BBQ Series – The Fastnet

 
 
 
This Sunday just gone saw the second race of the BBQ series –  “The Fastnet”.  A group of a dozen or more intrepid sailors gathered by the club for the briefing for this, the most gruelling off-shore races, where it was explained to them that the Fastnet Rock in this case was mark 3, Land’s End mark 9 and the Isles of Scilly mark 1 (it just takes a little imagination !).  The handicap and topper class were to do the full course, while for the oppies it was deemed cruel to send them all the way to Ireland, so it was just a leg to Land’s End !  
 
16 boats mustered at the start, and in keeping with the theme the weather was a blustery force 3 to 4.  Tracy in her Comet was the first boat to go  around the rock (the OOD has got remarkably good eyesight). Monica rounded second in her Europe, but not before having some problems remembering whether to pass Land’s End to port or starboard – port is a bit bumpy ! William was the first Topper to reach the Rock before making off towards the Isles of Scilly.  Meanwhile, the two oppies, Jemima and Bea were battling their way down the channel to Land’s End.  Bea had a little help in terms of rather a sizeable tow by the rescue boat (helmed by Jemima’s Dad !), while the OOD pretended not to see.   Tracy and Amy were the first of the handicap fleet back to Cowes, but decided to give the second lap a miss and go off for a play.  The Topper fleet were more resilient with all the boats setting off for a second lap. 
 
In the true nature of the Fastnet there were a number of mishaps, gear failures etc.  Rhys for example lost his mainsheet and needed to be towed in. Others capsized and decided enough was enough.  Anyway ignoring the Handicap fleet for a minute,  William was the first Topper home, Ben second and Joe third. In the oppie battle, Bea pipped Jemima in the downwind run home.  Full results below.  In terms of the full series Joe leads the Topper fleet, with William 2nd,  Edward 3rd, Sam 4th.  In the Oppie class Jemima leads. Don’t worry if you have missed a race, after the 3rd race I will be applying discards so there is still all to play for.
 
Thanks to Steve, Ann and Phil for providing the rescue boat cover.
 
Next BBQ Series is this coming Sunday 28th June start at 14:30-ish.  Monica will be running this as I will be climbing Snowdon !   The race theme ?  The Volvo Around the World Ocean Race – best take sandwiches !
 
James Primrose
 

FASTNET RESULTS
Handicap




Youth
Boat Helm Sail No. Position Pts Boat Helm Sail No. Position Pts
Europe Monica 374 1 1 Topper William 44904 1 1
Topper Tony 24326 2 2 Topper Ben 27796 2 2
Europe 319 DNF 3 Topper Joe 31573 3 3
Laser David 22 DNF 3 Topper Tom na 4 4
Comet Tracy 878 DNF 3 Topper Edward 17712 5 5
Otter ? 664 DNF 3
Pico ? 3 DNF 6
Topper Rhys na DNF 6
Topper Sam 20439 DNF 6
Optimist



Boat Helm Sail No. Position Pts
Optimist Bea na 1 1
Optimist Jemima na 2 2

 
 
 
 

BBQ Series
Youth


Race 1 Race 2 Total Total



6th June 21st June

Boat Helm Sail No. Around the Island Fastnet Total Position
Topper Joe 31573 1 3 4 1
Topper William 44904 4 1 5 2
Topper Edward 17712 2 5 7 3
Topper Sam 20439 3 6 DNF 9 4
Topper Rhys na 6 6 DNF 12 5
Topper Ben 27796 11 DNC 2 13 6
Topper Tom na 11 DNC 4 15 7
Topper Alex 29871 5 11 DNC 16 8
Pico ? 3 11 DNC 6 DNF 17 9
Topper Luke na 7 11 DNC 18 10
Oppie


Race 1 Race 2 Total Total



6th June 21st June

Boat Helm Sail No. Around the Island Fastnet Total Position
Optimist Jemima na 1 2 3 1
Optimist Bea na 3 DNC 1 4 2
Handicap


Race 1 Race 2 Total Total



6th June 21st June

Boat Helm Sail No. Around the Island Fastnet Total Position
Europe Monica 374 1 1 2 1
Topper Tony 24326 2 2 4 2
Otter ? 664 9 DNC 3 RTD 12 3
Europe Amy 319 9 DNC 3 RTD 12 3
Laser David 22 9 DNC 3 RTD 12 3
Laser James 148201 3 9 DNC 12 3
Comet Tracy 878 9 DNC 3 RTD 12 3
Laser ? 140946 4 DNF 9 DNC 13 8

 
 
 
 
 

10th June Gillette 10

With a 12 mph North Easter, Curtis set a first beat to X, then to 5 down to 9, back up to 4 on the buoy line, down to 2 then 3 and back though the start line.
There were 16 starters and first back through the line was Ian C (Supernova) followed by the Lasers of David C, Dave L and Rod with Newton (Solo) in 5th then Ellen (Radial) 6th.  Then Mike C (Solo), Paul H (Supernova) and Steve P (Laser) came through very close together in 7th, 8th and 9th places. There was a slight gap to Sally & Stuart (Leader) who were some way ahead of Ralph (Pico) and Louis J (Topper) and Alistair J (Laser). Good to see Louis and Alistair back on the water.  Then along came only the second doubler hander on the water, the 420 of Chris 7 Carol. Steve S was down as starting but did not complete the first lap, not sure what happened, but probably gear failure.
The only change on the second lap was Paul H gaining a place by passing Mike C and on the third lap everyone maintained position apart from Steve P slipping past Mike C.
By the end of the race Mike C had reversed this but again the rest of the fleet had kept station !
The final positions were 1st Ian C; 2nd David C; 3rd Dave L.
Thanks to Curtis and the OOD team, Hugh, Karen and Mark.
 
 

Summer Series 2015 – 7th & 14th June

The Summer Series is well under way even if the Summer weather has not quite caught up – a bit like this Jolly Sailor ! This year there is a short pursuit race immediately followed by a normal handicap race.
 
The first Sunday 7th June saw a light wind and a fleet of 24 boats set out in in the first Pursuit Race.
At the end of the first lap Mick G in his Otter came through the line in 1st place followed by Hadey (4.7) 2nd and Pat in her Mirror 3rd.
Mick and Hadey were never caught and at the gun were still 1st and 2nd, but David C (Laser) had moved up to take 3rd place.
This may be the first victory for an Otter at RSC so well done Mick.
 
In the following three lap handicap race it was Paul R (Aero) who crossed the finish line in 1st place followed by Newton & Ellen (RS200) and Richards S 3rd in his Laser.
Thanks to Mark and his OOD team for coping with the new format successfully.
 
The second Sunday 14th June saw more wind, but a much reduced fleet of 12 boats.
In the Pursuit race strangely the first two boats through the line at the end of the first lap again stayed ahead right to the finish, these were Newton & Ellen (RS200) in 1st place and Richard S (Laser) in 2nd place. On the first lap Mike C (Solo) was 3rd, but he was passed by Jon (Laser) before the finish gun.
 
In the following Handicap Race Newton & Ellen took the honours again by crossing the line in 1st place but this time Jon was 2nd with Richard 3rd.
Thanks to Ian C and his OOD team, Roland L, Roy T and Paul B.
 
So after two races the leaders in the Summer Pursuit Series are –
1st Richard S – Laser; 2nd Mick G – Otter; 3rd Hadey -4.7
 
The leaders in the Handicap Series are –
1st Newton & Ellen – RS200; 2nd Jon – Laser; 3rd Richard S – Laser
 

BBQ Series Race 1

 
  Sunday afternoon saw the first in a new series designed to encourage the younger members of the club (and/or for those new to sailing) into some informal and fun racing and to make use of those hopefully glorious summer Sunday afternoons.
 
Anyway the theme for Race 1 was the IOW Round the Island  (no prizes for guessing the course !) and 12 boats took part,  4 in the adult handicap class, 7 youth toppers and 1 intrepid oppie !  The afternoon saw some lovely sunshine and some useful (but not too useful) winds even for getting around the lee side of the island.  The course was 3 laps or whenever the OOD got bored !   
 
Monica in her Europe lead the fleet off at the start and showed the way around the island, particularly where the wind was on the lee-side.  Took a while for the following fleet to twig this !  Anyway Monica was followed by gaggle of  Toppers, including Joe,  Edward, Sam Alex and Luke, William, Rhys, Jemima in her oppie, and two lasers. 
 
Monica of course made it look too easy, finished the first lap in just over 5 mins and completed the other two in an overall time of 20m:25s to romp home in 1st place which ever way you looked at it.  There was some hard competition going in the Topper fleet behind them with positions changing a number of times.  The competition was possibly a little too intense at times – Rhys I am pretty sure racing rules do not allow the use of water pistols on opposing boats !  Jemima did well to keep in contact with the rest of the fleet and to put up with the contrary winds behind the island. 
 
Anyway, after Monica,  Joe came home as the first topper, with Edward just behind him. Edward would have made 2nd if passed on the right side of the finish mark on the first attempt ! Sam was the 3rd youth topper, with William as the 4th.  The full results by class are shown below.   After the racing came the BBQ bit with a couple of the families taking advantage of the weather to light up the BBQ and enjoy the summer evening.
 
The next race in the series – the “Fastnet” – is on Sunday 21st June 14:30 (ish) start.  So come on all you budding topper racers why not come along and see if you can knock Joe off his pole position.  We also need more oppies to give Jemima a run for her money.
 
 

Handicap




Youth
Boat Helm Sail No. Position Pts Boat Helm Sail No. Position Pts
Europe Monica 374 1 1 Topper Joe 31573 1 1
Topper Tony 24326 2 2 Topper Edward 17712 2 2
Laser James 148201 3 3 Topper Sam 20439 3 3
Laser ? 140946 DNF 4 Topper William 44904 4 4
Topper Alex 29871 5 5
Optimist




Topper Rhys na 6 6
Boat Helm Sail No. Position Pts Topper Luke na 7 7
Optimist Jemima na 1 1
 
 
James Primrose
 

Unidentified Boats

We have been unable to identify the owners of the boats listed below…
Dear RSC Members,
We have been unable to identify the owners of the boats listed below. We would greatly appreciate if the owners of the boats would contact the Boat Park Marshall James Primrose, james_primrose@yahoo.co.uk , as soon as possible. Any boat still unidentified after 30th June 2015 risks proceedings leading to the sale or disposal of the boat under the Reading Sailing Club constitution and the 1977 Torts Act.
Notices have also been attached to boats in question.
The RSC committee would also like to remind all members that the club rules requires a valid boat park sticker which includes the member’s name to be clearly displayed on any boat kept in the RSC boat park.
Attached below are images of the following unidentified boats:
B15 – 420 Dinghy
J3 – Laser Dinghy
P4 – Laser Dinghy
S12 – Topper Dinghy

Unknown ​boats

Unknown ​boats

3rd June Gillette Series Race 9

Karen was pressed into service as SOOD as she had stitches in her arm and was banned from racing. This was a pity as it would have been a good night for her. Nice and sunny with a light 8 mph wind.
There were 25 starters and first back through the line was Steve S (Laser) followed by Ian (Supernova) then David C (Laser), Newton (Solo), then the five Lasers of Sylvia, Hugh, Dave L, Curtis and Mike T. Next along was Monica (Europe) closely followed by Paula (Laser), Chris A and Mike C (Solos) and Mike A (Lightning). Sally & Stuart in the Leader were the first in a double hander and they were being chased by Peter S (Byte), Ellen in the only Radial out tonight,  then the second double hander of Ralph & Joe in the Feva. At this stage Bob was the last Solo having a battle with Paul H (Supernova) and the third double hander of Dean & Nick in the Laser II just in front of Angela & Crew (put your name on the race sheet) in her Comet Duo and bringing up the rear were Tracey (Comet) and Chris S (Laser).
After two laps Ian had taken the lead from Steve, Sylvia had made up a place to 4th, Curtis had gained three places to 5th and Paula two places to 9th. Other significant movers were Bob up two place and Paul H up four places.
At the end of the third lap the five leaders held station, but Hugh had regained two places to 6th. Further down the fleet Ellen, Mike C, Mike A and Paul H were enjoying a good tussle.
The fourth lap saw David C move up to 2nd and Sylvia to 3rd and Newton had repassed Hugh to move to 6th. Dave L was sailing a steady race in 8th place being chased by Paula and Mike T who were having a close race. The most notable mover was Bob who gained four places up to 13th.
At the end of the fifth and last lap there was no change in position for the leading 10 boats, but Paul H, Bob and Ellen all gained one place.
The final positions on the water were 1st Ian; 2nd David C; 3rd Sylvia; 4th Steve S; 5th Curtis; 6th Newton.
On handicap this will change slightly with Newton’s Solo moving up to take 2nd place.
 
Thanks to Karen and the OOD team Mark, Graham and Stan (or that might be Sian !)

Youth, Junior and Oppie Sailors Race in Thames Valley Challenge

Saturday 6th June saw over 90 children racing in the Thames Valley Challenge hosted by Silver Wing Sailing Club. Among those were 10 of our Youth, Junior and Oppie Sailors.
The Thames Valley Challenge is a team racing event of six children in three Fevas per team and there were 14 teams competing.
A sunny, but blustery day saw 42 races sailed, and lots of capsizes.
Well done to Hadey and Kate, William and Thomas, Ben and Rhys whose Reading Team finished a very creditable 5th. 
Well done also to Amy, Joe, Louis and Edward who combined forces with some children from Maidenhead Sailing Club to create the Redheads Team and finished 11th. 
“Fun but scary at times” was the comment from our youngest sailor. 
“Dad, Mum can we get a Feva XL” from two of them – they’ve been told to start saving their pocket money!
A great day was had by all the children and they did the club proud. 
Follow the link to some great photos of the children in action
 
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