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1st Hollowell Open 2009
Counting a 1,2
Update 28th June 2009
Chris Brown took overall victory at the recently held Midland Travellers Open meeting at Hollowelll SC sailing his Boon FRP. He took overall victory from a very competitive fleet counting a first and 2nd place, in what proved to be very light, variable and some what shifty conditions.
2nd & 3rd Overall Weymouth Pre Champs 2009
Counting 1,1,2,3,3
Update 21th June 2009
Boon FRP hulls took 2nd and 3rd overall at the recently held Pre Champs at Weymouth. A fleet of some 48 boats turned out for what proved to be a tough test in tricky and shifty conditions. Charlie Cumbley recovered from a difficult start to count 1,1,2,3,3 to take second overall. Chris Brown followed him home with good pace coming in 3rd overall.
1st Draycote Water Open 2009
Counting a 1,1
Update 13th June 2009
Chris Brown sailing his Boon FRP took overall victory at the recently held Midland Travellers Open meeting at Draycote SC. He took overall victory from a very competitive fleet counting two first places, in what proved to be very testing and shifty conditions.
Charlie Cumbley takes a clean sweep at the Tyler Trophy
Counting a 1,1,1,1,1.
Update 31st May 2009
Charlie Cumbley of North Sails sailing his Boon FRP 4986 dominated day one and day two of the Tyler Trophy held over the weekend of the 30th and 31st of May at Hayling Island SC. With a score line of 1,1,1,1,1, he took a clean sweep of the event.
The Tyler Trophy was held on possibly the warmest weekend of the year so far with winds of 14-16 knots on Saturday and 6-12
knots on Sunday.
1st Scottish National Champs 2009
Counting a 1,1,1,1,1,2
Update 16th & 17th May 2009
Jim Hunt sailing his Boon FRP 4985 dominated the Scottish National Championships held over the weekend of the 16th and 17th of May at Dalgety Bay SC. With a score line of 1,1,1,1,1,2, he left no doubt in his competitors minds as to his intentions. Using his latest design of Purple sail matched to a Selden "D+" rig, Jim displayed devastating pace all round. He adds this to his victory at the Winter Championships back in January.
1st West Lanc's YC 2009
Counting a 1,1,1
Update 16th May 2009
Olly Dumbelton continues his excellent run of form taking yet another victory at the recently held Northern Travellers Open meeting at West Lancs YC on behalf of Crosby SC. He took 1st place overall counting three straight wins in his new Boon FRP 5003, he took the event comfortably from second placed Chris Gillard. This is his third Open win in five outings. Well done Olly!
1st Sheffield Viking Open 2009
Update 09th May 2009
Olly Dumbelton sailing his new Boon FRP 5003 took overall victory at the recently held Northern Travellers Open meeting at Sheffield Viking SC. He took overall victory from a very competitive fleet counting a 2,1,2 score line, and adds this to his 2nd place at West Riding SC and 1st place at Rudyard Lake.
2nd Overall Welsh Championships 09 (Corus SC)
Update 4th May 2009
Chris Brown sailing his Boon FRP 4983 took a comfortable 2nd overall at the recently held Welsh Championships at Corus SC. A sunny weekend throughout with winds up to force 3 on Saturday and increasing to force 4 for Sunday, Chris counted a consistent 1,2,2,3 score line. Andy Davis took line honours, however Chris pushed him pretty hard giving them both a clear points margin over the chasing pack.
Sail numbers reach 5022
Update 3rd May 2009
The Solo class has recently reached and surpassed the magic 5000 sail number with almost 5025 registered boats. Check out the list compiled and produced by Maarten van den Broek click here
1st Rudyard Lake Open 2009
Update 26th April 2009
Olly Dumbelton sailing his new Boon FRP 5003 on it's second outing, took overall line honours at the recently held Northern Travellers Open meeting at Rudyard Lake SC. He took victory from a very competitive fleet of 36 boats, and adds this to his 2nd place at West Riding SC. Olly added "its a joy to sail and clearly very fast". Well done Olly.
1st, 3rd and 4th Spring Championships 09 (Oxford)
Update 18th April 2009
Charlie Cumbley took the honours for the second year running at the recently held Spring Championships at Oxford on Saturday the 18th of April. The day started with bright sunshine and a brisk and shifty breeze. Race one was won by Jim Hunt closely followed by Charlie Cumbley and David Macgregor a Boon 1,2,3. Charlie then went on to post a 3rd in the second race and then a first in the final race leaving him with a 1,2 to count. Jim Hunt came in with a 1,4 from the first two races and was unfortunately black flagged in the last race. That put him on equal points with Andy Davis who pipped him for second overall on count back. David Macgregor came in 4th overall counting two 3rd places.
1st Barnt Green Open 2009
Update 4th April 2009
The 1st midland area Solo class open meeting of the year was won by Chris Brown. He took the first and last race of the day from a very high quality fleet. Sailing his Boon Frp 4983 in winds some what brisk and variable, Chris proved to be the better man on the day beating former and current Inland Champions. Well done Chris. 2 out of 2.
1st Broadwater Open 2009
Update 24th March 2009
The first Solo class open meeting of the year was recently won by Chris Brown taking the first two races of the day from a field of 30 plus boats. Sailing his new Boon FRP 4983 in winds predominantly light and shifty, Chris proved to be master of the conditions and therefore the day. Well done Chris.
RYA VOLVO Dinghy Show 7th and 8th of March 2009 – Alexandra Palace
Update 9th March 2009
Pictured right is the boat we displayed on the Selden Mast stand, show casing their new range
of deck hardware. The boat was specifically fitted out with matt black anodized spars and black dyneema core Selden Magic Pro rope throughout.
BOON FRP 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 5th at Winter Championships 2009
Update 31st January 2009
Jim Hunt (Purple Sails) took the 2009 Winter Championships held at Grafham Water on Saturday 31st of January. It was a very hard fought day in winds gusting to force 6 and desperately low temperatures.
Charlie Cumbley 4986 took the first race of the day in his new Boon solo launched for the first time on the day. David McGregor 4833 also in a Boon took the 2nd race in an increasing breeze displaying awesome upwind pace, (he collects his new boat this week). The third race saw the ever consistent Jim Hunt 4985 who needed the race win, to dig deep and take the race from David McGregor to win overall with a 1st and 2nd to count, equal on points to David but won on count back. Charlie Cumbley took 3rd with a win and a 4th to count, Chris Brown 4983 also had an excellent day and took 5th overall with pace all round in his new Boon FRP. Boon Boats won all three races and finished 1st 2nd 3rd and 5th. This has been a great start to the 2009 season further building on the successes of 2008.
BOON FRP WINS END OF SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS, DRAYCOTE 2008
Update 10th November '08
Charlie Cumbley took an emphatic win at the End of Season Championships held at Draycote on Saturday November 8th 2008. Sailing Boon Solo 4864 (recently traded in to us against a new Boon Solo), he took the event comfortably with 2 race wins. David McGregor sailing a Boon FRP 4832 narrowly missed out on 2nd place on the final leg of the last race, finishing 3rd overall. The day provided winds of force 4 to 5 which presented a chilly and challenging close to the season. David McGregor, Chris Brown & Charlie Cumbley will all be sailing brand new Boon FRP Solos in 2009
BOON FRP WINS NATIONALS 2008 TORQUAY
Update 25th July '08
The event proved an outstanding success for BoonBoats, with overall victory going to Charlie Cumbley (4858), having led the event from day 1 in a week of dramatically varying conditions, Charlie showed pace across the board and outstanding consistency to finish the week overall winner with a race to spare. CONGRATULATIONS CHARLIE!
Congratulations also go to individual race winners; David McGregor (4832) with 2 back to back race wins; Peter Hammond (4940) 1 race win in his new acquired Boon FRP launched 1 week before the event!
Results achieved by above 3 boats overall: 6 race wins, 2 x 2nds, 2 x 3rds, 1 x 4th, 3 x 5ths.
NATIONS CUP 2008 WORKUM HOLLAND
Update 1st July '08
Congratulations to David McGregor (4832) one of our first FRP customers on his outstanding performance winning all 8 races to be crowned the 2008 Nations Cup Champion. David used the latest North Technora Sail and a D+ rig.
PRE-CHAMPS 2008 HELD AT WEYMOUTH - JIM HUNT WINS
Update 29th June '08
Jim Hunt sailing Boon FRP Solo 4859 dealt a crushing blow to the opposition winning all 3 races on Saturday in winds up to 29 knots, another 1st on Sunday followed by a 2nd, taking victory overall. Sailing our Boon FRP hull, together with a D+ rig and a Purple Dacron Sail, this proved to be an outstanding combination with devastating pace. Well done Jim!
INLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008 - FANTASTIC RESULTS FOR BOON SOLOS
Update 17th June '08
Congratulations to our following Solo sailors who gained great results at the Inlands at Rutland in their Boon Solos. The event proved to be quite testing (for me anyway!) with varying wind conditions. Congratulations; Charlie Cumbley with 4th place overall & a race win, David McGregor 5th overall, David Liddington 17th overall & Grand Master, Chris Goswell 28th overall and also won the Plate Series. I didn't to do badly myself (having not sailed a boat for 12 months!) with 26th overall!
Not forgetting, Ollie Dumbleton who, although not at the Inlands, had a great result himself, with the birth of a baby daughter, Harriet, on Friday. Congratulations Ollie & family
SPRING SOLO CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008 DOMINATED BY BOON SOLOS
Update April 12th '08
The second major Solo class championship of 2008 (Spring Championship) was held at Oxford Sailing Club on Saturday 12th April, with a turnout of 48 Solos sailing in very breezy & testing conditions. The event was won by Charlie Cumbley the 2008 Winter Champion (4858) followed closely with a solid 2nd place won by David McGregor (4832), using the new D+ rig & North Technora Sail.
The 1st race saw Charlie first round the windward mark and lead convincingly by a large margin to the finish line. The 2nd race, having recovered from a capsize on the start line, Charlie sliced his way through the fleet with outstanding boat speed to finish 2nd on the line. David MacGregor had a superb 2nd race leading comfortably and despite a capzise on the last run, recovered to take the win. Fantastic spectating!!!
Congratulations to Charlie & David on their 1st & 2nd places respectively. Click here for the full story on Yachts and Yachting.
BOON FRP SOLO WINS THE 2008 WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS
Update February 2nd '08
The 2008 season has opened with a top result at the Winter Championships held at Grafham Water Sailing Club. Charlie Cumbley sailing his new BOON FRP SOLO won the event with 2 race wins to take the title for 2008. Charlie took the title from amongst the top flight of the Solo class in his first competitive outing. Sailing 4858 in the standard trim supplied, Charlie showed excellent pace all round to see off the competition. Charlie will be out on the circuit at all the main events this season accompanied from time to time by Jamie lea. Well done Charlie!
Race wins at the 2007 Inlands and at the Nationals with my first 2 boats in the hands of Jim Hunt & Jamie Lea finishing in the top 5 overall, plus Charlie Cumbley winning the Winters 2008 has provided us with a strong demand resulting in a very healthy order on going order book.
We would also like to welcome back our "wooden" customers who have decided to make the transition to FRP and also welcome our new customers.
Thanks also to Jim Hunt for his assistance over the past 12 months and his ongoing support, we also wish to acknowledge and thank the SOLO Committee for the support they have given us throughout the development process.