Easter Bank Holiday
This weekend the club hosted a Mirror open alongside club racing resulting in a total of 46 boats on the water. The sun was shining, but there was a cool easterly blowing that put several sailors off racing.
The wind direction struggled to settle, and caused a biased startline, and a general recall for the first start, so the course was repositioned before racing got underway. As well as swinging, the wind strength eased, and varied throughout the afternoon.
In club racing, with varied results, the overall scoring was close at the end of the day, with Dave Lawson sailing a Laser beating Steve/Ruth in an Enterprise, though on equal points.
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In the Mirror open, two boats were OCS in the first race but returned. After two general recalls in the second start, the black flag was brought into play to temper the over eagerness! The day’s racing ended with Phil/Lucy Smith and Matthew/Albie McGovern on equal points as well.
More sunshine on Sunday, helping create a katabatic southerly for the first race. More general recalls delayed the race for some fleets and pushed back the finish time by which the wind was starting to veer around Sale Fell to the west which resulted in the patchy airs, and numerous position changes, especially in the F15 fleet which Robin/Mike readily accepted their turn to lead the fleet through the finish line!
After the lunch break the wind had settled to a general westerly direction, though it did back to the SW on various occasions. With time getting on, and the risk of the wind dying completely, the finish line was moved to the top of the main beat so the overall race length was on target, but the finish sequence took more than 30 mins in total.
In the Asymmetric fleet Chris/Evey lead the series from Matt/Oliver, both sailing RS200s. Robin/Mike lead in the F15s from Neil/Rory, Dave/Lynn lead in the GPs from Val/Ken, Steve/Ruth in an Enterprise lead the Handicap fleet from Rob in a Phantom, and Phil/Lucy are leading the MT fleet from Alex/Saskia.
Monday started with light, not very promising, airs that rain clouds threatened to wipe out! Fortunately, the wind filled in from the south, the rain stayed away from the course area, and the asymmetric fleet were able to have a long beat up to Scarness, which they enjoyed for the first lap, though the wind eased for the next lap as the wind started to veer around Sale Fell. Ginger Phil/Chris in their VX One pulled out a good lead only to round the leeward mark the wrong way. It was a while before they noted their mistake, and a longer period before they realised that they hadn’t correctly unwound their mistake!…
For the final race of the series the wind veered to the SW and filled in again. Overall Chris/Evie kept their overnight lead, while Banter/John in the RS400 pulled through to take 2nd place in the Asymmetrics. The GPs did not race so the overnight positions stood with Dave/Lynn winning. A reduced fleet of F15s raced, but the overnight positions were unchanged with Robin/Mike winning, and Neil/Rory 2nd. Steve/Ruth kept the overall lead in the Handicap fleet with Ian in an OK 2nd. The Mirror Tera fleet overall positions remained unchanged with Phil/Lucy winning the club weekend series as well as the open meeting!
Ian/Ted Dobson from HISC took 2nd in the Mirror open, Will/Isabelle Crocker from North Lincs 3rd, and Matthew/Albie McGovern 4th, all three boats having 10 points to count!
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Another southerly
Saturday sunshine and a SSW breeze tempted out 11 boats for the first races in the Asymmetric cup and MJM trophy.
In the asymmetric series, John/James showed Neil/Archie a clean pair of heels in both races. All were racing RS400s, and Neil/Archie were still getting to grips with their bigger, light weather, boat but the wind was stronger than anticipated. Also, they didn�t aid their cause in the first race when they were caught out by the separate start for the asymmetrics!
The MJM races were led by Neil/Rory in their F15 as was Ian who had teamed with Tim for their first race of the season. In the GPs, AJ/Sue were on top form taking two convincing wins from Val/Ken. The conditions were a bit too strong for Mike/Jack in their Graduate, and they had two DNFs after a capsize in the first race, and filling up in the second.
By Sunday morning the wind had swung to the more usual WSW, and freshened slightly, but any warmth from Saturday was just a memory! Fortunately the forecast showers were a no-show.
In the handicap fleet there were three different classes (RS400, F15 and GP14) so there was no close racing, and they only opted to have one race. The race was won by Val/Ken in their GP, but Neil/Archie lead the series.
In the slow handicap Alex/Saskia were sandwiched between Bean/Lucy in a Mirror and Oliver in a Tera in the first race, although they led the next race for a while, Bean took another win and leads the series.
A bad day on the water�
� is said to be better than a good day in the office. That may be debatable after the winds on Saturday!
The morning started with calm waters but by the time the training started some big squalls had appeared to challenge the sailors.
The wind had eased substantially by the time racing started, but the direction was by no means settled, with 90 degree shifts for the OD to contend with while setting the course. The line was repositioned, and racing got underway, but the fleets had mixed winds and direction throughout the race. Reversing the direction the boats went around the triangular course for the second race wasn�t as effective as planned, especially as the wind swung back to the other side of Skiddaw!
The only capsize casualty of the day was Andrew/Oscar in their 29er, though Rory/James in their Feva had several near misses.
On handicap, Neil/Archie sailing their RS200 lead the Barf Trophy with two 1sts, while Alex/Saskia in their Mirror lead the Red Sails trophy with a 1st and a 2nd.
Sunday started with very light conditions but, by the time sailors arrived, there was a better than forecast SSW breeze, believed to be a katabatic wind, caused by the cloudless sunny sky, that was expected to disappear soon after noon! Fortunately, the wind stayed, though it did ease as the day went on.
There were sufficient boats to have four fleet starts (only just!) in the morning.
For the pennant race after lunch, it had been hoped that the course would take the fleet around the lake but, with the wind easing, it seemed prudent to keep the course in the bay.
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Starter’s Prize 2025
After a wild, and sometimes very wet, preparation day on Saturday, British Summer Time started with bright blue skies, and a blustery, cool, NW wind. The conditions did not put off any of the sailors that had turned up to race.
As forecast, the wind eased through the first race, but picked up again before the lunch break. There were no capsizes by the racers, but Barbra, who had ventured out for her first sail of the season did have an unplanned (if not unexpected) swim.
Rory was trialling his K1, yet again picking a blustery day for a new boat!
On handicap, Alex/Saskia in their Mirror won both races, and were overall winners of the Starter’s Prize. Neil/Archie were relieved to be sailing their RS200 (rather than RS400) in the conditions, and finished 2nd overall, with Rory in his K1 3rd.