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The RS Vareo associations e-Newsletter |
July/August 2006 edition |
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Breaking News...
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The
RS Ball 2006 dates are now set!
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The
2006 RS Vareo UK Gul National Championships is less
than 3 months away !!
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Next
Fat Face event is Filey Sailing Club on the 8th and
9th July!
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Welcome
Welcome to the first addition of RS Vareo Sailing Today,
the new planned regular e-newsletter from the RS association.
We plan to bring you the latest news, views and
technical articles and anything else that maybe of
interest to the RS Vareo sailor!
To make this
happen though we need your help with providing the material. So don't
delay - Get writing and email me with your RS Vareo
articles and don't forget those pictures!
In this
issue we have:
GUL RS Racing Sprint Champs and RS Ball
Report
from Bristol
Rutland meeting
Trip to
Lee-on-Solent
Burghfield
RS Fat Face
Circuit 2006
An article on General Sail
care from Hyde Sails
Have a great
Nationals at Looe!!
Enjoy the read!
Duncan Ellis
duncan.ellis@progressivetechnology.co.uk
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For 2006 .... A brand new event for the RS
fleets! And a date for the 2006 RS Ball for
those of you worrying that you'd heard nothing
to date.
Saturday November 4th - Rutland Sailing Club &
Barnsdale Lodge Hotel
The Sprint Champs will be a series of short
(15-20 minute) races in flights of 10 boats in
separate fleets, with a complicated scoring
system, finishing off with flight finals.
Something very different, excellent racing and
spectating, and great prizes, courtesy of GUL.
The RS Racing Ball will be held 3 miles from
Rutland SC at the Barnsdale Lodge, a beautiful
18th century privately owned hotel. There
will be the normal revelry of band, disco, 4
course dinner, bar extension, and maybe even a
few fireworks ... Dress will be black tie.
The Sprint Champs will cost approximately
£10/boat in advance, and will double for entries
received after 14th October. The RS Ball is
£25 per person, tickets must be booked by 14th
October via the RS Office at East Hayes, Grove
Road, Lymington, SO41 3RN.
There is lovely, plush accommodation at the
Barnsdale Lodge from £40/person., and
dormitories at Rutland SC from £12/person, and
lots in between. See the RS website under
events for more details.
Put it in your diary now! And don't forget to
book in ...
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Bristol
Corinthian YC - 25/26th March
The 2006 Fat Face circuit started on March 25/26th in a
similar fashion to the way 2005 finished, cold breezy
weather and a Tim Greenwood port end flyer. The forecast
warm sunny weather did not materialise and the sailing
was conducted in heavy rain. The course was shared with
a large fleet of RS200’s creating an interesting game of
downwind chicken.Race 1 and Greenwood’s start gave him a
lead throughout the first few laps, closely followed by
Jonathan Nuttall, a newcomer to the Vareo, Jim Hood and
Richard Kemp-Salt. Greenwood never managed to break away
and when the race was shortened Nuttall managed to sneak
past on the line, followed by Hood and Kemp Salt..Race 2
and the rain had reduced the wind, giving the
lightweights a boost. Jamie Morgan, the only youth in
the fleet emulated Greenwood’s start and gained a big
lead, until he was eventually caught by Greenwood,
obviously annoyed by the previous race. Greenwood pulled
away followed by Morgan and Nuttall. Eddie McDonald
produced a excellent 4thRace 3 and Morgan got another
great start, but was overhauled in the freshening breeze
by Nuttall who pulled away to win from Geoff Shaw who
produced a superb 2nd just holding off Greenwood who
pulled from 7th to 3rd on the last run. Hugh Wray-McCann
sneaked past Morgan into 4th.This left Nuttall in the
lead after day 1 with Greenwood second and the others
fairly well bunched.Day 2 and storm clouds shrouded
Cheddar Gorge. Race 4 started in light winds but on the
first run a sudden increase in wind strength left
numerous capsizes, including the race leader Greenwood
who injured an ankle and retired for the rest of the
day. Morgan took advantage for his first win followed
by Nuttall, Kemp-Salt and Scott Butler.Race 5 and
normality was resumed with Nuttall and Kemp-Salt pulling
away, Shaw taking 3rd and McDonald 4th. Nuttall held on
to win to guarantee his overall win.Race 6 and with
Nuttall taking a swim in the blustery conditions
Kemp-Salt won by a distance followed by Morgan, Shaw and
Hood. The victory gave Kemp-Salt overall 2nd place with
Morgan 3rd and Shaw 4th.
With the
exception of the carnage in Race 4 the racing for the
Vareos was competitive throughout the weekend, proved by
the fact that all bar one had a top 4 finish, and the 6
races had 4 different winners. |
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Final Results
Sailed: 6 Discards: 1
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Rank |
Boat Name |
Sail No |
Helm |
Club |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
Nett |
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1 |
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229 |
Jonathan Nuttall
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Teign Corinthian
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1.0 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
5.0 |
8.0 |
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2 |
Gambit |
287 |
Richard Kemp-Salt
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Brightlingsea
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4.0 |
5.0 |
7.0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
15.0 |
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3 |
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406 |
Jamie Morgan
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Grafham |
8.0 |
2.0 |
5.0 |
1.0 |
6.0 |
2.0 |
16.0 |
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4 |
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346 |
Geoff Shaw
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Roadford
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7.0 |
9.0 |
2.0 |
6.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
21.0 |
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5 |
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440 |
Jim Hood
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Weston SC
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3.0 |
6.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
5.0 |
4.0 |
26.0 |
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6 |
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179 |
Eddie McDonald
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Burghfield
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9.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
5.0 |
4.0 |
8.0 |
27.0 |
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7 |
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261 |
Tim Greenwood
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BCYC |
2.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
28.0 |
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8 |
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172 |
Hugh Wrat-McCann
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Teign Corinthian
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6.0 |
7.0 |
4.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
31.0 |
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9 |
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402 |
Scott Butler
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Hardway |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
4.0 |
8.0 |
6.0 |
40.0 |
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10 |
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322 |
Mark Hazeldon
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Burghfield
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5.0 |
8.0 |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
46.0 |
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Rutland SC -
22nd/23rd April
The
second Vareo event of the season got underway at Rutland
SC under light winds (even with some occasional
sunshine!) and Tim Greenwood led to the windward mark
with Jamie Morgan and Jim Hood. After a big hole at the
second mark, it was a closely fought downwind leg with
Greenwood just holding off Morgan and Hood to the
finish.The second race got away at the port end with
Greenwood pulling out a sizeable lead by the windward
mark followed once again by Morgan and Hood. On the
second lap, Greenwood got a big gust while the rest of
the fleet were approaching the windward mark and pulled
out a lead of a whole leg over second placed Nicholas
Crickmore and Jim Hood.Race three and this time Morgan
got a great start and lead by the windward mark followed
by Greenwood and Hood. Over the next lap Greenwood
overhauled Morgan and took the lead with Hood coming in
behind the youngsters.
Day 2 of the
even brought even lighter winds and cloud (even Tim had
to put on his spray-top!). Race four got underway with
Greenwood leading Morgan and Hood. After 2 laps
Greenwood decided to show how he did A-level maths and
thought it was the end of the race so sailed off to the
finish whilst the rest of the fleet sailed the 3rd lap –
with Morgan winning, followed closely by Hood and Geoff
Shaw.The wind died right off for race five and after a
similar start to the other races, Greenwood was in the
lead followed by Morgan. The light-weights pulled away
and after 2 laps the race was shortened due to a) the
wind dying off and b) so Greenwood didn't have to count
to 3!For the final race the wind picked up to a nice 3-4
and this time it was Hood to lead at the windward mark,
this time followed by Morgan and Greenwood. By the
lee-ward mark it was Greenwood followed by Morgan and
Hood, with Morgan going past Greenwood on the next beat.
After a very close downwind leg where Morgan and
Greenwood seemed to be attached by elastic they pulled
away from the rest of the fleet and Morgan finished,
closely followed by Greenwood and Hood.
The race
team did a great job with really difficult and shifty
conditions and we hope to be back at Rutland SC next
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Final Results
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1 |
261 |
Tim
Greenwood |
Bristol Corinthian |
1 |
1 |
1 |
DNF |
1 |
2 |
6 |
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2 |
406 |
Jamie Morgan |
Grafham |
2 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
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3 |
440 |
Jim
Hood |
Weston |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
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4 |
346 |
Geoff Shaw |
Roadford |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
17 |
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5 |
334 |
Nick
Crickmore |
Waveney & Oulton |
5 |
4 |
5 |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
26 |
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Lee-on-Solent SC -
6th/7th May
Typical May showers greeted the Vareo fleet to
Lee-on-Solent for the third event of the year, light
winds were forecast so the lighter members of the fleet
were looking to take the event.
The first
race got off first time and Jamie Morgan was first to
the windward mark and pulled away from the fleet down
the run. By the leeward mark it was Morgan followed by
Jim Hood and Dave Machin, pulling away from the chasing
pack up the next beat. Morgan held on to the lead, while
Tim Greenwood came in from 4th to overtake Hood and
Machin to take second with Hood in third.
The second
race got under way with Greenwood making it first to the
windward mark from Hood and Morgan. Greenwood pulled
away with Morgan and Hood fighting it out for second,
Hood managed to get away from Morgan to take second.
The third
race was similar to the first with Morgan leading at the
windward mark from Dave Machin and Greenwood. Morgan
pulled away on the downwind leg while Machin and
Greenwood tustled for second, with Machin holding
Greenwood off up the following beat, Greenwood showing
good downwind speed and going past Machin and causing
Morgan to get a little bit worried. After the first day
it was Morgan in the lead with a one point advantage
over Greenwood, who was 5 in front of Hood.
The second
day brought sun and once again light variable wind,
shifting though 90 degrees after the other fleets had
started, the first start was abandoned so the race team
could re-lay the course. After the second start,
Greenwood got the best start at the pin end and in dying
wind kept in front to the windward mark, followed by
Morgan and Steve Carr. On the run the wind died off
completely and some very close drifting was followed by
a 600 sailing between Greenwood and Morgan, with Carr
sailing inside them. In the mayhem around the leeward
mark and finish line with 400’s and 600’s to contend
with Greenwood took first from Carr and Scott Butler.
The second
race got off with Morgan first to the windward mark
again, followed by Hood and Greenwood. Morgan kept his
lead and with Greenwood finishing second, they went into
the last race tied on points.
The final
got under way and Morgan misjudged the tide and drifted
over the line while everyone else got clean away.
Greenwood led from Carr to the windward mark with Morgan
catching up with the rest of the fleet. The wind started
to drop again, Greenwood and Carr pulled away down the
next run with Morgan battling back to 5th. The wind
shifted 45 degrees so the course ended up as a fetch to
the windward mark so places didn’t change, but on the
downwind leg Greenwood managed to hold off Carr and
Scott Butler coming in 3rd. Morgan managed to fight his
way back up the fleet but it was not enough and
Greenwood claimed the weekend, Morgan second and Carr
third. This was Tim Greenwood’s third consecutive
victory at Lee on Solent, definitely his favourite
venue. A challenging weekend for all, but the race
officer did a great job and thanks go to him and his
team.
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Final
Results
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1st |
261 |
Tim
Greenwood |
BCYC |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
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2nd |
406 |
Jamie
Morgan |
Grafham |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
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3rd |
403 |
Steve Carr |
Hardway SC |
3 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
16 |
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4th |
420 |
Ken Miles |
Shoreham SC |
6 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
25 |
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5th |
287 |
Richard
Kemp |
Brightlingsea SC |
4 |
6 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
8 |
26 |
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6th |
402 |
Scott
Butler |
Hardway SC |
8 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
27 |
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7th |
440 |
Jim Hood |
Weston |
5 |
3 |
8 |
5 |
9 |
7 |
28 |
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8th |
179 |
Eddie
McDonald |
Burghfield |
7 |
9 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
9 |
34 |
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9th |
206 |
Dave Machin |
Netley |
9 |
5 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
35 |
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Burghfield SC - 10th
June
Blistering sunshine and gusty winds greeted the 13 RS
Vareo competitors to Burghfield. The wind direction
meant that the course was short and tricky with
virtually everyone enjoying a cooling dip as the
temperature soared. Chris Larr gave a masterful display
of how to deal with the conditions, and the current
Inland Champion took all three races by a considerable
distance. The other interest was in the overall Fat Face
Circuit as the current top three Tim Greenwood, Jamie
Morgan and Jim Hood were all looking to improve their
chances, knowing that Larr would not be doing enough
events to take the Series Race 1 and Larr took the lead
immediately followed by a group including Morgan, Scott
Butler and Nigel Tinkler, with Greenwood off the pace
after deciding to go the wrong side of the many islands
at Burghfield. With plenty of swimmers the order changed
often then on the last run Greenwood made his move,
passing Tinkler and Butler as Morgan sailed into a hole
in the wind to snatch 2nd place behind Larr with Butler
in third.Race 2 and with a bit of reluctance with the
England World Cup match about to start the competitors
returned to a building breeze causing white horses on
the lake. Larr again made his customery great start with
Greenwood in hot pursuit until a snapped gooseneck ended
his participation, but at least he got back in to see
the football! Morgan and Mark Williams tussled for the
minor places as Larr disappeared into the distance, with
Morgan snatching second.Race 3 and a number of
competitors did not take to the water due to fatigue,
boat damage or football watching. Larr again had a race
with himself, Williams kept upright and Dave Machin
took the opportunity for a deserved third place. This
gave Williams second overall, with Morgan third. A lot
of very tired sailors got in to see the welcome England
result. |
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Sailed:3, Discards:1, To count:2, Ratings:None,
Entries:13, Scoring system:My scoring system
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Rank |
Class |
SailNo |
Helm |
Club |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
Nett |
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1
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RS
VAREO |
361
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Chris
Larr |
GWSC
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(1) |
1 |
1 |
3
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2
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2
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RS
VAREO |
391
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Mark
Williams |
Llandegfedd |
(7) |
3 |
2 |
12
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5
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3
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RS
VAREO |
406
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Jamie
Morgan |
Grafham |
(5) |
2 |
5 |
12
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7
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4
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RS
VAREO |
402
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Scott Butler |
Hardway Sc |
3 |
(6) |
4 |
13
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7
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5
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RS
VAREO |
390
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Nigel
Tinkler |
Llandegfedd |
4 |
4 |
(6) |
14
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8
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6
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RS
VAREO |
206
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Dave
Machin |
Netley SC |
(9) |
9 |
3 |
21
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12
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7
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RS
VAREO |
431
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Andrew Trigg |
Burghfield SC |
(8) |
5 |
7 |
20
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12
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8
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RS
VAREO |
261
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Tim
Greenwood |
Bristol Corinthian |
2 |
(14
DNF) |
14
DNF |
30
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16
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9
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RS
VAREO |
179
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Eddie
McDonald |
Burghfield SC |
(11) |
8 |
8 |
27
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16
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10
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RS
VAREO |
322
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Mark
Hayzelden |
Burghfield SC |
10 |
7 |
(14
DNF) |
31
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17
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11
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RS
VAREO |
243
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Gavin
Clark |
Chichester YC |
(14
DNF) |
10 |
9 |
33
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19
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12
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RS
VAREO |
440
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Jim
Hood |
Weston |
6 |
(14
DNF) |
14
DNF |
34
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20
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13
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RS
VAREO |
156
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Steve
Trigg |
Burghfield SC |
(14
DNF) |
14
DNF |
14
DNF |
42
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28
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RS Vareo Fat Face Circuit
2006 |
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Date |
Venue |
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No of Entries |
Results |
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25-26 March |
Bristol
Corinthian YC |
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10 |
1st
Jonathan Nuttall
2nd Richard Kemp-Salt
3rd Jamie Morgan |
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22-23 April |
Rutland SC |
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5 |
1st
Tim Greenwood
2nd Jamie Morgan
3rd Jim Hood |
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6-7 May |
Lee on
Solent SC |
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9 |
1st Tim
Greenwood
2nd Jamie Morgan
3rd Steve Carr |
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10 June |
Burghfield SC |
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13 |
1st Chris
Larr
2nd Mark Williams
3rd Jamie Morgan |
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8-9 July |
Filey SC |
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6 August |
Bartley SC |
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General Sail
Care
Although this
article is not specific to RS Vareo sailors you may find
some points of interest.
With Thanks to Hyde Sails for allowing the RS
Association to re use this article
During the Season
At the end of any sail, may it be a three week cruise or
a round the cans race, you have to decide how to store
your sails until the next time. We are lucky that modern
materials are resistant to moisture and salt crystals,
and they can be left on the boat for the duration of the
season without incurring unnecessary wear and tear. But
if you do have the opportunity to rinse them in this
period you should always take it. Salt holds moisture
into the cloth, and the crystals will chafe the fibres.
Also, glued sails degrade quickly when left wet in the
bottom of the boat.
Sails made from any cloth are best rolled, as this does
less damage to the cloth finish than the creasing that
is inevitably involved in folding or flaking sails.
Roller furler systems have this advantage, although it
does mean the sail is left to the battering of the
elements while it is up there, particularly sunlight.
That's the importance of the sunstrip. If you leave the
sail on the furler make sure you ease the halyard
tension, otherwise you can permanently stretch the sail.
You should never leave a sail on the furler unless it
has a sunstrip fitted, even for one night. If you take
your sails off the spars, roll them if at all possible,
and get bags big enough that they don't need any further
folding. If they are stored down below, politely ask
your crew and guests to avoid sitting or standing on
them as much as possible!
The one sailcloth material that is badly affected by
moisture is nylon; it loses strength and changes shape
when wet. Because sails take longer to dry when salty,
the best treatment for a nylon spinnaker is to take it
home each time and rinse it on the drive or lawn.
Alternatively, leaving the sail loose out of the bag in
the forepeak is the next best thing. Don't hang sails in
the rigging to dry them, unless it is completely calm -
the flogging does more damage than leaving them wet!
Incidentally, none of the materials like excessive heat,
so avoid leaving them in a car in the middle of the
summer.
At the end of the year
Although sails can mostly be left to their own devices
during the summer season, it is well worth storing them
properly for the winter lay-up, as even hard wearing
modern materials will not take kindly to being left
damp, salty, dirty and creased for six months. The main
rules are to rinse and dry the sails, then leave them
loosely rolled. Wash them if possible - some dirt, like
rust, can be corrosive. Once clean store them somewhere
dry, cool and out of the sun. Hyde Sails offer a winter
valet service that will take these jobs off your hands.
In addition they will check for routine maintenance,
which is outlined in the following section, and do any
necessary repairs.
Maintenance
At the end of any season's sailing you should have a
good look at your sails to see if there are any areas
that need work. And it's a good idea to do the same
check before a period of extended cruising or race
regatta, particularly if you will be some distance from
the services of a sailmaker.
The luff, foot tapes and bolt ropes are a good place to
start. Chafing is the biggest problem, particularly if
it has worn right through the cloth to the rope. It can
then catch in the groove as the sail is hoisted and tear
badly. If you have slides, hanks or cars, have a good
look at each of them to see if there is any cracking or
signs of fatigue failure (discoloration or roughening of
the surface).
The attachment of any hardware to the sail is a
potential problem area, because of the fastening of soft
sailcloth to harder metal and plastic. The headboard,
batten pockets and battens, cunningham and outhaul rings
are all worth careful inspection for chafe and broken
stitching. In fact all the seams are worth scanning to
see if they are showing signs of wear.
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