{"id":130,"date":"2017-03-13T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2017\/03\/13\/spring-series-1-sunday-5th-march\/"},"modified":"2017-03-13T09:49:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T09:49:00","slug":"spring-series-1-sunday-5th-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2017\/03\/13\/spring-series-1-sunday-5th-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring series 1 Sunday 5th March"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first of the Spring Series races and what a start to the series. When Jon and David opt for radial rigs you know that there is trouble ahead! The format was the same as last year, a 35 minute pursuit followed by a 45 minute handicap race.<\/span><\/div>\n
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With a SW wind varying between 15 and 25 mph, Newton set the first beat to 4, across to 2, back to 9 then 5, 6, 7 and back through the start.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Pursuit race<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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There were only five starters and needless to say, i<\/span>t was quite windy on occasions, with everyone seeming to capsize at some point. It was not much of a pursuit either as there was only one boat, Chris in his Comet going off ahead of four Lasers.<\/span><\/div>\n
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David was first back through the line followed by Jon then Chris, James and Franz.<\/span><\/div>\n
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By the end of the second lap James had caught Chris and Franz had disappeared and at the finish gun the final positions were \u2013<\/span><\/div>\n
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1st<\/sup> David; 2nd<\/sup> Jon; 3rd<\/sup> James; 4th<\/sup> Chris.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Handicap Race<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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Franz was still drying out, so there were only four starters for the second race and only three finishers! <\/span><\/div>\n
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Chris did not make the end of the first lap! James was doing quite well early on with a full rig as the wind had dropped slightly, only to be wiped out a number of times later in the race when a squall came through.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The final positions were \u2013 <\/span><\/div>\n
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1st<\/sup> David; 2nd<\/sup> Jon; 3rd<\/sup> James. <\/span><\/div>\n
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