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Sunday 18th IOMs… !!

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We had a terrific morning’s IOM racing on Sunday.

A six boat fleet – lots of members travelling this month!! Nigel up in Scotland, and Hugh still not back to full fitness after the Marblehead Worlds. The A-rig wind was a little swirly but Craig set a pretty usable course for the morning, though constant big shifts meant compromises! We considered moving from north to south course a couple of times, but in the end the breeze tended to wobble back to NNE. Bacon rolls were also popular !! Craig’s Proteus looked pretty impressive at the front today …!

Video – Nigel and Proteus Going Great at Huntingdon ….!!

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Nigel did very well at Huntingdon a couple of weeks back, winning on count back after a closely fought series. Huntingdon have posted a very nice 3 minute video which shows off Nigel’s Proteus very well. Look for the sail number 54 and the red hull. Try at 0’45” , 1’40” and then a lot of footage from around 2’30” onwards.

Sunday 6th Club Report…!!

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Update : Lots of members are away (Easter and all that) so I was expecting the Club to be quiet. Not so!!

It was a cracking blue sky day with bags of top end A rig breezes around. Out on the water, the Proteus design work-up was well under way. Craig and Nigel had Proteus N and Proteus N+1 out there, and Phil H was driving Craig’s original Vanilla IOM design as a benchmark.

I’m ‘off games’ so was delighted to find Hugh and Rob V measuring up Rob’s new F6 Marblehead which Rob hopes to campaign to the Worlds.

I’d seen some IOM measuring previously but it was really interesting to see Hugh getting the rigs registered for the Marblehead. Learned a whole lot from both of them, I can tell you.

After a jolly sociable lunch, Craig and Nigel continued the Proteus calibrate-and-practice routine on the north course. To my eye, Proteus N and N+1 were performing very similarly indeed as the gusts swept through the course. Nigel was especially happy with the rig pre-bend now. I shall not reveal what “N” has reached, but it’s pretty amazing!!