Author: jollysailor

Spring Series 10 – 22 May 2016

It was a similar morning to last Sunday with a light wind which kept veering and changing in strength. At the start it was about 5 mph from the NW, but did not actually stay that way throughout the race!
Ian had difficulty in setting a start line because of the variable wind, but settled for an Island start with X as the first mark, positioned about midway between 5 and 4 on the buoy line, then 4p, 2p, 1p and back through the start line. Dave & Ann L decided to give an outing to their recently acquired Leader.
 
Pursuit Race
There were 17 starters and most of them arrived at the first mark at about the same time, which resulted in an interesting traffic jam. The more wily stayed wide and went round the outside avoiding the raft. The wind was so light that most of the fleet had not finished one lap when the finish gun went.
The order at this point was 1st Richard S (Laser), 2nd Karen (Laser), 3rd Hadey (4.7), 4th Mike A (Lightning), 5th Peter R (Enterprise), 6th James (Laser).
 
Handicap Race
Dave I (Radial), Peter R, James P and Alistair S (Laser) could not stand further excitement and settled for a cup of tea, but Roland & Ryan (National 12) and David C (Laser) decided to join in the fun.
At the end of the first lap it was a Laser clean sweep at the front with 1st David C, 2nd Karen and 3rd Richard S. Adrian (Rooster) was next followed by Dean & Nick (Vago) and Mike A.
 
David still led after the second lap, but Richard and Adrian had managed to get past Karen. Roland & Ryan had moved up three places to 5th and Chris A (Solo), Chris H (Comet) and Rick L (Laser) had all gained a place due to the retirement of John C (Topaz).
 
There were no changes in position on the third lap and Hadey, Rick, Gareth (Radial) and Dave & Ann received the finish gun at the end of this lap.
 
At the final lap David led across the line, but Adrian and Karen had managed to get past Richard to take 2nd and 3rd places and Jon (Laser) had got past Dean & Nick to move up to 6th and Chris A had moved up one place to 8th.
 
The final positions on the water were –
1st David; 2nd Adrian; 3rd Karen; 4th Richard; 5th Roland & Ryan; 6th Jon.
 
On Handicap David will still be 1st, but Karen and Richard should leapfrog Adrian with the other positions unchanged.  
 
Thanks to Ian C and the OOD Team of Catherine B, David M, Mike T, Julian W, Stephen and Oscar.
 

Gillette 6 – 18th May

Gillette 6 – 18th May 2016
The forecast was for a 10 mph West wind with some rain. In the event just before the start there was an absolute deluge and the rain was so heavy you could not see the far end of the lake!
Fortunately at the start the rain had abated somewhat but the wind had turned through 90°. Karen set a figure of eight course, 4p, 9p, 6s, 7s and back through the start.
 
There were only 10 starters and Ian (Supernova) pulled out a useful lead on the first lap with Curtis (Laser) 2nd and Newton (Solo) 3rd with the Lasers of Hugh and Rick next. These five were pulling away from the back five, which were led by Chris A (Solo) followed by Mike A (Lightning), Dean & Nick (Vago), Sally and Mike C (Leader) with Paul H (Supernova) bringing up the rear.
 
At the end of the second lap the first five came through in the same order and they had pulled even further away from back five. Dean & Nick had gained two places to move up to 6th and Sally & Mike C and Paul H had gained a place to move up to 8th and 9th.
 
At the end of the third and last lap the first six maintained position, but Paul had gained two places to 7th and Chris A had regained a place to finish 9th.
 
The final positions on the water were –
1st Ian; 2nd;Curtis; 3rd Newton; 4th Hugh, 5th Rick; 6th Dean & Nick.
 
On handicap Newton will leapfrog Curtis to take 2nd  and Sally & Mike C will push Dean & Nick out of 6th spot.
 
Thanks to Karen and the OOD team of Helene, Jessica, Chris H, Chris and Stuart.  
 

No BBQ Series Race on Sunday

Contrary to what it says on the Club Calender there will be no BBQ series race this coming Sunday afternoon.
 
We will kick of the series the following Sunday, please see the website for more details nearer the time.
 
Regards
 
James Primrose

Spring Series 9 – 15th May 2016

The forecast was for a NW about 7 mph, but in reality the wind kept veering and then picking up and then dropping again. This made Rod’s job of setting a start line and a course quite tricky. In the end he settled for a normal flagpole start but brought the pin down to just above 7 with a first beat to X on the buoy line then 8s,5p,9s, 4s, 6s, 7s.  
Welcome to Josephine and Chris K who were joining us for their first races at RSC and welcome back to Andy B who teamed up with Steve P in the galleon (505).
 
Pursuit Race
There were 25 starters for the Pursuit Race and in the absence of any Oppies or Toppers, Josephine led off the line in a Pico followed by John C (Topaz), Chris H (Comet) and Hadey (4.7).However although the wind was fickle there was enough of it around to allow the later starting fast boats to come through and Julian B (OK) led at the end of the first lap followed by Karen (Laser) and Ian (Supernova). Chris H was still hanging on to 4th, but being caught by Richard S and David C in their Lasers.
At the finish gun the first three, Julian, Karen and Ian were in the same positions, but David C had moved up to 4th with Richard 5th and Ellen & Newton (RS200) 6th.  
 
Handicap Race
Dave I (Radial), Julian W (Solo) and John C decided to sit this one out so the field was down to 22 for the second race of the day.
 
At the end of the first lap Ian led from Julian B followed by Richard S, Newton & Ellen, Karen and Hugh (Laser). Adrian (Rooster) was just ahead of David C and Dave L (Laser) who had the 505 breathing down his neck. Towards the back of the fleet there were the six boats of Mike A (Lightning), Rick (Laser),Dean & Nick (Vago), Hadey (4.7), Chris A (Solo), Alistair S (Laser) battling away. This lot enjoyed themselves for the three laps of the race constantly swapping places, but never looking like catching any of the fleet ahead of them ! Stuck between the two fleets was Chris K (Radial) in a lonely 14th place and bringing up the rear were Gareth (Radial) and Josephine (Pico).
 
Julian B retired on the second lap, but not sure of the reason, unless he was finding it too easy !
Mark B who was out solo in his Enterprise also retired after the first lap (too many ropes for too few hands).
Ian still led but Richard moved up to 2nd with Julian’s retirement. David C had moved up three places to 4th,  Steve P & Andy B were up two places to 7th and James (Laser) was up three places to 9th.
In the second fleet it was difficult to know who was doing what, although Chris A seemed to be coming further forwards.
 
At the gun Ian had established a clear lead to cross the line in 1st place, but Newton & Ellen had just squeezed past Richard S to take 2nd from him. The other movers on the last lap were Adrian (Rooster) and Steve P & Andy B (505) up one place to 5th and 6th respectively, James was up another place to 8th and Chris A up two places to 12th.
 
The final positions on the water were –
1st Ian; 2nd Newton & Ellen; 3rd Richard S; 4th David C; 5th Adrian; 6th Steve P & Andy B.
 
On handicap the first two should remain the same, but Richard could just loose 3rd position to Chris H (Comet)
 
Thanks to Rod and the OOD Team of Rachel, John W, John H and Simon.
 

Gillette 5 11th May

With a NW wind, about 7 mph, Mark B set a good course with an Island Start using Xp, 5p, 2s, 4s and back through the start, which ensured that there were no dead spots in spite of the light wind.
There were 15 starters and Karen (Laser) got a cracking start and led at the end of the first lap, but not by much from Newton (Solo). Curtis (Laser) came through in 3rd some way ahead of the rest of the fleet who were having a real tussle and this continued the whole of the race with places changing considerably lap by lap. At the back of the fleet there was a good Topper battle between Edward, Joe and William and Jemima was gamely bringing up the rear in her Oppie and she received the finish gun at the end of the lap.
The first three were unchanged at the end of the second lap and there was a large gap back to the rest who were led by Chris A (Solo) who had moved up from 11th to 4th with Richard H (Laser) 5th, Mike A (Lightning) 6th, Hugh & Joachim (Leader) 7th, Ellen (Radial) 8th, Paul H (Supernova) 9th, Dean & Nick (Vago) 10th and Mike T (Laser) 11th, but you could throw a blanket over all of them. Edward still led the Topper Trio, but William had managed to get past Joe.
The third lap saw no change at the front but Richard H had come up to 4th and was pulling out a slight lead on the rest of the pack. Paul H was up three places to 6th, Ellen was up one place to 7th and Mike T up three places to 8th. The double handers were having a good battle with Hugh & Joachim just holding off Dean & Nick. The Toppers received the gun at the end of this lap and William had managed to get past Edward with Joe coming in third.
On the fourth and last lap there was no change in position amongst the first eight boats, but Chris A had made back two places to 9th and Dean & Nick had managed to get past Hugh & Joachim.
The final positons on the water were –
1st Karen; 2nd Newton; 3rd Curtis; 4th Richard H; 5th Mike A; 6th Paul H.
On handicap Newton should take the win from Karen and Mike A leapfrog Richard to take 4th and Ellen to take 6th from Paul.
Thanks to Mark B and the OOD team of Adrian, Andy, Jeremy, Martin and Rick.

Look out for the photo of Karen giving Jemima a tow back to shore at the end of the race – that’s the girls for you -not like the blokes racing back to try and get first out of the water !
 

May Day Pennant

It was a bit frisky this morning with a strong 15-16 mph wind from the SSW with stronger gusts coming through. Mike  A set a beat down to 2 and then a slalom course back down the lake using 4s, 9P, 5s, 8p, 6s, 7s and back through the start, which was not universally appreciated by the 12 bold starters.
Welcome to Julian B who was sailing his first race at RSC in his OK.
 
Richard S (Radial) started the capsize ball rolling by dipping in the first mark, which pushed him to the back of the fleet. Paul R (Aero 7) got a flyer and pulled out a good lead and came flying towards 6 at the end of the first lap but capsized gybing round. Unfortunately his boom stuck up in the air and he got blown into the bushes and by the time he extricated himself the whole of the fleet had come through. The leader at the end of the lap was newcomer Julian (OK), Newton & Ellen (RS200) were 2nd, just ahead of the Lasers of Jon and David C. Adrian (Laser) was 5th being chased by Ian (Supernova) and Ken (Laser). Then there was a gap back to Hugh & Hadey (Leader) who were some way ahead of the recovering Richard S and Paul R. Plugging away at the back was Rick (Radial) and unsurprisingly Franz  on his flying trapeze (Contender) had decided to stay out and play rather than risk getting wrapped around the mast doing multiple gybes !
 
At the end of the second lap Julian was still in front but there was little change behind him apart from Ian getting past Adrian.
 
Coming to the end of the third lap it was Jon’s turn to capsize at 6, but he got going again quickly and only dropped two places rounding in 5th place. Ian moved up to 3rd pushing David C down to 4th and Paul and Richard had caught Hugh & Hadey to move up to 7th and 8th respectively. Ken decided to retire after rounding 7.
 
The same three led at the end of the fourth lap, but Jon had regained 4th place. Paul R had moved up another place to 6th. David C had crossed the line in 5th but decided to retire shortly after and Hugh and Hadey received the finish gun. Rick was still persevering and at one stage had become completely separated from his Laser which had to be captured by a rescue boat !
 
Julian was well ahead at the finish and Newton & Ellen looked to be a safe second but then capsized at 8, it looked as if they had saved it as they partially got the mast up but then it slowly rolled over.
Jon who had got past Ian came charging through on the inside but then collided with the RS 200 and capsized himself being ejected from his boat. He got underway again but then had difficulty rounding 6 and decided to go and inspect the buoy line and wash off his boat. Meanwhile Newton & Ellen had just managed to get going in enough time to cross the line in 2nd place ahead of Ian. Paul came through in 4th with Adrian 5th and Jon 6th.
 
On handicap the positions were –
 
1st Julian B; 2nd Newton & Ellen; 3rd Ian; 4th Paul; 5th Adrian; 6th Richard.
 
Congratulations to Julian on his win in his first race at RSC.
 
Thanks (perhaps) to Mike A and thanks to the OOD Team, Jerry, Bill, Chris H, Al and Roland L (who stepped in to help again)
 

WORK PARTY 7th MAY

·      Remove plastic chairs from old Mirror shed and clean down for open day use.

·      Tidy/clean clubhouse for open day.

·      Strim grass around clubhouse and next to jetty.

·      Use remaining scalping, nearest to Boat Park, to fill holes in car park/road.

·      Clean weeds from slipways.

·      Tidy red shed.

·      Clean and check rescue boats for damage and missing equipment. (Check list will be supplied).

·      General help for open day.

·      Don’t forget to sign the sheet!

·      Thank you once again for all your hard work. ? ?? ?


Gillette Series 3 27th April

Another brisk wind tonight with a 12 -15 mph WNW straight across the lake and another Island start. David C set a course of Xp, 2s, 4p, 3p, 1p. with X layed halfway between the 4 and 5, near the buoy line.
Ian (Supernova) was first to the first mark then followed by Ellen (Radial), Karen (Laser), Hugh (Laser), and Newton (Solo) in quick succession. Hugh got in a bit of a mess having to give way to Karen and had to have two attempts at rounding and dropped back. At the end of the lap Ian crossed the line in 1st place followed by Karen, Ellen, Newton and Hugh. John H (Laser) came through in 6th closely followed by Sally & Stuart (Leader) and then Richard (Radial) and Julian W crossed the line together. Slightly further back Paul H (Supernova) was having a good battle with Franz (Contender). Then there was a gap back to Dean & Nick (Vago) followed by Chris & Carol (Sport 14) and then another gap back to Rick (Radial). The two Toppers of Ben and Joe were having a close scrap at the back of the fleet.
The positions at the end of the second lap had not changed much, but John H, Julian, Paul H and Rick had all gained a place and Joe had got past Ben in the Topper battle.
By the third lap the wind had increased and Julian capsized in his Solo and retired. At the end of this lap the first six boats crossed the line in the same order. Richard had gained two places to move up to 7th and Franz had made up three places to 8th. The Topper battle was really close and Joe crossed the line just 3 seconds ahead of Ben and they both received the finish gun.
On the fourth lap in increasing winds John H broke his toe strap, with a consequent capsize and he retired along with Hugh. In these stronger winds the faster boats of Ian and Karen pulled away on the off wind legs, until Ian missed out Buoy 2 (he must have been sailing Sunday’s course !) and he had to go back and that gave Karen a useful lead. At the end of this fourth lap Karen led with Ian now 2nd, Ellen 3rd and Newton 4th.Paul H had moved up four places to 5th and Franz up two places to 6th. Richard was still 7th with Sally & Stuart 8th and Dean & Nick were up two places to 9th with Rick up three places to 10th and Chris & Carol up three places to 11th.
Sally & Stuart, Dean & Nick, Rick and Chris 7 Carol received the finish gun.
It was now looking good for Karen as she rounded the last mark and approached the finish line, until she capsized 10 metres out and could not get it up again in the very cold waters. Ian crossed the line in 1st place with Ellen 2nd and Newton 3rd, Richard was 4th, Franz 5th and unlucky Karen just managed to cross the line in 6th ahead of Paul H.
 
On handicap Ellen claimed her second win in two races with Newton 2nd, Ian 3rd, Richard 4th, Sally & Stuart 5th and Karen 6th.
 
Thanks to David C and the OOD Team Jon, Bob L, Jan M, John M and Nick.
 

Spring Series 6 24th April

This Sunday was a day the girls showed the way. The wind was NNW and fairly brisk. Newton used an island start and the course was Xp (placed near 5), 5p, 3p, 2p, Os (set upwind of 2 forming a second beat), 1p, S.
 
Pursuit Race
The slower boats got away well and took some catching.
At the end of the first lap William (Topper) was first through, then 2nd Hadey (4.7), 3rd Ellen (Radial), 4th Chris (Comet), 5th Nev & Sally (Leader), 6th James (Laser) with Jon and Karen moving ominously closer.  The OODs were kept busy with Steve S needing to be towed in after equipment failure in his Solo (not having much luck this year as this follows a broken mast on his Laser!) , and Franz in his Laser.
Jon did his best to chase down Hadey, but she just managed to hold on until the finish horn.
Final places were 1st Hadey; 2nd Jon; 3rd Karen; 4th Ian; 5th Ellen; 6th James
 
Handicap Race
In the second race the wind increased slightly and a few were slightly pressed.
At the end of the first lap Ian (Supernova) led followed by Karen (Laser), Adrian (Rooster), Jon (Laser), Ellen (Radial), Richard S (Laser)  and Dean & Nick (Vago).  Nev & Sally came through next followed by Steve P (Laser), Chris (Comet), James (Laser) and Hadey 4.7) Behind them Alistair (Laser) and Gareth (Radial) were close together with William (Topper) not far away.
 
There was little change in position on the second lap apart from James gaining three places and Steve P two places. Richard capsized rounding 2, sending a shower of recently blue dyed water into the air. He emerged and got going again without a blue rinse or looking like a Smurf (but he may be joining the Navy as an Aqua Marine).
 
On the third lap Ian came to grief with the end of his boom just clipping O and then he capsized whilst doing his turn. Jon led at the end of the lap with Ian 2nd and Karen 3rd. Dean & Nick after losing two places on the previous lap had regained those two places on this lap.
William received the finish gun at the end of the lap.
 
At the end of the fourth and last lap Ian had regained the lead followed by Jon and Karen. After slipping back slightly on the previous lap Nev & Sally had moved up two places and Hadey gained one place.
The final positions on the water were –
1st Ian; 2nd Jon; 3rd Karen; 4th Adrian; 5th Ellen; 6th Richard
 
On handicap there are some significant changes with Ellen taking first place in front of Ian, Jon and Karen with Hadey moving up to 5th place and Richard still 6th.
 
Thanks to Newton and the OOD Team of Mike C, Bill C and Ken.
 
 
 
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