Successful first training day

Saturday 26th May was the first training day for the team in 2012. Paul Bennett and Richard Steele hosted the crew on board 'Sash'. Fresh winds and a warm sunny day made for an excellent sailing session where we spent time in both the Solent and Southampton Water.

We had plenty of practice with all the main sail movements including spinnaker work. At the end of the day we sailed right past some massive cruise and container ships making Sash seem very small. Next training due on 23rd June.

Team for 2012 confirmed

The Henley team for the 2012 regattas is confirmed as:

Tim Lawson (Team Leader)
Steve Ellwood (Skipper)
Michiel Commandeur (First Mate)
Joanna Lloyd
Tom Brack
Lynn Ellwood
Alison Fellows
Carl de Verteuil

Our team coach is Paul Bennett.

MBA Sailing League dates confirmed for 2012

The 2012 MBA Sailing League Calendar is now confirmed as:

1. The Global MBA Trophy Regatta in Athens
27 – 29 April.

2. The Alumni Business Cup (ABC) Regatta in La Trinite Sur Mer, France
6 – 9 June.

3. The Cranfield Regatta in The Solent, England
6 – 8 July.

4. The RSM Regatta,in Lemmer, The Netherlands
24 – 26 August.

5. The Rolex MBAs Cup, in Santa Margharita Ligure, Italy
27 – 30 September.

The Henley team are looking at entering at least two regattas in the series this year. More news soon!

Recruitment for 2012 under way

We are looking to put together the crew to compete under the Henley Business School banner in the 2012 Cranfield MBA Regatta. This will be on the 6th to 8th July 2012 and will depart from Sunsail in Port Solent, Portsmouth. There will be a stop over in Cowes on the Saturday night. The boats used will Sunsail's fleet of Beneteau First 40 yachts.

The Henley team will usually have at least one practice weekend ahead of the regatta – details to be advised later. If you are interested in taking part, please reply to the author.

Mark wears the Henley colours mid-Atlantic

One of Henley Sailing Group's members, Mark Henry, recently sailed the Atlantic in the 2011ARC on a 49'Jeanneau Kotari. Mark had quite an adventure with engine and gear failures throughout meaning they were one of the few boats to have sailed the full distance. It took them just under 20 days and they experienced various conditions from F8 to F0!

Mark proudly wore his Henley cap all the way across the Atlantic demonstrated by this photo at the half way point, with over 1000 miles to the nearest land in Venezuala.

2011 Cranfield Regatta results table

The Henley team had an excellent regatta coming in 8th place out of 36 boats, a significant improvement on last years 12th. A full write-up and photos is being prepared, in the meantime here is the full results table.

The racing results shown in the table below are calculated by totalling the placing achieved in each race with the lowest position being discarded. The discarded positions are shown in light blue.

position	boat no	team	skipper	race 1	race 2	race 3	race 4	race 5	total
1st	4040	INSEAD	K Glover	2	4	2	1	3	8
2nd	4021	Cranfield 13	J Gair	6	2	3	4	1	10
3rd	4038	Bocconi	Menza	33	1	12	2	6	21
4th	4036	LBS 1	K Rasmussen	3	11	1	6	15	21
5th	4022	Glasgow	P Walters	16	3	7	3	11	24
6th	4006	Cranfield 2	P Methven	19	7	9	8	2	26
7th	4004	Manchester 1	R Drummond	12	5	10	7	9	31
8th	4009	Henley	R Willets	5	10	8	9	12	32
9th	4020	Leeds	K Rawson	18	8	6	13	8	35
10th	4002	Cranfield 1	A Wheal	4	15	13	15	5	37
11th	4028	Manchester 2	M Reid	15	17	5	14	7	41
12th	4037	MIP	U Alvassi del Frate	26	6	18	5	14	43
13th	4031	Smurfit	S Hayes	23	12	4	11	20	47
14th	4025	Exeter	A Peters	13	9	17	10	22	49
15th	4039	RSM	J Tinsobin	7	13	16	16	37	52
16th	4011	Cranfield 4	T Higham	1	21	30	22	16	60
17th	4010	Cranfield 16	E Ebney	8	16	19	21	17	60
18th	4016	Bath 1	S Horlock	9	30	15	12	24	60
19th	4032	Imperial 3	J Kemp	20	19	20	37	4	63
20th	4007	Cranfield 3	D Durston	11	26	24	24	10	69
21st	4012	Cranfield 10	R McQuillan	14	25	23	17	18	72
22nd	4033	Warwick	C Best	17	14	34	19	29	79
23rd	4026	Cranfield 15	D Griffiths	10	20	29	28	37	87
24th	4035	Cranfield 12	P Lovejoy	24	23	25	20	37	92
25th	4013	Cranfield 8	J Friggins	21	27	27	18	27	93
26th	4034	LBS 2	B Grosman	31	29	14	37	23	97
27th	4008	Cranfield 7	D Price	25	18	28	27	37	98
28th	4018	Imperial 2	J Ingham	27	28	22	23	26	98
29th	4030	Imperial 1	P Mercer	32	36	33	26	13	104
30th	4019	Bath 2	R Knight	37	34	21	30	19	104
31st	4017	Cranfield 9	S Davies	34	24	11	37	37	106
32nd	4005	Cranfield 5	C Sharman	22	31	31	25	21	108
33rd	4014	Cranfield 14	H Edsell	28	22	26	37	37	113
34th	4015	Cranfield 6	J Porter	29	32	36	29	28	118
35th	4042	Cranfield 17	N Hoare	35	35	32	31	25	123
36th	4029	Cranfield 11	A Lane	30	33	35	32	37	130

Ready for the 2011 regatta

The Henley team is finalised and ready to race at the 2011 Cranfield MBA Regatta in three weeks time. We have only been able to get one crew together this year but the team are raring to go and looking forward to an excellent event.

This years team is:

• Tim Lawson (ORGANISER)
• Michiel Commandeur (FIRST MATE)
• Qi Zhang
• Alison Fellows
• Tom Brack
• Joanna Lloyd
• Andrea Consonni

Lots of new faces this year so a great opportunity for fresh talent to make their mark on our performance. Photos of the event and an update will be posted here.