News
Chris Bentley is the new Chairman of the National Sonata Association. Chris is bursting with ideas to push the class forward – read about them in his Signal from the bridge and please give Chris your feedback to help him to help all of us.
Exciting news that Sonatas have been invited to join the new Mini Tonner class. The class is growing fast and so is the events calendar. The Sonata is the perfect boat for this kind of competitive racing. More details on the Mini Tonner web site.
Congratulations to Dave Boatman from Hartlepool who won the Sonata Nationals for the second consecutive year sailing Blue Tack. Jack Grogan and Jess Gozzet from West Mersea YC and Dabchicks SC sailing The Apprentice were second, followed by Mark Lees from the home club in Team Echo full results can be download from the events page.
Neill Ross has some great photos of a windy Helensburgh Regatta.
Photos of the Southern Area Championships are on Mike Millard’s web site.
The latest edition of the National Sonata Class Rules is available free as an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file from the Technical Section of the RYA Web Site. The essence of the rules has not changed in the latest 2008 update – some issues have been clarified and the rules have been re-written to comply with the Equipment Rules of Sailing (ERS).
Same old picture on the Sonata home page? Not any longer – the cover picture is now picked at random from a gallery of the best Sonata photos. If you’ve got a really exceptional Sonata photo then email it to the webmaster and we’ll add it to the collection.
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The National Sonata is a ‘one-design’ racing and cruising boat designed by David Thomas.
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Key Dates 2010
| Southern Champ's at Poole Regatta | May 29–31 |
| Brewin Dolphin Scottish Series | May 28–31 |
| National Champ's, Helensburgh | June 10–13 |
| Northern Champ's, Whitby YC | June 26–27 |
| Medway Regatta, MYC, Kent | July 15–18 |
| Cowes Week | July 31–7 August |
| Eastern Champ's Burnham on Crouch | August 28–31 |