here >>>
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Spring Musto Skiff activity in the
South West. March has seen a busy month
of Musto Skiffing in the South West; a healthy turn out
of boats have been in attendance at Chew Valley Lake Sailing
Clubs’ Sunday Winter windward leeward series and a training
day was held in conjunction with the RS800 fleet on Saturday
7th March run by skiff supremo Peter Barton ably assisted
by Chew Valley legend and soon to be skiff sailor Ralph
Singleton. Read
more >>>
TRAINING WEEKEND AT DERWENT RESERVOIR SAILING CLUB
A training weekend at DRSC has been arranged
for the weekend of 18th and 19th of April. Martin Boatman
who is familiar to many in the class, and a very experienced
trainer will conduct the training sessions. The training
format will be as sailors require. The start time is 12
oclock on the Saturday, rigged and changed. For more information
or queries please contact me by mobile 07711 612775 or by
email on jevans@nodent.co.uk.
Contact John or
ask questions via the forum
 Musto
Skiff Open Meeting Rutland Water Sailing Club 30
Musto Skiffs arrived at Rutland Water Sailing Club for the
first open meeting of the year. With a light wind forecast
for the Saturday, and a heavier wind forecast for the Sunday,
it looked the perfect opportunity for everyone to show off
what they had been learning through the winter.
Read the full report >>>
 2009
Musto Performance Skiff European Championships -Fraglia
Vela Malcesine (Lake Garda) 31st August to 4th September
2009. The NOR is now available and some photos of the venue
have been posted. For those who were at the worlds you can
now see that the club is finsihed and looks great, for those
who have never been see what it's like; very nice ... See
more >>>
 Dinghy
Show 2009 It was still quite early
in the morning, the sun was already shining brightly, there
was hardly any wind and, the breath of numerous passing
joggers indicated that it was still pretty chilly outside.
Yet the view from the historic location we arrived at offered
a clear and vast vantage point over a huge area of North
London, leaving you wondering what people were indeed doing
down in the city. Alexandra Palace has been a popular
venue for numerous years and from the cars queuing to get
into the car park and people bustling around towards the
front of the building, it was evident even at this early
hour before the show opened, that the thronging dinghy fraternity
were arriving on mass. Read
more >>>
Want to try before
you buy? Ovington Boats have arranged a number of
demo days across the country. Boats available to test sail
will be the 29er, 29erXX, Solution, Musto Skiff and CII
Byte. Dates and venues; Rutland Water SC 28th March, Datchet
Water SC 25th April and Derwent Reservoir SC 6th June Book
a slot >>>>
  GPS
Bracket (Justo from Spain (Palma de Mallorca)) This
mod has been developed to mount a GPS, visible from both
tacks.. Watch the vid on YouTube
here >>>
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brought an MPS and am very very pleased with my choice.
It has re-vitalised my sailing”
Ian Renilson: Contender Champion
The Best Fleet Racing
In
a recent survey it was revealed that almost 40% of MPS sailors
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Simon Hiscocks diary from the
Musto Skiff Gold Cup
 Double
Olympic 49er medallist Simon Hiscocks recently joint the
Musto Skiff fleet to compete in the Gold Cup at Lake Garda
as part of his post Olympic relaxation. During the event
he maintained a diary of his experiences which were recently
published in the UK sailing magazine Yachts and Yachting
. For those of you who missed the magazine here is the article,
for those of you who did read it - here is the unedited
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