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Welcome to the website of the Corinthian Otters, founded in 1930 and arguably the first sailing club especially formed for children in the UK. Today's Otters continue the traditions of those early years; they sail, surf and swim over and under the waters of the Crouch in Optimists, Toppers, Cadets, Lasers and 420s.
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Forthcoming Otter Events... |
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Calling All Otters!
RB Cadet Week 10th-15th August
This year RB Cadet Week runs from Sunday 10th to Friday 15th August. You must book by 25th July and you can download an entry form from www.rbyc.org.uk
Download the RB Cadet Flyer here
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Change of Plan for the AHOY visit
20th & 21st September 2008
Apologies that the visit of the AHOY Shipmates, planned for August, has had to be postponed. The AHOY Shipmates are not as fortunate as the Otters and do not have parents who can bring them sailing. There are insufficient AHOY volunteers available for the shipmates to be able to visit Burnham in August this year. Thank you to all those who so kindly offered to help and hopefully we can reschedule a visit in October. However The Otters are invited to join the AHOY Shipmates in London on 20th and 21st September 2008 to sail on the River Thames in the AHOYs Regatta.
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Download the AHOY Flyer here
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Recent Otter Events... |
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Otter Week Report
26th - 31st July 2008
Well, what a great Otter Week we had. With 40 Optimists taking part in three separate fleets, there is no doubt that our younger sailors are coming through and the fleet is building. Thanks to those who joined from other clubs; the addition of outside sailors really added to the competion.
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Training for the Cadet Worlds
30th July 2008
Since the final indicator we have been busy getting as ready as we possibly can for the World Championships. Three days' training in Weymouth, followed by a further two days in Weymouth, followed by Flanders (for some) followed by the final two days at Grafham on 12th/13th July. All this, alongside passing (!?) GCSE and other exams, has kept life very hectic.
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Trying for the Cadet Worlds Team
28th July 2008
This report follows the preparation the Otters in the team have been doing to get ready for Medemblik.
The results of the final indicator selected the top eight boats for the GBR team, the top seven to be entered as the team for the 'World Championships Regatta in Medemblic, Holland' and the 8th boat acting as reserve. Two Otter boats with William Kennedy & Loni Lillienthal and George Ayre & Nick Sutton qualified in the top seven team positions.
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Optimist Inland Championships
17th & 18th May 2008
The Otters had a good turn out at the Optimist Inlands. The event had a record entry with 240 sailors in Main fleet and 70 in Regatta fleet and almost all our sailors were in the top half of both fleets! Click on 'Read more' for my daily reports.
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Try Sailing Day
Saturday 17th May 2008
The Corinthian Otter and RCYC Try Sailing morning on Saturday 17th May attracted over 30 children as well as their parents and adults (50 in total), some of whom wanted to try as well.
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Otters' Murder Mystery Party
Friday 18th April 2008
On Friday the 18th of April a group of eight actors and actresses travelled to the club to provide members with an evening of investigation. Split into teams of ten, each team had to play the role of detective for the evening to see who was causing the trouble at Rilloby Hall.
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Optimist Start of Season
April 2008
Well, the time has come!! Our first year river group start sailing on this Saturday 12th April but on the pond for the first couple of weeks, which will act as a refresher following a winter of relaxing and forgetting!!! Your trainers, Duncan and Nick, are looking forward to seeing you at 09.30 sharp.
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OTTER ACHIEVEMENTS 2007
2007 was a year of great performance and achievement for the Corinthian Otters; a gold medal in the 470 Women's Junior European Championships, first places for Cadet sailors in both the Inland and the National Championships, eight places in the team for the Cadet World Championships and the East Coast Champion in the Optimist Class were among the successes of a long and varied season.
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Cadet National Championships
28th July 2007
Pwllheli Sailing Club and the UK Cadet Class association hosted an excellent National Championship. Sunshine and light to moderate winds meant that all 12 scheduled races were completed. With over 150 entries, fleets were split into flights and racing took place in a round robin series with all flights taking turn to race the others.
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HCC Optimist East Coast Championships
14th &15th July 2007
Strong winds and rough conditions certainly gave the Otter Optimists a hard time over the weekend of the 14th & 15th July when they combined with the BSC to hold the East Coast Championships but they were not daunted and it was the Corinthians Otters' own Fleur Page who was the clear winner of the Main Fleet. The whole event was a credit to the organisers with 88 entrants from 17 clubs in the eastern area.
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Promoting Youth Sailing
BCPS 27th June 2007
Once again the Otters put on a display at the Burnham on Crouch Primary School's Open Day joining various other national and local organisations such as the Police, a recycling company, St Peter's High School, Burnham Rugby Club and many others to promote local recreational sports and social clubs offering out of school activities
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Cadet Open Meeting
23rd & 24th June 2007
We need some more photos! Webmaster
The Otter Open Meeting consisted of five races, two on the Saturday and three on the Sunday. We all hoped for six but, because the wind suddenly dropped on the Saturday, we were only able to complete two races before we all drifted off down the river.
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The AHOY Shipmates visit Burnham
2nd & 3rd June 2007
Last weekend ten children from the AHOY Sailing Centre in Deptford, London, visited the Corinthian Otters at Burnham on Crouch, Essex. The sun shone and a light wind blew as Otters and AHOY Shipmates sailed down the river in AHOY's RS Visions, and a mixture of Cadets and Toppers.
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RYA Training for the Otters
Saturday 19th May 2007
The Otter Optimists joined forces with Oppie sailors from the Burnham Sailing Club to enjoy a full day's training with
James Brown, one of the best RYA Optimist coaches on the 19th May.
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The Alster Piraten visit the Otters
11th, 12th and 13th May 2007
Any visit between the Alster Piraten, (the Pirates) and the Corinthian Otters was bound to be something special; something more than a meeting of two sets of youngsters, enjoying fun on and off the water with some serious racing thrown in.
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Otters versus the Piraten
12th &13th May 2007
Over the weekend of the 12th and 13th May, the 'Norddeutscher Regatta Verein' sent a Dragon Team to race against the RCYC Dragons. And with them came a team from the Alster Piraten YC to race against the Corinthian Otters. How did this all happen? It's the result of a real co-incidence......
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Oppie Start of Season at the Pond
Sunday 22nd April 2007
Sun, water, light winds enthusiastic children and a host of experienced parents made this a magnificent start to the season. We had two fleets start at the pond on Sunday 22nd April, one junior fleet of complete beginners with trainer Phil Aspinall and fleet manager Becky Bacon and a senior fleet with varying degrees of sailing ability being trained by Duncan Kay and managed by Marion Aspinall.
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The Otter Easter Egg Open Regatta
31st March -1st April
The Otter Easter Egg Regatta took place over the weekend of 31st March, 1st April. For many sailors this was the first sail of the season, it was a real baptism of fire.
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Otter Quiz Night
Saturday 3rd February 2007
Mick Hill, ably assisted by his hard working scorers Hilly and Richard, ran a most enjoyable Quiz night. The graphics and other technological features were amazing!
Maureen and I joined a small but select group, Andrew and Lindsey Barr and Steve Jones to form Dads Army. We found ourselves sitting next to a table of very noisy Mexicans named 118/118.
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Musto Skiff Event
Saturday 9th December 2006
It was way back in the summer that the idea of an exhibition of Musto Skiffs was first suggested. Gradually the idea took shape; a good fleet of boats, sailed by the experts, the possibility of backing the winner of each race, the proceeds to go to charity.
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