Cost over £10k when new in March 2018. Only used for four events, so in great condition. Comes with North sails and Milanes foils. Currently rigged with Superspar mast and boom, but if you prefer Selden, I have an unused Selden D+ mast I could swap for the Superspar. Complete with galvanised combination trailer & trolley, and over and towing covers.
I have an Enterprise that needs to go to a good home. It’s number 10599, wooden, made by Davis and Son, Westcliffe on Sea, Essex. It needs some work done on it, there’s s hole where the hull meets the fore deck on the port side but otherwise was OK for sailing on famiy holidays 10 years ago, with all the usual fittings, including one set of sails and a Hilt Allen mast. Transom replaced, With a trailer and launch trolley.
Brand New Set of Enterprise Sails (jib and
mainsail) made and measured by Batt Sails [http://www.battsails.com/ ] (receipt
available on request) for Enterprise Sail No. 22933.
I’ve sold the boat but not the sails. Sails have never been used – only taken out of their sail covers for the photograph. £400 or nearest offer.
So with 3 rounds of the Naionals Circuit completed we are starting to see the runners and riders getting on board now.
With 9 events and 5 to count there is still some way to go. Don’t forget the Winters at Northampton SC count twice giving us 10 sets of points.
There are some great rewards waiting for those who make the effort, with plenty of spot prizes to be spread down the fleet. Once again many thanks to Sailing Chandlery for supporting the Enterprise Association again this year.
With just over 100 days to the nationals the event clothing is now available.
Both the Osprey and Enterprise fleet have partnered with The Embroidery Barn to bring you a great range of clothing to celebrate ths years event,
Each garment front carries a Mounts Bay burgee above the Enterprise Logo. Your boat name and sail number can be input at the order point to appear under the logo (optional)
Garment rear shows an outline of the famous St Michaels Mount above an Enterprise and the event title.
The imaginative designs look great on each garment and make for a great momento of the event.
Thanks are due to Ioan Lavery (Enterprise Association) and Kevin Francis (Osprey Association) for providing this great range in partnership with The Embroidery Barn
Enterprise number: 13585: Location Frome (Near Bath). GRP.Year of Manufacture 1969, registered 1970, garage stored. Measured with certificates 1971. Blue deck, white painted hull in reasonable condition. Proctor aluminium mast and boom. Stainless steel stays and self-bailer. Marine ply centreboard and mahogany rudder, tiller and extension. Two suits of sails: Jeckells (1973) McNamara (1976) with battens: previously measured and licensed for racing. Jib sheet, mainsheet, pulleys and click-on shackles. Swivels for roller-reef main sail. “Combi” Rapide road trailer (launching trolley clips onto trailer): rims and tyres good condition. Accessories: Burgee, anchor, worn full boat cover, 2 paddles and ties. £390 ONO Reduced from £540
Beautiful, craftsman-built, lovingly maintained and garage-stored. £1500 spent in last year
Selling due to bereavement. Competitive at club level – very good sails, foils, fly-away jib pole.
£1500 was spent on re-paint/varnish + sails
Spars are Superspars There is a boom-up cover (Vgc) no undercover Comes with Trailer and trolley Boat was built and measurement certificate was issued in 1990.
We’re asking £750 ono (but good home most Important)
It is most important that this boat finds a good home with someone able to look after it.
A good club racing boat in excellent condition for its age.
Built in 1977 by Frank Johnson, kept at BCYC for a number of years
current owners have had her since the summer of 2012 prior to that she had laid
un used in dry storage for a few years. The current set of sails are well used
for club racing, there is a spare set of sails which are in a slightly better
condition.
Varnish work was stripped back on the main decks and re applied in the
spring of 2013, the following spring the hull was repainted.
The boat has been well maintained and is ready to sail / race.
For sale with launching trolley will need road trailer to transport.
£800 ONO
Contact: Mike Crees (07855245421) E-mail: michaelcrees@icloud.com or Andy Richman (01225470130)
Saturday August 3rd will see the Enterprise fleet make their
way to Mounts Bay for the 2019 Allen, North Sails and Selden National
championships.
Mounts Bay always attracts a lot of interest from Enterprise
sailors and this year is no different, with 46 boats already entered and the
possibility of more to come. The entry is already over 25% up on 2018 and it is
expected that this year’s championship will build upon the great week at Exe SC.
The Entry list shows a real mix of experienced campaigners, talented
youngsters and Enterprise newbies, either attending their first championships
or stepping across from other fleets.
Having taken second position over recent years Phil Ford and
Jane Humpage will be keen to get straight into the racing. Last year’s winners,
Dave and Chris Jackman will hope Mounts Bay delivers some surf and breeze’
while Jeremy and Becca Stephens will be looking to make the most of sailing in
their home waters to regain the title, they won in 2017.
This year’s Inland Champions; Nigel and Andy Bird will be
anticipating a good week, having returned to the circuit with some great
results.
There have been some significant crew swaps in the run up to
the event with Gabe Hill jumping into to the Riot Van with Martin Honor. Gabe’s
helm from last year Tim Sadler has Chris Keatley aboard and Chris’s Helm from
2018; Alice Allen has James Hobson assisting her to contest the main and Ladies
titles, while Ann Jackson and Jane Scutt stick with their regular crews Alan
Skeens and Nick Scutt.
As part of the fleet’s development programme for youngsters
and newbies there will be a lot of focus on this year’s buddy teams, providing
a great chance to get some very useful support and advice each day.
The organisers have again invested in trackers as these have
proved invaluable for post-race evaluation, as well as allowing everyone to
follow the racing live and recorded online at www.tracace.co.uk. The Association is grateful to Noble Marine Insurance
whose development funding has made this possible.
As
well as a 10-race schedule there is a packed social calendar and it will be
great to spend some time with the Osprey fleet, who are also at Mounts Bay, for
what promises to be a fabulous week.
Thanks
again to headliners Allen, North Sails, Selden and all our other sponsors who help
make this all possible every year.
Thanks to Sponsorship by Noble Marine we are able to webcast the races live via Tracace from Sailing South West .
These live feeds and replays allow friends, family and other parties to follow the action from anywhere. It also enables competitors to review their performance and develop their racing.
The last nail biting race of the Allen, North Sails and Selden Enterprise Nationals at Mounts Bay took place on Thursday due to a forecast of 40 mph winds on Friday. After four days of brisk South Westerlies the wind had dropped to a modest 6-10 knots and swung to the South East – an unusual wind direction according to the locals. After nine excellent races all the major trophies were still up for grabs and much would depend on the outcome of this final tenth race.
It was between defending champions Dave & Chris Jackman and Paul Hobson / Craig Wheatley. Paul had been runner up many times, and having won the event previously as a crew, he was keen to be the first to also win the event as a helm. Paul and Craig had a one point lead over the Jackmans with both pairs having the same number of race wins, but overall the Jackmans had a worse discard, meaning that Dave & Chris had to beat Paul & Craig and finish in the top three to retain their title. No easy task.
There was also only one point between the two leading lady helms Ann Jackson and Jane Scutt for the Iris Holt Bowl so it was all to play for! In the much-coveted Mary Arnold Baker Trophy (First Lady) the main contenders Becca Stephens and Laura Bevan were close in 6th and 7th places. It was also a close run thing in the Rolling Pin Trophy (Husband and Wife/Partner) with just one point between Nigel & Andy Bird and Darren Roach with Hayley Ramadhar.
As the race started, former Champion Nick Craig with son Adam (10) showed his class by leading at the first mark. He retained his lead throughout the race and won by a country mile! Phil Ford & Jane Humpage bagged an impressive second after a difficult week and Jeremy & Becca Stephens (another former Champion) were third to regain the Mary Arnold Baker Trophy.
Adam Craig guides father Nick to victory in race 10
Meanwhile, Paul and Craig had engaged Dave and Chris in the inevitable pre start match race and, despite being caught up in a gaggle of several other Looe boats, managed to slow them down sufficiently to miss the start by 2-3 lengths. Although Dave and Chris did manage to wriggle free they could not find enough boat speed in the fickle force 2-3 breeze to get up to the third place they needed so Paul and Craig were crowned worthy Champions. First time for Paul (at the back end of the boat) and for Craig after many years of trying! On checking the record, Paul is the only person so far to have won Championship week as both a helm and a crew. Craig also won the Betty Southworth Trophy for 1st crew over 40 and Paul won the Admiral’s Trophy for 1st helm over 50.
Yet another former Champion Tim Sadler with Chris Keatley managed to fend off a spirited challenge for third place overall from Martin Honnor and Gabe Hill.
The ladies Trophy was going to the wire with Jane leading Ann by several places but Jane succumbed to a 720 at the last leeward mark to drop crucial places and with that the chance of victory.
Ann Jackson 2019 Ladies Champion with Alan Skeens crewing
Darren and Hayley just pipped Nigel and Andy for the Rolling Pin Trophy, but Nigel won the Roy Barker Trophy for 1st helm over 60. The Stephens, Jeremy and Becca once again won the Generation Trophy. Lloyd Williams from Penzance SC won the Ron Brittain Trophy for 1st crew under 18 and Joe Jackman (crewed by Jack Sargent) from Looe SC won the Yachts & Yachting Trophy for 1st helm under 21. Dave & Chris Jackman, as well as coming 2nd overall, won the Yachtsman Trophy for 1st helm over 40.
Darren Roach and Hayley Ramadhar winners of the rolling pin trophy
The Silver fleet winners were Jeremy Williams & Lloyd
Williams from Penzance l and the Bronze fleet winners were Mounts Bay SC
members Alex Morcumb SC & Daniel Sel
Back on
shore, the excellent volunteer Championship coordination team were busy setting
up for the prize giving and disco which would take place that evening in the
club house, after the Enterprise Class Association meeting led by Commodore
Richard Pryke. With everyone in positive mood, the class has great plans
to increase turnout at next year’s Nationals Championship taking place at Looe
Sailing Club.
The prize giving started with spot prizes thanks to event
sponsors Allen, North Sails and Selden ensuring that everyone walked away with
some goodies. At the main event, the array of impressive silverware was
handed out to riotous applause, a mark of the goodwill and friendly nature of
the fleet. And then it was party time! In true Enterprise fashion the
competitors, family and friends kept the bar staff busy and the clubhouse
rocked until the early hours.
Altogether an excellent week at Mounts Bay, greatly enhanced
for the first part of the week by having the Ospreys racing alongside us for their
four day National Championship. They proved to be very entertaining by inviting
us to share their mad “Sheppey Raffle” which raised a couple of hundred pounds
for the RNLI.
We’re all already looking forward to our next events which
include:
Scottish Nationals at St Mary’s Loch SC on 24/25 August
Severnside Areas at Penarth YC on 7th September
Natiojnal Circuit Open Meeting at Looe on 5/6 October
Winter Champs at Northampton SC on 2/3 November
And many more regional Open Meetings around the country
And the main events in 2020:
Inland Championship at Ogston SC on 25/26 April
National Championship at Looe SC from 26 to 31 July. For anyone interested in buying or borrowing an Enterprise for the event, contact the class association via the Facebook page or website.