{"id":1536,"date":"2019-12-01T18:25:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T18:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2019-12-01T18:25:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T18:25:50","slug":"cobley-11-1st-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2019\/12\/01\/cobley-11-1st-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobley 11 – 1st December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was quite cold this morning with a N to NNE wind\nabout 9 \u2013 11 mph with stronger gusts coming through. Julian B used a Tektona\nstart with a first beat down to A (near the buoy line between 5 and 6), then 5,\n9, 3 and back through the start line.    <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pursuit Race<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14 starters this morning and\nearly starter Chris H (Comet) was first back through the line followed by Steve\nS (Solo) then Dave & Ann (Leader) just ahead of Ellen & Newton (RS200)\nwith Mike A (Lightning) about a minute further back. Mike T and Karen (both\nLasers) crossed the line abreast battling for 6th<\/sup> place. Rhys (4.7)\nwas next along with Pater Primrose (Laser) closing in on him, and they were\nabout 20 seconds ahead of Rick (Laser). Sally & Mike in the second Leader\nwere next along not far in front of Adrian (Vago s\/h). Bringing up the rear was\nRon, who missed his starting slot for the second week in a row! This is despite\nbeing the first boat out on the bank. Its obviously taking him too long to get\nhis kit on, he\u2019ll have to get a dresser or a valet! Julian W (Solo) came to\ngrief early on and decided a wet wetsuit was not the thing to have on when a\ncold North wind was blowing, so headed to the bank for a hot cup of tea!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the second lap\nNewton & Ellen had come to the front with the 2nd<\/sup> and 3rd<\/sup>\nplace boats keeping their positions, Karen moved up to 4th<\/sup> and Chris\nslipped back to 6th<\/sup>. James and Rick had caught and passed Rhys and\nMike A to move up to 7th<\/sup> and 8th<\/sup>. Adrian had moved up two\nplaces by also passing Rhys and Sally & Mike C.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the gun the final order\nwas \u2013 1st<\/sup> Ellen & Newton; 2nd<\/sup> Mike T; 3rd<\/sup>\nSteve S; 4th<\/sup> Karen; 5th<\/sup> Dave & Ann; 6th<\/sup>\nJames<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Handicap Race<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having got warm and dry\nJulian decided to stay that way, but Mark and Ralph entered the fray to bring\nthe starters up to 15. The course was changed to A, 5, 9, 4, 2, S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newton & Ellen were first\nback across the line followed by the Lasers of Karen, Mike T, Ralph, James and\nMark. Dave & Ann came through in 7th<\/sup> place nor far ahead of Rick\nand Mike C & Sally who crossed the line together. Steve S was only 10\nseconds behind them, with Adrian only 10 seconds behind him and 30 seconds\nfurther back Chris H crossed the line just ahead of Rhys. Bringing up the rear\nagain was Ron, who did not miss the start this time! Mike A retired after\ncapsizing rounding A and finding that Julian was quite right about the\ntemperature and the wind chill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the second lap there was\nno change at the front but Ralph moved up two places to 2nd<\/sup> and\nJames one place to 4th<\/sup>. Steve S passed Mike C & Sally and Rick\nto move up to 8th<\/sup> place. Mike C & Sally also got past Rick as\ndid Adrian, so Rick slipped back to 11th<\/sup> with Mike & Sally 9th<\/sup>\nand Adrian 10th<\/sup>. Behind them, there was no change in position with\nChris, Rhys and Ron.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the third lap,\nNewton & Ellen still led with Ralph 2nd<\/sup> and Mike T 3rd<\/sup>\nand James and Mark crossed the line together fighting for 4th<\/sup> spot.\nKaren, who was lying 5th<\/sup> retired, so Dave & Ann, Steve S, Mike\n& Sally and Adrian moved up to 6th<\/sup>, 7th<\/sup>, 8th <\/sup>and\n9th respectively. Chris H and Rhys also gained another place by passing Rick.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the fourth lap Ralph\nretired letting Mike T up to 2nd<\/sup> place and Mark got the better of\nJames to claim 3rd<\/sup> place. \nEveryone behind them gained a place due to Ralph\u2019s retirement, but\nAdrian also retired from 9th<\/sup> spot. Rhys passed Chris to move up to 8th<\/sup>\nand Ron gained two places due to the retirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris H, Rick and Ron had all\nbeen lapped before they reached the line, so received the finish gun as they\ncrossed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the fifth and\nlast lap there was a dramatic finish when Mike T pipped Newton & Ellen on\nthe line to take 1st<\/sup> place with Mark 3rd<\/sup>, James 4th<\/sup>\nand Dave & Ann 5th<\/sup>. Steve S who was in 6th<\/sup> place retired\nletting Mike C & Sally up to 6th<\/sup> place with Rhys the only other\nfinisher in 7th<\/sup> place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final order on the water was \u2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st<\/sup> Mike T; 2nd<\/sup> Newton & Ellen; 3rd<\/sup> Mark; 4th<\/sup> James; 5th<\/sup> Dave & Ann; 6th<\/sup> Mike C & Sally; 7th<\/sup> Rhys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On corrected time this becomes \u2013 1st<\/sup> Mike T; 2nd<\/sup> Newton & Ellen; 3rd<\/sup> Mark; 4th<\/sup> Dave & Ann; 5th<\/sup> James; 6th<\/sup> Ron<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Julian B and the\nOOD Team of John S, Ken P, Nick J and Will S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was quite cold this morning with a N to NNE wind about 9 \u2013 11 mph with stronger gusts coming through. Julian B used a Tektona start with a first beat down to A (near the buoy line between 5 and 6), then 5, 9, 3 and back through the start line.    Pursuit Race 14 starters this morning and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9D017-oM","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1537,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions\/1537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}