Category: Racing

Weekend Series

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On Sunday, the forecast wind came in and created many thrills and spills. Roy was quick to point out that his capsizes in the morning didn’t count – the first was before the start, and the second, during the race, was on purpose to avoid a collision. So for the afternoon was he going to make up for it? Another capsize before the start did not count (so he says), but the one (could have been more) during the race did. Ah well, practice makes perfect?!

It seems that many others were practicing as well. Neil Currie with Sam Hall crewing went swimming in the first race and in the second race they went trawling  (followed by another capsize later on). Don’t know how many others capsized, but according to Gary on one of the rescue boats, they were playing bingo with each boat that capsized – he just needed William and Lesley to go in for a full house. No such luck there then!

Andy and Bean were due to sail the Yellow Peril’s (new nickname?) F15, but the dancing, or was it the Stella, took its toll and they weren’t quite ready for the morning race. They did make an appearance in the afternoon race, but only in the baby Bates on rescue cover (or perhaps just taking some snaps of the boats)

The strong winds, apart from proving hard work in the hour long races, did have many spectacular reaches to make it all worthwhile.

Monday’s forecast was for more wind, but things didn’t look promising at 11:15 when the heavens opened and there was a monsoon like downpour. However, it passed through and the wind seemed light until just after the start when the true north westerly started to hit home. As with Sunday, there were some scary spinnaker legs, and the beats were hard work, but there weren’t so many capsizes (was that because Roy didn’t venture out?! :). Instead of Joe falling out, it was Scumper’s turn this time, and he had to practice front crawl to get back towards the quickly disappearing boat! Neil bravely fended off Scumper by luffing him high on the penultimate mark only to be caught tacking in Scumper’s water as he rounded the mark resulting in a 720 penalty, and losing a place.

The GPs series was won, after close racing, by Dave and Lynn from Hugh and Rhonwen with three bullets.

After lunch the winds increased even more, and there was some more close racing in the handicap fleet, especially between Robbie D and Scumper, but it was Robbie who won the race and the series.

In the FF fleet, Mike Moore with a nervous birthday girl (well almost) crewing, had four straight wins, and a blown out spinnaker, over Keith Thomas who had coaxed Graham Kirkpatrick from retirement to crew on one of the windiest days of the season!

The Smith family had a fleet of their own for the final race of the weekend, when they took out five toppers. Brotherly love didn’t stop Bean having to do turns after the start. Emma recovered well from one near capsize, but not the second!

The cruising fleet from Southport seemed to enjoy their weekend, and some of them took part in the racing, some of whom got to know the rescue crews very well! Perhaps they’ll be back for more next year?

FLYING FREE

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    3473  M MOORE       FF           1   1   1   1   3
 2    2504  K THOMAS      FF           2   2   2   2   6
 3    1901  J PRESTRIDGE  FF         DNS RTD DNS DNS  15
 3     924  S MCCLENNAN   FF         DNS RTD DNS DNS  15

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

 3 races to count
AITKIN CUP

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1   13176  D LAWSON      GP           1   1   1 DNS   2
 2   13905  H GODFREY     GP           2   2   2 DNS   4
 3   13118  V BELL        GP           3   3   3 DNS   6
 4   13867  D NICHOLSON   GP         RTD RTD  OD DNS   9
 5   13733  A HODGKINS    GP           4 DNS DNS DNS  11
 6   11721  R RHODES      GP         DNS RTD DNS DNS  14

                     Points for RTD =  6   7   4   0
                     Points for DSQ =  6   7   4   0
                     Points for DNS =  7

 2 races to count
AUGUST TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts
 1    1072  R DAWSON      RS400        1   1   2   1   3
 2     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        2   2   5   4   8
 3    1148  N CURRIE      RS400        4   3   4   5  11
 4    1298  S HUNT        RS400      DNS DNS   1   3  17
 5    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400      DNS DNS   3   2  18
 6   91029  R BLACKBURN   RS400        3 RTD DNS DNS  21
 7     338  R YARDLEY     VARIO        5 RTD DNS DNS  23
 8    1125  JoHALLIDAY    RS400      RTD RTD DNS DNS  25
 9    6905  N GARRISON    DART       DNS DNS   6   6  25
10     114  T FLYNN       M16        DNS DNS   7   7  27
11   21863  D TODHUNTER   MS           6 DNS DNS DNS  32
12    1140  J CHRISTIE    LAS        DNS DNS RTD DNS  35

                     Points for RTD =  7   5   9   8
                     Points for DSQ =  7   5   9   8
                     Points for DNS = 13

 3 races to count
MJM

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 Pts
 1   13905  H GODFREY     GP         DNS DNS   5   2 DNS DNS   2   1   1   3  14
 2   13885  M FAIRLAMB    GP         DNS DNS   3   3   1   1   3   3 DNS DNS  14
 3    1072  R DAWSON      RS400       OD DNS   1   1 DNS DNS   5   6   5   1  16
 4    3473  M MOORE       FF           1   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS   6   2   3   7  20
 5     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400      DNS DNS   2   4 DNS DNS   4   4   7   4  25
 6  174889  S HALL        LAS          3   2   6   8   5   2 RTD RTD   8   8  26
 7   91029  R BLACKBURN   RS400        2 DNS DNS DNS  OD DNS DNS RTD  10   6  58
 8     103  A NICHOLSON   VARIO      DNS DNS DNS DNS   7   5 DNS DNS  12  11  87
 9  161866  M LORD        LAS        DNS DNS   8   9 DNS DNS DNS DNS   9  10  88
10   13733  A HODGKINS    GP         DNS DNS DNS   5   2 DNS DNS DNS   4 DNS  89
11   13867  D NICHOLSON   GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   7 DNS   2   5  92
12    1125  JoHALLIDAY    RS400      DNS DNS   7   7 DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS 105
13    1298  S HUNT        RS400      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   1   5 DNS DNS 110
14  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS   4   3 DNS DNS DNS DNS 111
15    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   6   2 112
16    3521  K JAMIESON    FF         DNS DNS DNS DNS   6   4 DNS DNS DNS DNS 114
17    9558  P HODGKINS    B14        DNS DNS   4   6 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 114
18  913467  M WRIGHT      GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS   8   6 DNS DNS DNS DNS 118
19    1140  J CHRISTIE    LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS 119
20  173813  P BURNELL     LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   8 RTD DNS DNS 123
21    6905  N GARRISON    DART       DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  11   9 124
22  122174  P DILLON      LAS        DNS DNS DNS  10 DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS 125
23   70142  T SMITH       MS         DNS DNS  OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 133
24     338  R YARDLEY     VARIO      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   7 DNS DNS 137
25 9130338  A ROBERTS     LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS 142

                     Points for RTD =  4   3   9  11   9   7  12  11  13  12
                     Points for DSQ =  4   3   9  11   9   7  12  11  13  12
                     Points for DNS = 26

 6 races to count

Bass Watch

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With the schools regatta over Club sailing was somewhat quieter this weekend. There was a good, warm breeze from the South. OD Pete Nuttall was determined to start on time, but that must have been his own version of Chico Time (Pedro Time?), because it didn’t!

In the first race, the course came back to zero and caused some issues as the wind swung around Sale Fell and the fleet had to beat into the mark. Robbie D lost out to Shunty and William but with the GPs and FFs close by they would win on handicap

The course for the second race stayed in the southerly breeze which led to some spectacular spinnaker legs. With boats capsizing everywhere the rescue crews were kept very busy. After everything was packed away, a call from the coastguard resulted in rescue craft being re-launched to help out some sailors that were in distress at the southern end of the lake. With the air-sea rescue helicopter in attendance, a second rescue craft was despatched with Toggle Hasslehoff aboard to recover the dinghy which the sailors had abandoned

Sunday’s racing was held in stronger winds, but they were still curving around Sale Fell reinforcing the need to stay, or get into, in the stronger gusts to keep driving. A knotted mainsheet resulted in Robbie D losing a place at one mark because he couldn’t bear away. The wind picked up in the afternoon and there were several capsizes (most of them by Roy and Kayla), but Shunty was a casualty when he tried to use his gennaker to catch Robin up and couldn’t handle the gust. Judith Currie had opted out of the last race, so Sam took the front seat in Neil’s RS. While hoisting the gennaker, they ended up going trawling, and Sam had to recover the sail. We’re not sure whether Sam ended up in the water because he fell or jumped!

Frustration in the Sun

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Everyone should have been delighted that there was a weekend of sun with a warm wind, but for the sailors the biggest frustration was that the wind was by no means steady. The first race on Saturday had boats beating on three of the four legs. Neil Currie had taken an early lead with William not too far behind, but on the only leg that wasn’t a beat the others caught up and there was several place changes. Neil had to settle for a second to Robbie D, while William ended up fifth behind Steve and Scumper. While waiting between races several sailors opted to cool off by trying some barefoot water skiing (not easy at 2-3 knots from an RS!). When Toggle tried, he lost his balance and catapulted backwards into the water.

Sunday’s racing was around the lake – with a north westerly it was never going to be an easy race, but challenging was an understatement. There were gusts, and holes, and shifts, and down draughts. After 50 mins Steve Hunt was first to mark 13 some 20-30m ahead of William, by mark 12 he was 5 mins ahead and the GPs and Mike Moore in his F15 were all mulling around. The wind started to settle down for the beat back up the lake but Steve lost a lot of ground finishing just 2.5 mins ahead of William. Unfortunately the others were still in easy reach of the finish and the race was won by Dave Lawson with Mike Fairlamb crewing

JUBILEE SAILING TRUST

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1 Pts
 1   13176  D LAWSON      GP           1   1
 2   13905  H GODFREY     GP           2   2
 3   45096  TOP VISITOR   TOPPER       3   3
 4    3473  M MOORE       FF           4   4
 5    1298  S HUNT        RS400        5   5
 6    1658  VISITOR       BYTE         6   6
 7     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        7   7
 8    1140  J CHRISTIE    LAS          8   8
 9  160516  T CHITTENDEN  LAS          9   9
10  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS         10  10
11    3521  K JAMIESON    FF         RTD  12

                     Points for RTD = 12
                     Points for DSQ = 12
                     Points for DNS = 12

 1 races to count

Time for a Change

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The ‘Ladies, crews and junior’ race was held last Thursday in somewhat challenging wind conditions. 13 boats took part with many normal crews moving to the back of their boats to try out some helming. Unfortunately for some, the move from the back to the front of the boat for the normal helms proved a bit confusing – Toggle spent ages stationary at buoy 3 waiting for Robbie D to sort out his kite! Noting the strong wind and the forthcoming NSSA regatta, Sam put his radial rig on his laser. This proved to be a good decision as he was third overall and winner of the junior race. Ken Bell took the helm in the GP, but Val decided against flying the kite. Again this proved to be the right decision as they were second overall and won the crews race. Despite having to avoid Rhonwen who did a really rubbish tack (Rhonwen’s words!!) in her water at buoy zero, the overall winner was Emma Powell who helmed an Enterprise with Andy Smith crewing. Emma takes the ladies prize for the first time.

GP14 Open

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Thursday night, Night Jar A finished last week. Overall winner was Mike Turner and Sue Watson in a GP. Mike had done two OD duties during the series, but only needed to count one to win. Ginge was second. Alex Hill (Laser) was third overall and wins the laser/handicap trophy. Tim Smith wins the mirrors and Keith Thomas the Flying Fifteens. In all 44 helms took part over 10 races (two races were abandoned before they were started due to high winds).

16 boats turned out for this weekend’s GP open. Although the winds were very light there was enough for two races each day – the third race on Sunday was not started. Beautiful sunshine and we all enjoyed the view whilst waiting for the wind. Very close racing through all parts of the fleet and after the first two races, Telf, Ian Dobson and Dave Lawson were all on 4 points. In the third race, Neil Platt then went and threw a spanner in the works by winning (old habits die hard!). Places changing up every beat and a few deft over-taking manoeuvres downwind. Telf managed to hold on to the lead in the fourth race to win overall. Hugh & Rhonwen were winners of the silver fleet and Mandy Mitchell with Jon Close from Winsford Flash won the Bronze fleet. First time for a long time that a quarter of the fleet had lady helms.

Overall Results

Position/Fleet	Helm		Crew		Club	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Total 	Net
1 Gold		John Telford	Andy Smith	Bass	3	1	3	1	8	5
2 Gold		Ian Dobson	Katie MacKenzie	Burwain	1	3	2	3	9	6
3 Gold		Dave Lawson	Lynn Lawson	Bass	2	2	4	2	10	6
4 Gold		Neil Platt	Phil Smith	Bolton/	4	4	1	4	13	9
5 Gold		Martin Brennan	Alistair knott	Holling	5	5	6	5	21	15
6 Silver	Hugh Godfrey	Rhonwen Bryce	Bass	8	8	5	6	27	19
7 Silver	John Riley	Nigel Lewis	Bass	7	6	8	7	28	20
8 Silver	Mike Fairlamb	Eric Smith	Bass	6	9	7	9	31	22
9 Bronze	Mandy Mitchell	Jon Close	Winsfor	11	11	9	8	39	28
10Silver	Julie WaddingtonChris Waddington	9	10	11	DNF	48	30
11Bronze	Rana Din	Peter Bramwell	Holling	13	12	10	10	45	32
12Bronze	Val Bell	Ken Bell	Bass 	10	13	12	11	46	33
13Bronze	Dave Nicholson	Sarah Nicholson	Bass	12	14	13	12	51	37
14Silver	Andrew Brook	Nick Brook	Holling	14	7	DNC	DNC	57	39
15Bronze	Graham Ashby	Leigh Ashby	Bass	DNF	DNC	14	DNC	68	50
16Bronze	Martin Wright	Des Wright	Bass	DNC	DNC	DNF	DNF	72	54

Pot Hunters Clean Up!

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With the summer on its last legs (or so it seemed), the hot balmy days of the past week were a bit of a distant memory asthe the air cooled and the weather front moved in from Ireland bringing blustery wind and rain.

The handicap fleet were a little too eager for the start (or was the line so biased?) that there were two general recalls much to the dismay of the lasers who were all being good and staying behind the line. In several instances throughout the racing the leaders came a cropper to the gusting winds and ended up capsized – First Scumper, then Neil, then Shunty, and off course Toggle doesn’t like to miss out so Robbie D ended up in the water as well! With no other GPs to sail against, Hugh sailed in the handicap fleet, stayed upright and on the tails of the RS and of course won! The second race was similarly windy – William took the right side of the first beat and the lead, and broke away until the next beat. Shunty went for another swim and an early finish, Robbie D who had earlier sussed the wind conditions and advised Herb not to use mark A, ended up capsizing at A with his gennaker up (and also took an early exit from the race. Neil trawled his kite on the final 50 m leg to the finish and let William back through but it was Hugh that again took the honours on handicap

Toddy and Ron Lee braved the elements again in their Mirrors but found it a bit too challenging. However, at least they tried. Well done

The strong winds forecast for Sunday must have passed through overnight, and although the sun tried to break through, it was drizzly most of the morning race. The handicap fleet saw some extremely close racing with four RS400s each taking turns at the front. Andy T tried to slow Scumper down by somersaulting out of the boat on a spinnaker reach. Not content with doing it once, he got back in the boat, bent down and fell out again!

Hugh had competition in the GPs and from the Ashby’s for the morning at least, so the win on a single race was sufficient for him to take his first trophy of the weekend – the Macmillan Cup

With no GPs for the afternoon, Hugh rejoined the handicap fleet, secured a third position and his second trophy – the Grisedale Cup.

As Toggle had no helm for the day, he took out the mirror in the hope of cleaning up, but he was no match for Mik Chappell who took the Round Table Tankard with two straight wins.

 GRISDALE CUP 

 PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts 
  1   13905  H GODFREY     GP           1   1 DNS   3   5 
  2    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400        3   2   1   2   5 
  3    1298  S HUNT        RS400        2 RTD RTD   1  10 
  4     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        5   3   2 RTD  10 
  5    1148  N CURRIE      RS400        4   4   4   5  12 
  6    3473  M MOORE       FF         DNS DNS   3   4  21 
  7  167828  S HALL        LASER RADI RTD DNS RTD RTD  26 
  8     103  A NICHOLSON   VARIO       OD DNS DNS DNS  31 
  9     338  R YARDLEY     RS300      DNS DNS  OD DNS  31 
 10    1072  R DAWSON      RS400      RTD RTD DNS DNS  32 
 11  130338  RiCRITCHLEY   LAS        RTD DNS DNS DNS  39 
 11  160516  T CHITTENDEN  LAS        RTD DNS DNS DNS  39 
 11  213142  R HODGKINS    LAS        RTD DNS DNS DNS  39 

                      Points for RTD = 11   7   7   8 
                      Points for DSQ = 11   7   7   8 
                      Points for DNS = 14 

  3 races to count
  
 GP MCMILLAN CUP 

 PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3 Pts 
  1   13905  H GODFREY     GP         DNS DNS   1   1 
  2   13401  G ASHBY       GP         DNS DNS   2   2 

                      Points for RTD =  0   0   3 
                      Points for DSQ =  0   0   3 
                      Points for DNS =  3 

  1 races to count
 ROUND TABLE TANKARD 

 PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts 
  1   69960  M CHAPPEL     MIR         OD DNS   1   1   2 
  2  913791  M COWAN       MIR        DNS DNS   2   2   4 
  3   61512  S PAGEL       MIR        DNS DNS   3 DNS   9 
  4   35784  R LEE         MS         RTD DNS DNS DNS   9 
  4   12324  D TODHUNTER   GP         RTD DNS DNS DNS   9 

                      Points for RTD =  3   0   4   3 
                      Points for DSQ =  3   0   4   3 
                      Points for DNS =  6 

  2 races to count

 

Spring is Over

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Yes, you may not have realised it, but the Spring (Cup) has come to an end following an afternoon’s racing in hot, muggy conditions with the added bonus of fair winds if only you could get to them! The morning southerly breeze which all the potential newcomers to the club enjoyed, was challenged and counteracted by an afternoon sea breeze. This conflict continued throughout the afternoon and became more challenging during the second race with the addition of a steady northerly breeze!?

This may sound similar to other summer afternoons, however the three winds co-existed for the duration of the race such that the windward mark (8) was in a south easterly, one of the wings marks (0) was in a south westerly, and the other wing mark (4) and leeward mark (1) enjoyed northerlies! You would be right in thinking that it was challenging for some boats to move between the wind systems. William and Lesley lost substantial ground to the lasers (which seemed to huddle together like a duck with ducklings) whilst manoeuvring between the wind systems. With only two starters in the GPs you’d expect life to be simple, but for some inexplicable reason there was a general recall! Ginge and Jose broke away from Val and Ken only to have their lead swallowed up by the wind conditions, but they did stay ahead and when the results were calculated they realised that the afternoon’s racing had determined the winners of the Spring Cup which turned out to be Ginge with Val second.

Sunday afternoon’s race took the fleet around the lake. The sea breeze seemed to have set in over the lunch break and the fleet generally had a broad reach/dead run in light airs all the way to 12. Neil and Judith Currie broke away slightly, but Rory Yardley in the RS300, being able to take the direct route rather than having to use the broad reaches of the RS400s, wasn’t far behind. The return up the lake was reasonable until 7 when the gaps closed between all boats. At this stage Rory opted for the western shore (not the thing to do as he found) and lost substantial ground. Mike Fairlamb who had been recalled at the start for being over, had taken the lead from Hugh and Rhonwen, but that was lost at 7 when Hugh left Mike floundering looking for wind.

The wind filed in allowing Neil, William and Hugh to finish then it dropped to mirror like conditions. However, on handicap, Hugh was close enough to win by 400secs from Neil

JIMMY LANCASTER MEMORIAL TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1 Pts
 1   13905  H GODFREY     GP           1   1
 2    1148  N CURRIE      RS400        2   2
 3     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        3   3
 4   13885  M FAIRLAMB    GP           4   4
 5  160516  T CHITTENDEN  LAS          5   5
 6     338  R YARDLEY     RS300      RTD   9
 6   69960  M CHAPPEL     FF         RTD   9
 6  173813  P BURNELL     RS400      RTD   9

                     Points for RTD =  9
                     Points for DSQ =  9
                     Points for DNS =  9

 1 races to count
HANDICAP BARF PLATE

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 Pts
 1    1298  S HUNT        RS400        1   3   1   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS   6
 2     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400      DNS DNS   2   2 DNS DNS   1   4   9
 3   91029  R BLACKBURN   RS400      RTD DNS   5   5 DNS DNS RTD DNS  22
 4  167828  S HALL        LAS        DNS DNS  10   8 DNS DNS   3   2  23
 5  160516  T CHITTENDEN  LAS        DNS DNS   8  10 DNS DNS   5   1  24
 6    1072  R DAWSON      RS400        2   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  45
 7  161866  M LORD        LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   4   3  49
 8   13867  D NICHOLSON   GP         DNS DNS   4   3 DNS DNS DNS DNS  49
 9    3473  M MOORE       FF         DNS DNS   6   3 DNS DNS DNS DNS  51
10  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS        DNS DNS   3   7 DNS DNS DNS DNS  52
11  173813  P BURNELL     RS400      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   6   5  53
12     338  R YARDLEY     RS300      DNS DNS   7   6 DNS DNS DNS DNS  55
13   13733  A HODGKINS    GP         DNS DNS  11  11 DNS DNS DNS DNS  64
14    1140  J CHRISTIE    LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2 DNS  65
15    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400      DNS   2 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  65
16    1125  JoHALLIDAY    RS400      DNS DNS  12 RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS  67
17   69960  M CHAPPEL     FF         DNS DNS DNS   9 DNS DNS DNS DNS  72
18   13259  J ROBERTS     GP         DNS DNS   9 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  72
19     562  A SMITH       ENT        DNS DNS  13 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  76
20  168995  G HEMMINGWAY  RSFEVA     DNS DNS  14 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  77

                     Points for RTD =  4   4  15  13   0   0   8   6
                     Points for DSQ =  4   4  15  13   0   0   8   6
                     Points for DNS = 21

 4 races to count
GP14 SPRING CUP

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 Pts
 1   13733  A HODGKINS    GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2   1   3
 2   13118  V BELL        GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   1   2   3
 3   13885  M FAIRLAMB    GP           1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   8
 4  312324  D CALVAT      GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS  10
 5  213142  R HODGKINS    LAS        RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  10
 6   13655  N LEWIS       GP          OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  10

                     Points for RTD =  3   0   0   0   0   0   4   3
                     Points for DSQ =  3   0   0   0   0   0   4   3
                     Points for DNS =  7

 2 races to count
HANDICAP DODD TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 Pts
 1    1072  R DAWSON      RS400        2   1   1   2   2   1   1 DNS   6
 2    1148  N CURRIE      RS400      DNS DNS  OD   3   1   4   3   1  11
 3  167828  S HALL        LAS          4   4   4   9   5   2   5   3  17
 4   91029  R BLACKBURN   RS400        1   2   2   7 DNS DNS RTD DNS  22
 5     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        5 DNS DNS   4   4   5 DNS   6  24
 6  160516  T CHITTENDEN  LAS        DNS   3   3   7 DNS DNS DNS   4  41
 7     103  A NICHOLSON   VARIO      DNS   5   5  10 DNS DNS DNS DNS  64
 8    1125  JoHALLIDAY    RS400      DNS DNS DNS  11   6   3 DNS DNS  68
 9    1298  S HUNT        RS400      DNS DNS DNS   1 DNS DNS   2 DNS  75
10  173813  P BURNELL     RS400      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   4   2  81
11    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400        3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   6 DNS  81
12    1140  J CHRISTIE    LAS        DNS DNS DNS  13 DNS DNS DNS   5  84
13   40894  A BAINBRIDGE  TOP        DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  OD  91
14     128  J HOWELL      SPECTRUM   DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS  98
15   70142  T SMITH       MS         DNS DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS DNS DNS  99
16    1246  R RHODES      OSPREY     DNS DNS DNS  12 DNS DNS DNS DNS 100
17  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS        DNS DNS DNS   6 DNS DNS DNS DNS 102
18    3473  M MOORE       FF         DNS  OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 103
19     562  A SMITH       ENT        DNS DNS DNS  OD DNS DNS DNS DNS 103
20     924  S MCCLENNAN   FF         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   7 DNS 103
21   20181  M NINNIM      ENT        DNS DNS DNS   5 DNS DNS DNS DNS 105

                     Points for RTD =  6   6   6  14   7   7  10   7
                     Points for DSQ =  6   6   6  14   7   7  10   7
                     Points for DNS = 22

 5 races to count
GP14 MUSTARD POT

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 Pts
 1   13905  H GODFREY     GP         DNS DNS DNS   1   1   1   1   2   6
 2   13885  M FAIRLAMB    GP           2   1   2 DNS   2   2 DNS   1   8
 3   13176  D LAWSON      GP           1   2   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  30
 4   13655  N LEWIS       GP           4 DNS DNS   2 DNS DNS   3 DNS  33
 5   13733  A HODGKINS    GP           3 DNS DNS DNS  OD DNS DNS DNS  42
 6   13867  D NICHOLSON   GP         DNS   3   3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  45
 7  913467  M WRIGHT      GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS DNS  51
 8   13874  J TELFORD     GP          OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  51
 9   13118  V BELL        GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2 DNS  54
10   13371  J RILEY       GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  OD DNS  55

                     Points for RTD =  5   4   4   3   3   6   4   3
                     Points for DSQ =  5   4   4   3   3   6   4   3
                     Points for DNS = 11

 5 races to count

Abersoch Innit?

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Congratulations to Keith Jamieson and Maf Smith on attaining second overall in the Flying Fifteen Classic Nationals held at Abersoch last week. Word has it he was beaten by age!

Saturday’s racing was held in light to medium airs with a turnout of 10 boats for the 2nd fleet challenge trophy of the season. The asymmetrics weren’t able to gain ground offwind because of the lack of gusts, so it was Tim Smith that took the overnight lead.

Roy and Kayla had some close racing with William and Lesley for the first couple of races, indeed William only got past in the second race when Roy hit the windward mark – Roy must have thought he could walk on water at that stage because he had been flying the gennaker on a leg so close that it could have been a beat, and still managing to luff William.

Congratulations to Toddy and Ron for biting the bullet and entering the series. Toddy just can’t seem to stop laughing (even when he misses out marks!). Toddy had another good day on Sunday – capsized, couldn’t work out where the buoys are (but was told the secret that even marks have a white band). Get out there and join them

Sunday’s racing was held in better winds – too much like hard work for Rhonny (or so she claimed) especially with a full rig. Paul Burnell, Tim Chittenden, Ian Macpherson, and Arnie Helling all went swimming. Roy and Kayla wondered what else could go wrong – decided it could be a collision and it was! Mike Fairlamb, whilst avoiding hitting the committee boat, and taking out the OD, tacked and had to tack again to avoid hitting Roy, but the merging of their boats meant it was time to do some turns!

Stuart Brookes had a good day’s racing, but having to count a DNS put him out of the reckoning. Anyway, after an eventful three races, all was over  just after 3pm which gave everyone plenty of time to get home for the football. It was Tim Chittenden that came out on top after counting a 3rd for being OD on Saturday.

Overall results

FLEET CHALLENGE B

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6 Pts
 1  160516  T CHITTENDEN  LAS         OD DNS DNS   1   2   2   8
 2   70142  T SMITH       MS           3   2   1   5  10 DNS  11
 3     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        4   3   2  OD DNS DNS  12
 4     114  T FLYNN       M16          5   1   3   4   8 RTD  13
 5  167828  S HALL        LAS          2   5   4   6   7   5  16
 6  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS          1   8   7   7   5   6  19
 7    3520  S BROOKES     FF         DNS DNS DNS   2   1   1  22
 8  173813  P BURNELL     RS400        8   4   6 DNS DNS   4  22
 9   13885  M FAIRLAMB    GP           6   7   5   8   9 DNS  26
10   91029  R BLACKBURN   RS400        7   6 RTD  10 RTD DNS  34
11  125514  R BRYCE       LAS        DNS DNS DNS   9   6   3  36
12   21863  D TODHUNTER   MS           9 RTD   8 RTD DNS RTD  37
13   35784  R LEE         MS          10   9   9 RTD DNS DNS  42
14   40894  A BAINBRIDGE  TOP        DNS DNS DNS   3   4 DNS  43
15    3521  K JAMIESON    FF         DNS DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS  57
16   90003  A HELLING     TOP        DNS DNS DNS  11  11 DNS  58
17   35748  M HULL        MS         DNS DNS DNS DNS  12 DNS  66

                     Points for RTD = 11  11  11  14  14   9
                     Points for DSQ = 11  11  11  14  14   9
                     Points for DNS = 18

 4 races to count

Personal Trainer Available?!

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With the series results already determined, Rhonwen and Hugh split up and offered their services as personal trainers for the final race of the weekend. While Rhonwen  crewed for Graham Ashby, his daughter crewed for Hugh – and guess who came out on top! Yes it was Graham and Rhonwen

As for the rest of the weekend, the weather had been at its most cruel with wind swinging and shifting significantly, but also leaving massive holes for many boats to get dumped in and left behind. One boat that couldn’t be shaken off was Mike Moore, who was sailing in the handicap fleet, and secured two first and a second to win the trophy. His reason for not doing so well in the last race was that he was more relaxed because he had already won the series, the fact that the strengthening winds gave the 400s some spectacular spinnaker reaches may have been closer to the truth. Also, a loose twinning line resulted in Mike being flattened on his final reach.

Again, Roy and Kayla took the trophy for the most capsizes! There seemed to be several bumps and bangs – Roy and Steve, Mike and Scumper, Sam and Mike (and those are the ones I noticed!).

With 26 boats taking to the water over the weekend, all in all it was a gud un! Why not come and join in?

Weekend results

 HANDICAP ISEL CUP 

 PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts 
  1    3473  M MOORE       FF           1   2   1   5   4 
  2    1072  R DAWSON      RS400        4   4   3   1   8 
  3    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400        5   3   7   2  10 
  4    1148  N CURRIE      RS400        7   5   4   3  12 
  5     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400       10   6   6   4  16 
  6  167828  S HALL        LASER RADI   2 RTD   8   7  17 
  7    1298  S HUNT        RS400        6 RTD   5 DNS  23 
  8  173813  P BURNELL     RS400        9   7  10 RTD  26 
  9     913  JoHARDIE      RS200      DNS DNS   2   6  28 
 10   91029  R BLACKBURN   RS400       11   8   9 RTD  28 
 11  161866  M LORD        LAS          3   9 DNS DNS  32 
 12     400  T KNOWLES     RS300       OD DNS DNS RTD  36 
 13   70142  T SMITH       MS         DNS   1 DNS DNS  43 
 14    6905  N GARRISON    D 18       DNS DNS  OD DNS  45 
 15   40892  J HEMINGWAY   TOP          8 DNS DNS DNS  50 
 16      10  A BAINBRIDGE  TOP        DNS DNS  11 DNS  51 
 17   13791  P SMITH       GP         DNS DNS DNS RTD  54 
 18    9558  P HODGKINS    B14        DNS DNS RTD DNS  54 
 19  168995  G HEMMINGWAY  RSFEVA     RTD DNS DNS DNS  55 

                      Points for RTD = 13  12  12  12 
                      Points for DSQ = 13  12  12  12 
                      Points for DNS = 20 

  3 races to count
  
 GP COMMODORES PRIZE 

 PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4 Pts 
  1   13905  H GODFREY     GP           1   1   1   2   3 
  2   13867  D NICHOLSON   GP           2   2 DNS DNS  12 
  3   13401  G ASHBY       GP         DNS DNS   4   1  13 
  4   13733  A HODGKINS    GP         DNS DNS   2 DNS  18 
  5   13655  N LEWIS       GP         DNS DNS   3 DNS  19 
  6   12324  D TODHUNTER   GP           3 DNS DNS DNS  19 
  7  813467  D WRIGHT      GP         DNS DNS   5 DNS  21 

                      Points for RTD =  4   3   6   3 
                      Points for DSQ =  4   3   6   3 
                      Points for DNS =  8 

  3 races to count
  
 ORSOVA CUP 

 PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1 Pts 
  1   70142  T SMITH       MS           1   1 
  2   38184  K BELL        MIR        RTD   3 

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

  1 races to count

					
 
	
	

							
 
	
 



			

							

				Didn’t She Do Well!
			

				
 
 
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Congratulations to Lesley Braddock on winning the Doctors’ Handicap Trophy at Coniston this weekend. Racing was intermingled with club racing but two firsts and a second were more than enough to secure the trophy in a fleet of nearly twenty boats including RS200s, Osprey, Kestrel 2000, Lasers, Merlin, Albacore, et alMeanwhile back at the club racing resumed, with Robbie D taking another 1st in the Dodd trophy and strengthening his overall lead. Similarly Hugh’s first kept him in pole position


The afternoon pennant was lead by the RS400 with Steve Hunt taking pole position. This win gave Ruth the lead in Sandra’s Salver







 HANDICAP DODD TROPHY 

 PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7 Pts 
  1    1072  R DAWSON      RS400        2   1   1   2   2   1   1   4 
  2    1148  N CURRIE      RS400      DNS DNS  OD   3   1   4   3  10 
  3   91029  R BLACKBURN   RS400        1   2   2   7 DNS DNS RTD  12 
  4  167828  S HALL        LAS          4   4   4   9   5   2   5  14 
  5     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        5 DNS DNS   4   4   5 DNS  18 
  6  160516  T CHITTENDEN  LAS        DNS   3   3   7 DNS DNS DNS  36 
  7     103  A NICHOLSON   MS         DNS   5   5  10 DNS DNS DNS  41 
  8    1125  JoHALLIDAY    RS400      DNS DNS DNS  11   6   3 DNS  43 
  9    1298  S HUNT        RS400      DNS DNS DNS   1 DNS DNS   2  49 
 10    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400        3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   6  55 
 11   70142  T SMITH       MS         DNS DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS DNS  72 
 12     128  J HOWELL      SPECTRUM   DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD  73 
 13    3473  M MOORE       FF         DNS  OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  75 
 14     562  A SMITH       ENT        DNS DNS DNS  OD DNS DNS DNS  75 
 15  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS        DNS DNS DNS   6 DNS DNS DNS  75 
 16    1246  R RHODES      OSPREY     DNS DNS DNS  12 DNS DNS DNS  75 
 17  173813  P BURNELL     RS400      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   4  76 
 18     924  S MCCLENNAN   FF         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   7  76 
 19    1140  J CHRISTIE    LAS        DNS DNS DNS  13 DNS DNS DNS  76 
 20   20181  M NINNIM      ENT        DNS DNS DNS   5 DNS DNS DNS  77 

                      Points for RTD =  6   6   6  14   7   7  10 
                      Points for DSQ =  6   6   6  14   7   7  10 
                      Points for DNS = 21 

  4 races to count


  
 GP14 MUSTARD POT 

 PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7 Pts 
  1   13905  H GODFREY     GP         DNS DNS DNS   1   1   1   1   4 
  2   13885  M FAIRLAMB    GP           2   1   2 DNS   2   2 DNS   7 
  3   13176  D LAWSON      GP           1   2   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS  17 
  4   13655  N LEWIS       GP           4 DNS DNS   2 DNS DNS   3  21 
  5   13733  A HODGKINS    GP           3 DNS DNS DNS  OD DNS DNS  30 
  6   13867  D NICHOLSON   GP         DNS   3   3 DNS DNS DNS DNS  32 
  7  913467  M WRIGHT      GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3 DNS  39 
  8   13874  J TELFORD     GP          OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  39 
  9   13118  V BELL        GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2  41 
 10   13371  J RILEY       GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  OD  42 

                      Points for RTD =  5   4   4   3   3   6   4 
                      Points for DSQ =  5   4   4   3   3   6   4 
                      Points for DNS = 11 

  4 races to count


 RNLI PENNANT 

 PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1 Pts 
  1    1298  S HUNT        RS400        1   1 
  2    1072  R DAWSON      RS400        2   2 
  3    1148  N CURRIE      RS400        3   3 
  4    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400        4   4 
  5     338  R YARDLEY     RS300        5   5 
  6  173813  P BURNELL     RS400        6   6 
  7   91029  R BLACKBURN   RS400        7   7 
  8   13905  H GODFREY     GP           8   8 
  9   13118  V BELL        GP           9   9 
 10   13867  D NICHOLSON   GP          10  10 
 11   13655  N LEWIS       GP          11  11 
 12     128  J HOWELL      SPECTRUM    12  12 
 13     913  JoHARDIE      RS200       13  13 
 14     924  S MCCLENNAN   FF          14  14 
 15     114  T FLYNN       M16         15  15 

                      Points for RTD = 17 
                      Points for DSQ = 17 
                      Points for DNS = 16 

  1 races to count



					
 
	
	

							
 
	
 

				
	
						
		

		


	
 



		
	
 

 


					

						
					
 
		

						

				
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