{"id":91,"date":"2017-07-22T20:08:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2017\/07\/22\/19th-july-gillette-series-race-14\/"},"modified":"2017-07-22T20:08:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T20:08:00","slug":"19th-july-gillette-series-race-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2017\/07\/22\/19th-july-gillette-series-race-14\/","title":{"rendered":"19th July Gillette Series Race 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">The SW wind got quite frisky before the race but dropped down to about  14 mph at the start and continued to drop throughout the race. David C (fresh  from the Triathlon circuits, if fresh is the right descriptor for someone doing  triathlons!) set the first beat to 4 then 2, 9, X (which was in the middle of  the lake just further up from Tektona), 5, 8, 6, 7 and back through the start.<\/span><\/div>\n<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\">There were 23 starters and first back through the start was Mark (Laser)  followed by Curtis (Radial) and Richard H (Laser). Then there was a slight gap  back to Ellen (Laser) who was just ahead of the two Solos of Newton and Steve S  and then another gap back to Joe (4.7). Some 30 seconds later Dean &amp; Nick  (Vago) crossed the line in 8<sup>th<\/sup> place just ahead of Rick (Laser),  William (Radial) and Nev &amp; Mike (Leader). Next along were Mike A  (Lightning), Dave &amp; Ann (Leader) and Paul H (Supernova) who all crossed the  line together. Chasing these was Alistair S (Laser) who was followed by another  close group consisting of Jeremy (Laser), Sally &amp; Suzi (Leader) and Ed (Topper).  Then a minute and a half behind Ed came Paula &amp; Angela (Comet Duo) who were  comfortably clear of a Mirror battle between Ron V and Dave P. Then two more  minutes back there was another great tussle between the Oppies of Jemima 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\">At the end of the second lap there was no change in the order of the  first six boats, but William had gained three places to move up to 7<sup>th<\/sup>  place with Joe slipping down to 8<sup>th<\/sup>. Paul H gained two places to  move up to 12<sup>th<\/sup> position and Sally &amp; Suzi moved up three places  to 14<sup>th <\/sup>with Jeremy gaining one place to move up to 15<sup>th<\/sup>.  Further back Paula &amp; Angela gained two places up to 19<sup>th<\/sup> and  Rhys had passed Jemima in the Oppie battle.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">Rhys and Jemima 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 end of the final lap Mark had increases his lead at the front and  Richard H had got past Curtis to take 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place on the water, but  that was the only change in the top seven boats. Mike A gained five places to  move up to 8<sup>th<\/sup> and Nev &amp; Mike and Paul H gained one place to  move up to 10<sup>th <\/sup>and 11<sup>th<\/sup>. Jeremy and Paula &amp; Angela gained  two places to 13<sup>th<\/sup> and 15<sup>th<\/sup> respectively and Dave P took  the honours in the Mirror battle finishing just ahead of Ron. <\/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>; Mark; 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Richard H; 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Curtis; 4<sup>th<\/sup>  Ellen; 5<sup>th<\/sup> Newton; 6<sup>th<\/sup> Steve S<\/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 the position becomes less clear as there is some talk of  splitting the Juniors&#8217; results away from the Seniors so that they have their  own series within the Summer Series, as last year.<\/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\">In a combined fleet Mark should hold onto 1<sup>st<\/sup> place, but Rhys  should be 2<sup>nd<\/sup> with Curtis 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, Richard H 4<sup>th<\/sup>,  Jemima 5<sup>th<\/sup> and Newton 6<sup>th<\/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\">In a Seniors only fleet the positions should be \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> Mark; 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Curtis; 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Richard H; 4<sup>th<\/sup>  Newton; 5<sup>th<\/sup> Steve S; 6<sup>th<\/sup> William (if William is now a  Senior not a Junior !) or Ellen<\/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\">In a Juniors only fleet the positions would be \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> Rhys; 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Jemima; 3<sup>rd<\/sup> William (if  he is still a Junior); 4<sup>th<\/sup> Joe; 5<sup>th<\/sup> Ed<\/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\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif\">Thanks to David C and the OOD Team of Hugh, Bob, Cliff, Lynne and Julian  W.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SW wind got quite frisky before the race but dropped down to about 14 mph at the start and continued to drop throughout the race. 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