2009 Spring Series 2.5

Sunday 26th April

The best dinghy racing for several years! Nine boats all sailing with enthusiasm!

I've started to put some photos on Picasa:

http://picasaweb.google.com/susadort/Sp ... ilingClub#

They are all half size and some are cropped but if you want an original just let me know. There will be about forty when I've finished.

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Nick Miller in his Blaze, here in the second race, won both races and is leading the series. He had exciting tussles with Martin Topping in both races. The other positions were keenly contested too.

The wind was southerly for the start of the first race but shortly veered round to the west. The wind strength was force 2 occasionally 3.

The course was the same for both races but because of the tide, the conditions were different: Bs - Hs - Ap - (Curlew's Mooring)p = 18p - F(T)s x 3 laps for the faster boats.

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Nick and Martin vying for the lead in the second race.

Thanks to Ian Hall and Paul Gill who manned the Rescue Boat. I OODed. Special thanks to all the competitors who made the day and appeared to enjoy themselves very much.

Thanks to Giles who took Jason out and to Michael Gill who took out Ryan and, between and after the races, allowed him to helm, giving him appropriate help and guidance. Martin T also had a new crew who did eceptionally well, helping Martin to achieve second place in both races.

It was good to see Jack and Glen sailing their newly acquired Enterprise - I remember taking them both out when Glen was only 9 years old - I also let them ride up and down on our first ride-on mower - would they like to use occasionally it now?

2009 Spring Series 2.5                        
Race 4 Sunday 26 April 2009 Laps =  3  
Boat     Helm Crew PY Elapsed Time Laps Elapsed Time Corrected Time Seconds Place Points
Name Sail No. Type/Class     Handicap Minutes Seconds   Seconds Seconds Behind    
  757 Blaze Nick Miller   1047 44 05 3 2645   2526   0 1 19
Shakin That RS 694 RS400 Martin Topping Friend 952 44 32 3 2672   2807   280 2 16
Penny Diamond II 12673 Enterprise John Broadhead Heidi 1116 39 45 2 2385   3206   679 3 14
  130539 Laser Ivan Haslam   1078 38 29 2 2309   3213   687 4 12
  813 Comet Anne Bourner   1195 43 22 2 2602   3266   740 5 10
  5778 Enterprise Jack Broadhead Glen Holmes 1116 42 20 2 2540   3414   888 6 8
  4280 Wayfarer Giles Stothert Jason Kennedy 1108 42 36 2 2556   3460   934 7 6
  3134 GP14 Martin Lord John Glynn 1153 45 03 2 2703   3516   990 8 4
  35606 West Eleven Michael Gill Ryan Hall 1436 37 54 1 2274   4751   2224 9 2
                               
Race 5 Sunday 26 April 2009 Laps =  3  
Boat     Helm Crew PY Elapsed Time Laps Elapsed Time Corrected Time Seconds Place Points
Name Sail No. Type/Class     Handicap Minutes Seconds   Seconds Seconds Behind    
  757 Blaze Nick Miller   1047 34 32 3 2072   1979   0 1 19
Shakin That RS 694 RS400 Martin Topping Friend 952 35 42 3 2142   2250   271 2 16
  130539 Laser Ivan Haslam   1078 27 59 2 1679   2336   357 3 14
Penny Diamond II 12673 Enterprise John Broadhead Heidi 1116 30 28 2 1828   2457   478 4 12
  4280 Wayfarer Giles Stothert Jason Kennedy 1108 30 23 2 1823   2468   489 5 10
  813 Comet Anne Bourner   1195 34 08 2 2048   2571   592 6 8
  5778 Enterprise Glen Holmes Jack Broadhead 1116 36 21 2 2181   2931   952 7 6
  35606 West Eleven Michael Gill Ryan Hall 1436 25 23 1 1523   3182   1203 8 4
  3134 GP14 Martin Lord John Glynn 1153 24 49 1 1489   3874   1895 9 2