Sunday 13th August 2006

A race to a mark the Saundersfoot side of Caldy and back. It was blowing quite a bit. The first leg was a run. Basically it was far too wavey to really go for it - I've never been so wet, even in a Cherub.

From the second the start gun went I was under a wall of water from the bow. As we neared the leeward mark Simon (Goodwin - crew) was shouting at me we should gybe. I was underwater trying to keep it going straightish. A few more hollers from Si and he figured I couldn't hear or see anything so he dropped the kite and informed me we've passed the mark and it's time to turn around.

We fell in 3 times on the way there, meaning we rounded 4th, behind a 505, a Fireball and a Scorpion. The beat back was long. We fell in 3 times: Once in a tack, once blown over by a gust (it was very vicious in Saundersfoot Bay) and once to windward (the lulls were equally vicious)

4th in the end,(behind the 505, scorpion and fireball). 30 boats started, 15 finished I think.

On several occasions the bottom of the centreboard was noticably out of the water - the boat goes sideways very quickly when that happens.

Report by Gavin Sims

Sharp eyed readers will have noticed a small change in the front page. A previous graphic has been replaced by a new pink one which says “Address Book”. Here's why:

(Very many thanks to the RYA Legal team)

14 Aug 2006
Mr Lee, I am writing to inform you that your use of the trade mark YELLOW
PAGES on the www.uk-cherub.org website is infringing Yell\'s intellectual
property rights.
I appreciate that this may have been a genuine mistake, so I kindly ask
that you remove all use of the infringing trade mark from your website
and/or any other materials immediately and confirm to me by way of letter
that the removal has taken place and the trade mark will not be used in the
future.
I look forward hearing from you by return. In the meantime, Yell reserves
all of its rights.
Pete MacIntyre
Yell Legal Counsel
Yell Limited

Dear Mr MacIntyre,
Thank you for your email. I am flattered that our tiny concern has drawn
the attention such an organisation as Yell. Can you tell me how you found
out about us? Are you a sailor?
You can be assured that any infringement of any intellectual property
rights concerning the trade mark YELLOW PAGES would be an accident, and
that as soon as we know what it is we must do, we'll do it.
 Please can you list for me which parts of our non-commercial community
website infringe the rights you claim, and how we can verify your claim? I
imagine you would like us to change the name and the graphic on the front
page?
Alternatively we would be very happy to use the YELLOW PAGES name with
permission if it were to be granted. We could display a note showing that
we have obtained permission, complete with a link to www.yell.com.
Whichever you prefer.
Lastly, all comunication with us will be by email as we are a paper-free
organisation.
Best wishes, and thanks for writing me the most interesting email of the day.
Dr William Lee MBChB BSc MRCPsych
Clinical Lecturer
Institute of Psychiatry
London

Dr. Lee
Thank you for your prompt response.
I attach 2 screen shots of your website's use of our Yellow Pages trade
mark which prompted my initial email. While the intention of your site may
be non-commercial, I submit that the fact that your website seeks 'Yellow
Pages' advertisers and claims to receive 110,000 hits a year suggests
otherwise, for trade mark purposes atleast.
As we are not in a position to licence use of our trade mark to you, we
would be grateful if you can simply please replace the words "Sailing
Yellow Pages" and "Yellow Pages" with an alternative that is not one of, or
similar to, our trade marks. Note we also have a trade mark in Business
Pages.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter.
Pete

Dear Mr MacIntyre,
Thanks for your message.
In accordance with your request we have replaced the YELLOW PAGES artwork, 
changed the title of the page and changed the colour.
I very much hope you find this in order.
Best wishes,
Will

Dr Lee, thank you for amending your website.
Regards
Pete