Category: Racing

Ain’t Got Enough Swing!?

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Sunday started off wet and windy (and it didn’t get much better), although not as strong gusts as were encountered on Saturday. Accordingly, there weren’t many takers – Mike and William were there for some more, Hugh (or was it Rhonwen?) thought better of it, and Paul Burnell ventured out as well.

Mike sailed the beats well to stay ahead of the RS400s, and although William and Jonathan managed to maintain an overlap on the run to 5, a jammed gennaker halyard meant it would take another lap before William caught up with Mike again. Paul Burnell seemed to be sitting in for Roy in terms of the capsize stakes, since he went in on the first beat, and again on a fetch. On handicap, Mike won the race.

The honourable OD, who had been evacuated from the hen house (well, the hen party lodgings), being concerned about the discontent with the morning’s course, was fully intent on putting things right in the afternoon, so with a south westerly wind swinging around Sale Fell, he set a course with two beats – the first to 0, the second to 7, problem being everyone had to sail through the shadow of the fell to get to 7. Shunty, who had managed to get Toggle to crew for the afternoon race, opted to fly his kite part way up to 7 – strange thing to do, especially as he occasionally had to tack with it up! The OD having seen the error of his ways opted to shorten the race after the first lap, and even came to apologise – what a gent!

As for the headline, that refers to Herb – some may think that he’s no longer got the control over the ODs in terms of guiding them to a good course, but no, it’s because the starter motor on the Bates is in for repair, and the engine is being started with the hand crank, and he admits to not having enough swing anymore!

Christenings and Weddings

The first taster session of the season proved to be popular and has hopefully resulted in four new memberships. The next session is to held on 5th June.

The 5mph wind forecast for Saturday seemed to be a bit of an error, but obviously they were not allowing for the Bass micro climate, as Herb reckoned that some of the gusts were hitting force 7 (but that could be fanciful in the extreme!). There were six boats that prepared for the race, five that ventured out, two that finished, and only one that didn’t capsize (and that was only because it had the advantage of Mike Moore sitting on the side plus a heavy keel!). As for the christenings, firstly there was Toddy in his new Mirror which, with the bermudan rig, got the mast stuck in the mud. Secondly, William and Jonathan were caught out by a self tacking header (verified by Rhonwen), and ended up donating their first burgee of the season to Neptune.

With no-one to follow, Mike Moore took the wrong course and let Hugh and Rhonwen get into the lead before he realised his mistake. The OD took pity on the two boats still upright, shortened course, picked up the anchor and start line, headed for shore, and abandoned racing for the rest of the day.

The weddings are in fact hen nights – so watch out Blackpool and Edinburgh, various Bass WAGS are on their way!

BARF PLATE

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400        1   1   1 DNS   3
 2    1298  S HUNT        RS400        2   2   2 DNS   6
 3    1303  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        3   7   4 RTD  13
 4    1140  J CHRISTIE    VORTEX       5   4 DNS DNS  33
 5    1029  R BLACKBURN   RS400        4   6 DNS DNS  34
 6  130579  S HALL        LASER RADI RTD   3 DNS DNS  37
 7  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS        RTD   5 DNS DNS  39
 8     303  M COWAN       VAREO      RTD RTD DNS DNS  43
 9   13905  H GODFREY     GP         DNS DNS DNS   1  49
10    3473  M MOORE       FF         DNS DNS DNS   2  50
11    1003  A SMITH       RS200      DNS DNS   3 DNS  51
12  160516  T CHITTENDEN  LAS         OD DNS DNS DNS  51
13   69960  M CHAPPEL     MS         DNS DNS DNS  OD  51
14  174889  S HALL        LAS        DNS DNS   5 DNS  53
15   70466  D TODHUNTER   MS         DNS DNS DNS RTD  54
15     338  R YARDLEY     VAREO      DNS DNS DNS RTD  54
16  125514  R BRYCE       LAS        DNS DNS   6 DNS  54
18   13259  J ROBERTS     VAREO      DNS DNS   7 DNS  55
19     501  J CROSBIE     RS400      DNS DNS   8 DNS  56
20   13161  S SPENCE      RSFEVA     DNS DNS   9 DNS  57
21     379  R DAWSON      RS 200     RTD DNS DNS DNS  58
22     103  A NICHOLSON   VAREO      DNS DNS RTD DNS  60
22     379  R DAWSON      RS200      DNS DNS RTD DNS  60

                     Points for RTD = 10   9  12   6
                     Points for DSQ = 10   9  12   6
                     Points for DNS = 24

 3 races to count

Summer Come Early?

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A bit of balmy weather this weekend. Loads of sunshine, but the wind was somewhat lacking on Saturday. In the first race Shunty, with Tim Chittenden crewing, kept breaking away and then being caught again. On the final run before beating up to the finish Herb warned Steve to mind the anchor warp – Tim lifted the centreboard, but the warp caught on his rudder bringing him to a sudden stop, sufficient enough for William and Elaine to take the lead. On handicap though, Dave and Lynn Lawson took the honours in their GP.

The second race had even less wind and less partakers, and again the honours went to Dave and Lynn.

Sunday started with the lake like a mirror, but the wind started to fill in just after 1130 allowing the racing to get underway before lunch. Scumper was a bit too eager, and responded with an innocent ‘was that me?’ when he heard the second recall signal. After returning through the line, he had a good beat to be third behind Shunty and John Halliday at the windward mark, and eventually broke through to second.

Mike Fairlamb had a good race and stayed ahead of Dave Lawson until he headed for the wrong mark (could it be an age thing?).

The sea breeze topped up the wind strength in the afternoon, and resulted in a couple of capsizes. Toggle survived the gusts on the first reach to 3, but not the second time around! This slowed him just enough for Mik Chappel to beat him on handicap. The wind suited the RS400s with Shunty and Scumper coming in ahead of Mike Moore.

Mike Fairlamb led the way ahead of Dave Lawson until the final beat to the finish when Dave broke through (Could be that age thing again!?). Special mention for Bridget and Ginge who sailed two races in one day – some time since that happened!

Just see what you’ve been missing out on – come down and make the most of this Summer weather as you never know how long it will last

Easter Series

After a gentle breeze on Saturday, Sunday proved to be a lot more challenging. The handicap fleet was expanded by the full compliment of RS200s, and they all had some close racing and several capsizes. Robbie D was again involved in the capsize of one of his competitors (the Hardies), although this time he didn’t try to skewer them!

The wind picked up in the afternoon, leading to more capsizes – the RS200s all had their fair share, but Paul Burnell and Sam Hall were the only RS400 to go in (x3 or was it x4?). Shunty retired when his kicker broke just as he was having another close race with Scumper and Andy T. Neil and Judith hung on in (almost literally) to keep ahead of William and Toggle who had pipped them at the post in the morning race.

It was good to have four F15s on the water – Scott seemed to be struggling with the first beats but soon got back into the pace to win both races. Dave and Lynn Lawson sailed well again to take both races, but why Lynn ended up hanging on to the bow as they came ashore we may never know!

The traditional Easter egg dump was held on Sunday after racing, and it was quite fitting that the winner was Jack Lawson, grandson of the original organiser of the competition, Jack Lawson, who sadly died last year.

Another breezy day saw a change in crews for some so that they could make the most of the conditions. The Hardies again had to clean the lake mud from their mast head after another capsize. But racing was good even though the same names appeared on the leader board – Scott, Dave and Tim – all of whom have won their respective series with three straight wins. In the handicap fleet, Bean and Naomi in an RS200 worked there way up to get 2nd on handicap pushing Shunty down to 3rd position. As Scumper had two firsts and a second, Shunty couldn’t match this even by taking the last race, so the series went to Scumper and Andy T/Zefer.

The wind eased a little for the final afternoon race, but there was still some good gusts to create exciting planing conditions at times.

All in all a busy bank holiday weekend, with good racing and reasonable, dry, weather.

Rich Critchley’s been doing some happy snapping again, and here’s a couple to whet your appetite. The rest can be found here in the Easter 07 directory

F.F. EASTERLY TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    3673  S BEATTIE     FF           1   1   1 DNS   3
 2    3293  I PRESTON     FF           3   2   2   2   6
 3    3473  M MOORE       FF           2   3   3   3   8
 4    2504  K THOMAS      FF           4 RTD   4   4  12
 5   93673  J SOMERVILLE  FF         DNS DNS DNS   1  13

                     Points for RTD =  5   5   5   5
                     Points for DSQ =  5   5   5   5
                     Points for DNS =  6

 3 races to count
HANDICAP EASTER TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400        2   1   1   2   4
 2    1298  S HUNT        RS400        1 RTD   3   1   5
 3    1303  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        3   3   4   3   9
 4    1148  N CURRIE      RS400        4   2   5   4  10
 5     691  P SMITH       RS200        7   5   2   6  13
 6    1003  A SMITH       RS200      RTD   4   6   5  15
 7     913  JoHARDIE      RS200        9 RTD   7   7  23
 8     379  R DAWSON      RS200        6 RTD RTD   8  24
 9    1140  J CHRISTIE    VORTEX       5   6 DNS DNS  28
10   13259  J ROBERTS     VAREO        8 RTD DNS DNS  38
11     501  J CROSBIE     RS400      DNS   7 DNS DNS  41
12  130579  S HALL        LASER RADI DNS DNS   8 DNS  42
13    3275  B LANCASTER   N12        DNS DNS DNS   9  43
14  173813  P BURNELL     LAS        DNS RTD DNS DNS  46
15  174889  S HALL        LAS        RTD DNS DNS DNS  47

                     Points for RTD = 13  12  10  10
                     Points for DSQ = 13  12  10  10
                     Points for DNS = 16

 3 races to count
G.P. BASS TANKARD

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   13176  D LAWSON      GP           1   1   1   1   3
 2   13885  M FAIRLAMB    GP           2   2   2   2   6
 3   13161  S SPENCE      RSFEVA       3   3   4 DNS  10
 4   13867  D NICHOLSON   GP          OD DNS   3 DNS  11

                     Points for RTD =  4   4   5   3
                     Points for DSQ =  4   4   5   3
                     Points for DNS =  5

 3 races to count
MIRROR IMAGE TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3 Pts
 1   70142  T SMITH       MS           1   1   1   2
 2   69960  M CHAPPEL     MIR          2   2   2   4
 3   70466  D TODHUNTER   MS           3   3   3   6

                     Points for RTD =  4   4   4 
                     Points for DSQ =  4   4   4 
                     Points for DNS =  4

 2 races to count

Easter Fun and Games

First of all there was the merry go rounds – both the Commodore and his Vice had a go on this one. In the first race, the Celebrity Glass pursuit, Dave Nicholson decided to do some turns after hitting Eric Smith on the head (with his boom!). In the second race Steve Hunt did a couple of pirouettes for Scumper after hitting him as they rounded the mark.

Secondly, there was the jousting competition (or it may have been cooking related) which took place later in the same race. In this one Robbie D, reaching with the gennaker up, failed to skewer Alan Nicholson (fortunately) but Alan was knocked out of his Vareo as he was beating up a separate leg of the course. Apart from a bent pole, and no doubt a big bruise, no real harm was done. Both boats capsized as a result – not to take the glory from Roy who regularly gets a mention for capsizing (even when he hasn’t capsized, or so he claims), but he wasn’t sailing!

The race that wasn’t

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Another exciting days sailing interspersed with calm patches as the wind fought with itself from two directions. With no GPs or Mirrors, there was only the handicap fleet competing and with 12 boats overall.

Due to the changing winds, not surprisingly, finding and staying in the wind or gusts made all the difference. Shunty used the gusts to his advantage to catch Scumper, and finally broke away with a big lead to take the morning race.

The afternoon race was a pennant race that took the boats around the lake. The OD had discussed missing marks at lunchtime and was told that 14 was missing, so left it out of the course. However, after Neil Currie rounded 12 in the lead he headed across to 13 and kept looking and looking but to no avail. So some bright spark suggested the fleet went around 14 instead. Unfortunately this was to seriously disadvantage the leading RS400s and the race was eventually scrapped.

Boring…

… That was Toggle’s thoughts on the events that filled last week’s report. Now that may have been because he wasn’t here to contribute to the weekends events. Of course, he had to make up for it on Saturday as he learns to get to grips with his RS Vario. It could be that Toggle is finding gybing (without capsizing) one of the more challenging aspects. However, after several capsizes, and much barracking from Scumper and Robbie D, he was still smiling at the end of the day. Whether he feels that way this morning with various aches and bruises who knows?!

Toggle was not the only casualty of the day, but amongst others, we can’t fail to mention Roy and Kayla’s capsize – much to Kayla’s delight, it didn’t stop them finishing ahead of William. Subsequent to this Roy exited the boat a little early as they came ashore leaving Kayla to stop it running aground while he waded out of the water. There were several occasions when William and Jonathan were close to joining them in the league of casualties – firstly when the William didn’t realise the main had cleated itself again during a tack, and then when a knotted halyard prevented Jonathan getting the gennaker down for so long that they almost ended up on the A66.

As for the racing, Scumper and Andy T left the fast handicap fleet standing having broken into the lead and taken advantage of some of the good gusts that were around. Similarly, Hugh and Rhonwen won both of the GP races comfortably. In the mirror fleet, Mik was back on the water at last showing Toddy (the young(?) pretender) the way home

Don’t Bother!?

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Well that’s the quote of the day (or is it the season?) from Mike Fairlamb. Some winter refinements to his rudder led to a tangle of ropes and his first capsize of the season on the start line of the afternoon race. It must be pointed out (so they told me) that neither Mike, or crew Ian Macpherson, actually went swimming during the capsize. However, they didn’t take the trophy for the first ducking of the season – that went to vice commodore Dave Nicholson closely followed by sailing secretary Roy Blackburn and Kayla – Some habits die hard! Having sucessfully completed the first race the gybed (well, didn’t quite make it) for the shore and in they went. That was to prove one capsize too many, especially as Kayla was wearing a shorty, and so they didn’t sail the second race.

Sunday saw the launch of another new boat which was sailed by William with Jonathan Connor crewing. Although nothing dropped off (apart from the quick release tiller extension!), there still seems to be a mass of ropes that need cutting down to size.

There were 10 boats on the water for the first race in winds that seemed as if they were going to be marginal. By the time Herb had reset the start line in the shifting winds, the wind settled down to the east and led to some good racing which probably took many by surprise, so much so that they opted not to sail the second race.

Jose’s excuse for not sailing the 2nd race was that she didn’t even have the energy to lift a teapot!

Although Shunty and Ruth won the first race, it was Hugh and Rhonwen that won the second race and the series overall to take Starter’s Prize.

STARTERS PRIZE

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2 Pts
 1   13905  H GODFREY     GP           2   1   3
 2    1298  S HUNT        RS400        1   2   3
 3    1303  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        5   3   8
 4   13885  M FAIRLAMB    GP           4   5   9
 5   13867  D NICHOLSON   TOPPER       9   4  13
 6    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400        3 DNS  16
 7     103  A NICHOLSON   VARIO       OD DNS  16
 8   13655  N LEWIS       GP         DNS   6  19
 9   13733  A HODGKINS    GP           6 DNS  19
10    1029  R BLACKBURN   RS400        7 DNS  20
11   70142  T SMITH       MS           8 DNS  21
12     374  M RIMMER      VARIO       10 DNS  23

                     Points for RTD = 11   7
                     Points for DSQ = 11   7
                     Points for DNS = 13

 2 races to count

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It’s All Happening at Once!

The sun has shone for the training and tuning day, and although the wind faded through the middle of the day it turned to the north east to bring a sharp breeze that tempted Toddy to launch his new mirror named Wen.

However, he wasn’t the first on the water, that honour went to Daphne and Ian in his Lark. Nor was Toddy the last – Mike and Sue ventured out in a GP.

Many others were doing a bit of head scratching as they tried to work out which bit goes where, especially for those that have changed fleet.

Grand Finale

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The final race of the season seemed as it may have already happened when those keen sailors arrived, as the lake was mirror like with little prospect of there being sufficient wind. The trickle of wind on the opposite shore did fill in by noon, and with a little persuasion, the fleet of five boats ventured out. As noted last week, the overall result was not to change, as Tim Knowles had already won the series, but it was a pleasant end to the season.

All that remains is for the buoys to be picked up and the boats put away and forget about things for the forthcoming winter months. As if! There are plenty of close season jobs to do, and if you are getting bored don’t hesitate to contact Mike, Steve, or Pauline who will put you in the direction of someone that could do with a few hours of your help down at the club

WINTER SERIES

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7 Pts
 1     400  T KNOWLES     RS200        1   2   4   3   2 DNS   4   8
 2  173813  P BURNELL     LAS          4   5   5   4   3 DNS   3  14
 3     103  A NICHOLSON   VARIO        9 DNS   6   5 RTD DNS   1  19
 4   13885  M FAIRLAMB    LASER        5   8   7   9 RTD DNS   5  24
 5    1066  J CONNOR      TOPPER     DNS DNS   3   2 DNS DNS   2  25
 6  174889  S HALL        LASER        8   7   8   7   4 DNS DNS  26
 7     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        6   4 DNS DNS   1 DNS DNS  29
 8  913467  M WRIGHT      GP         DNS DNS   1   1 DNS DNS DNS  38
 9     338  R YARDLEY     VARIO       OD DNS   2 DNS DNS DNS DNS  41
10    1140  J CHRISTIE    VARIO        2   6 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  44
11    1298  S HUNT        RS400        7   3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  46
12   13867  D NICHOLSON   TOPPER       3 DNS DNS  10 DNS DNS DNS  49
13   91029  R BLACKBURN   RS400      RTD DNS DNS DNS  OD DNS DNS  51
14  213467  A GUEST       GP         DNS   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  55
15    9991  MARK??        TOPPER     DNS DNS DNS   6 DNS DNS DNS  60
16  130338  RiCRITCHLEY   TOPPER     DNS DNS DNS   8 DNS DNS DNS  62
17     913  JoHARDIE      RS200      RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  66

                     Points for RTD = 12   9   9  11   7   0   6
                     Points for DSQ = 12   9   9  11   7   0   6
                     Points for DNS = 18

 4 races to count

19 Nov Update – It Takes Two

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Sunday started off very pleasant, with a southerly stream of wind running down the far shore. But the various sailors that turned up started to talk it up with mention of the gales that are forecast to come in overnight. Sure enough, the wind did start to swing more to the west allowing Sale Fell to cast a shadow over what was to be a key part of the course. With no driver for the Bates, OD Roy Blackburn was easily persuaded to set the start from the race office, but it meant using 9 as a mark to windward of the start line – not good news, especially with that wind shadow. Of course the shadow persisted as the fleet worked their way across to 4. There were some good gusts to work with but there were lulls too. The beat back to 0 proved to be challenging and the downfall of all the single handers as the shifting gusts resulted in several capsizes. The RS200 and RS400 had that extra bit of weight on board that gave them a better chance of staying upright, and they did (but only just). When the handicaps were calculated William and Lesley were six seconds/lap ahead of Tim Knowles to win their final race of the season together

What will the afternoon hold? Well actually not a lot. The breeze continued to fill in, and the warmth of the clubhouse seemed too good to leave behind so everyone packed up for an early finish rather than venture back on to the water.

The results have been corrected for race 2, in which a guest helm actually won, rather than Martin Wright as previously listed. The effect of this is that Tim is now in pole position, and no-one can catch him.

Winter Sets In

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The clocks have changed, bonfire night’s over, the night’s are colder (as is the lake!), November’s here, it’s Sunday only racing, and the final series of the season has started – the Winter Trophy.

Compared to the last few weeks, there was a good breeze – enough for Roy and Kayla to crash and burn, but then so did Alan Nicholson in his Vario, and John and Joan Hardie in their RS200.

Rich has been out snapping again and uploaded a few pics of the day (well about 600!). Click here to see his handywork.

The results for the series are calculated on a personal handicap basis so those that haven’t sailed for a while tend to have a beneficial handicap at first, but the system will catch up with them!

WINTER SERIES

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2 Pts
 1     400  T KNOWLES     RS200        1   2   3
 2    1140  J CHRISTIE    VARIO        2   6   8
 3  173813  P BURNELL     LAS          4   5   9
 4    1298  S HUNT        RS400        7   3  10
 5     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        6   4  10
 6   13885  M FAIRLAMB    LASER RADI   5   8  13
 7  913467  M WRIGHT      GP         DNS   1  14
 8  174889  S HALL        LASER RADI   8   7  15
 9     338  R YARDLEY     VARIO       OD DNS  17
10   13867  D NICHOLSON   GP           3 DNS  17
11     103  A NICHOLSON   VARIO        9 DNS  23
12     913  JoHARDIE      RS200      RTD DNS  27
12   91029  R BLACKBURN   RS400      RTD DNS  27

                     Points for RTD = 13   9
                     Points for DSQ = 13   9
                     Points for DNS = 14

 2 races to count

End of the October Series

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The October series finished this weekend with Nigel Lewis and Steve Hunt in contention for the honours. A miserable day on Saturday with wind and rain saw Steve take pole position with some good results – a first and third.

On Sunday the weather was the opposite -� bright sunshine but no wind. The OD provided some impetus to the crews to launch by going to the far shore and setting a line. Without a lot of enthusiasm they eventually followed and two very slow races later they returned.

Overall Steve and Ruth� held on to their lead to win the series from Nigel and Cecile.

OCTOBER SERIES 2006

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 Pts
 1    1298  S HUNT        RS400        3   2   3   4   1   3   4   2  11
 2   13655  N LEWIS       GP           6   4   2   5   4   3   5   3  16
 3   91029  R BLACKBURN   RS400        5   3   5 DNS   5   2 DNS DNS  20
 4  174889  S HALL        LAS          7   5   7   6 DNS DNS   2   5  25
 5    1125  JoHALLIDAY    RS400        1 RTD RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS  OD  46
 6   13885  M FAIRLAMB    LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS  OD DNS   1   4  54
 7  173813  P BURNELL     LAS        DNS DNS RTD DNS   1   1 DNS DNS  60
 8    3473  M MOORE       FF         DNS DNS   1   2 DNS DNS DNS DNS  72
 9    1072  R DAWSON      RS400        2   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  72
10    1148  N CURRIE      RS400      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3   1  73
11  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS        DNS DNS   4   3 DNS DNS DNS DNS  76
12   13905  H GODFREY     GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS   3   5 DNS DNS  77
13       8  M RIMMER      TOPPER     DNS DNS DNS DNS   6   6 DNS DNS  81
14    6905  N GARRISON    DART       DNS DNS RTD   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS  82
15     913  JoHARDIE      RS200      DNS DNS   6 RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS  83
16     103  A NICHOLSON   VARIO      DNS DNS DNS DNS   7 DNS   7 DNS  83
17    1140  J CHRISTIE    VORTEX SP  DNS DNS DNS DNS   8 RTD DNS DNS  85
18     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400       OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  95
19    1901  J PRESTRIDGE  FF           4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  96
20   11115  M TURNER      GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   6 DNS  98
21     338  R YARDLEY     VARIO      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   8 DNS 100
22  130338  RiCRITCHLEY   LAS        DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 104

                     Points for RTD =  8   7  12   8   9   8   9   6
                     Points for DSQ =  8   7  12   8   9   8   9   6
                     Points for DNS = 23

 5 races to count

Championship is Finalised

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On Saturday, sun and rain with the wind forcing its way either side of Sale Fell provided some interesting conditions for the final weekend series of the season. Robbie D in an RS400 had super lightweight crew Ethan on board and quickly pulled into the lead, never looking back. The GPs were led by Dave and Lynn Lawson, and the most exciting bit for the rescue crews was when Dave and Sarah Nicholson capsized (photos to be revealed!)

The forecast for Sunday was miserable, and when the sailors arrived it looked as if it was to be right – it was raining cats and dogs, the wind was blowing away from the clubhouse so that no-one could tell how windy it really was! Lynn Lawson seemed to be leading the way in terms of being positive about going sailing, while everyone else continued to watch the rain and contemplate. But the OD was convinced that there would be some starters if he ventured out to set a line, so he did. Of course, he was right. The sailors casually got changed to avoid getting wet rigging their boats (what are sailors like?), and set out for the start. The conditions were nothing like that expected. The patches of black water rarely had enough power to enable planing conditions. In the handicap fleet, Scumper (with Robbie D crewing) banged a corner on the right hand side of the course, and reached the windward mark with William and Lesley closely on his tail. The unusual conditions enabled William to pass to leeward of Scumper and take the lead until the penultimate beat (when the water was flattened by a downpour) when Scumper was lifted just sufficiently to get round the mark ahead of William. Both boats went their separate ways on the next run, but Scumper kept the lead when he had water on William. With a final 100 yds to the finish William immediately tacked off on to port. One final tack into the finish line and William crossed the line inches ahead.

The GPs were lead around the course by Dave and Lynn, with Mike and Eric second

After a lunchtime hearing about Herb’s speeding fine, several boats called it a day (not because of Herb!) as the wind had surprisingly continued to ease.

Overall Results:

COMET TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        2   1   1 DNS   4
 2  173813  P BURNELL     LAS          3 RTD  OD DNS  12
 3    6905  N GARRISON    DART       DNS DNS   4   1  15
 4     103  A NICHOLSON   VARIO        4   2 DNS DNS  16
 5    1072  R DAWSON      RS400        1 RTD DNS DNS  17
 6   91029  R BLACKBURN   RS400      RTD RTD RTD DNS  18
 7       8  M RIMMER      TOPPER     DNS DNS DNS   2  22
 8    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400      DNS DNS   2 DNS  22
 9    1140  J CHRISTIE    VORTEX SP  DNS DNS   3 DNS  23

                     Points for RTD =  6   6   6   3
                     Points for DSQ =  6   6   6   3
                     Points for DNS = 10

 3 races to count
GP14 STABLES PRIZE

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   13176  D LAWSON      GP           1   1   1   1   3
 2   13885  M FAIRLAMB    GP           2   2   2   2   6
 3   13867  D NICHOLSON   GP           3   4   3 DNS  10
 4   13655  N LEWIS       GP           4   3 DNS DNS  13
 5   13161  S SPENCE      GP         DNS  OD DNS DNS  15

                     Points for RTD =  5   5   4   3
                     Points for DSQ =  5   5   4   3
                     Points for DNS =  6

 3 races to count
MIRROR SH TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2 Pts
 1   21863  D TODHUNTER   MS           1   1   2
 2   44662  S SHARP       MIR          2   2   4

                     Points for RTD =  3   3
                     Points for DSQ =  3   3
                     Points for DNS =  3

 2 races to count

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

FLYING 15 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2006

PN  Helm           1   2   3   4 Pts
 1  M MOORE        4   1   5   3  13
 2  K THOMAS       1 DNS   3   1   5
 3  S BEATTIE    DNS   3 DNS DNS   3
 4  J PRESTRIDGE DNS DNS   2 DNS   2
 4  S MCCLENNAN  DNS DNS   2 DNS   2
 4  K JAMIESON     2 DNS DNS DNS   2

RACE RESULTS FOR THE FOLLOWING SERIES INCLUDED 

FFEASTER EASTERLY TROPHY- up to race 1
FBL      BLENCATHRA TROPHY- up to race 4
FFF      FLYING FREE- up to race 4
FSCAR    FF SCARNESS CUP- up to race 2

 4 series to count out of 4 series sailed
HANDICAP CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2006

PN  Helm           1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 Pts
 1  R DAWSON      15  25  15  13  18   4  13  21   9   5 107
 2  W CARRUTHERS  19  19  12  10  15  10  11  20  14  10  99
 3  S HUNT        21  16   5   9  13  11   9  23 DNS DNS  93
 4  S HALL        17  21   7 DNS  14   7 DNS  18  12 DNS  89
 5  N CURRIE     DNS  23   9   7  16   9  10  19 DNS DNS  86
 6  R BLACKBURN   18  22  10   8  10 DNS   7  16   8   4  84
 7  M SOMERVILLE   6  14  13  11  17  12   8  11 DNS   2  78
 8  P BURNELL     10  13 DNS   6  12 DNS DNS   7   4   8  56
 9  T CHITTENDEN  16  20 DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS  10 DNS DNS  49
10  J CHRISTIE     7  15  11 DNS DNS DNS   1   8   2   1  44
11  M MOORE       12   3 DNS DNS  20   8 DNS DNS DNS DNS  43
12  R YARDLEY      9   7   8 DNS DNS   5   6 DNS   6 DNS  41
13  A NICHOLSON  DNS  18   6   3 DNS   6 DNS DNS DNS   6  39
14  JoHALLIDAY     5  17   2 DNS DNS DNS   5   4 DNS DNS  33
14  I MACPHERSON  11   5 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  17 DNS DNS  33
16  JoHARDIE     DNS DNS DNS DNS  11 DNS DNS   9  11 DNS  31
17  T FLYNN      DNS  11 DNS DNS DNS DNS   3  14 DNS DNS  28
18  M LORD        14 DNS   3 DNS   9 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  26
19  RiCRITCHLEY  DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS  12   7 DNS  22
20  M FAIRLAMB   DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  13   5 DNS  18
21  P HODGKINS   DNS DNS DNS DNS   2 DNS DNS  15 DNS DNS  17
21  T SMITH      DNS   6   4 DNS   7 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  17
21  N GARRISON   DNS DNS DNS DNS   6 DNS   4 DNS DNS   7  17
24  A BAINBRIDGE DNS  12 DNS DNS   4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  16
25  H GODFREY    DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  14 DNS DNS DNS DNS  14
26  D NICHOLSON   13 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  13
27  D TODHUNTER  DNS  10 DNS DNS DNS DNS   2 DNS DNS DNS  12
28  J HEMINGWAY  DNS DNS DNS DNS   5 DNS DNS   6 DNS DNS  11
29  J CONNOR     DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  10 DNS  10
30  J HOWELL     DNS   9 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   9
30  A SMITH        2   2 DNS   5 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   9
32  R RHODES     DNS   8 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   8
32  T KNOWLES    DNS DNS DNS DNS   8 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   8
32  A HODGKINS     8 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   8
35  K HEMMINGWAY DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   5 DNS DNS   5
35  S MCCLENNAN  DNS   4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   1 DNS DNS   5
35  M NINNIM     DNS   1 DNS   4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   5
38  M CHAPPEL      4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   4
38  R HODGKINS   DNS DNS   1 DNS DNS   3 DNS DNS DNS DNS   4
40  M RIMMER     DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3   3
40  C HEMMINGWAY DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS DNS   3
40  J ROBERTS      3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3
40  M SHEARD     DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS   3
40  P SMITH      DNS DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3
45  S PAGEL      DNS DNS DNS   2 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2
45  G HEMMINGWAY   1 DNS DNS DNS   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2
45  R PAGEL      DNS DNS DNS   2 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2
45  S BROOKES    DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2 DNS DNS   2
49  M COWAN      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   1 DNS   1

RACE RESULTS FOR THE FOLLOWING SERIES INCLUDED 

HBF      HANDICAP BARF PLATE- up to race 8
HDO      HANDICAP DODD TROPHY- up to race 10
HCEASTER EASTER TROPHY- up to race 3
HMH      MAY HOLIDAY- up to race 4
HIC      HANDICAP ISEL CUP- up to race 4
HGC      GRISDALE CUP- up to race 4
HAT      AUGUST TROPHY- up to race 4
HSK      HANDICAP FLEET SKIDDAW TROPHY- up to race 8
HWYTH    HANDICAP WYTHOP SERIES- up to race 4
HCT      COMET TROPHY- up to race 4

 6 series to count out of 10 series sailed
GP14 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2006

PN  Helm           1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 Pts
 1  H GODFREY    DNS DNS  11   3   2   5   8   3   7   5  39
 2  D LAWSON     DNS   6   8 DNS   5   2 DNS   7   3   7  36
 3  A HODGKINS     7 DNS   5 DNS DNS DNS   4   2   4   2  24
 4  D NICHOLSON  DNS   3   4 DNS DNS DNS   6   1   5   3  22
 5  M FAIRLAMB     4   4   9 DNS DNS DNS DNS   4 DNS DNS  21
 6  V BELL         5 DNS   7 DNS   3   1 DNS DNS DNS   4  20
 7  N LEWIS        1   2   6 DNS   1   3   3 DNS   2 DNS  17
 8  J TELFORD    DNS DNS   2 DNS DNS DNS DNS   5 DNS DNS   7
 9  G ASHBY      DNS DNS DNS   1 DNS DNS   5 DNS DNS DNS   6
10  D CALVAT       3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3
10  M WRIGHT     DNS DNS   3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3
12  A EVANS      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2 DNS DNS DNS   2
12  R HODGKINS     2 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2
12  J RILEY      DNS DNS   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   1 DNS   2
15  R RHODES     DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   1   1
15  D WRIGHT     DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   1 DNS DNS DNS   1
15  S SPENCE     DNS   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   1

RACE RESULTS FOR THE FOLLOWING SERIES INCLUDED 

GSC      GP14 SPRING CUP- up to race 8
GSP      STABLES PRIZE- up to race 4
GMP      GP14 MUSTARD POT- up to race 10
GMC      GP MCMILLAN CUP- up to race 3
GLT      LYNE TANKARD- up to race 4
GGC      GP GRAHAM CUP- up to race 4
GCOM     COMMODORES PRIZE- up to race 4
GBT      BASS TANKARD- up to race 3
GAUTC    GP14 AUTUMN CUP- up to race 8
GAC      AITKIN CUP- up to race 4

 6 series to count out of 10 series sailed
MIRROR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2006

PN  Helm           1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 Pts
 1  T SMITH        3   3   3   3   3 DNS   6 DNS  18
 2  M CHAPPEL      1   1   1   1 DNS   6 DNS DNS  10
 3  D TODHUNTER  DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2   4   3   9
 4  S SHARP      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3   1   4
 4  R LEE        DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2   2 DNS   4
 4  M COWAN      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   4 DNS DNS   4
 7  S PAGEL      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS DNS   3
 8  M PARKER     DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   1 DNS   1
 8  K BELL       DNS DNS DNS DNS   1 DNS DNS DNS   1

RACE RESULTS FOR THE FOLLOWING SERIES INCLUDED 

MRS      MIRROR RED SAILS- up to race 3
MAB      MIRROR AB SERIES- up to race 6
MIMAGE   IMAGE TROPHY- up to race 1
MPP      PEEL POT- up to race 4
MOC      ORSOVA CUP- up to race 1
MRTT     ROUND TABLE TANKARD- up to race 4
MREF     MIRROR REFLECTION TROPHY- up to race 3
MSHT     MIRROR SH TROPHY- up to race 2

 5 series to count out of 8 series sailed

Weekend Update

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5 mins of fame! Well that’s what everyone seemed to want on Saturday afternoon. First there was the OD that decided to ‘follow the guidelines’ and start the F15 first much to the confusion of the handicap fleet, and then kept everyone sailing for ever and a bit more. However, by the time the second race started the wind had picked up and the capsizing had begun.

Toggle was in the driving seat for the second race until after claiming water at the leeward mark (with the unusual hail ‘Water ‘cos Toggle’s coming through!’) from William he promptly hit it, did a turn and capsized. It must be said that one of his earlier attempts at gybing looked very dodgy, but he got away with it.

Toddy swam to the rescue after spotting an RS Feva that had been overturned for some time. He jumped out of his mirror and must have covered 100 yds in front crawl only to find Jonathon had already been taken ashore with a suspected dislocated big toe! Toddy did get back to his boat and finished the race.

There seemed to be many more casualties throughout the race, but it was good to have a bit of wind. A couple of anxious (not) parents watched the excitement from the comfort of the clubhouse, and when Sam Hall headed for the shore it is reported that there was the unexpected exclamation ‘oh good, we can go home early!’

On Sunday, the Bass micro climate struck again. Wind everywhere but on the lake. The first race was delayed until a good southerly moved in tempting the OD to set 7 as the windward mark, but by the time the race started the wind had faded. The sweepstake for the time to the windward mark was won by Lesley, who guessed 30 mins against an actual time of 26 mins. The mirrors’ course was shortened at 7, but the others had to make their way back to B which took another 30 mins. Of course the wind filled in a little after the finish, but it didn’t stay and the afternoon race was held in semi drifting conditions. The OD was a little more cautious with the course in the afternoon to give himself a better opportunity to shorten as necessary which he did (and then the wind filled in again!)

Overall Results for weekend
HANDICAP WYTHOP SERIES

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        2   1   3 DNS   6
 2  130579  S HALL        LASER RADI   5 RTD   2   2   9
 3     913  JoHARDIE      RS200      DNS DNS   1   1  16
 4    1066  J CONNOR      RSFEVA       6 RTD RTD   4  16
 5    1072  R DAWSON      RS400        1 DNS  OD DNS  19
 6   91029  R BLACKBURN   RS400        3   2 DNS DNS  20
 7  130338  RiCRITCHLEY   LAS        DNS  OD DNS   3  20
 8     338  R YARDLEY     VARIO      RTD   3 DNS DNS  28
 9   13885  M FAIRLAMB    GP           4 RTD DNS DNS  29
10  173813  P BURNELL     LAS          7 RTD DNS DNS  32
11   91277  M SHEARD      RS400      DNS DNS   4 DNS  34
12    1140  J CHRISTIE    LAS        RTD RTD DNS DNS  34
13  913791  M COWAN       MIR        DNS RTD DNS DNS  40

                     Points for RTD = 10  10   6   5
                     Points for DSQ = 10  10   6   5
                     Points for DNS = 14

 3 races to count
FF SCARNESS CUP

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2 Pts
 1    3473  M MOORE       FF           1   1   2
 2    2504  K THOMAS      FF         RTD RTD   6

                     Points for RTD =  3   3
                     Points for DSQ =  3   3
                     Points for DNS =  3

 2 races to count
GP GRAHAM CUP

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   13905  H GODFREY     GP           1   1   2 DNS   4
 2   13655  N LEWIS       GP           2   2   3   2   6
 3   13176  D LAWSON      GP         DNS DNS   1   1   7
 4   13118  V BELL        GP         DNS DNS DNS   3  13

                     Points for RTD =  3   3   4   4
                     Points for DSQ =  3   3   4   4
                     Points for DNS =  5

 3 races to count
MIRROR REFLECTION TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3 Pts
 1   70142  T SMITH       MS           1   1   1   2
 2   21863  D TODHUNTER   MS           2   2   2   4
 3   44662  S SHARP       MIR          3 DNS DNS   9
 4   35784  R LEE         MS           4 DNS DNS  10
 5   48137  M PARKER      MS           5 DNS DNS  11

                     Points for RTD =  6   3   3
                     Points for DSQ =  6   3   3
                     Points for DNS =  6

 2 races to count

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