Racing Results – Sunday 2nd February (Marbleheads)…!!

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5 skippers turned up for the first of our Marblehead Spring Series today. With little or no wind to start the day competition for the bacon butties was fierce but a light breeze from the South soon after 10am enabled us to set a course and with everyone sailing a F6 there was close racing throughout. Rob and Phil exchanged places regularly with Richard Jones, Jim LaRoche and Graham Hetem fighting for the third podium slot. A few electrical and radio issues jumbled the mix and wins were recorded by Phil, Graham and Richard. Final result after 7 races showed Phil on top with 11, Rob with 14, Graham 15, Jim 21 and Richard 24.

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Marblehead Sunday – Spring Series Starter – February 2nd… !!

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Fantastic day at Datchet today – the Club was very lively with Club Racing, plus 70 ILCA’s around the place – we had a jolly galley and Clubroom ! The first day of the Spring Series – We had around half a dozen Marbleheads which given the temperature was pretty good 🙂

It was whisper light for the first part of the morning – the ILCAs seemed to stay ashore, but of course we could get the Marbleheads going pretty well. We got some terrific races in – Rob was there developing his new F6 and going like a rocket. Graham has his new self built Red Ant swing rig in action – going jolly well too. Around midday some proper breeze arrived and another few epic races were completed. For myself, I learned a whole load about swing rigs today – members are really friendly and supportive.

Lots of chatter in the bar afterwards about the 2026 IOM Datchet worlds. Was great to hear!

Results to follow.

IOMs at Chipstead….!

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They did very well to get a full 11 races in at Chipstead today given the gentle conditions. Craig had a blast of an afternoon (see results) and in the end wrested the final overall win from Nigel by two points. Craig put in an amazing set of results in the afternoon and honestly, in the last leg of the last race there was a lot for Craig to make up lying in second place at the last leeward gate – but give up? He did not !! That last beat was a staggering win – we were all a bit gob-smacked !!

So Craig and Nigel were a 1,2 and we should mention Jim La Roche who had a strong morning and came 8th overall. Jim has acquired Vernon’s old boat (73) and is really getting serious !!

Craig and Nigel were in the Proteus Development boats – I think Craig’s was pretty hot of the press… or off the printer anyway. It’s wonderful to see all these design iterations coming along so quickly.

The Club did a super-friendly and expert job of the day. Competitors even got a small speech from the new overall Club Commodore … it was great to see radio sailing being embraced and encouraged from the top.