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The Westerly Owners' Association - The Rayner Challenge Plate

Award of Rayner Challenge Plate
National AGM 5th February 2011

The Rayner Challenge Plate was awarded to Sue and Bill Redgrove for their challenging adventures in Camomile. Sue and Bill had recently sailed out of New Zealand to head back into the Pacific Ocean and could not be at the AGM to receive their Trophy. An account of their travels can be read in various WOA Magazines under the heading - 'Camomile's Log'.

The Rayner Challenge Plate

The Rayner Challenge Plate, our oldest and most prestigious piece of silverware, is awarded annually for 'Best Cruise undertaken in a Westerly'.

The idea is to encourage all WOA members to extend their own cruising horizons; hence the criteria takes into account not simply what has been achieved, but the size of boat, the strength and experience of the crew, the time available and the sense of adventure. If you have stretched your cruising horizons, write it up for us and you will be in with a real chance, even if other members have done similar things before.

Entry conditions: All cruising logs submitted to the Magazine Editor by 1st October will be assessed and the Rayner Challenge Plate presented to the winner at the following WOA AGM. The cruise should normally be of at least 7 days duration in a Westerly yacht and have finished not more than 12 months prior to submission. Crew strength, wind and sea conditions should be noted. The log should be accompanied by a diagram of the route if this is not clear from the text. Photographs should accompany the log for publication, but will not be included in the judges' assessment.

Previous Winners

2010 - Andrew Moncrieff for his largely singlehanded sail around the UK, in a Westerly Fulmar Snow Goose as described in the article 'Twin Keels around Britain' published in the Spring 2009 Magazine.

2009 - John Gozzard (Pippin) for his entry in the Jester Azores Challenge in a Westerly Griffon, published in the Winter 2008 Magazine as the log ‘A Competitors View’.

2008 - The Fenton–Jones family (Tamarisk of Rye) for their North Atlantic Circuit, published in the Spring 2007 Magazine as ‘And the Children came too’.
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