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Cobley 5 9th October

October 9, 2016 jollysailor

What a lovely morning for a sail, the sun was out and there was steady 10 mph wind, pity that it was coming from the NNE, but still very pleasant. Adrian used an Island Start making use of Newton’s lakeside retreat and set a beat to X (still South of 6) then back down the lake to 1, up to 5 then 3, 2 and back through the start.

Pursuit Race

There were only 13 starters this morning, which was surprising considering the pleasant weather conditions. It was good to see Snow Storm the Laser 200 back racing in the hands of Steve & Oscar. In the absence of any Toppers Chris H (Comet) was first away followed by Chris A (Solo). In fact they held out for quite a way before being caught by the Lasers and RS200s.

At the gun the positions were –

1^st Newton & Luke (RS200); 2^nd Steve S (Laser); 3^rd Mike A (Laser); 4^th Rod (Laser); 5^th Richard S (Laser); 6^th Chris H (Comet)

Handicap Race

There was a course change for the second race using the same marks, but in a slightly different order, Xs,1s, 3s, 5s, 2p and back through the start.

Steve S had pulled a slight lead from Ralph (Laser) and Richard S at the end of the first lap. Slightly further back Rod was 4^th just ahead of Luke & Newton, then Mike A and Peter & Sylvia (RS200) came through the line virtually together and further back Rick and Franz, both in Lasers were also very close. Then there was a gap back to Gareth (Laser) and then another gap back to a three-way scrap between Chris A, Steve & Oscar and Chris H.

On the second lap the fleet became spaced out and there was no change in the order of the first nine boats. Chris A managed to get past Gareth and Steve & Oscar retired.

At the end of the third and last lap Steve still led, but Richard had passed Ralph to move up to 2^nd and Mike A had passed Luke & Newton to move up to 5^th. Further back Chris A and Gareth had got past Rick and Franz and Chris H had also got past Franz.

The final positions on the water were –

1^st Steve S; 2^nd Richard S; 3^rd Ralph; 4^thRod; 5^th Mike A; 6^th Luke & Newton

On handicap Chris H should overtake Luke & Newton for 6^th place

Thanks to Adrian and the OOD Team of Dean, Nick, Robbie H and Dave W.

Cobley Series 4 2nd October

October 7, 2016 jollysailor

Another Sunday with no designated SOOD, but John W stepped up to the plate.

The wind was fairly light about 8 mph from the NNW, but the strength and direction varied throughout the morning. The first mark was set as X (just South of No 6) then 1s, 5s, 8s and back through the start.

Pursuit Race

There were 24 starters this morning and they were led off by Gordon in his Mirror followed later by the Toppers of Joe and William. As usual with a light wind there was considerable bunching at the marks, although the leaders managed to get away at the front.

When the finish gun went it was difficult to judge the positions in the latter half of the fleet as it had split into two groups converging on the next mark (which happened to be 5), one group was coming in from the direction of 4 and the other from the direction of 1.

The final leading positions were –

1^st Ellen & Newton; 2^nd Karen; 3^rd Richard S; 4^th Mark B; 5^th Nev; 6^th Steve S

Handicap Race

Gordon went for his usual cup of tea leaving 23 starters for the second race.

Karen (Laser) got a flyer and was well ahead at the end of the first lap and remained so for all three laps of the race, so the battle was only on for the remaining places. The leading contenders were Mark B, James P, Richard S and Steve S in Lasers and Newton & Ellen and Sylvia & Peter in RS200s.

By the second lap Mark was in 2^nd place followed by Richard, Steve, James and Sylvia & Peter. Behind these there was a good scrap amongst the Leaders with Nev in 7^th ahead of Sally & Stuart in 8^th and Dave & Ann 10^th. Curtis (Radial) was just behind Dave & Ann, but he was involved in a really close tussle with Alistair (Laser), Gareth (Laser) Hadey (Radial) and Chris H (Comet).There was another good battle between the Vagos of Dean & Nick and Adrian. Initially Dean & Nick were ahead but Adrian just managed to cross the line ahead of them on this lap. At the back of the fleet William and Joe in their Toppers were just managing to stay ahead of Milo & James (Laser II).

Newton & Ellen retired with a gear failure.

At the end of the third and last lap Richard had passed Mark to move up to 2^nd but there was no change in position with the next 7 boats. Dave & Ann managed to pass Rod (Laser) to take 9^th, Mike A (Laser) moved up four places to 11^thwith Gareth gaining a place to 12th, Dean & Nick gained four places to move to 15^th.Chris H (Comet) and Rick (Laser) both gained a place as did Milo & James by splitting the Toppers of William and Joe.

The final positions on the water were –

1^st Karen; 2^nd Richard S; 3^rd Mark B; 4^th Steve S; 5^th James; 6^th Sylvia & Peter

On handicap Nev should overtake Sylvia & Peter for 6^th place

Thanks to John W and the OOD Team which may have included Keith H, Stephen G, Jayne H and Simon T (names not recorded on racer sheets!)

Cobley Series Race 3 25th Sptember

October 7, 2016 jollysailor

With quite a blustery Westerly, varying from 10-14 mph, Nev (standing in as SOOD) set a first beat down to 3, then 2p, 5s, 6s, 7s and back through the start.

Pursuit Race

There were 24 starters with the three Toppers of William, Rhys and Thomas away first followed some time later by Chris A in the sole Solo. No Leaders out today, but there were the two Vagos of Dean & Nick and Adrian (single-handed), the RS200 of Ellen &Newton, the Comet of Chris H and the Contender of Franz to provide some variety from the pack of Lasers. Although one of the Lasers was the Laser II of Milo & James and Hadey and Curtis were using Radial rigs.

At the gun Ellen & Newton had come through to the front with Karen 2^nd and William 3^rd.

The final positions were –

1^st Ellen & Newton; 2^nd Karen; 3^rd William; 4^th Mark B; 5^th Curtis; 6^th Luke

Handicap Race

The fleet was down to 20 for the second race as John W, Chris H, Ken and Eddie decided to sit this one out.

Newton & Ellen (RS200) led at the end of the first lap followed by the Lasers of Mark, Luke and Richard S. Curtis (Radial) was 5^th followed by another trio of Lasers, Steve S, James and Karen with Chris A (Solo) in 10^th place just ahead of Ralph in another Laser. Then came Hadey (Radial) ahead of Dean & Nick (Vago), Rick and Alistair(Lasers), Adrian (Vago), Franz (Contender) and Milo & James (Laser II). At the back of the fleet the Toppers were having their own battle with William getting away from Thomas and Rhys.

By the end of the second lap Luke had got past Mark to move up to 2^nd and Steve S and James had got past Curtis to take 5^th and 6^th places. Further back Ralph moved up to 10^th by passing Chris A with Franz and Milo & James gaining two places. Rick retired on this lap and Thomas and Rhys received the finish gun at the end of the lap.

At the end of the third and last lap Newton & Ellen had kept their lead to cross the line first, but behind them Steve S had moved up to 2^nd place and Curtis had gained two places to move back to 5^th. Karen and Ralph both gained a place to move up to 7^th and 8^th and further back Franz and Adrian also gained a place.

The final positions on the water were –

1^st Newton & Ellen; 2^nd Steve S; 3^rd Mark B; 4^th Richard S; 5^th Curtis; 6^th Luke.

On handicap Curtis should take the victory.

Thanks to Nev and the OOD Team of Sally, Dave I, Bob W and Bev & Roland L

Work Party This Saturda y- 1st October

September 29, 2016 jollysailor

There is a work party this Saturday 1st October.

There are plenty of jobs to do including further clearing of the island so that it can be used to run races instead of Tektona. If you have not done a work party for a while then please come and help.

Bart’s Bash 18th September

September 23, 2016 jollysailor

The club again took part in the annual Bart’s Bash race, an event set up in memory of Andrew Simpson to raise money to enable disabled and disadvantaged children to go sailing.

It was a pity that the wind did not turn up or at least did so only fleetingly! In spite of this it was a very enjoyable morning with everyone entering into the spirit of the event. We had 10 juniors and 18 adults sailing with the juniors going off first and finishing just after the adults had started their race.

With the light wind both races were one lap affairs using the same course. In the junior race Louis, Rhys, William H. William P, Joe and Thomas were in Toppers and Jemima, Bea, Isaac and Lucy were in Oppies. They all went off chatting away and continued to chat though most of the race and appeared to be enjoying themselves despite the lack of wind.

The final positions were –

1^st Louis; 2^nd Rhys; 3^rd Wiiliam H; 4^th Jemima; 5^th Bea; 6^th Joe

Well done to all the juniors and especially Isaac, who was competing in his first race ever !

At the end of the racing Karen presented all the juniors with an armband or a sticker.

In the adult race Newton (Solo) just sailed away at the front of the fleet chased by Adrian (Rooster) and Peter R (Enterprise) with everyone else a long way behind. There was no change in position for the first three but there was a lot of place swapping in the fleet behind them.

Final positions were-

1^st Newton; 2^nd Adrian; 3^rd Peter R; 4^th James P; 5^th Dean & Nick; 6^th Karen

Thanks to Ellen for organising the racing and collating the results and to Karen for looking after and encouraging the juniors.

Thanks also to Sally & Kate for putting on the barbecue and to Ann for making cakes and Hadey for making biscuits. The catering crew made £150.00 towards the Barts Bash funds, well done girls.

Let’s not forget the OOD Team, so thanks to Richard S (SOOD) and his team of Nev, Chris M, David H and Al E.

Gillette Series 2016 Results

September 21, 2016 jollysailor

The Gillette Series for 2016 has now finished, which means the end of the Summer for another year.

In the Senior series, that is senior in terms of adults, not senior citizens (although some of us are!), the series result was –

1^st Karen (Laser); 2^nd Newton (Solo); 3^rd Ellen (Radial); 4^th Mike A (Lightning); 5^th Hugh (Laser);

6^th Julian W (Solo).

So a nice mix of boats reflecting the different weather conditions throughout the year with Karen just taking the series from Newton on count back.

In the Juniors the series result was –

1^st Edward (Topper); 2^nd Jemima (Oppie); 3^rd Joe (Topper); 4^th Ben (Topper); 5^th Thomas (Topper; 6^th Rhys (Topper)

Again this was a close series with only one point between Edward and Jemima and Joe just two points further back. Well done to all the juniors who turned out and don’t forget you would be welcome to join in the racing on Sunday mornings.

Twilight Race 14th SAeptember

September 17, 2016 jollysailor

This was the final Wednesday evening race of the year and the chance for everyone to decorate their boats with lights and sail round in the dark (which is what some of us do all year!). Pleased to say the standard of decoration this year was much better than last year. There were a number of Christmas tree themes, some went for the searchlight approach and Dave & Ann had a very futuristic vertical laser set-up.

The race started in a light wind with a glorious sunset as a backdrop. There were 17 starters including the regular junior squad of Jemima, Joe and Edward.

At the end of the first lap Newton had edged away in the lead with Jess B in 2^nd place and Dean & Nick in 3^rdand this was the pattern for the second lap as well.

By the third lap the wind had dropped right away and so had the light. No idea how the OOD Team managed to log the positions and times. They must have been very good at recognising light patterns and been in training on a carrot diet!

The lake looked quite magical with the ghostly boats drifting around with flickering lights moving through the gloom.

There was some doubt that all the boats would make it back to shore, but the lights were a help to the Rescue boats trying to find the stragglers in the dark.

I think that Newton manged to hang onto his lead to win the race, but the most important accolade went to Edward who was considered to have the most impressive light display and also won the battle of the juniors..

Thanks to Karen who did us proud with a great barbecue and to Sally and Ann who had helped out throughout the year and a special thank you to Geesje who was presented with a gift for all her hard work preparing great meals all year.

Thanks to Peter R and his OOD Team of Andrew B and Phil A and whoever else helped make the evening a great end to the Wednesday evening sailing.

Outstanding Boat & Trailer Park Permits to be collected

September 15, 2016 jollysailor

Dear all,

there are still some 50 boat & trailer park permits still to be collected from the box in the club. If one of these permits belongs to you, then please pick them up an apply them to your boat as soon as possible.

Many Thanks

Boat Park Captain.

11th September Cobley Series 2

September 11, 2016 jollysailor

Well last Sunday was quite windy but that was not the case today. The wind was coming from the WNW, when it was coming at all! With the very light wind Dave P wisely set a short course using the flag post nearest to the Clubhouse with 6 as the first mark, then across to X (in the middle of the lake West of 8) then back through the start.

Pursuit Race

There were 11 starters again this morning and with no Toppers Chris H (Comet) was first away. By No 6 he had been caught and passed by Mark B (Laser) and Hadey (Radial), and then there was a line of Lasers led by Mike A followed by Ralph, Steve P, Richard S, Alistair S and Dave I. Finally another boat, the Solo of Chris A, with the Laser of Rod bringing up the rear.

By the end of the lap Chris H had repassed Hadey and Richard S had gained two places to move up to 5^th and the only other mover was Alistair who had gained a place.

At the gun the only further changes were Hadey back in front of Chris H, Dave I had passed Ralph and Rod had got past Chris A.

The final positions were –

1^st Mark B; 2^nd Hadey; 3^rd Chris H; 4^th Mike A; 5^th Richard S; 6^th Steve P

Handicap

The wind had improved a little for the second race and by the end of the first lap Richard S had managed to get away at the front. Mark B came through in 2^nd place and Hadey in 3^rd, with Mike A and Dave I crossing the line together behind her. Ralph (Laser) came through in 6^th with Chris A 7^th, Rod 8^th, Steve P 9^th, Alistair 10^th and Chris H at the back in 11^th.

On the second lap Mike A, Dave I and Ralph all managed to get past Hadey. Alistair had moved up two places to 8^th and Chris H was up one place.

At the end of the third lap the first six boats had maintained position, but Rod moved up four places to 7^th, Steve P was up one place to 8^th.

On the fourth lap there was no change in the first seven boats, but Steve retired allowing Chris A to move up a place to 8^th and Alistair up to 9^th.

Chris A, Alistair and Chris H received the gun at the end of this lap.

At the end of the fifth and last lap there was no change with the first five boats, but Rod had gained another place by nipping past Hadey.

The final positions on the water were –

1^st Richard S; 2^nd Mark B; 3^rd Mike A; 4^th Dave I; 5^th Ralph; 6^th Rod

On Handicap, there should be no change with the first four boats, but Hadey should leapfrog to 5^th place.

Thanks to Dave Portus and the OOD Team of Jan & Paul K, Al E and Nick L

Gillette Series 22 7th September 2016

September 10, 2016 jollysailor

It was the last race of the Gillette Series, but it was a pity that the wind had decided not to grace the occasion with its presence. There was also no SOOD until Curtis stepped into the breech. What wind there was seemed to be coming from the SSE at least some of the time. Curtis set the first drift up to X on the buoy line (mid-way between 5 and 6), then sadistically down to 8, back up to 6 on the buoy line and back through the start.

There were 8 hopeful starters and they had the benefit of starting about 10 minutes after the Juniors, so that they could clearly see that there was no wind! Mike A (Lightning) arrived at X in the lead, but unfortunately (for him) at the same time as the Junior fleet was rounding the mark so he had to go right round the back of their fleet. Mark B (Laser) was first to the second mark, closely followed by Karen and Hugh both in Lasers. There was only time for one lap and Mark held his lead to cross the line in first place.

The final positions on the water were –

1^st Mark; 2^nd Karen; 3^rd Hugh; 4^th Chris A (Solo); 5^th Jess B (Laser); 6^th Mike T (Laser)

On handicap the first two should keep their positions, but Chris A should take 3^rd place pushing Hugh back to 4^th with Jess still 5^th and Bob (Solo) coming up to 6^th.

Karen really needed a win tonight to definitely take the Series from Newton. They are level on points so the final decision will go to count back – watch this space!

Juniors

There were 7 Juniors out tonight and although there was not much wind they seemed to be enjoying themselves and there was a lot of shouting and chattering going on. There was the usual call of “starboard”, but also “no tiller waggling” and “I need a wee” The latter call could be quite useful as it is the responsibility of all helms to avoid accidents so presumably this would give this boat precedence over all others!

The final positions on the water were-

1^st Edward; 2^nd; Rhys; 3^rd Joe; 4^th Jemima; 5^th Thomas; 6^th Bea; 7^th William.

As the girls were in Oppies and the lads in Toppers the handicap result will be 1^st Jemima; 2^nd Bea and 3^rd Edward.

This should give Jemima the series victory, so well done to her!

Thanks to Curtis (I think!) and the OOD Team of Helene W, Mark H, Dene F and Richard H.

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