SCOA has a new Hon. Sec. - and it's me! I'm Veronica Falat and I bought a Streaker (1654) last autumn.
Streaker Scottish Nationals
East Lothian Yacht Club at North Berwick, on the outer estuary of the Firth of Forth, are hosting their Annual Open Regatta over the weekend of 2nd and 3rd June 2012. With the growing number of Streakers at the club, it is planned to incorporate the Streaker Scottish Nationals at the Regatta. The ELYC Regatta is probably the largest open regatta in Scotland and attracts many classes such as Skiffs, RS200, RS400, Laser, Topper, Optimists and Handicap.
In 2011, on-line pre-entry was compulsory so that the total number of boats could be capped at 130, and the same entry system and cap will be in place for 2012.
East Lothian Yacht Club has excellent facilities with harbour side clubhouse and changing rooms refurbished in 2003. Launching from a sheltered beach beside the harbour, provides easy access within 10 minutes sailing to two distinct racing areas, enjoying steady winds and good sea conditions. In 2011, ELYC held the Topper UK Nationals, and in 2012 ELYC will be holding the International 14s and Laser 2000s UK Nationals.
It is hoped that Streakers from the North of England will be attracted, as well as Scottish Streakers, to the regatta. For more information, look at the club web site at www.elyc.org.uk or contact Derek Braid - Email: derek@braidimage.co.uk (Streaker 1715)
22nd January 2012
Streaker sailors win Winter Handicap events!!
It is that time of year again when the large annual 'Winter Handicap' events take place. These events vary in type but can be a long 150 minute pursuit race or an average lap handicap event. 
Such events should never be taken too seriously as in general it is a case of 'horses for courses', but when the conditions are just right the Streaker competes very well. Or perhaps we just have some very capable sailors in our fleet.
'Winkle of the Harbour'
Many congratulations to Penny Dormer on winning the 'Winkle of the Harbour' at Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club. Full report can be found at Yachts and Yachting
'New Years Pursuit Race'
First event of the New Year saw four Streaker's sailing in the New Years pursuit race at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club in Lancashire, with a total of 81 boats taking part. I have said before that Pursuit Races can work in the favour of Streaker's and so it proved here at this one. The event was won by Ian Jones in Streaker 1769 closely followed by Alan Gillard in Streaker 1691. Wendy Jones also finished in the top ten and was first lady. It was very pleasing to see new to Streaker's Anthony Halliwell from West Lancs YC taking part in Mike Rimmers old boat 1630. Full report can be found at Yachts and Yachting Report at Yachts & Yachting;
'Grafham Grand Prix'
Our Hon Class Secretary Veronica Falat and Matt Whitfield also took part in the Grafham Grand Prix on the 2nd January. Competing in the single handed fleet, Veronica scored a very creditable 5th place in the 1st race but did not fare quite as well in race 2 finishing 25th which gave her an unlucky for some 13th overall. Matt attained a 18th and a 27th in his 2 races scoring him in 21st overall. Well done to both Veronica and Matt, even with the Streaker handicap tweaked by the Sail Juice people to 1172, it still shows that the Streaker is no run away handicap bandit on large open pieces of water. Results and report at Yachts & Yachting
Alan Gillard
9th January 2012
Northern Paddle Series
The Streaker Northern Paddle Series in association with Sail Register concluded on 15th October with the final 2011 open meeting at Welton Sailing Club. The series started the year with 15 events, however opens at Blackpool and Fleetwood SC and Girton SC were both cancelled. A variety of conditions greeted some 80 travellers in total from sunshine and a sea breeze at Hornsea to light wind and tricky shifts at Tamworth.
Competitors were required to count their best 15 race results from a possible total of 45, although this was dropped to best 12 results after the loss of two meetings. Early on the top spots were the property 3 national champions, Ian Jones, Alan Gillard and Tom Gillard, who all made it to the Northern Championship at Hornsea. As the season progressed, series regular Alan Gillard established his dominance, only failing to win a handful of the races he entered. Nick Lovell, another regular, came closest to testing Alan, always there to catch Alan napping on those rare occasions on his way to second overall. Third went to Ian Bradley, attending fewer meetings than he has in previous years but still coming home at the sharp end of the fleet.
Overall, 12 sailors had enough results to qualify for a prize, all receiving a Streaker burgee. Roger Wallis won the prize for first boat over fifteen years old and the prize draw for a free Sail Register sail went to Peter Cogill.
Overall Results for Streaker Northern Paddle Series:
| Helmsmans Name | Total points |
| A Gillard | 12 |
| N Lovell | 22 |
| I Bradley | 30 |
| D Butler | 37 |
| D Smith | 43 |
| P Tyerman | 48 |
| P Cogill | 54 |
| J Hollis | 78 |
| R Wallis | 88 |
| M Clack | 108 |
| M Whitfield | 113 |
| S Chilton | 125 |
2011 has been another bumper year for the Streaker class and we hope we can continue to build on this in 2012 and deliver another great season of racing. See you all at the dinghy show in 2012!
Matt Whitfield
7th November 2011
Streaker Southern Paddle Series
The 2011 Streaker Southern Paddle Series drew to its conclusion with the Southern Championship at Alton Water on October 8th. The series, sponsored by Rooster Sailing, consisted of 9 open meetings (although the one at Weston was blown off) and attracted a total of 46 boats from 20 different clubs. 
A variety of conditions were encountered, from drifting conditions at Stewartby to a gale at Deben, sunshine at Tamworth to squalls at Ouse Amateur and rain at Broxbourne. So all in all it offered everything that a good travellers' series should!
24 races were sailed in the series and competitors had to count their best 9 results. The early leader was last year's winner, Ian Bradley, who won all three races at Bough Beech and two out of three at Ouse Amateur. Paul Burgoine did well at Tamworth and then again later at Bosham. However, as in many traveller series, good attendance was the key to success as Veronica Falat found out by sailing at 6 of the 9 events. She was soon discarding her worst results and so, with just Alton Water to go, she already had 3 firsts and 6 second places and so was in a very strong position. Several boats stood a chance of beating her if they could notch up some first places on the final day but as it turned out, those first places were shared by Alan Gillard and Michael Hanes, neither of whom had enough results to count for the series. This meant that Veronica won the series, with Nick Lovell 2nd and Alan Simmons 3rd. Matt Whitfield won the prize for the best placed 'classic' boat (over 15 years old).
At the final prize-giving, the much anticipated draw was made for the Streaker Wave sail from Rooster Sails. Nick Lovell provided a real tombola drum; everyone who had entered the series had free tickets according to the number of races they had sailed and so there were well over 200 tickets tumbling around. The lucky winner was Chris Seear from Royal Harwich Y.C.
It had been a most enjoyable series. Many thanks to all the clubs involved and of course to Rooster Sailing for their support.
2011 Southern Paddle overall results:
1st 1654 Veronica Falat Waveney & Oulton Broad Y.C.
2nd 1541 Nick Lovell Ouse Amateur S.C.
3rd 1700 Alan Simmons Lancing S.C.
4th 1446 Matt Whitfield Tamworth S.C.
5th 1548 Ian Whitfield Tamworth S.C.
6th 1757 Gary Hogan Haversham S.C.
Report by Veronica Falat
16th October 2011
