Cadet

Cadet

Class Captain

Andy Shorrock
Hillocky
Stacey's Farm Road
Elstead
Surrey
GU8 6EN
Tel: 01252 703045
Mob: 07879 628214
Email: frenshamcadets@gmail.com
Andy Shorrock

Other Contacts

Cadet Representatives

The UK National Cadet Class Association

www.cadetclass.org.uk
Chris Green (Administrator)
15 Marlborough Avenue, Tillingham, Essex, CM0 7TH
Tel: 07825 978727

Main UK Cadet Class Racing Events 2010

6th - 9th April Inland Championship - Rutland 1st World Team Indicator
17th April Guildford Marine Cadet Open Frensham Pond SC (Southern Traveller Series)
1st - 2nd May Royal Torbay YC 2nd World Team Indicator
29th - 30th May WPNSA - Weymouth 3rd World Team Indicator
12th - 13th June South Cerney Open Meeting Southern TS
19th - 20th June Exe Open Meeting Southern TS
26th - 27th June Waldringfield Open Meeting  
10th - 11th July Parkstone Open Meeting Southern TS
10th - 11th July Thorpe Bay Open Meeting  
24th - 31st July Cadet World Championships Poland
14th - 21st September Cadet National Championships Royal Torbay Yacht Club
11th - 12th September Stone Open Meeting RYA National Junior Squad Qualifier
18th - 19th September Lymington Open Meeting Southern TS, Zone Squad Qualifier TBA
25th - 26th September RYA Zone Championships RYA Zoe Squad Qualifier
2nd October Fishers Green Open Meeting  
9th October onwards 4 weeks of helm/crew training  

Saturday Training Program - Rigged & Ready for briefing 09.30hrs

09.30 Briefing with boats and crew ready to go (10am Winter Nov-March)
10.00 Coaching Session
11.45 Personal Handicap Race
12.45 Return ashore for lunch
13.45 Debrief
14.00 Back on the water for Pre-Race warm up
14.40 Club Handicap Race
15.30 Finished for the day

Monthly Training Program

The general aim of the program is to help build sailing and boat handling skills for the helm/crewteam and to use those skills to develop and improve our dinghy racing ability.

As we approach the big racing events we intend to focus on the finer points of boat racing to try and improve racing skills adapted to cope with the bigger fleet so that all sailors can achieve to the best of their ability.

Areas to be covered and dates will all be notified by email, website or on the Class Notice Board within the club as we progress through the year.

The Boat & Class

The Frensham Pond Cadet fleet is one of the most competitive in the country. The club has Volvo RYA Champion Club status for youth sailing and the Cadet class is heavily involved with this. For more information see the Champion Club pages or the RYA youth site.

The Cadet is 3.2 metres in length and uses 3 sails - mainsail, jib and spinnaker. The boat is an established racing design for two novice/experienced junior sailors aged between 8 and 17 years old. In recent years low maintenance fibreglass versions have replaced the traditional wooden construction.

Prices vary from £200 for an old, wooden Mk1 or 2, which will need lots of loving care and attention, up to £3000 for a brand new fibreglass Mk4. Many older wooden boats are lovingly maintained to high competitive standards.

Numerous sailing superstars started in Cadets like Victoria and Emma Rawlinson, Sam Carter, Joe Glanfield, Adrian Stead, Nigel Barrow, Andrea Brewster, Pippa Wilson, Roger Gilbert and Nick Craig.

Frensham Pond Cadet sailors Abigail Croft and Matthew Shorrock were selected to represent Great Britain at the 2009 World Championships and many of our current cadet youths have been selected for Zone and National Squads. See the zone and national pages for their take on it all.

Results

The results for the current Cadet racing series are available in the results section, previous results can be found in the results archive.