A Spanish fancy dress evening was held at the club on Sunday. Of course Manuel was there causing havoc….
Sailing has been challenging with unsettled winds all weekend so far. When it did blow there was some good planing, but there were many holes to be buried in. The Catapult fleet enjoyed themselves so much last year they came back for more, so Sunday afternoon they had the treat of a race around the lake! As ever, it was challenging (and that’s being polite!) and that was for the people who should know better. Scott Beattie and John Somerville on their first day’s sailing of the season were difficult to shake off by the RS400s and won both races on handicap.
Monday started off wet, but the drizzle was soon blown away by the blustery winds which caused several capsizes during the day. In fact, the first casualty was a dismasted catapult that had to be towed ashore. The gybe mark was a challenge for many, including Andy and Bean who was under instructions to ‘tickle’ their 49er around mark 6. Whatever that may mean, Bean successfully completed the challenge, but on a later gybe concentration was lost and they ended up capsized with mast in the mud.
The Monday series was the Paul Carruthers Memorial Trophy for which the main contenders was the first winner of the trophy Robbie D with Toggle in an RS400, and defending champion Mike Moore with Sally Roberts in a F15 – after the handicaps were calculated that was the order during the lunch break. this meant it was all on the last race. William Carruthers with Lesley Braddock in an RS400 were first to the windward mark and held off Robin for the first lap, until Robin pulled through on the next beat. For the next couple of laps there was some breathtakingly close racing and spectacular spinnaker reaches, but Robin eventually broke away to win the race and the series with William second and Mike third
The catapult visitors enjoyed their weekend, unfortunately I don’t have a copy of the results at present, but here’s Stuart Ede, the winning helm, receiving his trophy from Rhonwen
Weekend Results:
HANDICAP BARF PLATE
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 4 Pts
1 1298 S HUNT RS400 1 3 1 1 3
2 2324 R BLACKBURN LARK RTD DNS 5 5 14
3 1072 R DAWSON RS400 2 1 DNS DNS 21
4 937 W CARRUTHERS RS400 DNS DNS 2 2 22
5 13867 D NICHOLSON GP DNS DNS 4 3 25
6 3473 M MOORE FF DNS DNS 6 3 27
7 167828 I MACPHERSON LAS DNS DNS 3 7 28
8 338 R YARDLEY RS300 DNS DNS 7 6 31
9 130579 S HALL LASER RADI DNS DNS 10 8 36
10 160516 T CHITTENDEN LAS DNS DNS 8 10 36
11 1049 M SOMERVILLE RS400 DNS 2 DNS DNS 38
12 13733 A HODGKINS GP DNS DNS 11 11 40
13 1125 JoHALLIDAY RS400 DNS DNS 12 RTD 43
14 69960 M CHAPPEL MS DNS DNS DNS 9 45
15 13259 J ROBERTS GP DNS DNS 9 DNS 45
16 562 A SMITH 49R DNS DNS 13 DNS 49
17 168995 G HEMMINGWAY OPPIE DNS DNS 14 DNS 50
Points for RTD = 4 4 15 13
Points for DSQ = 4 4 15 13
Points for DNS = 18
3 races to count
HANDICAP DODD TROPHY
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 4 Pts
1 1072 R DAWSON RS400 2 1 1 2 4
2 2324 R BLACKBURN LARK 1 2 2 7 5
3 130579 S HALL LASER RADI 4 4 4 9 12
4 160516 T CHITTENDEN LAS DNS 3 3 7 13
5 103 A NICHOLSON VARIO DNS 5 5 10 20
6 1148 N CURRIE RS400 DNS DNS OD 3 23
7 937 W CARRUTHERS RS400 5 DNS DNS 4 26
8 1298 S HUNT RS400 DNS DNS DNS 1 35
9 1049 M SOMERVILLE RS400 3 DNS DNS DNS 37
10 3473 M MOORE FF DNS OD DNS DNS 39
11 562 A SMITH 49R DNS DNS DNS OD 39
12 167828 I MACPHERSON LAS DNS DNS DNS 6 40
13 20181 M NINNIM ENT DNS DNS DNS 5 41
14 1125 JoHALLIDAY RS400 DNS DNS DNS 11 45
15 1246 R RHODES OSPREY DNS DNS DNS 12 46
16 1140 J CHRISTIE VORTEX SP DNS DNS DNS 13 47
Points for RTD = 6 6 6 14
Points for DSQ = 6 6 6 14
Points for DNS = 17
3 races to count
ALBERT BATES ROUND THE LAKER
PN Boat Helm Class 1 Pts
1 3673 S BEATTIE FF 1 1
2 937 W CARRUTHERS RS400 2 2
3 1072 R DAWSON RS400 3 3
4 13905 H GODFREY GP 4 4
5 1148 N CURRIE RS400 5 5
6 3473 M MOORE FF 6 6
7 20181 M NINNIM ENT 7 7
8 2324 R BLACKBURN LARK 8 8
9 13118 V BELL GP 9 9
10 167828 I MACPHERSON LAS 10 10
11 2504 K THOMAS FF 11 11
12 13655 N LEWIS GP 12 12
13 103 A NICHOLSON VARIO 13 13
14 160516 T CHITTENDEN LAS 14 14
15 1125 JoHALLIDAY RS400 15 15
16 13867 D NICHOLSON GP 16 16
17 813467 D WRIGHT GP 17 17
18 1140 J CHRISTIE VORTEX SP RTD 21
18 1298 S HUNT RS400 RTD 21
18 13161 S SPENCE GP RTD 21
Points for RTD = 21
Points for DSQ = 21
Points for DNS = 21
1 races to count
PAUL CARRUTHERS MEMORIAL TROPHY
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 Pts
1 1072 R DAWSON RS400 1 1 2
2 937 W CARRUTHERS RS400 3 2 5
3 3473 M MOORE FF 2 3 5
4 167828 I MACPHERSON LAS 8 4 12
5 160516 T CHITTENDEN LAS 9 5 14
6 66942 A HILL LAS 11 8 19
7 13905 H GODFREY GP 4 DNS 20
8 20181 M NINNIM ENT 5 DNS 21
9 70142 T SMITH MS DNS 6 22
10 2324 R BLACKBURN LARK 6 DNS 22
11 114 T FLYNN M16 DNS 7 23
12 13867 D NICHOLSON GP 7 DNS 23
13 130579 S HALL LASER RADI 10 DNS 26
14 1140 J CHRISTIE VORTEX SP RTD DNS 30
14 562 A SMITH 49R RTD DNS 30
Points for RTD = 14 9
Points for DSQ = 14 9
Points for DNS = 16
2 races to count
GP14 SPRING CUP
PN Boat Helm Class 1 Pts
1 13885 M FAIRLAMB GP 1 1
2 213142 R HODGKINS RS400 RTD 3
3 13655 N LEWIS GP OD 3
Points for RTD = 3
Points for DSQ = 3
Points for DNS = 4
1 races to count
GP14 MUSTARD POT
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 4 Pts
1 13176 D LAWSON GP 1 2 1 DNS 4
2 13885 M FAIRLAMB GP 2 1 2 DNS 5
3 13655 N LEWIS GP 4 DNS DNS 2 14
4 13867 D NICHOLSON GP DNS 3 3 DNS 14
5 13905 H GODFREY GP DNS DNS DNS 1 17
6 13733 A HODGKINS GP 3 DNS DNS DNS 19
7 13874 J TELFORD GP OD DNS DNS DNS 19
Points for RTD = 5 4 4 3
Points for DSQ = 5 4 4 3
Points for DNS = 8
3 races to count
MIRROR RED SAILS
PN Boat Helm Class 1 2 3 Pts
1 70142 T SMITH MS DNS DNS 1 1
2 69960 M CHAPPEL MS DNS DNS 2 2
Points for RTD = 0 0 3
Points for DSQ = 0 0 3
Points for DNS = 3
1 races to count
Tips
Some racing tips courtesy of Pinnell and Bax can be found here