{"id":3454,"date":"2026-04-11T14:01:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T14:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/?p=3454"},"modified":"2026-04-11T14:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T14:01:27","slug":"sunday-5th-april-easter-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2026\/04\/11\/sunday-5th-april-easter-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 5th April – Easter Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Strong winds on Sunday as Storm Dave hit the Easter Cup with a vengeance. With gusts of up to 35 knots, this wasn’t a race for the faint of heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rhys, Will P & Steve S had all opted to drop down to an ILCA4 Rig. Whilst Darren and Will S both had their ILCA6 sails on. Aileen had her small comet sail on whilst Kate stuck to her usual ILCA4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A challenging course utilised the whole of the lake, with two beats, several reaches and 4 gybes to contend with, no sailor remained upright across the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first race, Rhys was first round, with Steve S close behind. Both Wills & Darren had issues with capsizing, sitting themselves further back in the fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aileen had the unique honor of crossing the start line, capsizing, drifting back behind the line, then crossing it again. Unfortunately this didn’t count as a lap but she soldiered on nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the race, Rhys crossed the line 1st, with Steve 2nd and Will P 3rd. The positions were unchanged on Handicap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second race had a much closer start line, with Will P arriving far too early. The rest of the fleet was much further back which allowed Will to bear away and get a much better start. Will held onto this advantage, remaining upright for the remainder of the race. Darren managed to pass Will, finishing 1st on the water. Will P was second & Will S 3rd. On handicap, Will P finished 1st, Darren 2nd & Will S 3rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having returned to shore for a hearty lunch of Spaghetti Bolognese, made by Ann, only 5 sailors went back out for the final race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was all to play for, with just a few points separating the top 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wind had shifted and dropped slightly, Will S had an excellent start, with Rhys & Will P close behind. Whilst the latter were fighting amongst themselves, Will S was extending his lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the race, Will S finished 1st, with Rhys 2nd & Aileen 3rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all results were counted, both Rhys & Will S were level on points, resulting in joint winners of the Easter Cup. Will P finished 3rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A big thank you to the Safety Team for providing cover in difficult conditions & thank to Hugh for running the racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Strong winds on Sunday as Storm Dave hit the Easter Cup with a vengeance. With gusts of up to 35 knots, this wasn’t a race for the faint of heart. Rhys, Will P & Steve S had all opted to drop down to an ILCA4 Rig. Whilst Darren and Will S both had their ILCA6 sails on. Aileen had her<\/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,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jollysailor"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9D017-TI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454","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=3454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3462,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454\/revisions\/3462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}