Author: jollysailor

Race Reports

Apologies for the lack of race reports during August, this jolly sailor was not so jolly and could not get down to the club.

Back in business now, but a few requests.

All sailors – please make sure you sign in on the Declaration Sheet 

OOD Team – make sure you enter your names on the race sheet and if you finish someone a lap early please note this on the sheet by entering FIN 
and enter retirees as DNF or RTD
Thanks

 

Bart’s Bash at Reading

This Sunday saw Reading Sailing Club participating again in Bart’s Bash the world’s largest sailing race with some 598 clubs in 80 countries holding races over the same weekend, raising money for the Andrew Simpson charity.  

Weather at Reading was fairly grey with light winds, as emphasised by the Virgin Hot Air Balloon carrying out a fly-over of the lake at about 100ft, 30 mins before the start.  Never a good sign for windy conditions!  

With the wind coming from the North, and filling in to 1-2mph,  James the  SOOD (yours truly) started the races from Tektona, the first being a small buoy race for the oppies.  4 boats, consisting of Bea, Jemima, Lucy and Nico, all coached by Hadey and William.  Jemima showed the way with Bea, Lucy and Nico coming in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respectively, 

After the Oppie race came the main fleet consisting of 15 boats, with the course being Xp 5p 9s 4p 2p S.  Adrian in his souped up Laser (Rooster 8.1) lead the first lap, with Mark B in his Laser following and the Solos of Chris and Phil in hot pursuit.   The second lap had the added entertainment of a fly-over of 3 Tiger Moths in tight formation.  There were two battles royale going on between Adrian and Mark, and the Solos of Phil and Chris.   Mark managed to overtake Adrian by lap 3, with Chris overtaking Phil on the fourth lap. 

On the water Mark crossed the line first followed by Adrian, then Chris followed by Phil.  Lower down the pack Milo crossed the line in his Laser Radial a couple of seconds in front of Hadey in hers!  Hadey’s marked her finish with speculation (later confirmed to be true) that her Laser was taking on water, and reminding the committee boat that she won Wednesday’s Twilight race.  Needless to say that there wasn’t much sympathy coming back from the committee boat, with remarks that the student (i.e. Milo) had now become master, and Wednesday was soooo last week!
Rhys brought the first Topper home ahead of Thomas, and while Carlos brought up the rear he certainly won the prize in sailing the most relaxed race. There were comments on the committee boat that if he got any more relaxed he would be mixing up cocktails on the foredeck, which was thought to be a fine idea. 

Final results are as below. After applying the Barts Bash handicap system, Chris took the honours of the day in his Solo, followed by Mark, then Phil and in 4th, Chris in his Comet.   In terms of the PY system, I think it is only Ron that has cause to complain. If the Club’s PY numbers were applied using the single handicap number for a Mirror, then he would have edged up from 5th into 3rd.  
However, whisper it very softly, if you look at the corrected speeds (the Bart Speed), then Jemima in her Oppie takes the overall honours for the day! 
Anyway well done to everyone who took part, especially for those for whom this was their first race or who don’t race that often. Well done for taking part. Thanks too to the OOD team of David, George, Laura, Mike, Steve and William. And thanks to to Ann and Suzi for organising the Cafe and Kuchen afterwards.  The club raised over £100 for the Andrew Simpson charity not including any online donations, so well done and thank you all for that. 
 
Reading Sailing Club – Barts’ Bash 2017 Oppie Race Reading Sailing Club – Barts’ Bash 2017 Main Race
Position Skipper Boat Class Sail Number Bart Speed (m/s) Position Skipper Crew Boat Class Sail Number Bart Speed (m/s)
1 Jemima D OPTIMIST 5881 1.33435 1 Chris A SOLO 3105 1.27688
2 Bea P OPTIMIST 3087 0.72288 2 Mark B LASER Standard 195248 1.24914
3 Lucy M OPTIMIST 0.68416 3 Philip M SOLO 3362 1.2406
4 Nicola B OPTIMIST 0..65927 4 Chris H COMET 587 1.209
5 RON V MIRROR dinghy 70513 1.20804
6 Adrian F ROOSTER 8.1 601 1.19008
7 Richard L LASER Standard 123605 1.16208
8 Bob L Roland L Leader 2 1260 1.09153
9 Milo C LASER RADIAL 72448 1.07885
10 Hadey L LASER RADIAL 130333 1.04933
11 Jeremy T LASER Standard 163287 1.01754
12 Rhys P TOPPER 46459 0.99002
13 Alistair S LASER Standard 176801 0.93071
14 Thomas M TOPPER 5893 0.88389
15 Carlo B LASER Standard 0.6513

WORK PARTY SATURDAY 2nd Sept

·       Cut back verges and overhanging branches on main access road. ½ metre maximum each side.

·       Remove dinghies from one boat park row to cut back overgrown weeds etc. Row to be decided.

·       Bring Tektona back to jetty to repair missing window, pump out water and possibly fit wood floor in rear of boat.

·       Repair broken wooden rail on right side of main slipway.

·       Check club rental and training dinghies for flat tyres and loose covers.

·       Clear remaining tree cuttings from N/W corner of car park and burn.

·       Collect any abandoned car tyres and stack with others by trailer park.

·       Rake weeds from slipways.

·       Clean/brush wooden jetty and pontoons.

·       Tidy red shed.

Tidy clubhouse

Gillette Results

The Gillette Wednesday evening results have now been reported with the adults and juniors separated as they were last year. The combined results can still be found here http://www.readingsc.org.uk/results/GilletteB17.htm

Well done to Jemima who was nearly 4 minutes ahead in last weeks combined results.

6th August Summer Series 9

With A WSW wind of about 10 mph Paul R set the first beat to 4, then 9s, 3p, Xp, 5s, 6s, 7s and back though the start.
 
Pursuit Race
There were 14 starters and Chris A (Solo) was first back through the line followed by Karen (Laser) then early starter Ron (Mirror). At the gun Karen was in 1st place with Chris A in 2nd and Ellen & Newton up to 3rd.
The top six were – 1st Karen (Laser); 2nd Chris A )Solo); 3rd Ellen & Newton (RS200); 4th Hugh (Laser); 5th Steve S (Solo); 6th Adrian (Rooster)
 
Handicap Race
Adele and Sally decided not to sail the second race so the fleet was down to 12 boats and in the light wind the race was a two lapper.
First back through the line were Newton & Ellen (RS200), just 8 seconds ahead of Steve & Lyn (505 – nice to see the Galleon back on the water, as long as you are not in its wind shadow!) and in 3rd position was Karen(Laser) followed by Adrian (Rooster), Hugh (Laser), Steve S (Solo) and Gareth (Laser).  30 seconds later Nev crossed the line in his Comet with Chris A (Solo) close behind him), then there was a gap back to Jeremy (Laser) and Mike C & Sally (Wanderer – so she did do the second race but not in her Comet!) and bringing up te rear was Ron in his Mirror.
At the end of the second lap there was no change in the order of the first three boats, but Hugh, Steve and Gareth had all moved up one place and the only other cahge was Chris getting past Nev.
 
The final positions on the water were –
1st Newton & Ellen; 2nd Steve & Lynn P; 3rd Karen;  4th Hugh; 5th Steve S; 6th Gareth.
 
On handicap there should be quite a few changes with Newton & Ellen still in 1st place, but Nev should move up to 2nd place with Karen in 3rd, Steve S 4th, Chris A 5th and Hugh 6th.    
 
Thanks to Paul R and the OOD Team of Jerry C, Gary W, Julian W and John W.
 
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