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Wraysbury Lake Sailing Club
94a Welley Road
Wraysbury
Staines
Middlesex, TW19 5EP
Clubhouse No.
01784 483044
A Volvo RYA
Situated in the Thames Valley to the west of London
Committed to friendly family and competitive dinghy sailing
The Enterprise class
The Enterprise is a two sail dinghy of just over 4m in length and is ideal for the family as well as the competitive or cruising sailor. It is suitable for beginners and makes a good inland water racing craft as there is considerable skill to getting the very best from the boat and its crew.
Wraysbury Lake is where Enterprise sailing started over forty years ago. Its designer, Jack Holt, was our commodore and later our President. Not surprsingly, therefore, the Enterprise is an ideal boat for our lake.
Enterpise Open, October 2007
Another year has passed, but the Enterprise fleet seem doomed to get light winds for their Open meeting. A high pressure system had dominated the weather for several days with nothing more than a light puff. And so it was this Sunday morning. The forecast was for a 3 to 5 mph wind from the North East. The direction was pretty much spot on, but the winds strength a little optimistic.
After a short postponement to allow the wind to settle its direction, the nine boats took to the water and set off round the course. There was just sufficient wind to push to boats along their way. The first five boats all kept closely together round the first lap with light wind maestro Dave Beaney and Maggie just showing the way. Andy Bird and 9 year old Samantha, being probably the lightest combination, were close behind in second place whilst Wraysbury’s Commodore, Chris Ryder-Richardson with his wife Jillian claimed the last place in the leading bunch. The light and fickle winds proved much more tricky for the remaining boats whose challenge faded one by one. At the end of the next lap the Race Officer had pity on the contestants and shortened the course before they all sailed out where the wind had completely faded.
Over the lunch period the weather seemed to be changing and there was some hope for better conditions for the afternoon. But those hopes turned out to be false and after another short delay racing was abandoned for the day with the contestants settling for an extended chat overlooking the attractive, but glass like, lake. With only a single race completed, the results of that constituted the event’s results. Congratulations to Dave Beanery on reatining his trophy, albeit with a diferent crew.
| Rank | Boat | SailNo | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 |
| 1 | The Blanc Bean | 20234 | David Beaney | Maggie Beaney | Broadwater | 1.0 |
| 2 | Unlawful Entry | 22456 | Andy Bird | Sam Bird | Papercourt | 2.0 |
| 3 | 22320 | Martin Davies | Laurence Davies | Rugby & Daventry | 3.0 | |
| 4 | 22810 | M Kostins | A Butler | Chipstead | 4.0 | |
| 5 | Avaunt | 20315 | Chris Ryder Richardson | Jillian RyderRichardson | Wraysbury Lake | 5.0 |
| 6 | 22547 | Dick Lantershaw | Jo Lantershaw | Weir Wood | 6.0 | |
| 7 | Ivor BigUn2 | 20505 | Colin Hall | William Hall | Wraysbury Lake | 7.0 |
| 8 | Rain Dancer | 21631 | John Rolt | Tamoro Freitag | Wraysbury Lake | 8.0 |
| 9 | Blue Meanie | 19334 | Kim Wilkinson | Mark Wilkinson | Wraysbury Lake | 9.0 |
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