Yacht Racing Results

www.rugeleymodelclub.org.uk

Part 1 - This year's Results
( DF95, Victoria & Aldridge MBC Joint Meeting )

Part 2 - Yacht Sail Numbers

Part 3 - The Cyril Horobin Yachting Trophy

Part 4 - The Brian Rogers Challenge Trophy

Part 5 - Hints on Tuning a Victoria

Part 6 - Previous Year's Results

Part 1.1 - This Year's DF95 Results

Click on results to download a pdf copy of the results.

Part 1.2 - 2019 Aldridge & Rugeley Annual Challenge Results

Click on results to download a pdf copy of the results.

Holders of the Colin Walton donated Aldridge/Rugeley Horn Challenge Trophy for 2019, was first presented in May 2019 to Peter Pallett, who then passed the horn trophy to the current holder, Bill Woodward, holder from October 2019.

Part 1.3 - This Year's Victoria Results

Click on results to download a pdf copy of the results / See Racing Timetable on left.

Part 2 - Yacht Sail Numbers

Sail numbers currently in use for Victoria and DF95 yachts for Rugeley and Aldridge Model Boat Clubs are collated by the each club's race co-ordinator.

Click on the image to download a pdf copy of the file.

Part 3 - The Cyril Horobin Yachting Trophy

The Cyril Horobin Yachting Trophy was presented to the Chairman of Rugeley Model Club on 15th April 2019 by Cyril Horobin, a very distinguished recently retired model yacht sailor who has been involved with the Rugeley Power Station Model club since its inception in the 1980 s. Cyril is highly respected amongst the model yacht fraternity in the UK, and is best known at RMBC for finding wind in a "dead calm'"

Cyril Horobin was awarded Honorary Membership of Manor Park Sailing Club on 10th October 2019 and of Manor Park Radio Sailing Club and Rugeley Model Boat Club on 14th October 2019.

The trophy, designed and commissioned by Cyril, is sculptured coloured glass in shape of a yacht in full sail mounted on a wooden base.

The winners are listed in the table below :-

Year	Winner
2019	Peter Pallett

Part 4 - The Brian Rogers Challenge Trophy

The Brian Rogers Challenge Trophy was presented to the Rugeley Power Station Model Club in late 2012 by Brian Rogers, a past Chairman and the then President of Rugeley Power Station Model Club.

Brian presented the trophy to promote the regular racing of Victoria Yachts. The winners of the Trophy are listed below :-

Year	Winner
2019	Peter Pallett
2018	Peter Pallett
2017	No racing
2016	Peter Pallett
2015	Peter Pallett
2014	Cyril Horobin
2013	Cyril Horobin

Part 5 - Hints on Tuning a Victoria

The chart below gives some information about settings for various wind conditions when using a Victoria. Victoria Tuning

The information is provided by Ray Seta - Victoria 2424K(USA) and the chart is at the end of his seven page article "Time to get Serious with Tuning.". If you click on the link you can download a copy.

Note that the setting position is to put a mark 40 1/8 th inches up the mast.