31/03/2011
2011 Events - Dates and details of the 2011 Kestrel events are now available on the Events page.

The 2011 National Championship is to be held at Netley S.C from the 13th to the 16th of August.

29/11/2010
Marconi, Netley & Royal Harwich Photographs - Photographs sent in by John Glasspool are available to view on the following links: Marconi; Netley; Royal Harwich or via the links on the Picture Gallery page.

29/11/2010
Goldhanger website - Goldhanger Sailing Club have finally got a website: www.goldhangersailingclub.org.uk. Hopefully they'll get round to putting in a shower one day too!

23/11/2010
Alton Water Photographs - Photographs sent in by John Glasspool are available to view on the following link: Alton Water 1st/2nd May or via the link on the Picture Gallery page.

22/11/2010
2011 Calendar - Information and an order form for the 2011 KOA Calendar is now available to view on the following link: 2011 Calendar.

22/11/2010
Carnoustie - A photograph sent in by Ian Hunter is available to view on the following link: Carnoustie Bay or via the link on the Picture Gallery page.

21/11/2010
2011 NATIONALS - Next year's Kestrel National Championships are to be held at Netley Sailing Club. This event will be shared with the Hornet Association and is to run from Sunday 13th to Tuesday 16th of August 2011. More details will be available on the website as soon as possible.

21/11/2010
Nationals Photographs - A few more photographs from Royal Tay's Tich Summers are available to view on the following link: Tich's view or via the link on the Picture Gallery page.

21/11/2010
Netley, Royal Harwich & Stewartby Results - Netley report by Kevin Edwins is now available together with the results on the following link: Report & Results or via the link on the Events page.

Royal Harwich report by Henry Richards is now available together with the results on the following link: Report & Results or via the link on the Events page.

Stewartby Winter Nationals report by Paul Jarvey is now available together with the results on the following link: Report & Results or via the link on the Events page.

03/09/2010
Marconi Results - Henry and Chris master challenging conditions, taking overall first during a real boat-breaker of an event. Report by John Weedon is now available together with the results on the following link: Report & Results or via the link on the Events page.

28/08/2010
New Secretary - Somehow I failed to inform you that Naomi Miller has taken over the role of Secretary from Liam. Please be aware that not all the website links to the Secretary have been updated.

28/08/2010
National Photographs - Photographs by Bob Wilson can be viewed on the following links: Day One, Day Two, Day Three and Day Four. Photographs by Janet Wilson can be viewed on the following link: Nationals pictures or use the links on the Picture Gallery page.

20/08/2010
Calshot Results - Hot on the heels of their Nationals victory, Dusty & John take Calshot... but at a cost! Report by Dave Hearsum is now available together with the results on the following link: Report & Results or via the link on the Events page.

17/08/2010
NATIONALS RESULTS - Royal Tay Y.C. - Dusty & John hold off Stewart & David to take Kestrel Nationals. Report by Stewart Murdoch is now available together with the results on the following link: Report & Results or via the link on the Events page.

17/08/2010
Medway Regatta - Wilsonian S.C. - Report by Steve Worf is now available. Paul and James Jarvey came home with three firsts to take the Kestrel trophy. Report & Results can be found on the following link: Report & Results or via the link on the Events page.

16/07/2010
AGM News - The 2009 AGM minutes are now available in the "Members' area". This year's AGM will be held at Royal Tay Yacht Club on the evening of the 26th the Monday at 1845.

08/07/2010
Calshot Instructions - Steve Worf has asked me to post the instructions (Word document) for those attending the South Western Championship at Calshot on 14th/15th August, click on the following link: Instructions or use the link on the Events page.

05/07/2010
Stewartby - John & Dusty maintained their dominance with overall 1st in the Midland Championship at Stewartby Water.

The report and results can be viewed by clicking on the following link: Report & Results or via the link on the Events page.

Photographs by Janet Wilson can be viewed on the following link: 26th June pictures or use the links on the Picture Gallery page.

30/06/2010
Kestrel No.6 - John Barnes has sent in pictures and information about Kestrel No.6. These are available to view in the "Kestrel Variants - Visual Differences" section of the How To... page. Number 6 "Cristel" is believed to be the only surviving wooden Kestrel.

29/06/2010
For Sale - Brand new top cover. See Sales and Wants page for details.

28/06/2010
Nationals - Some minor changes and corrections have been made to the Nationals schedule and can be found by clicking on the following link: 2010 Nationals Information.

25/06/2010
Goldhanger - Apologies for the delay in updating the site - the webmaster has been away sailing! Dusty and John took the honours at the Goldhanger event which was well supported with a total of 18 boats racing.

The reports and results can be viewed by clicking on the following link: Reports & Results or via the link on the Events page.

Photographs by Janet Wilson & Mike Newport can be viewed on the following link: Goldhanger pictures or use the links on the Picture Gallery page.

10/05/2010
Alton Water report & results - Additional report by Steve Worf is now available. For this and the Alton Water report by Gavin Johnson and results, click on the following link: Report & Results or use the link on the Events page.

05/05/2010
Web Forum - Links to the Web Forum now connect to the Kestrel Facebook group. You must have a Facebook account, be accepted by the administrators of the Kestrel Facebook group and be logged in for these links to work.

30/04/2010
Website shutdown news - Apologies for the recent disruption to this site. We were forced to shut it down after the unauthorised loading of malevolent software. Words fail me! A big thanks to Liam for getting it up and running again.

Please note that the (unloved) "Web Forum" link is not working and we are deciding what to do with it.

17/03/2010
2010 Nationals, Royal Tay Y.C. - Notice of Race, Entry Form and updated Programme of Events (hopefully in their final form) can be found by clicking on the following link: 2010 Nationals Information.

15/02/2010
For Sale - Kestrel 2000 (delivered summer 2008). Only sailed 6 times. See Sales and Wants page for details.

27/01/2010
Battle of the Classes - Dusty and John took part in this London Boat Show pursuit race. Read how they did in Dusty's report by clicking on the following link: Battle Report.

Photographs by Mark Jardine at Yachts & Yachting www.yachtsandyachting.com can be viewed on the following link: Battle Pictures or use the links on the Picture Gallery page.

23/01/2010
Sad News - Graham Richmond has asked me to let you know that his wife Joan died early this morning. Joan suffered from Motor Neurone Disease. Our thoughts are with Graham and family at this sad time.

03/09/2009
65 nautical miles in a day - MND sponsored sail 29th July - Graham Richmond's and Jenny Brown-Lee's report of the trip is now available on the following link: The Day of the Long Sail.

A link to Graham & Duncan's latest photographs as well as Rod, Jenny & Rachel's photographs follows: 29th July - Nine and a half hours afloat.

17/08/2009
YouTube Kestrels - Short video sequence of Kestrels competing in the Tiger Trophy and Lord Birkett races can be found on the following link: Tiger Trophy/Lord Birkett.

13/02/2009
Tuning Guide - More copies of the Tuning Guide have been printed and are available from Liam at a cost of £3.75p.

17/12/2008
The Flight of the Kestrel - A detailed account about the development of the Kestrel class at Royal Tay can be reached by clicking on the following link: The Flight of the Kestrel.

20/11/2008
Association history - The following link is to letters to the secretary from two Kestrel sailors. They include details about the history of the Kestrel and the formation of the Kestrel Association.
This link is password protected and is only available to Kestrel Owners' Association members.
Reminiscences by Eric Raybould & Jim Cuckoo.

21/04/2008
Cruising - Have you got a nice picture of a cruising Kestrel? If so, contact Duncan and we'll put it on the Cruising page.

Our builder, Hartley Laminates, now have a web site, see www.hartleylaminates.co.uk

Kestrel Insurance - Details of the discounted scheme are available through the link on the left hand tool bar.

Members Area - A password protected members area of the web site has been created and is accessed from the menu on the left. It currently contains minutes of commitee meetings and AGMs; however, if you feel you have something that you want to share just with your KOA friends please let me know! If you want access to the members area, please email Duncan.

Kestrel 2000 Yachts & Yachting article - here (1 Mb Adobe pdf file).