Apart from a taster session on what must have been one of the wettest day’s of the summer, the OD (or was it Herb) thought better of it when it came to racing. The wind and waves had picked up, and coupled with the rain, apathy set in and racing was abandoned. Of course the wind did ease, and the rain eventually stop, but by then it was too late. However, as you may have noticed from the webcam, Steve Hunt did venture out. He reckons Rich Critchley tried (but failed miserably) to capsize them.
Things didn’t look too promising on Sunday morning. Apathy was embedding itself in everyone’s minds. However, Neil had taken the cover off the boat, and put the jib up, only for everyone to find that he was tuning his boat!
Looking down the wind, we could see the tops of the waves, which is not encouraging! The race did start about Noon, and there was some good racing. Robbie D and Toggle seem to be capsize kings for the day (makes a change from Roy) capsizing once before the start, and then more crucially, just coming into the leeward mark – with their mast in the mud, they lost two places and Steve Hunt, with Sam Hall crewing, won from William and Lesley.
In the GPs, some match racing was the order of the day for Hugh and Nigel. Hugh went on to win.
In the afternoon a brave few ventured out for the Banana Stakes. The winds were blustery again and the kindly OD sent us all around the lake (as you do for pennants!) The OD and Herb reckoned that the best plane of the day went to Rhonwen & Hugh who planed for about 10 minutes followed by 10 minutes doing 360 degree capsizes! They were not the only ones to capsize – apart from Keith Thomas & Jonathan Connor in a fifteen all the other boats capsized during the race – even William & Lesley who crashed and burned big style! Rory Yardley, had a good leg down to the bottom of the lake – shame he was hading for 12 instead of 13! Steve Hunt with Sam Hall crewing were first home, but it was Keith & Jonathan who won after personal handicaps were used to calculate the results.
Check out Hugh’s video from last week (Could be painfully slow if you don’t use broadband – Sorry!)
HANDICAP FLEET SKIDDAW TROPHY
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 4 5 Pts
1 1298 S HUNT RS400 3 1 2 3 1 4
2 1072 R DAWSON RS400 1 3 3 1 3 5
3 937 W CARRUTHERS RS400 6 2 5 DNS 2 9
4 1148 N CURRIE RS400 2 4 6 4 4 10
5 91029 R BLACKBURN RS400 DNS DNS RTD 5 5 20
6 174889 S HALL LAS 8 6 8 DNS DNS 22
7 13885 M FAIRLAMB GP DNS DNS 1 2 DNS 24
8 1049 M SOMERVILLE RS400 5 5 DNS DNS DNS 30
9 167828 I MACPHERSON LAS 4 7 DNS DNS DNS 32
10 9558 P HODGKINS B14 7 RTD DNS DNS DNS 37
11 160516 T CHITTENDEN LAS 9 8 DNS DNS DNS 38
12 130338 RiCRITCHLEY LAS OD DNS DNS DNS DNS 43
13 913 JoHARDIE RS200 DNS DNS 4 DNS DNS 44
14 173813 P BURNELL LAS DNS DNS OD DNS DNS 45
15 3520 S BROOKES FF DNS DNS 7 DNS DNS 49
16 40892 J HEMINGWAY TOP 11 DNS DNS DNS DNS 51
17 924 S MCCLENNAN FF 10 DNS DNS DNS DNS 52
18 41 K HEMMINGWAY OPPPIE 12 DNS DNS DNS DNS 52
19 9382 C HEMMINGWAY RSFEVA 13 DNS DNS DNS DNS 53
Points for RTD = 14 10 10 6 6
Points for DSQ = 14 10 10 6 6
Points for DNS = 20
3 races to count
GP14 AUTUMN CUP
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 4 5 Pts
1 13176 D LAWSON GP 1 1 DNS DNS DNS 2
2 13905 H GODFREY GP 2 2 DNS DNS 1 3
3 13655 N LEWIS GP DNS DNS DNS DNS 2 6
Points for RTD = 3 3 0 0 3
Points for DSQ = 3 3 0 0 3
Points for DNS = 4
2 races to count
BANANA STAKES
PN Boat Helm Class 1 Pts
1 2504 K THOMAS FF 1 1
2 1298 S HUNT RS400 2 2
3 13905 H GODFREY GP 3 3
4 13655 N LEWIS GP 4 4
5 937 W CARRUTHERS RS400 RTD 7
5 338 R YARDLEY VARIO RTD 7
Points for RTD = 7
Points for DSQ = 7
Points for DNS = 7
1 races to count