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Race Reports – Weekend of 20/21 July 2024 ….!!

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Results from the weekend.


Saturday saw four 95s in a light breeze on the south course, we managed 8 races in two batches of four with a coffee break and a trim.  Geoffrey had a bad day on the water but happy to be sailing and at times the racing was very close with Phil and Hugh battling most of the day with Peter ready to snap at their heels when the opportunities arose.
Phil. 8 points and 4 wins 
Hugh 9 points with 3 wins
Peter 14 points with 1 win
Geoffrey 24 points

On Sunday we had four Marbleheads including Richard Uttley’s brand new F-6 on the water for the first time.  We again managed 8 races this time on the north course, again with four before and after coffee.  Richard Jones had an unfortunate communication glitch in the first race after coffee and this proved terminal for him which was bad news for him because although scoring four fourths before coffee was often close to the others for many of his four races.  Richard Uttley had his F-6 going very well out of the box to the extent of  scoring a bullet in race 5.  As Mr Uttley only came with a lightweight A and a B.  We all agreed on B, thought for most of the time we were a bit under powered upwind, despite the two rigs being nominally the same area.
Hugh 7 points 5 wins
Richard Uttley 11 points 1 win
Phil 12 points 2 wins
Richard Jones 26 points

HM

Race Report – 13th/14th July, Tens….!!

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Results from the weekend.


With almost everyone racing away up north, or stranded by the 2 day M25 closure, we had no IOMs on Sunday. Saturday saw three of us race our Tens at Datchet… with no jellyfish reported.

We managed 8 races on the relaid North  course.
Hugh 7 points  (5 wins)
Phil 10 points (2 wins)
Graham 13 points (1 win)

After repairs to the platform on Thursday, Phil and myself shifted it back home to near the top of the North Slip on Friday.  We then cleaned some marks and relaid the north course, hopefully suited to a range of northwesterly wind direction.  It seemed to work on Saturday.

HM

Racing Report Sunday 16th June – IOMs !!

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It was a simply stunning day at Datchet Water today – incredible bright light, with blue skies and B Rig breezes,… occasionally top-end!!

Given it was Father’s Day, we had a super One Metre turn out as well – nine competitors on the water and the camaraderie-index felt extremely high – a good time! It was nine competitors even though our fantastic leaders … and regular sailors…, PH and HM, were absent.

We have had good membership growth this year and interestingly it’s at both ends of the fleet – growth in the “superheroes” and also growth in the…. “Corinthian” …end of the fleet. It all made for great atmosphere and friendship.

Without HM and PH we were naturally a tad less organised. DL was our speaking start-clock for a few races while we sourced a race timer on somebody’s phone. I’d guess we put in five races before the break and maybe 7 races after – but I don’t think we were quite organised enough the record the scores and nobody seemed to mind today! Racing itself was in no way informal (!), but intensely competitive at all levels. Learned a lot, …speaking personally!!

We started the day on the south course, then a quick skippers meeting shifted the racing to the north course. We sailed the boats across, while walking across the beach chatting in small groups – great entertainment!

We did a couple of races on the north side and came to realise that there is more to this Race Officer and course laying lark than you might imagine – thank you Hugh for everything you do !! So we reverted to the south side again until end of session. It was a miracle that we didn’t need to get the RIB out!

I guess we don’t get to sail on our B Rigs all that often. (First time ever for me!!) We had great Datchet waves in the stiff SW breeze, so there was plenty to learn about tacking efficiently and surfing downwind in these conditions. NB brought along his new developmental IOM rudder … so we shall all have plenty to talk about at dinner parties for the next month or so!! Amazing – take a look if you can!

A great day out!!