August cup 29th aug

with no crew because richard wasnt well and not alot of wind i was looking forward to 3 races.
by the end of 2 i was looking forward to some sleep.
we decided to enter in to the med fleet with the contenders,  it made for a intresting starts and we never really pulled away from them much..
all 3 races i had a good battle here and there with mike , highlight of the day was launching after lunch,  the wind was behind and i failed to notice, the boat went down the slipway into the water and started sailing straight away even with the launch trolly., i tried to hold on but fell over and then shouted runnaway boat lol, luckily a fisherman in a small tender stopped it for the safety team to pick it up, i hitched a ride on a dinghy and got took to the boat. all good fun
course was  no2 (s) weather (s) boundary (s)

R1

R2

R3

late summer series 15th aug

well richard couldnt make it and no one else available so i went solo.  the morning started early as i took the contender down to the club as well.
uo at 4am and on the road by 430 got to the club just after 6 .
the boat was unloaded and nick noble who was staying overnight for the contender open gave me a hand to sort and rig the boat   that was a good move
i moved the boat into d18 berth  ironic.
then after a quick snooze i was back and ready for the racing
wind was lively to start but on the water didnt do much. i had a good start but then went into irons for no reason , so i was 3 dart all the way until mike went in land and i dint i went straight for the club outer mark. i got ahead and that where i stayed the whole race about an hours racing.thena the finnish i found out kamil had gone wrong and i beat him too.  so first dart  yipee

2nd race i was pushed for time as richard was helping to do the trapeze lines for me. i said to kamil get up to the line then promptly messed it up myself. i did re catch mike and was sort of making ground s on kamil however mike overtook again upwind and then went wrong at boundary so i re overtook. up wind final lap i could se kamil but too far away, mike was fairly close
again another hour for the race aprox  6.5 miles for 2nd race
course was boundary then no 2

    

2015 race events and Dairy

2015 race events and Dairy

SAILING DIARY 2015

1. 4th JAN.Weston S.C  New year cup.  2 races. 6.6 MILES 2.5 HRS   light wind

2. 14th JAN Weston S.C freezer 1 & 2  14.8 miles  2h 15m   wind nw 15-25knts  

D. 7th FEB  DUTY DAY WESTON S.C 

3. 21st FEB  FREEZER 3 & 4     wind 15-23knts nw 

D. 3rd April...... DUTY Weston Grand Slam  R1

4. 4th april R4 and R6 WESTON GRAND SLAM 

D. 5TH APRIL......DUTY  R7, R8, R9.  RESULTS

5. 25TH APRIL spring 3&4 race Sam harper wind sw 15knts++

6. 30th MAY SPRING RACE BACK TO BACK  CREW MIKE FOOTER wind 10-15knts nw. 2h 40m 18.3miles

7. 20th JUNE  JUNE CUP SERIES (3 RACES DONE)  WIND 8-15KNTS , CREW RICHARD STAINIER

8. 9th august  late summer series 1 CREW RICHARD STAINIER about 45 mins 15knts plus 5.8 miles  

9. 15th August late summer r5  r6 solo  2 races in about 10 knts of wind 2hrs 

10. 29TH AUG AUGUST CUP.   R1  R2  R3  solo   8- 10knts  sse

11. 5th SEPTEMBER LATE SUMMER 9 &10  crew Patrick Conduit  wind 10knts to 20++  8.2miles & 6.1miles

1h40 & 1h 15 

12. 19TH SEPT. LATE SUMMER 11&12 SAM HARPER Wind r1 light  wind r2 10 knots plus r1 2.2 miles r2 4.6 miles 

S.C 4TH OCT sailed straycat strider club with john russ, shell bay to swanage and back 14,6nm 3h28

8th august late summer series

a building wind and waiting for the tide to rise so we could launch richard said he would crew again so an early start to get to the club and also get ready the laser for sale on the sunday, i miss read the course thinking we were going start  m4 down to m2, when we launched i thought hang on they got that the wrong way, cos to go behind the line it was upwind. i did ask the safety team and then richard said it was start  m2  then  m4 , doh,  anyway we started and made good progress with richard giving good advice all around the course. we fended off kamil at the end to get 2nd of 3 darts. ugly duckling was very good and left everyone.