Welcome to Comet Class Association
The Comet web site aims to give you information on the fast, friendly and fun single handed sailing dinghy, the Comet.
The Comet Class Association organises over 20 events each year. Although these are open to all Comet owners and helms, only members of the association are eligible to qualify for the various travellers trophies and enter the 2 championship events.
The class association also publishes a newsletter at regular intervals throughout the year. Each issue includes reports on the open meetings and championships, information about forthcoming events, lots of Comet tips and rules updates.
Information about our open events and championships can be found on the calendar.
Click the link for the latest brochure – CCA Brochure 2019
Click the link for the list of Open meetings and Championships – Comet Events 2019
2019 AGM
All of the documents relating to this year’s AGM at Fishers Green are in the ‘Member’s Area’.
STOP PRESS
A plea from Steve Gregory –
“The Frensham Open next week is by tradition shared with the Solos. They have kept costs down each year by providing tea, as we have paid kitchen staff to cover breakfast and lunch. So please can attendees bring a donation ‘to keep our end up’. A packet of sausage rolls, crisps or any type of cake etc will be greatly appreciated”
Steve Gregory (C57)
Bob Dodds is our new Association Champion. A small field of 13 boats contested the event at Severn Sailing Club on the River Avon! The wind gods were not in our favour with little or no wind all weekend until the latter stages of the 5th and final race. See the Results page for a super fast report delivered by Roger Lemmon.
Calendar Update – Tewkesbury Cruising and Sailing Club Comet Open will take place on Saturday 31st of August, creating another ‘Double header’ weekend. Details are in the Calendar.
Frensham Pond Open – further details are now in the calendar.
The first 5 Open results are now in the Results page. It looks like Bob Dodds is out to repeat last year’s marathon around the clubs.
Comet no. 1 has under gone restoration – look out for a full report in the next edition of Perihelion. A brief edition will appear here shortly.
Bexhill SC have a new web address – see the Clubs page.
Results Update
The yearly results from the past 5 years are now available, these will be on a rolling programme so that the last 5 years of results will be available for you to ‘discuss’!
Additionally on the Honours board there are 3 links to the National, Association and Orbital Champions – only the link to the Orbital Champions is currently inactive.
Please have a look and let me know of any errors and or omissions.
Measurement Rules
The new measurement rules to include the White Xtra are in the member’s area.
Calendar
Some contact details in the calendar have been updated.
The ‘printable’ version of the calendar is now in the member’s area. You should have the password in Perihelion 126 – page 6.
Perihelion 2019
To spread the load next year I have decided that there will not be an ‘over the winter’ edition as very little happens other than the dinghy show but 3 medium editions reflecting roughly one third of the Open calendar. Therefore the 2019 Calendar will not be posted out as in previous years, all being well it will be e-mailed to you.
Nigel
Comet Clubs
The Association would like to know of any club where Comets are sailed, please have a look at the Clubs page and if you know of other club(s) where Comets are sailed please e-mail me.
Thanks
Nigel Fern
