It was a blustery and challenging day with even the three greats - Allan, Renato and Jakob - straining their sinews. Elspeth made a valiant effort, with erratic conditions proving challenging. She went over a couple of times but nimbly avoided going in herself, before deciding to call it a day. No honour lost there! You need exhausting technique to win, and win Renato did. Followed by Allan (after the handicap adjustment), with Jakob just behind. Sergio was my fantastic assistant, and made the whole thing a real pleasure.
Campbell 5 – Downriver, Sunday 16 th October Race Officers / SB1- Jane SH and Bruce R with help from Jane W Safety Boat 2- Ray and Toby S The published wind speed of 5 knots appeared somewhat optimistic, when six boats began the downriver leg of Campbell 5. Despite trying to make the most of what wind there was, the initial leg was as much competitive drifting as sailing. Nonetheless, Jakob (Laser) made a good start and, by creating something out of nothing, maintained a solid lead throughout the first leg to the finish at Chelsea Reach. He was followed by Peter Mack (Solo), with a tight race between Sara (Solo) and Stephanie (Laser), who nudged ahead in the final seconds. They were followed by Alex (Laser), ahead of Tom G, paddling and waggling his Supernova to the finish. The second leg was much more fun. The wind picked up and there was finally some decent sailing to be had. Once more, Jakob had a strong start and maintained his lead until the e...
SUNDAY 30th JUNE, BEVINGTON 9 Race Officers : John P and Abbi Safety Boat : Matthias and Sebastian It was a lovely day, it had everything from calms that would see you carried back just as you were about to win, to planing gusts that could have you over just as you were about to win. The Fulham builders had laid three large yellow buoys 10m out from the bank and on Allan’s advice the fleet was instructed to stay outside of them. To celebrate the weather the RO set an old fashioned L shaped course, up the Fulham bank (to mark 2; port), across to the Barnes bank (to mark 3; stbd) back to the Fulham bank (now mark 4; stbd), back down the Fulham bank (to mark 5 stbd) for 5 laps. There was a lively but good-natured debate about the RO’s left and right hands which led to a vital consensus and off we went, except for Allan and Gary who it seemed were tuning their rigs very carefully and launched after the starting bell and so had to sail down river to cross the line. Although boats were...
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