A FANTASTIC DAY

What a fantastic mornings racing at Scotland Farm, Bright sunshine 10 to 12 knot breeze from the north, say no more. The day started with the Bacon Buttie gang at just after 8am which continued till around 0930 and was then a self-service area for those who wanted more , Jen hand sorting all the goodies out of the wind in the gazebo. Racing started promptly at 10 am with a long first beat that proved more than tricky, the shifts were large and some small but you had to take advantage of every little bit. Micks V9 first race unraveled before the start with the pivot point string, coming loose, Chris 74 with his second time out BritPop took full advantage closely followed by Jen Hand 69, and Alan Newman 0 getting a third with his AB4, the next three races were won by Mick C 46 with some ding dong battles all through the fleet and some very close racing, Phil Harpham 43 sailing his Evo did very well recording a filth overall. A half time break and the cakes came out to celebrate Gordon and Micks birthdays and along with more bacon butties loadsa money found its way into the container, all in aid of Sports Relief, total raised £ 62.50 a princely sum from the 12 competitors which was down on last time out but those who missed it missed a great day sailing . Our thanks go to Norman and Ed who put the gazebo up late on Saturday, Jen Hand for organizing the bacon butties, the cake suppliers, and I would also like to say how nice it was to see Roger Bacon and his wife Liz after quite a long absence due to other problems, we would like to wish them both well for the future and hope to see them at lake side more often in the future. Results below and a few pictures of the days mainly eating and chatting.

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What a splendid day at Scotland Farm – and not a Britpop in sight! It shows how close the rest of us are. All of the top 3 today had at least 2 wins. The results (below) tell the rest of the story.

The wind was as promised, from the south west, strong enough to have 6 out of 7 in B rig, the odd one out in C. B proved to be the better rig for most of the morning but by the close of play it should really have been C – but nobody wanted to blink first, leading to some exciting skirmishes.

A cold wet morning greeted 5 skippers. The wind from the south east left the south bank and the east bank in heavy wind shadow. After much discussion and cogitation, which delayed the start, a reasonable course was set along the south bank. Ed, who was allocated sail number 0 due to his official number not yet being available, had radio problems from the start and did not manage a finish. sailing was extended to 13.00 hrs by which time 7 races had been completed. The well separated results do not reflect the closeness of the racing on the water.

Sunday 24th January 2016

The cold weather gone as 15 competitors arrived at Scotland Farm for round four of this exciting winter series, temperatures had competitors smiling as the close fought racing took place, battles going on all through the fleet, We had two ladies racing hell for leather and it was great to see. The beat was probably the longest we have had at the farm ever,  and thanks to Darin and Penelope for laying out the marks, and also Dave Burke who was our race officer for the day, Thanks also to Penelope and Emily for doing most of the scoring for us. As I say the racing was superb with a variety of designs mixing it, this was a true advert for radio sailing. The Master took the result Darin Ballington gbr 98 well done the rest of the results are below and I know you will all be studying to see where you could have improved or done just a bit better.  Many thanks to everyone for a great mornings racing .

pre start manoevres race 6