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Gillette Series 8 – 1st June 2016

June 5, 2016 jollysailor

Tonight was overcast with a NE wind about 13-14 mph and a bit chilly. Steve S used an Island start with a first beat to 5, then 9s, 4p, 2p and back through the start.

There were only 11 starters probably because of the uncertain weather. David C (Laser) was first back through the line on the first lap and for every lap after. Newton (Solo) came through in 2^nd with Ellen (Radial) 3^rd and they battled together for the whole of the race. Dave & Ann (Leader) were 4^th but only just ahead of Sally & Mike in their Leader. Julian W (Solo) was 6^th with Rod (Laser) 7^th and then came Mike A (Lightning), Dean & Nick (Vago) and Nev & Bob (Leader) with Richard H (Laser) bringing up the rear.

At the end of the second lap the first three remained the same but Rod had moved up to 4^th and Sally & Mike had got past Dave & Ann to move to 5^th and Richard H had moved up three places to 8^th.

On the third lap Ellen had got past Newton to move up to 2^nd and Richard H had made up another two places to 6^th. At the back of the fleet the battle between Mike A, Dean & Nick and Nev & Bob continued with them changing places every lap.

There was no change in the leading five boats at the end of the fourth lap, but Dave & Ann had retaken 6^th place from Richard.

Lap 5 was the only lap in which there were no changes in position and the only changes on the last lap were Richard repassing Dave & Ann and Nev & Bob sneaking past Mike A right on the finish line.

The final positions on the water were –

1^st David C; 2^nd Ellen; 3^rd Newton; 4^th Rod; 5^th Sally & Mike; 6^th Richard H

On handicap the first three should remain the same, but Sally & Mike will leapfrog Rod and Dave & Ann should displace Richard H from 6^th.

Thanks to Steve S and the OOD team of Simon B and John C.

BBQ Race 2 “Fastnet” Sunday 14:30

June 3, 2016 jollysailor

Race 2 in the BBQ series this Sunday sees the intrepid sailors off to the east coast of Ireland (ish) on the “Fastnet” or an approximation thereof. Fun and informal racing youths and juniors, but big kids are welcome as well.

James Primrose

WORK PARTY 4th JUNE

June 3, 2016 jollysailor

· Club house cleaning. Remove cobwebs, vacuum under changing room benches, ladies and gents. Clean paintwork in changing rooms, disabled lav and entrance hall. Sally can advise.

· Boats launch area, to left of wooden pontoons. Strim vegetation around area. Remove bricks and large rocks from water edge.

· Island race area. Shoreline vegetation needs cutting back, especially in the direction of buoy 9.

· Help cut up and move old boat trailers for future disposal in skip.

· General strimming and grass cutting around club.

· Trim encroaching vegetation on club access road.

· Clean jetty, pontoons.

· Remove weed from slipways.

· Please put your name on the sheet.

Spring Series 11 Pursuit

May 30, 2016 jollysailor

Apologies to the girls as the Pursuit result should have been 1^st Karen; 2^nd Jess and 3^rd Ellen (with Newton).

So that’s a 1,2,3 for them – Not sure if that’s the first time in a series race but well done girls

Spring Series 11 – 29th May 2016

May 29, 2016 jollysailor

It was good to see another new sailor joining the racing fleet, so welcome to Jess Bertram for her first race at RSC.

With a NE wind of 10mph forecast to rise to 13 mph James used an Island start with a first beat to X (about hallway between 5 and 6, but in the middle of the lake), then 5p, 8s, 4p, 3p, 2p and back through the start.

Pursuit Race

There were 23 starters for this race and after one lap early starter William P (Topper) was still leading from his fellow Topper sailor Ben H. Gordon P (Mirror) came through in 3^rd with John C (Topaz) 4^th being caught by Jess B(Radial) who had just passed Chris A (Solo).

By the second lap Karen (Laser) had come to the front and Jess had moved up to 2^nd with Richard S (Laser) 3^rd, Ellen & Newton (RS200 4^th, Mark B (Laser) 5^th and Jon (Laser) 6^th.

At the gun these first six boats had maintained their positions.

There was an interesting incident just before the finish gun when Chris A fouled the mark and started to do his penalty turn just as the gun went and just as he collided with Mike A coming up to the mark.

The question is whether you have to do penalty turns after the finish gun has sounded in a pursuit race and how would you decide finishing positions? Would be interested to hear from anyone who knows the answer!

Handicap Race

Dave I (Radial) and John C decided to sit this one out as usual, but the appearance of David C and Richard H, both in Lasers meant that the field remained at 23 for the second race of the day.

David C led at the end of the first lap followed closely by Jon C and this was to be the pattern for the whole of the race. Karen came through in 3^rd with Mark 4^th, Newton & Ellen 5^th and Adrian (Rooster) 6^th. There was a peculiar collision between Peter R (Enterprise) and Dave & Ann L (Leader) on the way down to No 8. It looked as if the boats had contracted Spring fever and had started to perform a graceful courtship dance locked together and pirouetting around one another! Peter retired after this unfortunate coupling, not sure if he suffered some damage or could not stand the passion !

At the end of the second lap the only change in the leading boats was Newton & Ellen taking 4^th place form Mark. There was a packed midfield of Lasers enjoying some close sailing, but the slower boats of Chris A (Solo), Mike A (Lightning) and Chris H (Comet) were getting left behind in the freshening breeze.

By the third lap Adrian had moved up to 4^th pushing Mark down to 6^th and Richards S had gained three places to move up to 7^th just in front of Jess in 8^th. In the middle of the fleet, the Lasers of Rod, John H and Dave P were having a good battle with Paul H (Supernova) for 9^th to 12^th places. Not far behind them there was another good tussle between Steve P (Laser) and Rick (Laser) and then slightly further back Richard H and Gareth D, both in Lasers, were having their own battle.. Dave & Ann had to retire as their Leader had obviously over-exerted itself in the dancing and could not take any more!

At the end of the fourth lap the leading boats had shuffled position slightly with Adrian moving up another place to 3^rd and Richard up two places to 5^th. John H had gained two places to move up to 8^th, but Rod and Jess crossed the line together in joint 9^th. The only other mover was Paul H who gained a place to move to 11^th. William and Ben who had been having a good battle in their Toppers received the gun at the end of this lap with William just coming out on top.

The last and fifth lap saw no change in the first four, but Newton & Ellen managed to get past Richard and Mark to move up to 5^th. Jess had managed to shake off Rod and get past John H to move up to 8^th and Steve P had got the better of Dave P and Rick to move up to 12^th, but there were no other changes in position.

Final positions on the water were –

1^st David C; 2^nd Jon C; 3^rd Adrian; 4^th Karen; 5^th Newton & Ellen, 6^th Richard S

On handicap Jess in her Radial should take 3^rd place with Adrian dropping out of the top six.

Thanks to James and the OOD team of Dean & Nick J, Chris S and John W.

Gillette Series 7 – 25th May 2016

May 28, 2016 jollysailor

With a light 6 mph N wind Roland S used an Island start with a first beat to 5, down to 6s, 9s, 4p, 2p and back through the start.

There were 15 starters including Edward in his Topper and Jemima in her Oppie. Karen (Laser) was first back through the start followed by Newton (Solo) and then going well were Sally & Stuart (Leader) in 3rd Julian W (Solo) was 4^th but only just ahead of Mark B (Enterprise), then there was a gap back to a gaggle of boats led by Paul H (Supernova). In the Juniors Edward led Jemima and she receive the finish gun at the end of the first lap.

At the end of the second lap the first three boats were the same but Dean & Nick (Vago) had moved up to 4^th. Rod (Laser) had gained one place to move to 7^th, Mike T (Laser)had gained two places to 9^thand Chris A (Solo) one place to 11^th and bringing up the rear were Rick (Laser) and Dave & Ann (Leader). Edward received the finish gun at the end of this lap.

The third and last lap saw Karen finish well ahead of the fleet with Newton still in 2^nd place. Mark had moved through to 3^rd and Julian had retaken Dean & Nick for 4^th place. Paul H had moved up two places to 6^th, Mike A (Lightning) was up three places to 7^th and Chris A up another place to 10^th. The rest of the fleet had either maintained their position or lost ground. Unfortunately Sally & Stuart after being 3^rd for most of the race had a disastrous last lap and slipped down to 11^th !

The final positions on the water were –

1^st Karen; 2^nd Newton; 3^rd Mark; 4^th Julian W; 5^th Dean & Nick; 6^th Paul H.

On handicap the first two should keep their places but Julian will push Mark down to 4^th and Mike A and Chris A should move up to 5^th and 6^th respectively.

In the Junior Series Edward will get a 1^st and Jemima a 2^nd.

Thanks to Roland & Ryan S and the OOD team of Carol & Chris M, Jeremy, David M and Gary B.

BBQ Race 1 “Around the Island” Sunday 14:00

May 27, 2016 jollysailor

Back by popular demand, the BBQ series will start again on Sunday 29th May at 14:00 ish. The format will be the same as last year, fun informal racing youths and juniors (but big kids are welcome as well), but around a theme of a famous sailing race. The first in the series will be “Round the Island”.

Not sure that the weather is going to play along, but on the off chance it does, why not make an afternoon of it and bring along your own BBQ?

James Primrose

Spring Series 10 – 22 May 2016

May 24, 2016 jollysailor

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 1^st Richard S (Laser), 2^nd Karen (Laser), 3^rd Hadey (4.7), 4^th Mike A (Lightning), 5^th Peter R (Enterprise), 6^th 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 1^st David C, 2^nd Karen and 3^rd 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 5^th 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 2^nd and 3^rd places and Jon (Laser) had got past Dean & Nick to move up to 6^th and Chris A had moved up one place to 8^th.

The final positions on the water were –

1^st David; 2^nd Adrian; 3^rd Karen; 4^th Richard; 5^th Roland & Ryan; 6^th Jon.

On Handicap David will still be 1^st, 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

May 22, 2016 jollysailor

Gillette 6 – 18^th 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) 2^nd and Newton (Solo) 3^rd 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 6^th and Sally & Mike C and Paul H had gained a place to move up to 8^th and 9^th.

At the end of the third and last lap the first six maintained position, but Paul had gained two places to 7^th and Chris A had regained a place to finish 9^th.

The final positions on the water were –

1^st Ian; 2^nd;Curtis; 3^rd Newton; 4^th Hugh, 5^th Rick; 6^th Dean & Nick.

On handicap Newton will leapfrog Curtis to take 2^nd and Sally & Mike C will push Dean & Nick out of 6^th spot.

Thanks to Karen and the OOD team of Helene, Jessica, Chris H, Chris and Stuart.

No BBQ Series Race on Sunday

May 20, 2016 jollysailor

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

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