{"id":176,"date":"2016-09-11T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2016\/09\/11\/11th-september-cobley-series-2\/"},"modified":"2016-09-11T17:27:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T17:27:00","slug":"11th-september-cobley-series-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2016\/09\/11\/11th-september-cobley-series-2\/","title":{"rendered":"11th September Cobley Series 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span>Well  last Sunday was quite windy but that was not the case today. The wind was  coming from the WNW, when it was coming at all! With the very light wind Dave P  wisely set a short course using the flag post nearest to the Clubhouse &nbsp;with 6 as the first mark, then across to X (in  the middle of the lake West of 8) then back through the start.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><b><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><b><span>Pursuit Race<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span>There  were 11 starters again this morning and with no Toppers Chris H (Comet) was  first away. By No 6 he had been caught and passed by Mark B (Laser) and Hadey  (Radial), and then there was a line of Lasers led by Mike A followed by Ralph, Steve  P, Richard S, Alistair S and Dave I. &nbsp;Finally  another boat, the Solo of Chris A, with the Laser of Rod bringing up the rear.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span>By the  end of the lap Chris H had repassed Hadey and Richard S had gained two places  to move up to 5<sup>th<\/sup> and the only other mover was Alistair who had  gained a place.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span>At the  gun the only further changes were Hadey back in front of Chris H, Dave I had  passed Ralph and Rod had got past Chris A.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span>The  final positions were \u2013 <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span>1<sup>st<\/sup>  Mark B; 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Hadey; 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Chris H; 4<sup>th<\/sup> Mike A; 5<sup>th<\/sup>  Richard S; 6<sup>th<\/sup> Steve P<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><b><span>Handicap<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">The wind had improved a little for the second race and by the end  of the first lap Richard S had managed to get away at the front. Mark B came  through in 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place and Hadey in 3<sup>rd,<\/sup> with Mike A and  Dave I crossing the line together behind her. Ralph (Laser) came through in 6<sup>th<\/sup>  with Chris A 7<sup>th<\/sup>, Rod 8<sup>th<\/sup>, Steve P 9<sup>th<\/sup>,  Alistair 10<sup>th<\/sup> and Chris H at the back in 11<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">On the second lap Mike A, Dave I and Ralph all managed to get past  Hadey. Alistair had moved up two places to 8<sup>th<\/sup> and Chris H was up  one place.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">At the end of the third lap the first six boats had maintained  position, but Rod moved up four places to 7<sup>th<\/sup>, Steve P was up one  place to 8<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">On the fourth lap there was no change in the first seven boats,  but Steve retired allowing Chris A to move up a place to 8<sup>th<\/sup> and  Alistair up to 9<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">Chris A, Alistair and Chris H received the gun at the end of this  lap. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">At the end of the fifth and last lap there was no change with the  first five boats, but Rod had gained another place by nipping past Hadey.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">The final positions on the water were \u2013<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">1<sup>st<\/sup> Richard S; 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Mark B; 3<sup>rd<\/sup>  Mike A; 4<sup>th<\/sup> Dave I; 5<sup>th<\/sup> Ralph; 6<sup>th<\/sup> Rod<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">On Handicap, there should be no change with the first four boats,  but Hadey should leapfrog to 5<sup>th<\/sup> place.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>                                                                                                        <\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">Thanks to Dave Portus and the OOD Team of Jan &amp; Paul K, Al E  and Nick L&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well last Sunday was quite windy but that was not the case today. 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