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Dave, Monica and Jerry used Dave’s inflatable – they were exhausted pumping it up, before they got going. Andy, with his wading stick decided to go by the road – water still waist deep in places – and managed to fall into the gully on the bridge where the water was over his head…poor guy, he was very cold and very wet by the time he got to the club house!!!
In the meantime, Dave and Jerry had a leisurely paddle across the lake admiring the views with Monica sat in the dinghy…….some mention was made of the African Queen!!! They moored up to the bottom of the club house and inspected the inside, still dry fortunately. But as a precaution against the water rising again, they emptied all the lower cupboards, put fridges, freezers, chairs etc all up on the tables.
The good news is that the water has subsided considerably, with only some 6″ of water in the red shed and thanks to Richard, Brian and Louise’s efforts on Saturday, everything was up on tressle tables and many of the floating boats secured.Thanks guys!!!
But the clubhouse is totally surrounded with water and only a bit of grass around the ‘Pirates’ meeting place log visible, with the depth of water through out the dinghy park ranging from knee to waist deep.
The SOOD Paul arrived to join two of his assistants, Monica and Andy, who were already there, but it was decided not to have a race!!!!!
Steve joined the gang and they all had coffee and admired the view.”…..water, water, everywhere and not a drop to drink…”
They all went back along the road, the guys pulling the dinghy with her ‘lady ship’ sitting in the bow again – though she had to get out several times where the water level had dropped, but mostly it is still knee to thigh deep along the whole road.
Watch this space for details of THE BIG CLEAN UP, WHEN ALL HANDS ON DECK WILL DEFINITELY BE NEEDED….and further info, re Pink Xmas scheduled for next w/end……?????
The Jolly Sailor only got two photos of the gang, complaining that the camera packed up in the cold. Now if only someone had got a picture of something other than 3 shifty looking blokes with a rubber inflatable…
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RSC Flooding You are invited to view Chris’s album. This album has 19 files.
Various people have made it to the club, tried their best to secure boats and advise that the water is now very high, almost level with the clubhouse and we have been advised may go higher. Whilst some boats had come loose, none looked like they had drifted away (no guarantees though). There are photos on the website readingsc.org.uk
Kind regards
RSC Committee
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1st Frostbite
The SOOD Karen was at the gate to greet the numerous people who arrived to sail or just ‘view’ the water! No sailing, no course to set and sadly no hot soup either!!!! just water, water and more water……
The first up the drive in their dry suits were Dave and big Steve, followed by Ian, Chris, Jon, Newton and Ross, armed with rope and stakes….some boats were not tied down!!!
Curtis smugly drove up the drive with Hugh in his huge Hummer……while Sophie opted for a wetsuit and bicycle as did Brian!
Poor Dave just came for a good sail, the wind was at least force 4, having no idea it had been raining all week!
Those that returned told the waiting voyeurs, Mark, Monica, Bill and a few others, that it was a beautiful sight and only a few of the boats beyond the red shed had water around them.
An email had gone out to the membership, but unfortunately not everyone had seen it.
PLEASE CHECK THE WEB SITE FOR FURTHER INFO RE THE STATE / HEIGHT OF THE WATER.
The next day Mark donned his dry suit and braved the water which came up to his waist…..it is still rising.
WATCH THIS SPACE………….
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Im sorry to report the Jolly Sailor fell asleep during the race, this was due the shear bordom setting in!
The final position were:
1st Richard 2nd Ian 3rd Dave
Cobley series final results were:
1st Chris 2nd Karen 3rd Peter
Well done!
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Before the race started Reading Sailing Club observed the 2 minutes silence , some members performed this quietly in their boats on the water whilst others stood by the log . the whistle blew and the boats entered the water and the countdown for the race started.
Jon and Mark noticed the wind had changed just slightly to make the port side of the line to have the advantaged but this has a habit of changing again at the last minute to make it definitely the wrong end .So being a handicap race all the boats crossed the start line at the same time. At this early stage we knew Bob in his Solo was going to be up with the others battling for top spot. Karen performed an amazing piece of brilliance to show us all how not to perform a roll tack, she was left swimming back to her boat! Peter had to retire due to his mainsheet separating . Never heard of that before Peter. I can only guess you doing an impersonation of Kate Winslet on the Titanic! So the results were
1st Bob, 2nd Chris, 3rd. Mike and Sally
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If the 65 people who intended to come, had ‘rocked up’ it would have been a fantastic turn out……but the 12 of us that did turn up for the November Pink Day had a great time! Paul and Barbara fortified us well with a scrummy breakfast, Ken gave us a comprehensive briefing, about flags and the course using most of the lake! Monica helped Ken start the race, though with the new, fantastic starting horn, her help was some what superfluous! The 9 starters were a little ‘line shy’ but with a bit of help / hindrance the sailors got around the course – Alice and Dean had some close sailing / touching……Newton and Steve both showed off their spinnaker skills, while the other Steve got in with Kris in her new Comet to give her some help with the rear rig – Monica, unimpressed with Steve’s Solo, sailed it back to the shore for him. Robbie and Pat had some ‘juggling’ to do to get Robbie’s mirror really ‘going’…..
But the winner was undoubtedly Ben, who was the only person who sailed the right course, going through the starting line on each lap….everyone else was disqualified!! – well done Ben and don’t forget to polish it every week!!
NB. The next Pink Day is the great Xmas party on Dec 8th – numbers are limited – so if you want to be there to see Father Xmas and maybe get a pressie…??? contact Monica asap.
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The sailors limped to the start line at Tectona. Not many this Sunday, due to the rain we had earlier in the morning. Steve in his 505 was very confident, he decided to sneak out of his house without Lynne and sail the race on his own.
The wind slowly appeared from no where! The boats started to speed up, Newton and his gang allowed everyone a chance to get to the start line on time. The only problem we were going to get tired before we even started
Mike was the first casualty in his Solo, he only managed two legs of the race before he took to a very watery grave! The same happened to Steve in his 505, perhaps he should have noted the weather forecast, yes the forecast was right.
About half the fleet dropped out during the race, the leading sailors were David and Chris. Who was going to win this race??? David kept ahead all the way until he tacked and got himself in irons. This let Chris overtake him and cross the line first. The Jolly Sailor can’t repeat what David said, but he was given some advice – PUSH PUSH or PULL PULL David.
1st Chris 2nd David 3rd Jon.
