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Race Manangement – On Rainy Days!!

We all had a fine time over at the Marblehead Ranking 1 at Chipstead on Saturday. Weather was great there, actually. A super day out. Great turnout – 20 registered and 19 showed on the line. Strong turnout from Datchet.

The Club had a really simple innovation for protecting race results sheets at the finish line on a rainy or blowy day. Take a look at this – a Snug for Results Sheets !!

The flap with a window opens up wide enough to get your hand and pen inside to write the results, then can be closed flat. Low cost and worth a try?

The second photo shows you the name of the product. This is the maker’s website:-

https://www.paperdry.com

Marblehead Results Club Series, 3rd March 2024

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!!

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.