{"id":385,"date":"2015-04-12T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2015\/04\/12\/12-april-spring-series-5\/"},"modified":"2015-04-12T18:59:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T18:59:00","slug":"12-april-spring-series-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2015\/04\/12\/12-april-spring-series-5\/","title":{"rendered":"12 April Spring Series 5"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This was another windy Sunday with a SSW rising from about 12 mph to plus 20 with some strong gusts coming through.<\/span><\/div>\n
Mike A set a beat down to 2, then on to 3, back along the buoy line to 4 then across to a gybe at 8, back up to 5 on the buoy line with another gybe, then toward the clubhouse and No 7 and back through the start line. <\/span><\/div>\n
Before the start Peter S and Jon C got entangled and at one point Jon had Peter captured underneath the sail of his Laser !  <\/span>Fortunately they sorted things out before Peter was due to start.<\/span><\/div>\n
Most of the Laser sailors had opted for the radial rig and some were wishing they could opt for a 4.7 ! <\/span>Mike C decided to team up with Hugh in the Leader.<\/span><\/div>\n
There were 13 starters and William was first away as usual in his Topper followed nine minutes later by Peter S (Byte), then Hugh & Mike C three minutes later.<\/span><\/div>\n
Alistair (Laser \u2013 full rig) came to grief on the first lap and eventually had to leave his boat to be retrieved later \u2013 the first but not the last !<\/span><\/div>\n
William still led by quite a distance at the end of the first lap with Steve S in 2nd<\/sup> and Newton & Ellen (Laser 2000) 3rd<\/sup>. About two minutes later Hugh & Mike crossed the line closely followed by a pack of Lasers, David C, Richard S, Curtis, Jon C, then the late starters Paul R (Aero) and Ian C (Supernova) and finally Dave L (Laser) and Peter S.<\/span><\/div>\n
On the second lap the wind really started to get up and there were numerous capsizes all over the lake. Steve S looked as if he would cross the line in first place, but he capsized round 5 and the cleats on his foredeck pulled out so he toured in (quite quickly !) to retire. Newton & Ellen who were not far behind Steve then crossed the line 1st<\/sup> with David C 2nd<\/sup> and Paul R 3rd<\/sup>.<\/span><\/div>\n
At this point there were more boats over than upright and the two Safety Boats were struggling to cope. Mike A as SOOD reluctantly made the decision to abandon the race.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Steve S, Jon C and Hugh set out in a third Safety Boat to help retrieve helms and boats.<\/span><\/div>\n
James P & Steve P in one Safety Boat and Ross B & Issy in the other Safety Boat did a great job all morning and many thanks to them for their great efforts.<\/span><\/div>\n
Once all the helms were safely ashore the Safety Boats set out again to retrieve all the boats that had been abandoned around the lake.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Quite an eventful morning !<\/span><\/div>\n

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