A wet day ,, but all arrived safely home, and thankful they were not racing in the Fastnet race, down South, .

Well what a cracking day in more ways than one, wind from the south west-ish very strong and gusty, rain early on but mostly dry apart from the last of 10 races, a couple of retirements due to breakages and water ingress. All started on A+ but most came down to B and one to C rig. Managed 10 races but very challenging Pete Walters mastered it though only Adrian stopping him getting a clean sweep. OODs were Adrian C and Alan E with the usual assistance from Roger.

Alan E

Wow a very breezy day, but hey it was super sunshine and warm, Because we had no OOD , Roger B had got all the gear out and Tim H jumped in the dingy and sorted out a great course on the East Bank, Other skippers helped out , you know the usual suspects . We also had like last week some visitors to the lake and one young chap may well be joining the club. The rig we all started with was B , and it was probably between 80 and 100 % for this rig depending on the gusts. We were very lucky that Alan E was on hand and I have posted a few of his pictures on this action packed day. Mick C 46 after a titanic battle with the V 11 of Tim H 44 just came out with the bullet, but roles were reversed in race two, with Roger B 58 getting a well deserved third place, Roger then went on to win the third race in fine style with his BritPop obviously a great set up and well sailed. Racing was going to be a bit hard on rigs, and the wind was going to find any weakness especially in the rigs and by race 5 we had our first casualty Tim 44 losing a shroud and despite changing to C rig that was to be the end of his day. I believe Roger 58 had the same fate in race 6 when the breeze was just about at its strongest , he put a new shroud on but also changed a little later to C rig, New member Martyn A 95 was sailing well with his Shiraz, as were a number of other skippers in the tough conditions, by race 7 we also lost the Venti of Mick Cooper 39. Jen H 69 sailed consistently well, but was no match for Dave R 57, Mike W 76 got better as the day wore on and gained a creditable 4th on the day, It was a difficult day for Kevin E 20 but he coped well with what is known to be a light wind boat, Mick C 46 took the top spot with a very consistent set of results never lower than 2nd, Yes we had some superstars missing due to other events, and of course a certain sunbed in Italy, . We did have a potential new member come to visit, Chris Vincent , and I have just been told he has brought a DF 65 and has paid his subs, Chris I am sure you enjoyed what you saw, and welcome.

Many thanks to Tim and Dave mainly for stepping up when needed, and many thanks to all skippers who made the day, fabulous racing it has to be said, and nice to have a great breeze, the rain held off until just on 1pm. M any congratulations to Mick C 46 for his win with ” The Venti ”

Great day , a little on the light side breeze wise , but filled in as the morning progressed, Gravesy was OOD and Jen his assistant, all worked well, for the 18 skippers who showed up for this very popular class. Ok someone came with the wrong boat , but that worked well as we had a few visitors, Including one lady and her grandson who traveled all the way from Sleaford , and by the way the little lad had great fun with the spare DF 65, sorry I did not catch names.. We had one visitor from Rotherham who was racing, and he may well become a member in the near future, Martyn A 877 and he showed the locals, most of them the way round claiming a second place with a fine performance.

Racing started bang on time and the course was a beat and run and then a final beat to the finish, after a couple of races this was extended to three beats. Quick of the mark was Martyn A 877 who took the first bullet, with Chris G 489 in second and the much improved Greg C 64 taking third spot, again we saw another contender for the improver trophy Kevin E 02 taking the win, Pete W 678 was struggling, a little but put all that behind him with 4 straight wins, there were several good performances, from various skippers during the morning and the wins were all taken by the top three skippers, having said that the breeze was nobody’s friend, and it was really no use at all trying to chase the odd bit of dark water, and the sailing bible does say don’t do it but hey ho. 10 races completed so the racing was at a good pace.

A very well done to all three on the podium especially Pete W 678 for his win, and many many thanks to the race team, for clearing the Goose poo from the Jetty’s and sorting the morning out. Colin for the results and Cheese burger for the write up.

What a fantastic mornings racing, Days like this just keep on coming, great breeze great direction, a little cooler but 18 C, I can take any day of the week . Jen took on OOD with Dave and Tony helping,, It was South bank all the way with a great beat and run course, Mick C was without his usual charge and one kind member loaned a boat for the day , Many thanks. Nine races sailed, we did have nine skippers show up but in the blink of an eye we were down to seven, !!!! It was Rob W 97 all the way, and Dave R 57 taking 2nd and Chris Gravesy Graves 11 getting third, It was as you will have guessed, a B rig day, with some good old gusts coming down the lake, Many thanks to all who made it a great morning, and well done to Rob,, I must admit up till coffee break it looked like being Dave R 57 day but after coffee Rob took control ( not sure what was in his coffee.