{"id":468,"date":"2014-08-22T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2014\/08\/22\/20-august-gillette-series-race-18\/"},"modified":"2014-08-22T20:31:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T20:31:00","slug":"20-august-gillette-series-race-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2014\/08\/22\/20-august-gillette-series-race-18\/","title":{"rendered":"20 August Gillette Series Race 18"},"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'>A NW 9mph wind gave Curtis and team difficulty in setting a start line, finally resolved by Paul R dragging No 5 down towards No 6 to give a first beat up towards the orange buoy line followed by 6 and 7.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style='font-size: 12pt'>Hugh and Curtis sitting in the Committee Boat at the starboard end of the line suffered mild whiplash when T boned by a Laser just at the start. It&#8217;s getting a habit for Curtis, he must be getting to like it !<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style='font-size: 12pt'>Fast away and first round the first lap was Newton (Laser) followed by Ian C (Supernova), Steve S (Solo), Dave L (Laser), Julian (Solo), Dean (Laser) and then Chris A (Solo). A right mixed bunch of boats in the leading group. There was then a slight gap to Nev &amp; Mike N (Leader) who were closely followed by Dave I (Radial), Bob L (Laser), Paul H (Supernova), Amy (Comet), Peter S (Byte) and Sally &amp; Laura in another Leader. Sylvia was between this group and the following group of Tracey &amp; Carole (Leader), Chris &amp; Carol (Sport 14) and Alistair J (Laser) and further back still was Alistair Scott (Radial) and Grace (Topper).<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style='font-size: 12pt'>By the end of the second lap, Ian had taken the lead and Dave L had passed Steve to move up to 3<sup>rd <\/sup>and Chris A had moved up to 5<sup>th<\/sup>. <span>&nbsp;<\/span>The other notable mover was Sylvia who had moved from 15<sup>th<\/sup> to 12<sup>th<\/sup> to join a tight midfield scrap with Mike A, Amy and Paul H with Bob and Peter just ahead of them.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style='font-size: 12pt'>At the end of the third and final lap the leading six boats were still in the same order but Dean had squeezed past Nev &amp; Mike to take 7<sup>th<\/sup> spot. Paul H came out on top of the midfield battle, but Sylvia had moved up further to 9<sup>th<\/sup> place, but probably not far enough ahead of Peter to beat him on handicap.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style='font-size: 12pt'>The final positions on the water were 1st Ian, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Newton, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Dave L, but then there were the three Solos of Steve, Chris and Julian in 4<sup>th<\/sup>, 5<sup>th<\/sup> and 6<sup>th<\/sup> places respectively. The Solos were probably just too far back to displace the three leaders, but it is likely that Newton will take first place from Ian on handicap.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style='font-size: 12pt'>Well done to Grace for persevering in the only Topper out tonight.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>  &nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A NW 9mph wind gave Curtis and team difficulty in setting a start line, finally resolved by Paul R dragging No 5 down towards No 6 to give a first beat up towards the orange buoy line followed by 6 and 7. 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