{"id":3469,"date":"2026-04-12T13:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/?p=3469"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:58:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:58:52","slug":"wednesday-8th-april-commodores-cup-race-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2026\/04\/12\/wednesday-8th-april-commodores-cup-race-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 8th April &#8211; Commodore&#8217;s Cup &#8211; Race 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Extremely light winds for the first of our Wednesday evening races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Commodores cup started off with a great turnout of 21 boats, despite the lack of wind. There was a brief glimmer of hope as some wind filled in before the start, but this was quickly sniffed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rhys, Will S &amp; Hugh (All ILCA7) all got away well, with the majority of the Solo&#8217;s of Newton, Steve &amp; Ralph also in the mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were several boats OCS. Most chose to return, but Steve kept going, resulting in a DSQ. It was great to see James C make a return in his RS300. Such was the delight that Hugh rammed him, and once penalty turns were completed had tumbled down the order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not to be outdone, James then infringed Rhys, and not wanted to endure the pain of penalty turns in no wind, promptly retired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rhys was first to the windward mark and held onto the lead for the remainder of the race, Will S was just behind for a while but got overtaken by Newton who crossed the line 2nd. Will S finished 3rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were a lot of close battles throughout the fleet, with Chris H &amp; Aileen (Both Comets) trading places and conversation throughout the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the light winds, only 10 boats finished the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Darren and his team for organising the racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the race, there was Sausage and Bean Casserole, made by Ann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re back on Sunday for the next rounds of the Spring Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/670756720_1388460039985694_5565925730225044351_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/670756720_1388460039985694_5565925730225044351_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/670756720_1388460039985694_5565925730225044351_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/670756720_1388460039985694_5565925730225044351_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/670756720_1388460039985694_5565925730225044351_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/670756720_1388460039985694_5565925730225044351_n.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extremely light winds for the first of our Wednesday evening races. The Commodores cup started off with a great turnout of 21 boats, despite the lack of wind. There was a brief glimmer of hope as some wind filled in before the start, but this was quickly sniffed out. Rhys, Will S &amp; Hugh (All ILCA7) all got away well,<\/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-3469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jollysailor"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9D017-TX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3469","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=3469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3471,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3469\/revisions\/3471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}