{"id":174,"date":"2016-09-17T19:56:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2016\/09\/17\/twilight-race-14th-saeptember\/"},"modified":"2016-09-17T19:56:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T19:56:00","slug":"twilight-race-14th-saeptember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2016\/09\/17\/twilight-race-14th-saeptember\/","title":{"rendered":"Twilight Race 14th SAeptember"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This was the final Wednesday evening race of the year and the chance for everyone to decorate their boats with lights and sail round in the dark (which is what some of us do all year!). Pleased to say the standard of decoration this year was much better than last year. There were a number of Christmas tree themes, some went for the searchlight approach and Dave & Ann had a very futuristic vertical laser set-up.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The race started in a light wind with a glorious sunset as a backdrop. There were 17 starters including the regular junior squad of Jemima, Joe and Edward.  <\/span><\/div>\n
At the end of the first lap Newton had edged away in the lead with Jess B in 2nd<\/sup> place and Dean & Nick in 3rd <\/sup>and this was the pattern for the second lap as well.<\/span><\/div>\n
By the third lap the wind had dropped right away and so had the light. No idea how the OOD Team managed to log the positions and times. They must have been very good at recognising light patterns and been in training on a carrot diet!<\/span><\/div>\n
The lake looked quite magical with the ghostly boats drifting around with flickering lights moving through the gloom.<\/span><\/div>\n
There was some doubt that all the boats would make it back to shore, but the lights were a help to the Rescue boats trying to find the stragglers in the dark.  <\/span><\/div>\n
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I think that Newton manged to hang onto his lead to win the race, but the most important accolade went to Edward who was considered to have the most impressive light display and also won the battle of the juniors..<\/span><\/div>\n
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Thanks to Karen who did us proud with a great barbecue and to Sally and Ann who had helped out throughout the year and a special thank you to Geesje  who was presented with a gift for all her hard work preparing great meals all year. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Thanks to Peter R and his OOD Team of Andrew B and Phil A and whoever else helped make the evening a great end to the Wednesday evening sailing.<\/span><\/div>\n
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