{"id":69,"date":"2017-11-05T17:13:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-02-04T22:04:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T22:04:02","slug":"cobley-series-8-29th-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2017\/11\/05\/cobley-series-8-29th-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobley Series 8  29th October"},"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;line-height:normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">The wind was 12 mph NNW veering N and quite strong in the gusts, but not  as strong as last week. Dave L set the start from shore with the pin end towards  8 and first mark X up by the buoy line a bit down from 6, then 4, 2, 5, 8 and  back through the start. . All the Lasers went for full rigs, except William and  Milo who normally sail Radials anyway<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal\"><b><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal\"><b><span>Pursuit Race<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span>There were 13  starters with Dave P first away in his Mirror followed by Rhys (Topper) and  then Chris H (Comet). <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">Julian W who had got away well in his Solo suffered a failure with his  main sheet block and had to retire. Ellen who was out for the first in a while  time in her Laser capsized a few times as she got to grips with jibing the full  rig in the gusts. She then decided to retire and regroup for the second race. <\/span><span>In the fresh wind the  early leaders had been caught by the time the gun went and the final positions  were \u2013<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span>1<sup>st<\/sup> Mark \u2013  Laser; 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Jon \u2013 Laser; 3<sup>rd<\/sup> James \u2013 Laser; 4<sup>th<\/sup>  Newton \u2013 Solo; 5<sup>th<\/sup> Franz \u2013 Laser; 6<sup>th<\/sup> Chris H &#8211; Comet<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal\"><b><span>Handicap Race<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal\"><span>Milo  (Radial) joined the fleet for the second race.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">James made a good  start and led at the first mark from Newton with Jon and Ellen not far behind.  James, Jon and Ellen had passed Newton by the end of the first lap with  Alistair S and Mark B in Lasers not far behind. Then there was a slight gap  back to Franz who was easing away from Chris H, William and Milo. Then along  came Adrian sailing his Vago single handed with spinnaker as usual and further  back were Dave P and Rhys.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">On the second lap the three leaders  were having a good battle with Newton following a short distance behind. Mark B  moved up a place to 5<sup>th<\/sup> by getting past Alistair. William. Milo  and Adrian all gained two places moving up to 7<sup>th<\/sup>, 8<sup>th<\/sup>  and 9<sup>th&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/sup><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">By the end of the  third lap Ellen had taken the lead and pulled a small gap on the others and  Franz was the only other mover by regaining two places. Dave P and Rhys  received the finish gun at the end of this lap.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">At the gun Ellen had  increased her lead and crossed the line well ahead, but there were no other  changes in position on this last lap.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">The final positions  on the water were \u2013 <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">1<sup>st<\/sup> Ellen;  2<sup>nd<\/sup> Jon; 3<sup>rd<\/sup> James; 4<sup>th<\/sup> Newton; 5<sup>th<\/sup>  Mark; 6<sup>th<\/sup> Alistair.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">On handicap Ellen  will retain her victory, but Newton was close enough to Jon and James to pip  them making it a daughter, father one two! The only other change will be  William pushing Alistair out of 6<sup>th<\/sup> place.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>                                                                                    <\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">Thanks to Dave L and  the OOD Team of Pat G, Nick J, Gordon P and Ian S.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wind was 12 mph NNW veering N and quite strong in the gusts, but not as strong as last week. Dave L set the start from shore with the pin end towards 8 and first mark X up by the buoy line a bit down from 6, then 4, 2, 5, 8 and back through the start. . 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