A pretty good day – Nigel and Phil terribly close before discards and it looks for all the world that after discards, Phil just took it! (Not sure why the spreadsheet doesn’t show quite the same thing!!
Considering it started off foggy, it became a lovely 5mph sunny morning on Sunday. We had a good fleet of eight Marbleheads competing in A Rigs.
We shall publish results as soon as the Racing Secretary posts them.
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.
Datchet Radio Sailing - Making It All Much Easier !! 