{"id":464,"date":"2014-08-29T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2014\/08\/29\/27-august-gillette-series-race-19\/"},"modified":"2014-08-29T20:14:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T20:14:00","slug":"27-august-gillette-series-race-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2014\/08\/29\/27-august-gillette-series-race-19\/","title":{"rendered":"27 August Gillette Series Race 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt\">\n<div><span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style='font-size: 12pt'>There was a SE wind varying between 6 \u2013 10 mph, depending upon which part of the lake you were on. Steve B and team used a Tektona start going down to a blue buoy, roughly where No 1 used to be.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Not sure where 1 was !<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style='font-size: 12pt'>21 boats started and it was quite busy round the first mark and Dave L added to the fun by capsizing just in front of the mark.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style='font-size: 12pt'>Steve P (505) got away well and was leading at the end of the first lap from Newton (Laser), Ian C (Supernova), Curtis (Laser), then there was a slight gap to Dave L, Dave I, Andy B and Dave P, all in Lasers. Paula &amp; Angela (Comet Duo) were next across the line in 9<sup>th<\/sup> place, closely pursued by Nev &amp; Bob (Leader) then Julian and Chris A in Solos and Sally &amp; Laura in the other Leader. Paul H was very close to the girls (who can blame him !) and behind Paul were the T ladies, Tracey (Comet) just ahead of Amy (Europe). A little further back were Dean &amp; Nick (Laser 2) followed by Chris M (420), Grace J (Topper) and Alistair S (Radial).<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style='font-size: 12pt'>At the end of the second lap, there was no change in the positions of the first eight boats, which is quite unusual. Julian had moved up two places to 9<sup>th<\/sup>, Nev &amp; Bob were still in 10<sup>th<\/sup>, Chris A moved up one place to 11<sup>th<\/sup> and Mike A three places to 12<sup>th<\/sup>. Tracey was still leading Amy, but they had both moved up one place. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style='font-size: 12pt'>After three laps Steve P was still ahead, but Ian had passed Newton to move up to 2<sup>nd<\/sup> and Dave P and Julian had passed Andy B to move to 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup>. Tracey had moved up one place, putting Sally &amp; Laura between her and Amy. Grace did well to complete three laps and finished on that lap along with another 10 boats.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style='font-size: 12pt'>The fourth and final lap saw no change in the positions of the first nine boats, which must be a first for this year in any series.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style='font-size: 12pt'>The final positions on the water were 1<sup>st<\/sup> Steve P, 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, Ian C, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Newton, but on handicap it is likely that the three boats behind Steve will place before him, giving Curtis 3<sup>rd<\/sup> and Steve 4<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a SE wind varying between 6 \u2013 10 mph, depending upon which part of the lake you were on. 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