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December 11
Firstly we would like to
wish our friends and loyal customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and
prosperous New Year. 2011 has certainly had its high's and low's for the both of
us and we look forward to 2012 for new and exciting challenges and further
building on past achievements together.
We will be closed briefly from Saturday 24th December until Wednesday 28th of
December over the Holiday period.
See you on the water in 2012!
November 11
Since our last update,
plenty has happened at BG. We have competed in both the ITA and USA IOM
Nationals enjoying some good racing and fantastic hospitality along the way.
Throw in a few IOM & RM UK Ranking races, the MYA Trade Show and Centenary
Celebration day, the release of our own designed fittings range along with the
ongoing coordination of our Britpop production and it feels like not so long ago
that we last updated our site.Some recent highlights over this period include:
- 2nd place by 1 point to the IOM Italian Champion Pierreluigi Puthod in
Ravenna, Italy
- 1st place in the IOM USA Championships in Ft Lauderdale, Florida by more than
50 points defending last years title won in Texas
- Winning the MYA Chris Dicks Design Award for 2011 for our Britpop design,
presented at the Centenary Celebration.
Our mast, boom and fitting kits have proven more popular than we thought upon
release at the MYA Trade Show and we are working hard to get these online asap
with updated stock levels on their way.
Britpop's have started to leave to workshop of Robot Yachts, along with near
completion of tooling at Vinaixa Yachts Spain and the imminent, yet delayed
arrival of moulds in Brazil for Denis Astbury meaning that albeit a little later
than hoped, things are moving ahead on production. All skippers who have placed
orders/expressions of interest with us have now been contacted to confirm their
order with their builder of choice before November 25. If you did not receive
this mail, please contact us. Further information can be found on our new
Britpop page.
Some of you may have noticed, like we have, the number of "look-alike" designs
starting to appear around the world. We are honest enough to realise that this
will always happen when a design dominates in the way the BritPOP has since its
first launch. We simply ask that if a designer chooses to closely imitate or copy our
hard work, that they have the manners or ethics to credit us for it.
To pass off our work as your own thoughts publicly
and run off the back of our success without any recognition to us for your own
gain, financial or not,
is just not right.
As has now become the standard, our
IOM sails still prove to be at the front end in competitions worldwide, recently
winning the Canadian, Norwegian and North American IOM Championships.
Congratulations also to Chris Stokes and Owen Jarvis for a convincing BG sails 1-2 in the
recent NSW 10 Rater Championships against opposition from across Australia. Also
a mention to Scott Condie who finished 4th first time in the water with his new
Steve Sedgeman design.
Our 2012 price list will come into effect from December 1st
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
1st, 2nd NOR IOM Championships - Torvald Klem
and per Robert Jensch
1st CAN IOM Championships - George Pedrick
2nd ITA IOM Championship - BG
1st USA IOM Championship - BG
1st GBR IOM Ranking Race Day 1 & 2 - BG
1st, 2nd, 4th NSW 10 Rater Championship - Chris Stokes, Owen Jarvis and Scott
Condie
August 11
We have been kept busy
since our Worlds success working through sail orders and numerous new projects.
One of the first things you may have noticed is a change to our website from the
home page with the new inclusion of our
Online Store. This new addition should
make purchasing equipment we use and recommend on our own boats a much easier
process. We will soon be expanding into supplying masts, boom kits and a larger
range of our own and outsourced fittings to fully rig your IOM to our
specifications.
As all sail orders are made to order, these will not be available through our
Online Store. The ordering process for Sails will remain as normal with orders
being taken and a prospected lead time being quoted at your time of order.
Work has been progressing on the
Britpop with Robot Yachts production hull #1 having been launched at the start
of August (See below). This boat has just recently led from start to finish to
win the 3 Day
UK Nationals by a 17 point margin in its first
outing with conditions ranging from hard gusty A suit and B suit, to drifting on
the final day.
The second set of moulds are close
to being completed and shipped to Denis Astbury in Brazil (ex-sails etc). We are
now also able to announce that Pepe Vinaixa/Vinaixa Yachts (V6-V7) in Spain will
be soon be starting on his moulds for Britpop. With all final checks
and testing nearly
complete, it is expected that production will soon begin with our builders. Thank
you for your patience.
Congratulations to the new owner of
my Britpop #1 Denis Rogers of San Diego USA for winning his first event entered
with my old boat at the Region 6 US Ranking race in July. Denis has been a great
supporter of our sails since 2006 and has finally updated from his well used
Ericca design that he sailed when we first met at the 2005 US Nationals, gaining
near instant success. Well done!
Also congratulations to Frank Russell for winning the 3rd round of the NSW IOM
GP in Australia. Frank beat the current Australian Championship Runner-up Paul
Jones sailing a 2004 built BG Disco using 4 year old BG Sails. A fine effort
Frank!
On a final note we are now working
on a new Marblehead prototype design for completion in late 2011. As it has been
widely rumored (yet not confirmed) that a World Championship is to take place in
France late 2012, this should hopefully be kick start that this fantastic class
needs to get moving again worldwide.
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
1st, 2nd &
*4th UK IOM National Championship -
BG, Olivier Cohen (Pikanto) and Peter Stollery (Isotonic *BG A Suit)
1st IOM Region 6 Ranking Event USA Denis Rogers - Britpop
1st IOM Round 3 NSW GP AUS Frank Russell - Disco
June 11
1st, 2nd and 3rd!
BG Sails & Designs Champions of the World
Congratulations Peter Stollery for becoming the 9th IOM World
Champion. Peter was a deserved winner after fighting the event out with myself
with all coming down to the last race, in which GBR 39 came out on top. Whilst I
have to be honest and mention my own disappointment at once again coming up
short after leading the event early in the week, I will always look back at West
Kirby 2011 as one of the most enjoyable experiences in radio sailing that I have
had. To race boat on boat against Peter over so many races without incident is
what this sport should be all about and the title has gone to a most worthy
and deserving champion. Cheers Pete!
The biggest smile for the event must have gone to Graham Elliott sailing the 3rd
Britpop who kept up his good form for the full week giving BG a clean sweep of
the podium for hull design, build and sails. This achievement has yet to fully
sink in as after not the most pleasant of years to date, our hard work and
knowledge has been rewarded at the highest level.
Thank you Graham and Peter for
being the only two skippers who believed in the Britpop project from the first
time you set eyes on it, then achieving near instant success. It has been a
pleasure to work with 2 great skippers. To our families and friends both in the UK and abroad, the members of
the MYA, KBRYC, Birkenhead MY & PC, Martin, Rob, Tony, James, Dave C,
thank you all so much for your help and support thus far in 2011. We can now
look forward to getting back to normal.
We are now able to announce that
James and Tony Edwards of Robot Yachts are the UK licensed builders of Britpop!.
The first hull shell has now been taken from the moulds and we will very soon be
looking to sail boats 1 & 2 against Victoria's GBR 39 to ensure all is correct.
Tooling and jigging of internal components is taking place so as to ensure all
boats are at the standard expected of our design. We are still handling all order inquiries at BG up until this is passed over to
Robot Yachts in the near future, along with announcing our our 2 International
licensed builders. We understand that so many of you through enquiries are eager
to get your hands on your very own Britpop but ask that you also understand as
with our sails, that any quality product worth having takes a little more time.
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
1st IOM World Championship 2011 - Peter Stollery
2nd IOM World Championship 2011 - BG
3rd IOM World Championship 2011 - Graham Elliott
10th* IOM World Championship 2011 - Ian Vickers (*Ian used all BG sails except
for A rig mainsail)
May 11
The last month has been a busy one at BG. We have managed to
work sail orders back down to a 10-12 week lead time along with fitting in
builds of Britpop prototype's 2 & 3 for launch at the April UK ranking event
held at West Kirby. In the hands of both Peter Stollery and Graham Elliott they
performed well at the event straight out of the box, providing us with vital
feedback on the repeatability of the design. The soon to be produced production
version has taken longer than expected due to some discrepancies between the
actual line drawings and the hand shaped plug used for the original hull. The
lines are now finished and ready for mould production with our UK builder to be
announced once they are in a position to deal directly with orders. Until then
skippers wishing to place an order/ or that have emailed an intention to order
have been placed on a list that will be passed over to our builder when they are
100% ready to start production. Thank you for your patience on this.
On the fittings front, we continue to source items that we are using on our own
boats for wider availability. Our new addition to this month are Bowsies. Please
check our rigging page
for more information on these and all items we supply. Congratulations to Scott
Condie for winning the South Australian IOM Championship once again using his
own very fast BTL design and BG Sails.
Finally, be sure the check the upcoming action from the
2011
IOM World Championships held at West Kirby, UK in late May of which we are
proud to be an event sponsor.
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
1st, 2nd & 4th GBR IOM Ranking Race -
West Kirby Day 1 - BG, Peter Stollery, Graham Elliott
1st, 2nd & 5th GBR IOM Ranking Race -
West Kirby Day 2 - Peter Stollery, Graham Elliott, BG
1st South Australian IOM Championship - Scott Condie
1st Scottish District IOM Championship - Ian Dundas
March 11
After a regrettably slow start to 2011 we are now back up to
full speed with the production on all sail orders. Our Britpop lines and
prototype plug is now in the hands of its UK builder for full tooling and
machining work to be done with production to follow as soon as ready. The
prototype hull is still performing well with a 1st and 2nd at the recent UK
Ranking race at Woodspring, Portishead in what could best be described as light
to drifting conditions.
All good things must come to an end so it is with sadness that we are now
offering our successful widget for sale. Any skipper wanting a top boat capable
of wins at the very highest level can contact us here by email for further
information.
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
2nd GBR IOM Ranking Race -
Woodspring Day 1 - BG
1st GBR IOM Ranking Race -
Woodspring Day 1 - BG
11th February 2011
We would like thank all of our customers for your understanding and kind
wishes over the past couple of weeks following the passing of Brads father
Kerry. With Brad now back in the UK we are working hard to get things back on
track following this difficult period for us.
January 11
Victoria and Brad have now departed
Sydney, Australia to head back to a cooler Britain after just under 6 weeks of
sun, catching up with friends and family and a bit of sailing also in the
Australian Radio Yacht Championships. Competing in 3 classes RA, RM and IOM, BG
managed a clean sweep of all 3 classes sailed, whilst Owen Jarvis and Chris
Stokes managed 2nd and 3rd respectively in the 10 Rater Class showing a very
near total domination of BG Sails over all 4 classes. Conditions over the 2 week
event saw a full range of wind directions and strength from middle A rig
conditions in the RA's to top end C rigs used in the IOM's where our Britpop
design followed on from where she left off at last years USA Nationals in Texas.
Britpop finished with a score of 20 points from 20 races sailed winning 14 races
in total. BG's old Starkers3 was borrowed for the RM Championship,
whilst the Sweet 9 used in the UK throughout 2010 was shipped to Sydney for the
event with both carrying BG Sails to convincing wins.
Full Results can be found on the official website:
ARYA 2011 NAB Nationals
We have now updated our Rigging and Lines Plans pages to once again offer items
for online purchase using Paypal, including the quality Hales range of pulley
blocks that we now have in stock.
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
1st & 4th IOM AUS National Championships - Sydney - BG & Scott Condie
1st RM AUS National Championships - Sydney - BG
1st & 3rd RA AUS National Championships - Sydney - BG & Phil Page
2nd & 3rd 10R AUS National Championships - Sydney - Owen Jarvis & Chris Stokes
October 10
The month of October has indeed
been a busy one at BG. With every race sailed our BritPOP IOM prototype
continues to improve with event wins at each outing since Pierrelatte. The
weekend of 20/24 saw BG visit Lake Ray Hubbard, Garland, Texas for the US IOM
Nationals. A great venue, great sponsors, friendly skippers and a fantastic Race
Team led by Chuck LeMahieu and Eric Rossenbaum made this a memorable event.
Racing was in open waves with A and B Rigs used at both top and lower ends of
their range giving a good mix of conditions. We had 3 fleets with 19 races over
3 days which was good going after losing half of Saturday to wild storms and a
Tornado less than 50 mile away. BritPOP managed 15 wins, 3 x 2nds and 1 x
3rd to take the event with a score of 17 points in the end showing that she is
no average design beating a mixed fleet of Lintels, Topicos and Pikantos amongst
others.
Our intention is to have BritPOP
moulded internationally to best satisfy the significant interest in the design,
so if you are a professional and committed boatbuilder or modelmaker with sound
experience and keen eye for detail we would like to hear from you. We are
currently working through our options with prospective builders and would look
to have agreements to mould under license in place and boats underway by early
2011.
Brad and Victoria will once again be at this years MYA AGM/Trade Show on the
27th of November with a full supply of our products on show and available along
with our BritPOP IOM design being on display.
With our upcoming trip to Australia
for Christmas and the ARYA 2011 Nationals we would ask any customers wishing to
order products over this period to contact us early so that we can best suit
your requirements.
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
1st IOM USA National Championships - Texas - BG
August/September 10
BritPOP has arrived!
The past 2 months has seen our new IOM prototype make her first appearance after
an exhausting amount of design, build and testing. On her first outing in early
September after initial club trials she recorded victories on day 1 and 2 of the
Eastbourne UK Ranking Race. We can now report that after a grueling week of hard
racing at the IOM European Championships in Pierrelatte, France, BritPOP
finished the week in 2nd place with 6 A Fleet heat wins and a seeding race win
to add to her total. Unfortunately some poor high risk sailing was our downfall
earlier in the week and came back to bite her in the end and proved too much to
catch the well sailed CRO 89 of Marko Matic.
We now look forward to taking BritPOP to the
US Nationals in Garland, Texas (Oct '10) and
the
Australian Nationals in Sydney (Jan '11) and
working through options of putting our new design in the marketplace.
BG Sails scored more A heat wins
than any other single manufacturer and were used on 5 of the top 10 placed boats
once again showing our product quality and performance against a World class
field.
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
*1st IOM European Championships - France - Marko Matic CRO
*(all BG Sails except A Rig
mainsail)
2nd IOM European
Championships - France - BG GBR
3rd IOM European Championships - France - Zvonko Jelacic CRO
*6th IOM European Championships - France - Ante Kovacevic CRO
*(BG A Rig mainsail, BG B Rig, BG C
Jib)
10th IOM European
Championships - France - Mirko Ukas CRO
1st GBR IOM Ranking Race -
Eastbourne Day 1 & 2 - BG
3rd GBR IOM Ranking Race - Eastbourne/ Vancouver Cup combined 2 day score
- Graham Elliott
June/July 10
Over the past 2 months things have
quietened down somewhat since the IOM Nationals, letting us concentrate our
focus on sail orders, IOM design and some further new items to be included in
our
Rigging range. We have added our new version of a slimline M3 Rigging
Screw and soon will be making available IOM Goosenecks, Spreader Kits and Hales
Micro ball raced pulley blocks. These are all items we use on our own boats. We
have recently completed a new IOM prototype and have another 'new toy' arrived
from Australia that we hope to take a closer look at when time permits. Plenty
happening! The coming months see plenty of sailing coming up with the UK
RA Championship late August, European IOM Championships in Pierrelatte, France
late September, US IOM Nationals in Texas October and both Victoria and myself
traveling for the Australian National Championships Jan 2011. We would ask that
any customers check with us to confirm dispatch dates on any new orders placed
before or over these periods.
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
1st GBR IOM Ranking Race - Milton Keynes - BG
2nd AUS IOM NSW Grand Prix Rd 2 - Scott Condie, BTL
May 10
New sail lead times have been
slightly reduced over May but we would ask that you check with us for lead times
if you are planning on having your new sails for a specific event. After quite a
lot of tweaking our new lines plan is now available. "SKA"
has evolved from our "Reggae" design of early 09 after many hours of trial and
refinement. With a more balanced rocker profile and careful re-distribution of
buoyancy, we feel that
"SKA"
will show improved downwind performance over her predecessor.
Our rigging page has been updated listing tried and tested products that we have
used for many years.
On the racing side the good news continues for our sails with Olivier Cohen
having taken out the French IOM National Championship using his BG A suit to get
off to a commanding lead after days 1 and 2. Zvonko Jelacic came from behind to claim
the Croatian National Championship with a wide range of conditions over two
days. To continue the trend BG Sails placed 1st, 3rd and 4th in the UK IOM
National Championships held at next years World Championship venue, West Kirby.
After trailing the well sailed heavy weather specialist Lintels of Tushingham,
Priestly and Walsh for 2 days, World Champion Zvonko Jelacic CRO came from 5th
place with a last day score turnaround of 21 points over 3 races in light
conditions to claim the title proving once again that consistency over a full
event is what wins trophies.
That now makes 4 IOM National Championships wins so far in 2010 for BG Sails!
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
1st FRA IOM National Championship - Olivier Cohen,
(A suit)
1st, 2nd & 3rd CRO IOM National Championships - Zvonko Jelacic, Marko Matic
(A jib and lower suits),
Ante Kovacevic (A main and
lower suits)
1st, 3rd & 4th UK IOM National Championship - Zvonko Jelacic, Derek Priestly and
BG
March/April 10
It's been business as usual at BG
over the past couple of months with a steady flow of sail orders going out the
door. With summer approaching, our new release of 2010 BG Polo Shirts and Caps have
now arrived and are available from our new
clothing page. After a winter of
development with 'SKA' (modified reggae) we will soon be looking to offer what
we have learnt in the form of a new IOM lines plan, along with developing a new
prototype for anticipated UK production. A new rigging page will also be online
during May where we aim to make available various items used on our own boats
that are not easily sourced. Finally as the weather warms up here in
the NW, ranking seasons are now under way both in the UK and across Europe with
BG sails performing strongly, whilst back in AUS results have been very
pleasing. Most notable was Scott Condie's performance in the first round of the
NSW IOM GP series. After day 1 sailed in A and B rig conditions Scott was on 8
points after 7 races with Paul Jones back on 16 points in 2nd. Day 2 saw Paul
claw his way back and take the event from Scott on a count back, with Jeff
Byerley back in 3rd. Scott was sailing his own new design "BTL" in its first
major outing against quality opposition and we will be following further results
with keen interest.
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
1st ESP IOM Copa De Espana 2010
- Guillermo Beltri, V7
2nd FRA IOM Tricastin Cup, Pierrelatte - Olivier Cohen, (A suit) Pikanto
1st & 3rd GBR IOM Ranking Rd 1 & 2, Scotland - BG, Widget
2nd AUS IOM NSW Grand Prix Rd 1 - Scott Condie, BTL
1st AUS IOM Nth Qld Championship - Col Cameron, Eclipse
January/February 10
Happy New Year from BG Sails &
Design!
Over the past two months the weather in the North West of the UK has seen our
Birkenhead Lake frozen over for the most of January, and quite cold for the Club
Winter Series IOM racing. I was quite lucky to be able to build my Reggae IOM
molded hull and deck that was sent back in October from Australia. After some
modifications the boat has now been on the water for 3 race days and is
performing well. The new name given to this boat is 'Ska', being a derivative of
the Reggae style of music. Should this design continue to show improvements, a
new lines plan may be offered soon. Pictures in
Gallery.
The Australian Nationals for the four International Classes were held over
January with no surprises in the four individual class winners. Once again the
skippers who have put in the most effort with their boats both on and off the
water shone through. Congratulations all!
With the new season in the Northern hemisphere about to get underway, we look
forward to continued results of skippers using our equipment.
Lead times for sails are still extended and we would ask that any skippers
looking to purchase for a certain event contact us to avoid last minute
disappointment.
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
1st ESP IOM Trofeo Invierno Malaga - Guillermo Beltri
1st,2nd,3rd & 4th CRO Kup Sv. Vlaha, Dubrovnic - Ante Kovecevic, Zvonko Jelacic,
Marko Matic (jib), Mirko Ukas
November/December 09
November saw the unfortunate demise
of our PC and although 99% of all data was backed up, re-configuring our new
equipment has taken a little longer than expected. Thankfully we are now able to
update our webpage.
Orders lists are currently on the large side which is nice but unfortunately the
downside is longer delays on new orders which we do apologize for. We do ask
that you contact us to determine current lead times well in advance of when your
sails are required.
New developments at
BG see the arrival of our new cutter for sail corners and deck patches along
with a new YOT SIGN service for all boat names and numbers. This is a service we
first offered back in 1998 and are now happy to once again provide. Enquiries
should be direct to Victoria at : yotsigns 'at' live.co.uk
As our old domain address will be disconnected through January, we would ask
that you save our new domain address so as not to 'lose us' shortly.
Sailing in the UK has slowed a little with the colder weather taking hold and
the odd race being cancelled due to ice. With the the Australian National
Championships taking place in January we wish all competitors the best of luck
and fair winds.
Website
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
1st & 3rd ACT RA Class Championship - Gary Declauzel & Pat Obrien
September/October 09
The past 2 months have been busy
ones for us with plenty of racing being had and a lot work to be done. We have
finally stepped forward and secured our own domain name for our website as you
will have noticed. Our old provider will be switched off at years end and all BG
news will only be here at
www.bgsailsanddesign.com
Our current lead times have now stretched to 10-12 weeks on IOM sails with other
class sails lead times to be quoted at time of enquiry. We do apologise for any
extended delays. The 2010 BG Sails & Design catalogue will soon be available
along with a few new items for the new year.
Some BG lines plan Reggae's are starting to hit
the water with some good initial reports. The winter months will see us put a
provided hull & deck kit together from Australia which will be something else to
look forward to. Thanks OJ!
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
1st FRA IOM Class Ranking Race - Olivier Cohen
1st West Australian IOM Championship - Roger Paul
1st New South Wales RA Championship - Gary Declauzel
1st New South Wales 10R Lexcen Trophy - Maurice Fletcher
1st UK IOM Ranking Race Aylesbury Day 1 - Graham Elliott
2nd and 3rd UK IOM Ranking Race Ayelsbury Day 2 - BG & Graham Elliott
2nd New Zealand RM Championship - Tony O
August 09
August has seen a continuation of
our results with BG winning the UK IOM Championship at Eastbourne. The 3 day
race was held in gusty A rig conditions for days 1 and 2. Day 3 saw some very
light A rig conditions and a zig- zag style course that made consistency
difficult. Despite a poor last days results using up discards, BG took the event
from the fast finishing light air flyer Yannick Rosignol of France with Martin
Roberts taking 3rd sailing a "Viper".
In Australia our sails have had ranking race results in WA, SA, Qld and
NSW continuing our presence at the front end of the fleet.
We have received some encouraging
feedback of the first Reggae IOM's to hit the water and look forward to reports
on a number of new builds close to completion.
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
1st UK IOM Class Championship - BG
1st and
3rd South Australian IOM Championship - Ralph White, John Gratton
1st West Australian IOM Ranking Race - Roger Paul
3rd Nth Queensland RM Championship - Col Cameron
June/July 09
The past 6 weeks have seen the 2009 IOM World Championships
come and go in Barbados, along with a good number of national and regional
championships worldwide in many classes. Unfortunately after leading the IOM
Worlds for 3 days, I was not able to hold off Zvonko Jelacic of Croatia to
defend the title won in Marsaille 07. Congratulations to Zvonko on a polished
performance worthy of the title "World Champion". I promise to show up on day
5 and 6 next time big guy! :)
Once again our BG Sails were at the very front of the fleet finishing 1st,
2nd and 5th being used on 2 very different design concepts. After working
closely with Zvonko for the past 15 months on rig setup and sail shape, this was
a great reward for our efforts.
At the same time of our arrival in Barbados, Peter Stollery due to work
commitments, was able to single handedly decimate the UK RM Championships. Peter
was using his BG A Stollery swing rig in all but one heat to take the
championships for the 6th time I believe. Congratulations Peter.
Early July had the 2nd IOM UK ranking race of the year. Being the week after the
IOM Worlds a few prominent skippers had different borrowed boats after the "fire
sale" that usually happens at the end of big events. Saturday saw Peter Stollery
take the day in flicking light A Rig conditions from BG and new kid on the block
Greg King from a 40 boat field. Sunday saw BG reverse saturday's result against
Peter, with Martin Roberts 3rd.
News from Portugal has seen that Jorge Camilo has won the
Sao pedro
IOM Championship for 2009.
Congratulations Jorge on a fine result.
Australian news shows us that once
again Bill Wright has dusted off his very fast NRW10 design to convincingly win
the Sth Queensland 10R Championship. Congratulations Bill.
Currently Victoria and I are working hard to complete our patch up of an old
Stollery design "Lollipop" vane A Class design in time for this years National
Championship in Fleetwood starting August 1 and stretching over a full week.
This is a fantastic mode of sailing model yachts with a high emphasis placed on
boat tune and sail trim to gain good results. A good amount of luck once the
boat has left the hand can also play its part at times, making it a great week
to be part of.
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
1st, 2nd and 5th IOM World Championship 2009
Barbados - Zvonko Jelacic, BG, Marko Matic CRO
1st UK RM Championship - Peter Stollery
1st, 2nd and 3rd UK IOM Ranking Race Fleetwood - Peter Stollery, BG, Greg King
1st and 2nd UK IOM Ranking Race Fleetwood - BG, Peter Stollery
1st Sao Pedro IOM Championship Portugal - Jorge camilo
1st Sth Queensland 10R Championship - Bill Wright
May 09
After a very busy past couple of months, we have been able to
reduce our lead times once again for IOM sails and most other classes. At
present lead times for multiple IOM sail orders are again down to a 3-4 week
turnaround with single sail suit orders available on a shorter lead time.
May has seen some very good results for our sails.
Over the recent May Bank holiday
weekend here at sunny Poole in the UK, BG scored a close 2nd placing in the RA
Class Championship. A near record fleet of 40 boats saw a close 3 day battle
between Graham Bantock, Peter Wiles and BG with no more than 5 points separating
them throughout the event in light shifting winds. With 1 race left to sail, the
small lead held by BG was lost after GB received redress from a bad start line
entanglement giving him a 5 point lead for the final race. GB went on to record
an all the way victory in the final heat leaving BG and Peter to sail each other
for 2nd. 4th place for the event was taken out by Andrea Roberts who along with
BG, borrowed an Australian designed Venom using BG sails from David and
Linda Munro. After being involved with the very first Venoms back in 03 through
until now, it has been a load of fun to see this design come along and be able
to compete at the top level through steady refinement and development.
The RM Race of Champions here in the UK
has been held with Peter Stollery
mastering the unusually fickle winds of Birkenhead to score a convincing win
with his Crazy Tube design and BG A Rig Sails. Congratulations Peter. BG managed
2nd place with a borrowed Starkers design using non-bg sails.
Some pleasing news also from North Queensland is that long time supporter of BG
Sails, Col Cameron has finally landed the Queensland RM Trophy. Col has used our
BG Sails since 1999 on boats of his own design and has gone close on many
occasions and now finally has the chocolates. Congratulations Col.
Chris Stokes has once again shown
his class in winning the 10R class Mazda trophy in NSW against a strong
field of 19 boats. Chris is still unbeaten since his nationals win in Queensland 07
in the 10's!
Some recent Results of skippers
using BG Sails
2nd and 4th UK RA Class Championship -
BG and Andrea Roberts
1st and 2nd NSW 10 Rater Mazda Trophy - Chris Stokes and Maurice Fletcher
1st and 3rd UK RM Race
of Champions - Peter (A Rig) and Roger Stollery (A Rig Jib)
2nd and 3rd AUS EC12 Championship - Yeoman Sands and Gary Declauzel
1st AUS RM Queensland Championship - Col Cameron
March/April 09
With the weather slowly
starting to warm up here in the UK, many classes have now started their ranking
seasons. Early results for the new season have been encouraging and we look
forward to the full program ahead.
Some recent
Results of skippers using BG Sails
1st BEL IOM National Regatta - Pierre Parent
3rd CRO IOM National Championship - Zvonko Jelacic
1st UK RM Mermaid Trophy - Peter Stollery
2nd UK RA PRACC Series Rd 1 - BG
3rd UK IOM Chelmsford Ranking Race Day 1 - BG
1st and 2nd UK IOM Chelmsford Ranking Race Day 2 - BG and Peter Stollery
2nd AUS 10 Rater NSW Ranking Race - Owen Jarvis
January/February 09
After now having a month
in our new place in New Brighton, things are now getting back to normal. We now
have our new IOM lines plan "Reggae" and new Marblehead lines plan
"Jive" available for home or professional construction and look forward to
watching her performance unfold with early interest being received from
prospective builders. We are working hard to catch up with existing sail
orders and would ask anyone looking to place an order to confirm present lead
times.
Our full contact details have now been updated.
December 08
Our sail production is
now in full operation at our new workshop on Merseyside. We are working through
existing orders with a dispatch turnaround of 3-4 weeks on all new orders at
present due to a backlog of non-IOM class orders to be completed. Please contact
us for an estimated dispatch date.
November 08
With our arrival in the UK on November18, all pricing
has now been converted to
GBP.
We envisage to be back in full production by mid December once our new workshop
has been set up.
Brad and Victoria will both be attending the MYA AGM and Trade Show on
Saturday the 29th of November at Dickens Heath Community Primary School,
Birmingham from 10.30am. On display/sale we will have a limited number of IOM
sails, TX Covers, 2009 Catalogues and full information on all of our products.
Feel free to come and have a chat with us both.
Some recent
Results of skippers using BG Sails
1st Queensland 10 Rater
Championship - Bill Wright
1st and 3rd NSW RA Championship
- BG and Daniel Wiezman
1st and 3rd NSW 10 Rater Championship
- Chris Stokes and Owen Jarvis
3rd and 8th European IOM Championships - Marko Matic CRO (jib only) and Zvonko
Jelacic CRO
October 08
With a recent influx of orders due
to our relocation back to the UK, we have had to suspend any further orders for
completion until when we are back in the UK. All orders currently on our list
will be shipped before our departure from Australia. If you are wishing to place
a sail order, please email us for an expected delivery date and to reserve your
place on our list.
August - September 08
Much has happened here at BG since our last news update. Our
business has undergone a name change to better reflect our services to the radio
yachting community. Along with the new name change, our website has been
revamped for easy navigation through our products offered and to give a more
detailed background of our model yachting history. In the new year we will
also be offering new designs as lines plans for the home builder or production
under license. We hope you enjoy the exciting changes.
The date of our relocation to the UK in mid November has been set and we are
working hard for a minimal disruption to production this time around. New
contact details will be posted as they come to hand. Please keep an eye on this
site for any changes. We would ask that any skippers looking to place orders for
Nov/Dec delivery to get in early to avoid any disappointment
On the racing front, our sails and products have continued to perform on the
race course in all 4 of the International classes.
Some recent
Results of skippers using BG Sails
1st and 2nd Queensland RA Championship
- BG and Daniel Wiezman
1st and 2nd Nth Queensland RM Championship
- Col Cameron and James Finch
1st and 3rd NSW Ben Lexcen 10R trophy - Colin
Court and Maurice Fletcher
1st and 3rd NSW IOM GP Round 3 -
BG and Scott Condie
1st ACT EC12 Regional Championship - Gary
Declauzel
1st WA IOM Championship - Roger Paul
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