{"id":2186,"date":"2022-07-14T13:52:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T13:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2022-07-14T13:52:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T13:52:56","slug":"summer-series-5-10th-july-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2022\/07\/14\/summer-series-5-10th-july-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Series 5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10th July 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another sunny morning with a light WSW wind around 5 mph. SOOD Richard S set the first beat to 4, then C, 9, 5, 6, 7 and back through the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pursuit Race<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were 22 starters including Adrian B in his classic Avon Scow and Chris K had somewhat surprisingly opted for a Radial and Mike T &amp; Alessandro were out in Mike\u2019s Enterprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was little change from the fist lap positions to the 35 minute gun and the final order was \u2013 1<sup>st<\/sup> Newton\/Solo; 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Chris H\/Comet; 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Karen\/Laser; 4<sup>th<\/sup> Chris K\/Radial; 5<sup>th<\/sup> Darren\/Laser; 6<sup>th<\/sup> Mike T &amp; Alessandro\/Enterprise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Handicap Race<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard shortened the course for the second race so it became a four lap race of about 10 minutes per lap (to start with!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newton was first back across the line with Karen and Darren not far behind and crossing together. Chris H was ominously close in 4<sup>th<\/sup> place and about a minute ahead of Mike T &amp; Alessandro and they were 40 seconds ahead of Chris K and Ron\/Mirror in battling for 7<sup>th<\/sup> place. &nbsp;The Lasers of Rick and Nigel were next across the line with Sally\/Comet and Alistair\/Laser about one minute further back and they were followed by Adrian in his Avon Scow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lap 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No change in the first six places, but Rick and Nigel had passed Ron to move up to 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th <\/sup>and Alistair had got past Sally. Adrian had decided to go off piste and enjoy the sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lap 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only changes on this lap were Nigel moving up two places to 6<sup>th<\/sup> and Ron repassing Rick. Alistair and Sally received the hooter at the end of the lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Last Lap<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the wind dropping, this last lap took nearly twice as long as any of the previous laps, but Newton eventually crossed the line in 1<sup>st<\/sup> place ahead of Karen in 2<sup>nd&nbsp; <\/sup>with Darren just pipped on the line by Chris H for 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final order on the water was \u2013 1<sup>st<\/sup> Newton; 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Karen; 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Chris H; 4<sup>th<\/sup> Darren; 5<sup>th<\/sup> Mike T &amp; Alessandro; 6<sup>th<\/sup> Chris K; 7<sup>th<\/sup> Ron; 8<sup>th<\/sup> Nigel; 9<sup>th<\/sup> Rick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On corrected time this becomes \u2013 1<sup>st<\/sup> Chris H\/Comet; 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Newton\/Solo; 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Karen\/Laser; 4<sup>th<\/sup> Darren\/Laser; 5<sup>th<\/sup> Sally\/Comet (one lap down); 6<sup>th<\/sup> Ron\/Mirror<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to SOOD Richard Stanley and the race team of Andrew Steele, David Knight, Gareth Evans, Hadey Lines (again), Jamie Harris and Jason Beeldere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another sunny morning with a light WSW wind around 5 mph. SOOD Richard S set the first beat to 4, then C, 9, 5, 6, 7 and back through the start. 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