What a Party!

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The meet and greet evening held on Saturday was definitely something not to be missed. Firework display, gastronomic buffet (with even some left over for Sunday lunch), laughter and entertainment (no Miles was not there!), free bar to all members. It’s a pity some of you missed it!

As for the racing, there was challenging winds all weekend, and Sunday brought showers (at one stage Neil was able to stand on one side of his boat ‘in the dry’ while it was raining on the other side!), squalls (which caused some capsizes), and drifting patches (which let the rest of the fleet catch me up!). However, none of these events overturned the consistency of the results with Steve Hunt and Ruth Critchley winning the handicap series with four wins, while that new master of the GP fleet Hugh Godfrey had four straight wins with Rhonwen Bryce as well.

As the season has only two months to go, the championships are still open to challenge – the latest version is shown below.

HANDICAP WYTHOP SERIES


PN��� Boat� Helm��������� Class������� 1�� 2�� 3�� 4 Pts


 1��� 1210� S HUNT������� RS400������� 1�� 1�� 1�� 1�� 3


 2��� 1072� R DAWSON����� RS400������� 2 RTD�� 2�� 2�� 6


 3��� 1148� N CURRIE����� RS400������� 3�� 3�� 4�� 3�� 9


 4��� 2324� R BLACKBURN�� LARK�������� 5�� 4�� 5 DNS� 14


 5� 130579� S HALL������� LASER RADI�� 7�� 5�� 8�� 8� 20


 6� 160516� T CHITTENDEN� LAS��������� 6�� 8�� 9�� 6� 20


 7���� 338� R YARDLEY���� RS300������� 4�� 2 DNS DNS� 21


 8���� 913� J HARDIE����� RS200����� DNS DNS�� 3�� 4� 22


 9��� 1125� JoHALLIDAY��� RS400������� 8�� 7 DNS�� 9� 24


10��� 1049� M SOMERVILLE� RS400����� DNS DNS�� 7�� 5� 27


11���� 937� W CARRUTHERS� RS400����� DNS DNS�� 6�� 7� 28


12�� 69960� M CHAPPEL���� MIR��������� 9�� 6 DNS DNS� 30


13��� 6905� N GARRISON��� D 18������ DNS DNS� 10� 10� 35


14� 122174� P DILLON����� LAS������� DNS DNS� 11 DNS� 41




�������������������� Points for RTD = 10� 10� 12� 11


�������������������� Points for DSQ = 10� 10� 12� 11


�������������������� Points for DNS = 15




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GP14 GRAHAM CUP




PN��� Boat� Helm��������� Class������� 1�� 2�� 3�� 4 Pts


 1�� 13839� H GODFREY���� GP���������� 1�� 1�� 1�� 1�� 3


 2�� 13885� M FAIRLAMB��� GP���������� 2�� 3�� 2�� 2�� 6


 3�� 13867� D NICHOLSON�� GP���������� 3�� 2 DNS DNS� 10


 4�� 13371� J RILEY������ GP�������� DNS DNS� OD DNS� 13




�������������������� Points for RTD =� 4�� 4�� 3�� 3


�������������������� Points for DSQ =� 4�� 4�� 3�� 3


�������������������� Points for DNS =� 5




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Congratulations to Andy and Emma on the birth of their (first) daughter Katia Rose who weighed in at 6lb 15oz at 4:30am on 27th September. Dad’s elated, mother and baby doing well!


….and here’s the doting grandparents




 






					
 
	
	

							
 
	
 



			

							

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I know it should say admirably, but since Tim Chittenden won the weekend series, it seemed more appropriate. With the tinker association having a travellers meeting of 22�boats,�and many members away at the�Southport�24 hour race, there was only a few takers for the club racing. Mike Fairlamb sailed a couple of races in a laser, one in a GP, and the final one he crewed in a GP. Other Sunday takers included Neil and Judith, William and Lesley,�Roy�and Kayla, and Leila and Sue. However, as Tim had sailed all four races, the Tinker Trophy goes to him!


The club can hold their heads high again after another good result in the 24 hour race when the finished 5th overall. Although Hugh’s boat was packed away and on the road in record time, no one’s quite certain when he’ll get back to the club – perhaps he’s stopped for a sleep!?


Apart from some heavy rain on Saturday evening, the Tinker Association had another excellent event with 22 boats taking part. Yet again David Warren took the trophy with Dennis Aldred�2nd ,and John & Val Allen 3rd


David Warren receives trophy from Kayla

					
 
	
	

							
 
	
 



			

							

				Brain Cell on Offer!
			

				
 
 
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At Ullswater YC’s RS open meeting on Saturday, three members ventured down to brave some strong winds only to sit in the eye of the storm all day. The wind came and went from time to time, and the short races meant that, generally, it was important to get it right at an early stage. Scumper and T had a couple of good results, and several run�ins�(wait a while longer for those tales!), but it was Robbie D and Toggle that came out on top to finish third overall. Scumper was 5th, and William and Lesley 8th.


As for Scumper, his first run in was with the steamer – it appeared from nowhere and stopped just in front of him, so Scumper cut in close behind its stern, and just as the blue rinse brigade were taking photos of the Scumper and T, the captain powered up to full steam ahead, pushed Scumper 15 yards away and then he was sucked back in by the wash! In what was to be the final race, the wind had filled in from behind and as boats rounded the leeward mark for the finish, a mass of RS200s came in as well. One boat decided it wanted water on Scumper, but it didn’t have it, and Scumper wasn’t going to give it which all lead to a bit of verbals, and a comment was overheard later that the crew was going to offer a brain cell for Scumper and T to share! Little did they know the expertise they were up against – the winner of the 2000 Lord�Birkett.


Meanwhile at the club, they had more than their fair share of wind, but there�was�only two takers – Sam Hall, and Stu and Debbie Spence. Sunday was slightly busier, but there was a lack of wind! However, it did fill in and another four races were held in this quick fire series of eight races. Sunday’s results were headed by the RS200, but it was Sam Hall that took the trophy.


FLEET CHALLENGE C


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PN��� Boat� Helm��������� Class �������1�� 2�� 3�� 4�� 5�� 6�� 7�� 8 Pts


 1� 130579� S HALL������� LASER RADI�� 1�� 1�� 1�� 1�� 5�� 4�� 4�� 5�� 8


 2���� 913� J HARDY������ RS200����� DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 1�� 1�� 1�� 1� 14


 3�� 13161� S SPENCE����� N����������� 2�� 2�� 2�� 2 DNS DNS DNS DNS �18


 4� 125514� R BRYCE������ LAS������� DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 3�� 3�� 3�� 2� 21


 5��� 1246� R RHODES����� OSPREY���� DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 4�� 6�� 2�� 3� 25


 6���� 103� A NICHOLSON�� VARIO����� DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 6�� 5�� 5�� 4� 30


 7�� 69960� M CHAPPEL���� MIR��� ����DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 2�� 2 DNS DNS� 34


 8� 970142� RoSMITH������ MIR������� DNS DNS DNS� OD DNS DNS DNS DNS� 43




�������������������� Points for RTD =� 3�� 3�� 3�� 3�� 7�� 7�� 6�� 6


�������������������� Points for DSQ =� 3�� 3�� 3�� 3�� 7�� 7�� 6�� 6


��� �����������������Points for DNS =� 9




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				Indian Summer
			

				
 
 
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Sun and wind – what more could you want? Even the water isn’t too cold for those of us that ended up in it! Saturday’s racing concluded the Dodd Trophy for the handicap fleet, and OD Rich Hodgkins set simple, but challenging, windward/leeward courses. Although ground can be gained on the beats, races tend to be won and lost on the offwind legs. Robin Dawson with Phil Hodgkins took another two first to win the series.


Sunday seemed to start in a similar fashion, with a good south easterly, but inter mingled with gusts from various� directions, but mainly south west. Everyone knew they were in for a challenging race when seconds before the start the wind headed and those at the starboard end were unable to lay the line on starboard! Neil Currie� and�Paul Burnell had taken the left hand side of the course to stay in the wind but others had much more of a struggle to get to the windward mark. However, the shifting winds continued such that on the next beat Robin Dawson moved from 3rd to 1st and Neil dropped from 1st to 3rd, but later got back into 2nd..�A loose tiller joint that eventually failed led to Robin’s retirement, giving Neil first place.


The steady strong winds made the thought of the afternoon round the lake pennant race seemed a bit daunting for many (apart from Bridget who ‘doesn’t do round the lakers’), as there was likely to be a 3 mile beat (before the 3 mile reach home). By the time of the start, the wind had eased so crews could sit out on the beat with hanging on for dear life!.�The downside was that the route back was less exciting, some planing gusts, but not as many as anticipated. The front end of the fleet stayed close together, with Mike Moore and Toni Nuttall just a couple of minutes behind Robin Dawson and Phil Hodgkins. ? in an osrey was just in front of Mike but crossed the wrong side of the line, and retired, with William and Lesley were just on their tails. The results were calculated on a personal handicap basis and first place went to Stuart Brookes.


While the�Od�was passing the time he took a few pics of which these are a mini selection.




BANANA STAKES


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PN��� Boat� Helm��������� Class������� 1 Pts


 1��� 3520� S BROOKES���� FF���������� 1�� 1


 2� 122174� P DILLON����� LAS��������� 2�� 2


 3��� 2504� K THOMAS����� FF���������� 3�� 3


 4�� 13161� S SPENCE����� N����������� 4�� 4


 5�� 13401� G ASHBY������ GP���������� 5�� 5


 6��� 3473� M MOORE������ FF���������� 6�� 6


 7�� 13118� V BELL������� GP���������� 7�� 7


 8���� 937� W CARRUTHERS� RS400������� 8�� 8


 9��� 1072� R DAWSON����� RS400������� 9�� 9


10��� 1246� R RHODES����� OSPREY���� RTD� 12


10�� 12682� E SMITH������ MS�������� RTD� 12




��� �����������������Points for RTD = 12


�������������������� Points for DSQ = 12


�������������������� Points for DNS = 12




 1 races to count




Final Results for Saturday Series


DODD TROPHY


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PN��� Boat� Helm��������� Class������� 1�� 2�� 3�� 4�� 5�� 6�� 7�� 8�� 9� 10� 11� 12 Pts


 1��� 1072� R DAWSON����� RS400����� DNS DNS DNS RTD�� 2�� 1�� 1�� 1�� 1�� 2�� 1�� 1�� 6


 2��� 1148� N CURRIE����� RS400������� 5�� 3 DNS DNS�� 1�� 3�� 2 DNS�� 4�� 5�� 3�� 3� 15


 3��� 1146� P BURNELL���� RS400������� 8 DNS DNS DNS DNS� OD�� 3 DNS�� 6�� 3�� 4�� 7� 26


 4���� 937� W CARRUTHERS� RS400������� 7 DNS DNS�� 2�� 3 RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD�� 4� 32


 5� 130579� S HALL������� LASER RADI DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 7 RTD�� 8�� 4�� 6�� 5� 38


 6��� 1210� S HUNT������� RS400��� ��RTD DNS DNS�� 1 DNS DNS DNS�� 2 DNS DNS�� 2�� 2� 41


 7��� 2324� R BLACKBURN�� LARK�������� 3�� 1 DNS DNS� OD DNS DNS�� 4 DNS DNS RTD DNS� 44


 8��� 3473� M MOORE������ FF���������� 4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 3�� 2�� 1 DNS DNS� 58


 9��� 1049� M SOMERVILLE� RS400����� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD RTD DNS�� 5�� 7 DNS�� 6� 59


10� 167828� I MACPHERSON� LASER������� 1 DNS DNS�� 4 DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 3�� 6 DNS DNS� 62


11� 130338� RiCRITCHLEY�� LAS��������� 2 DNS DNS�� 3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD� 87


12��� 1140� J CHRISTIE��� VORTEX SP��� 8�� 2 DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 6 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� 88


13���� 338� R YARDLEY���� RS300����� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� OD DNS DNS�� 5 RTD� 90


14��� 6905� N GARRISON��� D 18������ DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 4�� 4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 104


15���� 809� B SMITH������ RS800����� DNS DNS DNS�� 5 DNS DNS�� 4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 105


16���� 103� A NICHOLSON�� VARIO����� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 8 DNS�� 7 DNS DNS DNS 111


17�� 13327� M FAIRLAMB��� GP�������� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 2 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 122


18� 213142� R HODGKINS��� RS400����� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� OD DNS 123


19��� 3520� S BROOKES���� FF�������� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 5 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 125


20���� 501� J CROSBIE���� RS400������� 6 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 126


21��� 1125� JoHALLIDAY��� RS400����� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS 128


21���� 562� A SMITH������ 49R������� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS 128


23�� 81125� C HALLIDAY��� RS400����� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS DNS DNS 130




�������������������� Points for RTD = 10�� 4�� 0�� 7�� 5�� 7� 10�� 8� 10�� 8�� 9� 10


�������������������� Points for DSQ = 10�� 4�� 0�� 7�� 5�� 7� 10�� 8� 10�� 8�� 9� 10


�������������������� Points for DNS = 24




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MUSTARD POT


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PN��� Boat� Helm��������� Class������� 1�� 2�� 3�� 4�� 5�� 6�� 7�� 8�� 9� 10 Pts


 1�� 13839� H GODFREY���� GP�������� DNS�� 2�� 2�� 2 DNS DNS�� 1�� 2�� 2�� 2�� 9


 2�� 13327� M FAIRLAMB��� GP������� ���2 DNS DNS RTD�� 1 DNS� OD�� 1 DNS DNS� 14


 3�� 13176� D LAWSON����� GP���������� 1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 1�� 1� 25


 4�� 13655� N LEWIS������ GP��������� OD�� 3 DNS�� 3 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� 31


 5��� 1072� R DAWSON����� RS400����� DNS�� 1� �1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� 35


 6�� 13733� A HODGKINS��� GP�������� DNS DNS DNS�� 4�� 2 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� 39


 7�� 13791� P SMITH������ GP�������� DNS DNS DNS�� 1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� 45


 8�� 13013� J SEDGWICK��� GP�������� DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS�� 2 DNS DNS DNS� 46


 9�� 13867� D NICHOLSON�� GP�������� DNS� OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� 47


10�� 13259� J ROBERTS���� GP�������� DNS DNS DNS�� 5 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS� 49




�������������������� Points for RTD =� 3�� 4 ��3�� 7�� 3�� 0�� 3�� 3�� 3�� 3


�������������������� Points for DSQ =� 3�� 4�� 3�� 7�� 3�� 0�� 3�� 3�� 3�� 3


�������������������� Points for DNS = 11




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Wedding bells will be resounding for another happy couple sometime in the future� -�congratulations to Mark Somerville and Kirsty Nixon on their recent engagement. An impromptu party took place on Saturday evening, that left a few people somewhat jaded on Sunday.


Mark and Kirsty wish to thank everyone for all of the effort made organising the engagement celebrations over the weekend. They were very surprised but thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it and hope everyone else did too. They were shocked but thoroughly delighted with the picture and money that were presented to them, and thank everyone. They promise to keep us posted on the wedding plans as they go along.


With the high winds on Sunday morning there weren’t many takers for the race, and those that did go out did not stay upright for long! With the rescue craft under pressure to attend to all the boats racing was abandoned for the day.


The winds continued through Sunday night but eased in time for racing� and�there was glorious sunshine too. With visitors from the�Southport�(they were so appreciative of the wiggling bar staff that they want to come back for more!) and the Catapult Association holding their National Championship there were plenty of people on site and boats on the water.


Ian Smith woke with a start when a bucket of iced water was thrown over him by some caring friends?!


The handicap fleet were a bit eager at the start, and three boats were over the line, but only Steve Hunt returned to restart. Although Robin Dawson and Mark Somerville sailed the course, they did not receive finishing horns as they were the other two boats over at the start. Robin’s day did not improve in the afternoon as a capsize� whilst putting up the spinnaker, left Robin in the water while Toggle rushed to pick up his helm – problem was that the wind picked up, filled the genniker, and Toggle was heading in the wrong direction, he then gybed and capsized again. Robin was picked up by rescue craft, but did not hurry to get back on board – once the boat was�righted,�Robin just stepped aboard and sailed home….


For all those that did disappear early without paying for camping – we know who you are so settle up with the treasurer (before he catches up with you and adds commission!)


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CATAPULT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS


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PN��� Boat� Helm��������� Club������������ 1�� 2�� 3�� 4 Pts


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 1��� 2105� HUGH MACINTY� LOCH TUMMEL����� 1�� 1 RTD�� 1�� 3


 2���� 247� STUART EDE��� FILEY����������� 4�� 4�� 1�� 2�� 7


 3����� 17� CLIFF ANTILL� CAT ASSOCIATIO�� 2�� 7�� 3�� 4�� 9


 4���� 504� JOHN PEPEREL� CAT ASSOCIATIO�� 3�� 6�� 4�� 3� 10


 5���� 297� FRED WOODLEY� EMBESTON�������� 5�� 2�� 5�� 5� 12


 6���� 512� NEIL GRANEAU� CAT ASSOCIATIO�� 9�� 3�� 6�� 7� 16


 7���� 513� ALASTAIR FOR� CAT ASSOCIATIO�� 7�� 8�� 2 RTD� 17


 8�� �2011� DAVE JENNING� AQUARIUS�������� 8�� 5�� 7�� 8� 20


 9��� 2078� NIGEL HARRIS� CAT ASSOCIATIO�� 6�� 9 RTD�� 6� 21


10��� 2100� JONATHAN TAY� TBC������������ 11� 11�� 8�� 9� 28


11����� 19� CHRIS PHILLI� TBC������������ 10� 10 DNS DNS� 33


12���� 125� TOM HARRISON� CAT ASSOCIATIO DNS RTD DNS DNS� 39




������������������������� Points for RTD = 12� 13� 11� 11


������������������������� Points for DSQ = 12� 13� 11� 11


������������������������� Points for DNS = 13




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HANDICAP AND LASER FLEET - AUGUST TROPHY


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PN��� Boat� Helm��������� Class������� 1�� 2 Pts


 1��� 1148� N CURRIE����� RS400������� 4�� 1�� 5


 2��� 1210� S HUNT������� RS400������� 3�� 2�� 5


 3���� 937� W CARRUTHERS� RS400������� 2�� 3�� 5


 4��� 2324� R BLACKBURN�� LARK�������� 1�� 6�� 7


 5��� 1146� P BURNELL���� RS400������� 5�� 7� 12


 6��� 1049� M SOMERVILLE� RS400����� DSQ�� 4� 14


 7��� 1125� JoHALLIDAY��� RS400������� 6�� 8� 14


 8���� 338� R YARDLEY���� RS300����� DNS�� 5� 16


 9� 130579� S HALL������� LASER RADI�� 7 RTD� 18


10��� 1072� R DAWSON����� RS400����� DSQ RTD� 21




�������������������� Points for RTD = 10� 11


�������������������� Points for DSQ = 10� 11


�������������������� Points for DNS = 11




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FLYING FIFTEEN FLEET - FLYING FREE TROPHY


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PN��� Boat� Helm��������� Class������� 1�� 2 Pts


 1��� 3473� M MOORE������ FF���������� 1�� 1�� 2


 2��� 2504� K THOMAS����� FF���������� 2�� 3�� 5


 3��� 3293� I PRESTON���� FF�������� DSQ�� 2�� 6




�������������������� Points for RTD =� 4�� 4


�������������������� Points for DSQ =� 4�� 4


�������������������� Points for DNS =� 4




 2 races to count




GP14 FLEET AITKEN CUP


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PN��� Boat� Helm��������� Class������� 1�� 2 Pts


 1�� 13839� H GODFREY���� GP���������� 1�� 1�� 2


 2�� 13259� J ROBERTS���� GP���������� 3�� 2�� 5


 3�� 13118� V BELL������� GP���������� 2�� 3�� 5


 4�� 13655� N LEWIS������ GP���������� 5�� 4�� 9


 5�� 13161� S SPENCE����� RSFEVA������ 6�� 6� 12


 6�� 13013� J SEDGWICK��� GP�������� RTD�� 5� 13


 7�� 13176� D LAWSON����� GP�������� DNS� OD� 15


 8�� 13733� A HODGKINS��� GP���������� 4 DNS� 16


 9� 813467� D WRIGHT����� GP�������� DNS RTD� 21


 9� 213142� R HODGKINS��� RS400����� DNS RTD� 21




�������������������� Points for RTD =� 8�� 9


�������������������� Points for DSQ =� 8�� 9


�������������������� Points for DNS = 11




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				There’s Those That Can…
			

				
 
 
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Although Saturday started off muggy but overcast, a slight breath of wind was sufficient for the OD to gets the boats on the water. In the time it took to set the line and get the boats out, the wind shifted through 150� and the handicap was able to raise spinnakers for the start. Neil Currie was at the port end of the line and took best advantage of the breeze as it filled in. When Steve Hunt gybed for clear air he realised that he had not rigged the genniker correctly and handed the helm to Ruth while he made good his mistake. Andy Wilcox in his RS600 took the lead for a while but was passed by William and Lesley who managed to hold off Steve for a further lap. Mike Moore tagged on in his F15 to win on handicap.


The second race did start with a windward leg, Neil and Robin both had flying starts but William, who was squeezed off the line, tacked up the starboard edge of the course for clear air, took advantage of the wind shift and took the lead until the final run the finish when Steve again pulled through to the lead.


As for the headline, Sunday was not a day for the feint hearted. A good easterly breeze, strengthened with a southerly at� times, greeted sailors as they arrived on a glorious summers day. The first reach to 7 took the fleet under the shade of Skiddaw, and led to all sorts of shifts and down draughts – one of which caught out Mark and Kirsty, but a text book manoeuvre had their boat righted in no time. Robbie D and Toggle fought their way to 7 and led for the rest of the race with Neil and Judith Currie on their tail – the rest of the fleet being left some hundreds of yards behind!


The afternoon race looked promising – had the wind settled down – no chance! Even though the course stayed in the bay there were some wicked shifts and downdraughts that led to several capsizes, some spitting out their dummies and others laughing! Neil Currie was in the right place at the right time when a gust that headed 45� let him get around a wing mark while Robbie D had to avoid Steve Hunt’s bowsprit in a very near miss. Several more shifts like this proved too much for ‘Steam’ Hunt, and although he sailed the course with a loss of heart he retired from his second race of the day.


Robbie continued to nibble away at Neil Currie and took advantage of one of the few legs that turned into a run, so when Neil went right, Robbie went left and took the lead.


MAX JOULE MEMORIAL TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 Pts
 1    3473  M MOORE       FF         DNS DNS   2   3 DNS DNS   1   1   7
 2    1049  M SOMERVILLE  RS400        4   2   1   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS   8
 3    1210  S HUNT        RS400        3   1   3 RTD DNS DNS   2   2   8
 4     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        2   3   5   2 DNS DNS   3   3  10
 5    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK        OD DNS   4 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  39
 6    1072  R DAWSON      RS400      DNS DNS  OD DNS DNS DNS DNS   5  40
 7    1148  N CURRIE      RS400      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   4   4  40
 8    6905  N GARRISON    D 18       DNS DNS   7   4 DNS DNS DNS DNS  43
 9     609  A WILCOX      RS600      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   5   6  43
10  130579  S HALL        LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   6   7  45
11   13655  N LEWIS       GP         RTD DNS   6 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  45
12  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS        DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  OD DNS  51
13   13874  J TELFORD     GP         RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  55
13    9558  P HODGKINS    RS400      RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  55

                     Points for RTD =  7   4   8   6   0   0   7   8
                     Points for DSQ =  7   4   8   6   0   0   7   8
                     Points for DNS = 15

 4 races to count


DAWSON TROPHY

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2 Pts
 1    3473  M MOORE       FF         DNS   1   1
 2    3268  B WILCOX      FF         DNS   2   2

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

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AUTUMN CUP

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 Pts
 1   13839  H GODFREY     GP          OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   1   1   5
 2   13118  V BELL        GP           1   3 DNS DNS DNS   3   2   2   5
 3  913326  L COOK        GP         DNS   2 DNS DNS DNS DNS  OD DNS  14
 4   13238  D NICHOLSON   GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   3   3  16
 5   13749  R DAWSON      RS400      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   1 DNS DNS  21
 6   13733  A HODGKINS    GP         DNS   1 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  21
 7   13327  M FAIRLAMB    GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2 DNS DNS  22
 8   13326  S WATSON      GP           2 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  22

                     Points for RTD =  3   4   0   0   0   4   4   4
                     Points for DSQ =  3   4   0   0   0   4   4   4
                     Points for DNS =  9

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				GP14 Open Meeting 9th/10th July
			

				
 
 
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1st clear start on Saturday!�

Bean and Toggle protecting their winning position�Mike Fairlamb and Eric Smith show the way in race 2


The sun shone, and despite the high pressure system, the wind filled in for a strong fleet of 21 boats for this weekend’s open meeting.


Sailors were so keen that for each race it was a case of third time lucky, as there were two general recalls, and it was only the round the ends rule that seemed to hold boats back behind the line.


In the first race Phil Smith and Mike Cowan (Bean and Toggle) made it to the windward mark first, and broke away only to be passed later in the race by Dave and Lynn Lawson. However, on the final run before the finish, Dave and Lynn gybed in front of Bean and then had to do a 720 enabling Bean to take the lead which he carefully protected up the final beat.


When the fleet got away on the second race, Bean, and sailing secretary Hugh Godfrey were the only boats over the line which threatened to scupper their chances. However, a split shift up the first beat meant there was some interesting positions at the windward mark – Mike Fairlamb with Eric Smith took the lead, Hugh had managed to pull back to fourth, while Bean was 20th! Visitor Martin Brennan from Hollingworth succeeded in taking the lead and won the race, while Bean managed to pull back to 6th. Consistent sailing by Dave Lawson left him in pole position overnight.


It was to be a beautiful Summer’s evening, with a mirror flat calm. Perhaps the heat was getting to some, but there appeared to be some Arabs and Turkish Delights wandering around the club house during the evening! It could have been something to be worried about with recent events in London, but in this case it was due to Michaela, our social secretary, arranging an Arabian Night.


Sadly, the belly dancing never got off the ground (a belly flop?!) – maybe just as well as there would have been some interesting images to portray!


Sunday morning came (and went) with very little wind, so an early lunch was had by all. When racing set off in the afternoon, it seemed as if the sea breeze was starting to kick in, but as all the boats cleared the line (no general recalls), the wind veered back to the North and left some marks without any wind. Dave and Lynn Lawson took an early lead, and seemed invincible, but that changed on the next main beat and they dropped several places. With the wind fading, and another race to get in, the OD hurriedly shortened the course, but the wind picked up and with the final leg turning into a run, it was to be a testing time for the OD as the leading six boats finished within a couple of boat lengths of each other.


The wind faded again, and swung, then swung back, and as time passed, the OD decided to call it a day. Of course, the sea breeze finally started to take effect – ah well.


So with two first in the bag, Bean and Toggle took the winners trophy, and runners up were Martin Brennan of Hollingworth, then Dave and Lynn Lawson.


GP14 OPEN

PN    Boat  Helm          Crew           Club             1   2   3 Pts
 1   13791  PHIL SMITH    GOLD MIKE COWA BASS             1   6   1   2
 2   13742  MARTIN BRENN  GOLD ALISTAIR  HOLLINGWORTH L   6   1   3   4
 3   13176  DAVE LAWSON   GOLD LYNN LAWS BASS             2   3   5   5
 4   13800  BILL KENYON   GOLD CHRIS BOW BUDWORTH         3   9   4   7
 5   13803  PAUL OWEN     SILVER SUE KON SOUTH STAFFS     4   8   6  10
 6   13885  MIKE FAIRLAM  SILVER ERIC SM BASS             9   2  10  11
 7   13655  JOHN RILEY    SILVER NIGEL L BASS            10   4   7  11
 8   13694  GARETH HUGHE  SILVER DAVID O HOLLINGWORTH L   5   7   8  12
 9   13839  HUGH GODFREY  SILVER RHONWEN BASS             7   5  11  12
10   13874  JOHN TELFORD  GOLD ANDY SMIT BASS            11  11   2  13
11   13115  JULIE WADDIN  SILVER CHRIS W BOLTON           8  10   9  17
12   13259  JOE ROBERTS   BRONZE SALLY R BASS            12  16  13  25
13   13880  MANDY MITCHE  BRONZE JON CLO WINSFORD FLASH  14  12  14  26
14   13402  RANA DIN      BRONZE NEIL TU HOLLINWORTH LA  13  14  18  27
15   13161  STUART SPENC  BRONZE DEBBIE  BASS            15  13  17  28
16   13326  ROY BLACKBUR  BRONZE SUE WAT BASS            18  20  12  30
17   13867  DAVE NICHOLS  BRONZE SARAH N BASS            17  15  16  31
18   13671  ANN PENNY     BRONZE IAN PEN DERWENT         19  17  15  32
19   13013  JONATHAN SED  BRONZE CRISTIN BASS            16  18  19  34
20   13345  MAURICE COOP  BRONZE CLARE P DERWENT         20  19  20  39
21   13181  DAVID HOLMES  BRONZE BRIAN H DERWENT         21 RTD  21  42

                                        Points for RTD = 22  22  22
                                        Points for DSQ = 22  22  22
                                        Points for DNS = 22

 2 races to count


Overall Winners Bean and Toggle�Winners of the silver fleet - Paul Owen and Sue K from South Staffs�Bronze fleet winners - Joe and Sally Roberts




 

					
 
	
	

							
 
	
 



			

							

				Weekend report (Courtesy of Rhonwen)
			

				
 
 
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Saturday saw some very fickle winds – strong one minute, nothing the next.� Three GPs and two handicap boats made it to the start line, which was in light winds, but half way up the first beat the gales hit.� In the GP fleet, Dave Nicholson made an excellent start and was in the lead for a while before Mike Fairlamb took the lead with Hugh Godfrey close behind.� Hugh gained on every downwind leg, but could not quite catch Mike who eventually stretched his lead and won the race after Hugh navigated into a hole.� In the handicap fleet, the wind proved too strong for Sam Hall in his laser and he retired to leave Robin Dawson to take victory.� In the second race, only the two GPs took to the water and again Mike made it first to the windward mark.� However, then the wind really got going and Hugh shot past underneath him at the gybe mark – ‘What gybe mark? There ain’t no way I’m gybing on this gust!’� The two boats were together going into the next gybe mark, but Hugh had water, meaning Mike could not bear away on the next huge gust and capsized instead.� Mike tried to claw back position, but with the wind lifting the water off the lake, settled for second place.� Overall, Hugh won the GP Spring Cup, and despite not sailing the last two races in the handicap fleet, Steve Hunt won the Barf Plate.


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The wind had settled down a bit on Sunday and more boats made the start of the olympic course. Again it was a two boat race in the GP fleet.� This time Hugh made the better start (Mike was 3 minutes out in his timing!) and much to the astonishment of Mike, the guys on the committee boat and most importantly long suffering crew Rhonwen, Hugh started to cover tack Mike 10 yards over the start line!� All the way around the first lap, Hugh covered Mike, but then disaster struck -�Hugh’s main got caught round the rudder when going round the windward mark allowing Mike to catch up and then a bit of mis-communication at the spinnaker drop allowed Mike to get in front.� Hugh decided this was not on and so when Mike started cover tacking him, he tacked, and tacked, and tacked again, and again, and tacked again – so much so that after actually getting past Mike�they both�got so dizzy that�they fell over in the bottom of the boat!� In the middle of it all, the jib-sheet outer covering split so the sheet would not cleat, prompting the usual sympathetic helm comments of ‘You’ll just have to hold it!’� Eventually Hugh made it to the windward mark first, but another spinnaker tangle let Mike in front again.� And so Mike won – by 3 seconds.


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In the handicap race, Robin managed to beat Steve Hunt, but that’s all the author knows, ‘coz she was too busy tacking!


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In the afternoon there was a round-the-lake race in which Steve, Robin and Mike Moore all got to the bottom of the lake at about the same time.�� However,�the return leg was dominated by Steve Hunt in his RS400.� He had finished the race and packed his boat up before the rest of the fleet was in sight!� Andy and Bean had sensibly decided not to take their 49er down the lake, but managed to hit a previously unknown�shallow patch just off the end of the jetty and catapulted themselves towards the shore. ‘Dad, can you make me a new centreboard?’


Congratulations to Dave and Lyne Lawson on finishing 14th (out of 205!) at Ullswater’s Lord Birkett Memorial over the weekend -�full report


 

					
 
	
	

							
 
	
 



			

							

				Short and Sweet?
			

				
 
 
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With eight races to get in over this weekend’s series, there was a definite need for races to be short, but with the races being so short, there was little room to recover from mistakes so the results did not always seem so sweet. Steve Hunt and Ruth Critchley tried to get all their mistakes over in one race by hitting a mark, and then later trawling their genniker (and for a change they didn’t recover from it!).


Although Saturday started off with the forecast 10mph NE wind, it rapidly faded as racing progressed, with many holes that caused large time differences between first and last boats, in some cases the first boat was finished after 15 mins, but it was a further 15 mins before the last boat completed the same course! It was these varying results that caused personal handicaps to vary so much over the course of the weekend.


Sunday’s forecast was 5mph SW wind, but we were blessed with bright sunshine, and a 10+mph SW, and with the wind strengthened by a sea breeze in the afternoon there was to be some thrills and spills. The first race started with a fly past by the Red Arrows on their way to the Whitehaven Maritime Festival.


Elaine Hunt, crewing for the first time this season with William, challenged husband Steve to make the lunch if he was first home – so when he retired (having trawled the genniker for the second time in a weekend) did he prepare the lunch – think not! He’s usually a good bet for tipping the boat in when the wind blows a bit, but not today – he left that to the Wright brothers in a GP, and Alan Nicholson in the RS Vario. To make sure the race length could be controlled, the courses tended to small with short legs (who does that remind you of?!), which meant the windward mark was busy as the fleet had yet to split up, and it seemed as if as soon as spinnakers were up and set, it was time to gybe at the next mark, or take them down! Andy and Bean Smith were again trying to master their 49er, and tended to surprise a few boats as they crossed on opposite tacks – not a lot of room for mistakes.


All in all a busy, hard and challenging day; so for someone not sailing well (as Steve put it) Steve and Ruth did well enough to win the series!


HANDICAP FLEET CHALLENGE B

PN    Boat  Helm          Class        1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 Pts
 1    1210  S HUNT        RS400        3   9   2   3   2 RTD   5   7  15
 2   13118  V BELL        GP           7   2   4   1   8   4   7   9  18
 3    2324  R BLACKBURN   LARK         8   1   8 DNS   3 DNS   6   2  20
 4     937  W CARRUTHERS  RS400        2   5  10   5   5   7   7   6  23
 5   40894  S HALL        LASER RADI   6   3   6   7   9   8   4  10  26
 6  167828  I MACPHERSON  LAS          9   4   7   4   7   6  10   5  26
 7     562  A SMITH       49R          5   8   5 RTD RTD   1  11  10  29
 8   13467  P MAYHEW      GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS   1   2   7   3  33
 9    1072  R DAWSON      RS400        4   7   3   2 DNS DNS DNS DNS  35
10   69960  M CHAPPEL     MIR        DNS DNS DNS DNS   6   3   3   7  38
11    3473  M MOORE       FF           1   6   9   6 DNS DNS DNS DNS  42
12     400  T KNOWLES     RS300      DNS RTD   1 RTD  10 RTD DNS DNS  42
13     338  R YARDLEY     RS300      DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   2   1  60
14     103  A NICHOLSON   VARIO      DNS DNS DNS DNS   4   5 RTD DNS  61
15    1148  N CURRIE      RS400      DNS DNS DNS DNS  OD  OD DNS DNS  63
16   13161  S SPENCE      RSFEVA     DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS   1   4  65
17    1117  K JAMIESON    FF          OD  OD DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS  66
18   13371  J RILEY       GP         DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS  94

                     Points for RTD = 10  10  11  10  12  11  14  12
                     Points for DSQ = 10  10  11  10  12  11  14  12
                     Points for DNS = 19

 5 races to count


 

					
 
	
	

							
 
	
 

	
		

		


	
 



		
	
 

 


					

						
					
 
		

						

				
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