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Saturday – Ten Raters!

Tens today at Datchet.

It was windy and none of us really had small enough rigs or with us, note to self, put the baby rigs in the car if in doubt. Graham struggled and then found a rig in his Tardis, it is some 25 years old, different era! However lack of preparation meant it was not on the pace. Nic and I had a few races, but in these conditions races with two is not really sport.
Despite no result, I think all three of us enjoyed our day. After lunch it took awhile to put the Rigi away.

Tomorrow i think we will be on the north course which is just as well as the Waszps where every where on the park, so tomorrow with club racing as well it could be a mess on the South slip!

HM

Live from Chipstead – Marblehead Ranking 1

Lovely 19 boat fleet…
At least 4 Datchet members racing!

Another Take on Radio Controlled Marker Buoys….

For some time we have been experimenting with GPS Racing Marks. It’s early days for this type of technology. I suppose we feel it is promising, but not yet perfected.

Out of the blue, this video below has come up on YouTube. It’s a whole different way of looking at the same challenge. I suspect because of our very deep water (80 feet – no weed!) that it cannot work for us, but for loads of shallow water lake settings it could be a great answer.

Basically, it is a self propelled radio controlled buoy that drops and manages its own anchor. Clever.

Take a look and see what you think.