{"id":66,"date":"2017-11-22T17:56:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-02-04T22:04:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T22:04:02","slug":"cobley-series-10-19th-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2017\/11\/22\/cobley-series-10-19th-november-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobley Series 10   19th November 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">It was a pleasant  morning with a light wind from the SW. about 7 \u2013 8 mph. Sylvia set the first  beat to 5, then 8, 4, X (don&#8217;t ask me !) and back through the start. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><b><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><b><span>Pursuit Race<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>There were 15  starters today and at the end of the first lap Nev &amp; Mike (Leader) were  first across the line with Newton (Solo) and Chris H (Comet) not far behind them.  Then the other Leader of Sally &amp; Stuart came through in 4<sup>th<\/sup>  place, but they were being caught by a train of Lasers led by Karen then Ellen,  Jon, Ralph, Mark and James. About a minute back from Mark was Peter R  (Enterprise) followed by Rick (Laser), John W (Laser), Adrian (Vago) and  Alistair (Laser). By the end of the second lap Ellen had come through to take  the lead with Newton still in 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place with Jon up to 3<sup>rd<\/sup>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>The final positions  at the gun were \u2013<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>1<sup>st<\/sup> Ellen;  2<sup>nd<\/sup> Newton; 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Jon; 4<sup>th<\/sup> Nev &amp; Mike; 5<sup>th<\/sup>  Mark; 6<sup>th<\/sup> Ralph.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><b><span>Handicap Race<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>There was a change of  course for the second race going from 5 to 2, then 4, 8, 6, X and back through  the start and Marcin decide to join the race in his Laser. Marcin has been out  sailing for the last few Sundays, but this was his first race, so welcome to  the racing fleet.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>At the end of the  first lap there was a familiar look to the leader board with Karen, Ellen and  Mark 1, 2 and 3.&nbsp; Ralph and Newton  crossed the line together battling for 4<sup>th<\/sup> place with Adrian only  one second behind them. Slightly further back Jon and James were having a good  tussle for 7<sup>th<\/sup> spot and behind them there was yet another close  battle between Chris H and John W. Peter R came through on his own, then a trio  of boats close together with the Leaders of Sally &amp; Stuart and Nev &amp;  Mike sandwiching Alistair. Bringing up the rear of the fleet was Marcin just  ahead of Rick.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>No change in the  first three at the end of the second lap, but Newton had passed Ralph to move  up to 4<sup>th <\/sup>and James had gained three places to move to 5<sup>th<\/sup>  .Further back Peter R had moved up two places to 9<sup>th<\/sup> place and Nev  &amp; Mike and Rick gained a place.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>Ellen and Karen had  enjoyed a close battle all though the race, but at the end of the last lap  Ellen just managed to pip Karen to take the victory. &nbsp;The only other movers on the last lap were  Peter R who gained another three places and Rick who was battling with Alistair  managed to get past him before the line.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>The final positions  on the water were \u2013 <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>1<sup>st<\/sup> Ellen;  2<sup>nd<\/sup> Karen; 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Mark; 4<sup>th<\/sup> Newton; 5<sup>th<\/sup>  James; 6<sup>th<\/sup> Peter R<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>On handicap the first  four will keep their positions, but Chris H should move up to 5th place with James  6<sup>th<\/sup> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>Although if Peter had  sailed off the normal Enterprise handicap he would probably have kept his 6<sup>th<\/sup>  spot, but as he sailed single handed he was given a less advantageous PN number.  However the Enterprise seems to be the only boat in the RSC fleet which  receives such a penalty!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>Seems to be a  dangerous tactic to single out the man who looks after the cess pit \u2013 without him  we&#8217;d all be in the S*** !<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>                                                                                                    <\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\" dir=\"ltr\"><span>Thanks to Sylvia and  the OOD team of Nick, Colin, Tom and Hugh.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a pleasant morning with a light wind from the SW. about 7 \u2013 8 mph. Sylvia set the first beat to 5, then 8, 4, X (don&#8217;t ask me !) and back through the start. &nbsp; Pursuit Race There were 15 starters today and at the end of the first lap Nev &amp; Mike (Leader) were first across<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9D017-14","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","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=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":788,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}