News
Medway Yacht Club are pleased and excited to invite all Sonata Owners to come and compete in the 2012 National Championships on 23rd to 27th July 2012. Please see the Medway Nationals website for full details.
Lots of Sonatas on Windermere – photos by Sharon on Flickr.
Martin and Catherine Hartley in A Sharp Exit won a hotly-contested Northern Championships on a gusty Lake Windermere. Nigel Tullet in Point 5 was second with Julian Newman in Missred third. Full results on the RWYC web site. Photos by John Lucius on Picasa.
Inland Nationals at Ullswater are cancelled for this year due to lack of numbers. They will be sailed in 2012 in May.
BFG cruises and races from Medway to Cowes to Brixham, tries surfing at 10 knots and gets a little help from the navy. Read on…
Graham (Figaro) Bennett has put a great set of photos from the 2011 Nationals on Flickr.
Local boat Camel Tow won the 2011 National Champ‘s at Dabchicks SC, followed by Selene and BFG. For more information, download the report and full results.
National Sonata Association 2011 AGM, 6.30pm Saturday 9th July at The Jubillee Room Restaurant, Brixham Yacht Club, Overgang, Brixham TQ5 8AR. Please contact Catherine Hartley or Chris Bentley for AGM agenda items.
“You don’t need a large boat for big fun”. Peter Poland’s PBO article about Mini-Tonners, including the Sonata, can be downloaded from the web site archive section.
Do your windows shine like these? Great new article by John Burgis in the Hints & Tips section.
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1,400 miles towing a Sonata, four sailing events and ‘one of the best times in our lives’. Read the full story from Chris Bentley and perhaps be inspired to follow his example next year?
More National Champ's pictures on Duncan Hall's web site
Martin and Catherine Hartley in A Sharp Exit won a challenging Northern Championships at Whitby YC (Report, results and pics)
Round the island race next year – join the debate on the bulletin board.
Get up to speed early with the gen on the 2012 Nationals – bulletin board post by Chris Bentley
New report on the Scottish Series at Tarbert from the deck of Wicked Wookie
Nationals – Steve Goacher and Dave Boatman battle it out at Helensburgh – full report by Peter Booth.
Owain Peters in Frankie the Rhino won the Sonata Southerns. Results on the Poole Regatta web site.
Blue Tack, So and Jazz were the top three in the Sonata Class at the Brewin Dolphin Scottish Series at Tarbert. And don’t miss the Wicked report by Euan Aitken
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.
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Key Dates 2012
| Inland Championships at Ullswater SC | May 2012 |
| National Champ’s at Medway YC | July 23–27 |
Key Dates 2011
| Brewin Dolphin Scottish Series | May 27–30 |
| National Champ's, Dabchicks SC | June 6–11 |
| Round the Island Race | June 25 |
| Southern Champ's at Brixham YC | July 9–10 |
| AGM, Brixham YC | July 9 |
| Medway Regatta, MYC, Kent | July 21–24 |
| Cowes Week | Aug 6 –13 |
| Scottish Champ‘s at Helensburgh SC | Aug 13–14 |
| Burnham Week | Aug 27 |
| Northern Championships at Royal Windermere YC | Oct 22–23 |