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The RS Vareo associations e-Newsletter -
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Breaking News...
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Contents
Enjoy the
4th edition of RS Vareo Sailing Today.
Gavin Clark |
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2007 GUL RS VAREO National Championship, Netley SC |
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It’s
Official – RS Vareo is now firmly on the map in the UK
Racing scene. 2007 at Netley SC on the Solent saw a
record 47 competing boats. RS Vareo Owners Club Rules
Representative (a very busy man these days – more of
this below), Dave Machin – as a Netley SC member worked
very hard with his fellow members to pull off a great
event, and all who competed give a tremendous thank you
to the club. We had weather from light up to gust of F6+
so no-one could say they didn’t find ideal conditions in
there somewhere. Netley also arranged for post-racing
coaching video and critique, so we couldn’t escape big
brother CCTV on the water. All found this extremely
useful and by day 3 there were some noticeably different
tactics afoot. By way of comparison, the nationals
turnouts for other classes: RS300 (31), RS500 (30),
RS400 (59), RS600 (34), RS700 (51), RS800 (50).
An extensive table (thanks to Nigel Best via Yahoo
Newsgroup) for those into stats:
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/classes/?s=44
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Overall
Results Below (full detail and daily reports available
on RS Vareo Owner’s Website) |
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Helm |
SailNo |
Fleet |
Club |
Rank |
Nett |
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Andy Temple |
444 |
Gold |
Broadstairs SC |
1st |
17 |
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Alain Sign |
431 |
Gold |
Stokes Bay SC |
2nd |
19 |
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Chris Larr |
361 |
Gold |
Grafham Water SC |
3rd |
30 |
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Paul Childs |
515 |
Gold |
Solent Uni SC |
4th |
31 |
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Nigel Tinkler |
484 |
Gold |
Llandegfedd SC |
5th |
44 |
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Mark Williams |
483 |
Gold |
Llandegfedd SC |
6th |
62 |
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Chris Jordan |
294 |
Gold |
Burghfield SC |
7th |
72 |
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Richard Willows |
244 |
Gold |
Northampton SC |
8th |
76 |
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Nick Peters |
480 |
Gold |
HISC |
9th |
78 |
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Jim Hood |
490 |
Gold |
Calshot |
10th |
91 |
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David Fewings |
373 |
Silver |
Bowmoor SC |
11th |
93 |
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Anthony Payne |
485 |
Gold |
Broadstairs SC |
12th |
95 |
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Geoff Shaw |
346 |
Gold |
Roadford SC |
13th |
98 |
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Martin Barrett |
354 |
Gold |
Yorkshire Dale SC |
14th |
101 |
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Tim Seward |
477 |
Gold |
Broadstairs SC |
15th |
102 |
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Nick Crickmore |
334 |
Gold |
Waveney & Oulton Broad |
16th |
120 |
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Chris Moore |
140 |
Silver |
HISC |
17th |
125 |
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Matthew Moore |
188 |
Gold |
Middle Nene SC |
18th |
128 |
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Chris Romans |
340 |
Gold |
Portishead Y & SC |
19th |
135 |
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Richard Russell |
280 |
Gold |
Lymington Town SC |
20th |
149 |
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Adrian Thear |
166 |
Gold |
Filey SC |
21st |
153 |
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Scott Butler |
402 |
Gold |
Hardway SC |
22nd |
153 |
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Peter Noble |
263 |
Silver |
Broadstairs SC |
23rd |
166 |
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Ken Miles |
420 |
Silver |
Shoreham SC |
24th |
168 |
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Gareth Edwards |
428 |
Silver |
Llandegfedd SC |
25th |
193 |
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Mark Hayzelden |
322 |
Gold |
Burghfield SC |
26th |
195 |
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Martyn Peters |
261 |
Silver |
Llandegfedd SC |
27th |
196 |
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Paul Bailey |
514 |
Silver |
Calshot SC |
28th |
205 |
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Luc Moreau |
438 |
Silver |
Netley SC |
29th |
223 |
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Perham Harding |
337 |
Silver |
Swanage SC |
30th |
232 |
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Rory Yardley |
173 |
Gold |
Bassenthwaite SC |
31st |
233 |
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Julian Brooks-Houghton |
190 |
Silver |
Cargreen Y.C. |
32nd |
240 |
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Kevin Jones |
200 |
Silver |
HISC |
33rd |
255 |
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S Walton |
321 |
Silver |
Lymington Town S.C. |
34th |
257 |
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Tim Smith |
48 |
Gold |
Netley S.C. |
35th |
269 |
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Mark Davies |
316 |
Silver |
Netley SC |
36th |
280 |
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Gavin Clark |
243 |
Silver |
Swanage SC |
37th |
285 |
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Bert Castleton |
281 |
Silver |
Hickling Board |
38th |
291 |
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Nick Hoath |
179 |
Silver |
Emsworth Slipper SC |
39th |
299 |
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Robert Norris |
148 |
Silver |
HLSTC |
40th |
303 |
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Neville Champion |
133 |
Silver |
Bristol Corinthian YC |
41st |
304 |
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Dave Machin |
206 |
Gold |
Netley SC |
42nd |
305 |
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Julie Hanson |
231 |
Silver |
Mount's Bay SC |
43rd |
313 |
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Paul Jackson |
324 |
Silver |
Mount's Bay SC |
44th |
351 |
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Iain Lang |
345 |
Silver |
Netley SC |
45th |
358 |
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Chris Hadden |
386 |
Silver |
Swarkestone SC |
46th |
366 |
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Roger Smith |
436 |
Silver |
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47th |
383 |
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Richard Kemp-Salt |
510 |
Gold |
Brightlingsea SC |
48th |
400 |
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Nigel Tebbutt |
383 |
Silver |
Haversham SC |
48th |
400 |
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Chh Chh Chh Changes…
There are some possible rules changes coming up - the
imminent one (vote to be taken to adopt) concerns
attachment of shrouds. This has arisen as the rig was
originally designed so that the shrouds would be taut
and require use of the main halyard to clip them on and
off the deck eye mounting. The experience of the fleet
shows that the manufacturing tolerances, stretch in the
wire and distortion of the Winchard hook used to attach
the shrouds to the deck eye all contribute to the
shrouds having more slack than the original design
intent. In some cases this has led to extreme mast bend
with some masts adopting a permanent bend. The proposed
amendment provides a cheap solution to enable shroud to
be tensioned correctly. The photograph below shows how
the new arrangement would look.
For a
first hand experience, get along to Rutland for the GUL
Inland Championships on Oct 20-21. Help will be at hand
to make sure you are fully acquainted with the layout.
Discussed during a meeting held during the Nationals at
Netley it was announced that trials by top Vareo sailors
in close collaboration with LDC would be conducted on
redesign of mainsail and elongation of the spinnaker
pole. As of date of publishing this e-Newsletter it is
understood that longer pole shall now not be pursued as
tests showed that in strong winds the pole was subjected
to too much strain. The sail (which entails a lower
clew) by way of addition of more material – resulting in
a more parallel aspect to the water is still undergoing
further testing. It is understood that pointing
capability is enhanced with no undue increase in hiking
required. Another excellent reason to come to Rutland
will be the opportunity to inspect and possibly even try
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RS Vareo GUL Inland
Championships 2007 |
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Time to
prepare for the last non-winter event left : the GUL RS
Inland Championship. This is a great chance to re-test
these skills before the weather becomes a major factor.
Can we beat our own record of 47 ? As mentioned
above it is also a chance to get fully up to speed with
the changes being adopted and considered for adoption.
Rutland is centrally located for a lot of the fleet /
accommodation is either onsite or there are some
comfortable B&Bs in close proximity.
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Date |
Club |
Contact |
Series |
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Start: 20 October 2007
Finish: 21 October 2007 |
Rutland Water Sc |
Rutland SC |
Gul Championship |
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EVENT
INFORMATION:
The briefing time is at 12.00hrs on Saturday with the
first scheduled start time of 13.00hrs and 11.00hrs on
Sunday. Number of races is 3/day and the sailing time to
the racing area is 10 minutes. Catering available
throughout the event. Social has been arranged for
Saturday night.
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DIRECTIONS:
Travelling on the A1 North/South you take the A606 to
Empingham and then take the signs for Edith Weston. From
the East to West you need the A47 Peterborough to
Leicester Road. After the village of Duddington, you
take the right turn for North Luffenham/Edith Weston.
From the South, you can also take the A43 from Junction
10 of A40 just above Oxford to Northampton to Kettering
picking up A6003 at Corby to Uppingham and Oakham. Three
miles between Uppingham and Oakham you take a right turn
signposted to Rutland Water. We are three miles along
that road.
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ACCOMODATION:
Rutland Water SC has accommodation available at £11/£13
per person per night please see their website
www.rutlandsc.co.uk or call club on 01780 720292 for
details. Edith Weston; Old Hall Coach House 01780 721504
South Luffenham; Boot & Shoe Inn 01780 720177 Halfway
House 01780 720166 Barrowden; High House 01572 747354
Manton; Horse & Jockey 01572 737335 Mrs Behets 01572
737369 E Dalby Sanssouci 01572 737466 North Luffenham;
Fox & Hounds 01780 720088 Mrs. Campbell-Barnard 01780
721525 The Horse and Panniers 01780 722124 Mrs Mckinlay
01780 720039 Empingham; Mr. & Mrs. Coxhead 01780 460293
The White Horse 01780 460221 Uppingham; The Old Pheasant
01572 822326 Morcott; Mrs Martin 01572 747829 Oakham;
The Whipper Inn 01572 756971 Wing; Mrs N Burrows 01572
737346 Westaway 01572 737310 Camping Edith Weston; Mrs.
Makey 01780 720015 Langham; Ranksborough Hall 01572
722984 Whissendine; Greendale Farm 01664 474516 Tourist
Information 01572 724329 For further details please see
the club website
www.rutlandsc.co.uk Tel: 01780 720292 |
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