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July/August 2006 edition |
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RS400
Breaking News...
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The
RS Ball 2006 dates are now set!
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The
2006 RS400 UK GUL National Championships is only
2 months away!
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Less
than 1 month to Garda!
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Next
Fat Face event is Parkstone YC on the 8th and
9th July!
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Welcome
Welcome to the first addition of RS400 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 RS400 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 RS400
articles and don't forget those pictures!
In this
first
issue we have:
GUL RS Racing Sprint Champs and RS Ball
Report from
Queen Mary
Full report
and pictures from Leigh & Lowton
Abersoch
Report from
Aldeburgh
Weymouth
Just in - results
from Brixham
RS400 Fat Face
Circuit 2006
RS400 Coaching dates
An article on General Sail
care from Hyde Sails
Its been a
busy start to the season for the RS400 fleet with 6 Fat Face circuit events
already having taken place. The best turn out so far has
been 26 at Leigh & Lowton SC. Next stop is
Parkstone YC in July.
Have a great
Nationals at Mounts Bay and enjoy Garda!!
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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Queen Mary SC - 18th/19th March
Jennings/Bonsey take victory in spectacular
conditions
Queen Mary S.C. hosted the opening event of the
RS400 Fat Face racingcircuit for 2006. A cold
and windy forecast greeted the competitorsand
many left boats on their trailers. However those
who braved theconditions on Saturday were
treated to some classic racing - over theweekend
there were four different winners from six
races. The boats weresplit into gold and silver
fleets, with equal Fat Face vouchers going
toeach fleet.
A windward-leeward course in gusts of 25 knots
meant that the downwind legs took a good deal
less time than the windward ones, and everyone
took a swim at some point with some tentative
early season gybing, especially at the downwind
lay line a.k.a. the local swimming facility.
In race one, Tom Halhead/Chris Bishop took an
early lead, only to take an equally early swim,
allowing Chris Jennings/Andrew Bonsey through
into thelead, followed by Chris Gowers/June
Riley and Paul Hilliar/Stuart Jagger. A quick
recovery and fast sailing from Halhead/Bishop
saw them back into second but couldn’t quite tag
Jennings/Bonsey , who took the race win. Inthe
silver fleet, Richard Gray/Jon Dyas took the win
from Rob and Liz Jones.
Race two and again the curse of leading saw
Jennings/Bonsey make early useof the water wings
as Halhead/Bishop and Gowers/Riley tussled for
the leadin front of Hilliar/Jagger. Some
enormous gusts and some of the fastest downwind
legs many had experienced, so it was easy to
spot the downwind lay line for the gybe as there
were invariably a collection of upturned hulls!
Halhead/Bishop held it together this time to win
after a great race with Gowers/Riley.
Jones/Jones took the Silver fleet from John
Cooper and Becci Wigley.
With the cold taking it’s toll on the fleet, a
reduced entry set out for the third race.
Jennings/Bonsey and Halhead/Bishop made the
early runningbut Hilliar/Jagger pulled through
to take the win, with Jennings/Bonsey holding
off Halhead/Bishop to take second place. Gray/Dyas
took the silver fleet again in a war of
attrition from Jones/Jones.
Sunday dawned and the weather was far more
welcoming to competitors. Warmsunshine and a
gusty 15 knots meant that the fleet was racing
far closer together than the day before. With
the windward mark set close to the edge of the
reservoir and a gusty downwind leg, a premium
was put on riding the gusts downwind.
Race four saw the fleet split on the downwind
leg, with the main beneficiaries being Jennings/Bonsey,
who pulled through from mid-fleet to lead early
on. Confusion reigned with one lap to go as the
leading three all went for the finish line,
allowing Gowers/Riley to come through to second
on the basis that they could count accurately to
five! Jennings/Bonsey had enough of a lead to
hang on to win despite the diversion but Gowers/Riley
lost second to the charging Halhead/Bishop.
Silver fleet honours went to Howard Fairbrother/Louise
Hosken, who held off Gray/Dyas in second.
In race five, the downwind snakes and ladders
continued, with Greg O‘Brian/Fiona Clark and
Gowers/Riley at the front with Gray/Dyas. These
were chased by Jennings/Bonsey and Halhead/Bishop,
with the overall title clearly going to be
contested between these two. After an hour of
incredibly close racing, Jennings/Bonsey kept
their noses ahead just long enough to take the
win from Halhead/Bishop and O’Brian/Clark. Gray/Dyas
took the silver fleet result from Fairbrother/Hosken.
In the sixth and deciding final race, Halhead/Bishop
extended a sizable lead from the fleet and
looked good for the title, with Jennings/Bonsey
languishing in the pack. However, a missed shift
on the penultimate downwind leg saw the Halhead/Bishop’s
lead extinguished and they were suddenly in a
five way battle for the lead. It was game on for
the overall title as Jennings/Bonsey were hot on
their heels. On the final beat, O’Brian/Clark
hit the left hard and came out leading but
behind themthe final mark was getting fruity.
Shenanigans between the top two saw Jennings/Bonsey
taking penalty turns and Halhead/Bishop capsized
followingthe collision. Hilliar/Jagger escaped
downwind from the melee to claim second behind
O’Brian, with Jennings/Bonsey just holding on to
third and therefore taking the title from
Halhead/Bishop. Gray/Dyas took the final race in
the silver fleet and with it the overall silver
fleet title.
Many thanks to Queen Mary S.C. for making the
best of Saturday’s testing conditions and
putting on some superbly close racing on Sunday.
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Sail No |
Helm |
Class |
Crew |
Club |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
Pts |
Pos |
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1238 |
C. Jennings |
RS400 |
A. Bonsey |
Burghfield SC |
1 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
1 |
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1240 |
T. Halhead |
RS400 |
C. Bishop |
Bristol Corinthian YC |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
2 |
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1121 |
P. Hilliar |
RS400 |
S. Jagger |
Bristol Corinthian YC |
3 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
13 |
3 |
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1126 |
G. O’Brien |
RS400 |
F. Clark |
Bartley |
5 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
19 |
4 |
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1204 |
C. Gowers |
RS400 |
J. Riley |
Port Dinorwic |
4 |
2 |
19 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
19 |
5 |
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1203 |
R. Gray |
RS400 |
J. Dyas |
QueenMary SC |
6 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
29 |
6 |
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735 |
R. Jones |
RS400 |
L. Jones |
Weston SC |
7 |
6 |
5 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
36 |
7 |
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1217 |
J. Cooper |
RS400 |
B. Wigley |
Lymington Town SC |
9 |
7 |
19 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
39 |
8 |
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1251 |
H. Farbrother |
RS400 |
J. Smith |
QueenMary SC |
8 |
19 |
19 |
6 |
7 |
19 |
59 |
9 |
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733 |
N. Watson |
RS400 |
L. Watson |
Weston SC |
10 |
19 |
19 |
11 |
10 |
11 |
61 |
10 |
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1101 |
S. Baker |
RS400 |
G. Hayes |
QueenMary SC |
19 |
9 |
19 |
17 |
13 |
15 |
73 |
11 |
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1267 |
R. Kenneally |
RS400 |
R. O’Gorman |
QueenMary SC |
19 |
19 |
19 |
9 |
19 |
8 |
74 |
12 |
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693 |
J. Smith |
RS400 |
T. Smith |
Bartley SC |
19 |
19 |
19 |
16 |
11 |
10 |
75 |
13 |
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955 |
D. Donnelly |
RS400 |
S. Malaulty |
QueenMary SC |
19 |
19 |
19 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
75 |
14 |
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1233 |
N. Francis |
RS400 |
S. Edwards |
QueenMary SC |
19 |
19 |
19 |
13 |
14 |
12 |
77 |
15 |
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794 |
D. Herward |
RS400 |
P. Mason |
Datchet Water SC |
19 |
19 |
19 |
15 |
15 |
14 |
82 |
16 |
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1107 |
B. Humphrey |
RS400 |
R. Lineham |
QueenMary SC |
19 |
19 |
19 |
14 |
19 |
19 |
90 |
17 |
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804 |
S. Blackaller |
RS400 |
M. Camble |
Parkstone SC |
19 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
95 |
18 |
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Leigh & Lowton SC - 1st/2nd April
Nine visitors joined a
strong home fleet turnout of 16 boats for the
RS400 Fat Face Circuit Event at Leigh and Lowton
Sailing Club over the weekend of April 1st and
2nd. With the forecast for big breeze proving to
be about right, competitors were guaranteed
lively racing in what was to be a shifty and
challenging wind direction.
1 p.m. saw all 27 boats
leave a port biased start line first time. Nick
Craig and James Stewart (1237) were first to
round the windward mark, followed by Paul and
Mike Allen (1155) with Dave Exley and Nigel Hall
in close pursuit. Nick Craig sailed into the
distance. The Allen’s capsized on the second
downwind leg allowing Dave Ex to claim second
place ahead of Mike Budd and Mark Greaves (1264)
in 3rd.
Race two once again saw the
majority of the fleet leave at the pin end of
the line in a building breeze. Nick Craig was
first round the windward mark and pulled out an
unbeatable lead, Dave consistent Exley finished
2nd with the Allen’s in 3rd.
After a short break for
lunch race three began in slightly less breeze
resulting in tighter racing throughout the
fleet. Only 22 boats made it to the start, with
5 boats sitting out either with broken gear or
deciding to beet the rush to the bar. Nick Craig
as in previous races dominated from the start,
Mike Budd finished 2nd and Dave Exley 3rd.
After a cheap and cheerful
evening at the local Toby Carvery Sunday dawned
wet and windless. However by the start of race
four the breeze had built to force 2-3 from the
same direction as the previos day. Mike Budd
Rounded the first windward mark of the day and
held his lead to the finish. The Allen’s had a
short lived battle with Nick Craig for second
place, however their days sailing was ended when
both mainsail and kite halyards broke on
consecutive legs. Richard Marsh and Heather
Nocton (1164) finished 3rd.
Race five began in a
building breeze. Dave Exley rounded first with
Nick Craig in hot pursuit. Big gusts blowing
across the club and on to the lake resulted in
several casualties and rescue crews were kept
busy. Controversy at the last leeward mark
resulted in Dave Exley have to avoid a back
marker, allowing Nick Craig to claim his fourth
race win. Richard Catchpole and Alan Woosey
(1007) finished third.
Race six saw the first
general recall of the weekend, driving rain and
a shift in wind direction resulted in the course
becoming one sided. Once again Nick Craig led
from the start with Mike Budd in second. Chris
Gowers and June Riley (1204) finished third with
Dave Exley and Nigel hall in fourth.
LLSC Boats dominated the
silver fleet. Dave Poore and Tim Simpson (774)
were first followed by Louise McKeand & Chris
Basset (1191).
All in all an
excellent event, sailed in testing but enjoyable
conditions. Special prizes where awarded to Mat
Johnson (1st junior crew), James Budd and Emma
Norris (first junior boat) and Richard Catchpole
and Alan Woosey (oldest combined crew). Race
officer Mike Broatch and team were thanked for
keeping everything on schedule and for not
bringing out the black flag.
Results
1. 1237
Nick Craig & James Stewart 1,1,1,2,1,1
2. 1264 Mike Budd & Mark Greeves LLSC
3,6,2,1,4,2
3. 1186 David Exley & Nigel Hall LLSC
2,2,3,7,2,4
4. 1007 Richard Catchpole & Alan Woosey LLSC
4,4,5,5,3,5
5. 1164 Richard Marsh & Heather Nocton Elton SC
5,8,7,3,5,27
6. 1204 Chris Gowers & June Riley Port Dinorwic
8,9,8,4,7,3
7. 774 David Poore & Tim Simpson LLSC
11,5,22,9,6,6
8. 1191 Louise Mckeand & Chris Basset LLSC
10,10,22,8,8,7
9. 1258 Andy Fox & Ian Fletcher LLSC
7,7,9,13,13,9
10. 1091 Gareth Williams & Ross Roberts LLSC
15,12,10,10,9,23
11. 1267 Ronan Kenneally & Roger O’Gorman
Monkstown Bay SC 27,14,11,11,22,8
12. 693 Jonathon Smith & Matt Johnson Bartley
Green SC 27,13,12,15,15,11
13. 1155 Paul & Michael Allen LLSC
27,3,4,6,27,27
14. 1209 Eamon & Mark Cuthbert LLSC
14,11,16,17,12,23
15. 1050 Cathy & MikePartington LLSC
9,25,13,16,10,23
16. 765 Joe Erskine & Time Seddon LLSC
13,25,17,22,16,12
17. 1014 Hamish Gledhill & Simon Dowse West
Riding SC 27,25,27,14,14,10
18. 1100 David Shiel & Paul Heath LLSC
6,25,6,27,27,27
19. 1235 Chris & Jane Horn LLSC
16,25,15,20,18,23
20. 819 Colin & Richard Hague LLSC
12,15,14,27,27,27
21. 736 Ali Vowles & David Jones Stone SC
27,25,22,21,17,13
22. 966 Dave Green & Jude Pryde LLSC
27,25,27,18,11,27
23. 1275 Sam Parker & Anna Ludgate Burghfield SC
27,27,27,12,22,27
24. 637 James Budd & Emma Norris LLSC
27,25,22,19,22,23
25. 869 Richard Statham & Robin Saunders Chase
SC 27,25,22,27,27,27
26. 563 Oliver & Colin Murray RWYC
27,25,27,27,27
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Abersoch -
29th/30th April
The RS400 Fat Face
Circuit combined with the RS200s to visit the
picturesque town of Abersoch in north Wales over
the may bank holiday weekend and were treated to
sunshine, wind and waves. After a short
postponement, 25 boats went out to race in 12
knots over a proper nationals size course, with
2 laps taking almost an hour! Chris Gowers/June
Riley and Paul Allen/Michael Allen made the
early running but by the first mark Nick
Craig/Al Fry had taken the lead. Near the top
of the second beat the Allen’s played the
shifting wind better than Craig/Fryand took the
lead that they held to the finish. Behind them,
Tom Halhead/Chris Bishop took several places on
the last run to com in third. Ronan Kenneally/Roger
O’Gorman won the silver fleet.
With
the wind and waves building, the second race
started and Paul Hilliar/Stu Jagger crossed the
fleet to take an early lead, with the Allen’s
and Dave Exley/Nigel Hall in hot pursuit.
Hilliar/Jagger rounded first and extended the
lead to win by a large margin, while the Allen’s
held off Gowers/Riley for second place, with
Exley/Hall winning the silverfleet.
In the
third race, Hilliar/Jagger again crossed early
to take the lead and extended from the pack
downwind but this time Craig/Fry put inmaximum
effort to catch and overtake Hilliar/Jagger and
take the win.As it turned out, Hilliar/Jagger
were one of a few OCS casualties so they needn’t
have bothered! Halhead/Bishop profited from the
OCS to take second and the consistent Allen’s
came in third, with Nick Holt/Derek Hill winning
the silver fleet.
Sunday
threatened to give the fleet enough wind to race
but it never quite got there so the consistent
sailing of the Allen’s was rewarded with the
overall title. One point covered second to
fourth, with Craig/Fry edging out Halhead/Bishop
and Gowers/Riley.
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Series Place |
Sail No |
Boat |
Fleet |
Helm |
Crew |
Club |
Tally |
Series Points |
Race 1 |
Race 2 |
Race 3 |
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1 |
1155 |
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Paul Allen |
Michael Allen |
Leigh & Lowton |
68 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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2 |
1237 |
Sponsor Us Please |
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Nick Craig |
Al Fry |
Frensham Pond |
71 |
10 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
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3 |
1240 |
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Gold |
Tom Halhead |
Chris Bishop |
Bristol Corinthian YC |
75 |
11 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
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4 |
1204 |
Budd's Old Boat |
Gold |
Chris Gowers |
June Riley |
Clwb Hwylio Y Felinheli |
73 |
11 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
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5 |
1164 |
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Gold |
Richard Marsh |
Heather Nocton |
Elton |
69 |
22 |
8 |
9 |
5 |
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6 |
1219 |
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Gold |
Jonathan Sinclair |
Gary Howland |
WL |
82 |
29 |
19 |
4 |
6 |
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7 |
1121 |
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Gold |
Paul Hilliar |
Stuart Jagger |
Bristol Corinthian |
67 |
32 |
5 |
1 |
26 |
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8 |
966 |
gaziger |
Silver |
Dave Green |
Jude Pryde |
Leigh & Lowton |
65 |
33 |
15 |
10 |
8 |
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9 |
1014 |
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Silver |
Hamish Gledhill |
Rachel Gledhill |
West Riding |
66 |
33 |
12 |
8 |
13 |
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10 |
1267 |
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Silver |
Ronan Kenneally |
Roger O'Gorman |
Monsktown Bay |
86 |
34 |
6 |
14 |
14 |
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11 |
1258 |
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Gold |
Andy Fox |
Ian Fletcher |
Leigh & Lowton |
77 |
34 |
10 |
13 |
11 |
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12 |
1201 |
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Silver |
Neil Peacock |
Rick Peacock |
Bartley |
72 |
36 |
16 |
11 |
9 |
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13 |
1191 |
Looby Blou |
Silver |
Louise McKeand |
Chris Bassett |
Leigh & Lowton |
81 |
36 |
11 |
15 |
10 |
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14 |
1189 |
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Nick Holt |
Derek Hill |
Blackpool & Fleetwood |
80 |
37 |
18 |
12 |
7 |
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15 |
1186 |
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Dave Exley |
Nigel Hall |
Leigh & Lowton |
83 |
40 |
9 |
5 |
26 |
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16 |
812 |
Scary Mary |
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Shon Stockwell |
Steve Owen |
Clwb Hwylio Y Felinheli |
64 |
48 |
13 |
19 |
16 |
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17 |
748 |
Scorcho |
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Andy Long |
Lou Asman |
Clwb Hwylio Y Felinheli |
62 |
49 |
7 |
16 |
26 |
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18 |
1172 |
Tipsi |
Silver |
Alex Morrison |
Leah Collis |
Clwb Hwylio Y Felinheli |
70 |
55 |
22 |
21 |
12 |
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19 |
549 |
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Silver |
Ffion Jones |
John Jones |
Clwb Hwylio Y Felinheli |
87 |
55 |
20 |
18 |
17 |
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20 |
1264 |
G Force |
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Gordon Patterson |
Warren Polly |
RNIYC |
76 |
59 |
24 |
20 |
15 |
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21 |
774 |
Fubar |
Silver |
Dave Poore |
Tim Simpson |
Leigh & Lowton |
63 |
60 |
17 |
17 |
26 |
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22 |
1100 |
Charlie |
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Paul Heath |
Caroline Exley |
Leigh & Lowton |
85 |
66 |
14 |
26 |
26 |
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23 |
1003 |
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Jane telford |
Lucy Telford |
South Windermere |
84 |
73 |
21 |
26 |
26 |
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24 |
693 |
Phoenix |
Silver |
Jon Smith |
Deborah Smith |
Bartley S C |
79 |
74 |
26 |
22 |
26 |
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25 |
1215 |
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Gold |
Julia Cornah |
Ellen Milner |
West Kirby |
74 |
75 |
23 |
26 |
26 |
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Aldeburgh
YC - 13th/14th May
The
Fat Face circuit jaunt to the East Coast went
ahead as scheduled, with a nice polite force SE
1-2 coaxing 25 boats out to play. This
contrasted nicely with the rather less polite
spring tide rip barrelling north for the first
start. Committee boat end was not so much
favoured as compulsory. Tom Halhead and Chris
Bishop nailed this convincingly and battled
across the start line, with the rest of the
fleet following anything between one and eight
minutes later. The fleet was split tactically,
with Halhead / Bishop deciding to try their luck
at sea…and everyone else opting to go inshore.
Much close tacking up the beach followed with
the critical call being when to make the break
for the mark. Charlie and Anne Somerset and
Howard Farbrother / Louise Hoskin made the dash
first, with Simon Tonks and Owen Balding
reaching down on their heels. In the lap that
followed Farbrother & Hoskin managed to break
through and ended taking line honours from the
Somersets with Tonks / Balding in third. Race
two commenced with a little more breeze but
similar tidal conditions, Halhead and Bishop got
the idea this time and led the fleet inshore,
about this time it was impossible not to notice
a towering wedge of black cloud hiding behind
Aldeburgh town trying to look inconspicuous.
Meanwhile, people were pushing for the windward
mark in much closer order with Simon / John
Fulford chasing Halhead and Bishop to the mark
followed by the Somesets, Farbrother and Hoskin,
and Martin Browne & Dinah Holmes in quick order.
The downwind that followed gave people the
chance to see just how much the big black cloud
really wanted to come and play. You could tell
it was excited because of the jagged white
flashes, the heavy rain, and the way the
downwind turned into an upwind, rapidly followed
by a no wind. Thankfully it behaved itself,
although the fleet seemed split between huddling
together for protection, and pretending they
were out. The Fulfords snuck through at the
finish to take first, with Halhead and Bishop
losing out in second, and Tonks / Balding third.
The fleet then voted with their feet and ran for
the bar and the warm embrace of traditional
Aldeburgh hospitality: good food, alcohol, and
flinging yourself about to fiddly-dee music.
Day two dawned with a much
more promising F2 Westerly, and for the first
race or two people could almost believe the tide
didn’t matter, which was rubbish of course, but
the large shifts and occasional bend kept people
fully occupied trying to work out what was more
important. Halhead and Bishop and the Somersets
split honours for the first two races, with
Browne / Holmes and Farbrother / Hoskin also
regularly featuring at the front.
Race management continued to
keep everyone guessing by running off with the
windward mark during the third race upwind, and
into the fourth and last race with two boats in
it for the overall Open, and anyone of four
boats vying for third. After a tense tussle, the
final deciding race resolved itself: Halhead /
Bishop 1st, Farbrother / Hoskin second, Simon
Syndenham / Aisling Bowman 3rd. Consequently
Halhead & Bishop won by a single point from the
Somersets, with Farbrother / Hoskin in third
place overall.
Many
thanks to our friends at Aldeburgh Yacht Club
for their practical approach to race management,
large helpings of fun, and for managing to get
us back to the bar before the K6s!
Results
1. tom halhead & chris bishop
2. charles somerset & anne somerset
3. howard fairbrother & louise hoskin
4. martin browne & dinah holmes
5. stephen fulford & a n other
6. simon sydenham & aisling bowman
7. nicholas bell & alexia bell
8. gavin marshall & annie marshall
9. terry fellowes & nikki fellowes
10. jock mawson & richard graham-enoch
11. ben deacon & katie reiss
12. paul browning & paul armitage
13. john hallas & graham webb
14. ed stevens & rhodri jones
15. stuart gurney & karen evans
16. roland walker & a n other
17. jon smith & joe goyder 18
18. mark broughton & vivienne broughton
19. simon tonks & owen balding
20. richard arthur & sue arthur
21. richard holmes & nick crackmore
22. paul walker & lindy walker
23. simon baker & graham hayes
24. robert wadge & martin brammer
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Weymouth SC
- 3rd/4th June
The RS400 Fat Face
circuit moved to Weymouth Sailing club over the
sunny weekend of June 3rd/4th. Concerns over
whether the fleet would get any wind proved to
be groundless as Saturday’s racing was held in a
solid force 3.
Chris Gowers/June Riley made
an excellent start to the first race to grab a
lead that would never be challenged. Behind
them, Nick Craig/James Stewart held off Chris
and Rob Martin to take second place. Gowers/Rileycontinued
their good form in the second race but this time
Craig/Stewart pulled through to win, with Tom
Halhead/Chris Bishop just holding off Hywel
Roberts/Toby Lewis for third place. In the
third race, a wind shiftsplit the fleet off the
line and at the first mark Craig/Stewart and
Gowers/Riley came storming in from the left to
take the lead, with Craig/Stewart winning in the
end and Roberts/Lewis in third place.
The fleet was met by much
less wind on Sunday, but eventually a light sea
breeze came in enough to race. Halhead/Bishop
sailed around the fleet on the first downwind to
take a lead that they held to the end, to win
from Craig/Stewart and Gowers/Riley. More wind
came in for the second race, and the Martin’s
showed great pace to win from Halhead/Bishop.
After a delay, a short final race began and it
was Halhead/Bishop who won again, from
Craig/Stewart.
This gave
Craig/Stewart the overall title from Halhead/Bishop
and Gowers/Riley. Sam Parker/Anna Ludgate
showed great form to win the silverfleet.
1 1237 G Nick Craig Frensham Pond 2 1 1 2 (4) 2 12 8
2 1240 G Tom Halhead BCYC 5 3 (7) 1 2 1 19 12
3 1204 G Chris Gowers Y Felinneli 1 2 2 3 (8) 7 23 15
4 1262 G Hywel Roberts PYC (7) 4 3 7 3 3 27 20
5 1166 G Chris Martin Burghfield 3 9 9 4 1 (17) 43 26
6 1121 G Paul Hilliar Bristol Corinthian 4 5 5 5 7 (17) 43 26
7 864 G Ian Pickard Bristol Corinthian YC 6 6 4 (10) 9 6 41 31
8 1217 G Joan Cooper Lymington 9 8 (10) 6 5 10 48 38
9 1275 S Sam Parker Weston 10 13 (15) 13 6 5 62 47
10 1182 G Phil Jackson Parkstone 13 11 12 8 (14) 4 62 48
11 1051 G Sam Hoyland Weston SC 11 7 8 15 10 (22) 73 51
12 1063 G Rick Peacock Bartley 12 10 (16) 14 13 8 73 57
13 1274 G Bill Handley St Mawes 8 14 13 (16) 16 9 76 60
14 1088 S Richard Kenion Parkstone 16 15 6 (18) 12 17 84 66
15 1059 S Lieghton King Cassington water 14 16 11 9 21 (22) 93 71
16 1267 S Ronan Kenneally Royal Cork 15 12 18 12 15 (22) 94 72
17 693 S Jon Smith Bartley SC 17 (18) 17 17 17 11 97 79
18 1201 S Neil Peacock Bartley 18 17 14 (19) 18 12 98 79
19 1251 S Howard Farbrother Queen Mary (22) 22 22 11 11 22 110 88
20 407 S Andrew Kellard Frensham Pond (20) 19 19 20 19 13 110 90
21 594 S Paul Naser 19 20 20 (22) 22 22 125 103
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Brixham - 24th/25th
June
(Report to follow in next addition)
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1 |
1240 |
Tom
Halhead |
Chris Bishop |
BCYC |
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2 |
1267 |
Ronan Kenneally |
Roger O’Gorman |
Queen Mary SC |
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3 |
1217 |
John
Cooper |
Becci Wigley |
Lymington Town SC |
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4 |
1182 |
Phil
Jackson |
Gerard Barron |
Parkstone |
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5 |
1296 |
Giles Chipperfield |
Heather Chipperfield |
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6 |
1251 |
Howard Farbrother |
J.
Smith |
Queen Mary SC |
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7 |
1262 |
Hywel Roberts |
Mike
Child |
Parkstone |
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8 |
1275 |
Sam
Parker |
Anna
Ludgate |
Burghfield SC |
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9 |
1274 |
Bill
Handley |
Lynda Handley |
St
Mawes |
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10 |
1215 |
Simon Pritchard Jones |
Ellen Milner |
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11 |
1088 |
Richard Kenion |
Richard Bullock |
Parkstone |
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12 |
1205 |
Chris Bailey |
Matt
Bailey |
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13 |
1066 |
Richard Graham-Endck |
Roland Walker |
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14 |
693 |
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15 |
1201 |
Neil
Peacock |
Rick
Peacock |
Bartley |
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16 |
522 |
Nick
Simmons |
James Jaffer |
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17 |
698 |
Daryl Geary |
Mark
Savidge |
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18 |
577 |
Peter Travis |
Tim
Emberley |
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RS400 Fat Face
Circuit 2006 |
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Date |
Venue |
No of Entries |
Results |
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18-19 March |
Queen Mary SC |
18 |
1st C.
Jennings
2nd
T. Halhead
3rd
P. Hilliar |
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1-2 April |
Leigh &
Lowton SC |
26 |
1st Nick
Craig/James Stewart
2nd Mike Budd/Mark Greeves
3rd David Exley/Nigel Hall |
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29-30 April |
Abersoch |
25 |
1st Paul
Allen/Michael Allen
2nd Nick Craig
/Al
Fry
3rd Tom Halhead/Chris Bishop |
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13-14 May |
Aldeburgh |
25 |
1st
Tom Halhead/Chris Bishop
2nd Charles Somerset/Anne Somerset
3rd Howard Fairbrother/Louise Hoskin |
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3-4 June |
Weymouth SC |
21 |
1st Nick
Craig
2nd Tom Halhead
3rd Chris Gowers |
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24-25 June |
Brixham |
18 |
1st Tom Halhead/Chris
Bishop
2nd Ronan Kenneally/Roger O’Gorman
3rd John Cooper/Becci Wigley |
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8-9 July |
Parkstone YC |
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23-24
September |
Hayling
Island
SC |
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RS400 Coaching
All,
RS400 Coaching and Open at Northampton is scheduled for
Saturday 16 July (Coaching) and Sunday 17 July (Open
racing).
For coaching, boats should be rigged and ready by
1030hrs. There will be on the water coaching by Tom
Halhead, one of our RS400 coaches, and a video de-brief
afterwards. The club will be closed from 5pm onwards due
to a private function, but there are lots of local pubs.
On Sunday there will be the opportunity to take part in
3 club races with separate fleet starts for the RS400s.
First race at 1200hrs, second at 1400hrs, third at
1600hrs.
Camping is available on site for free for those taking
part. Details of the club, how to find it and local
accommodation can be found at
www.northamptonsailingclub.org.
Any questions do contact Chris Harris at
chris.j.harris@btconnect.com or 07977 557614.
Regards,
Heather |
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General Sail
Care
Although this
article is not specific to RS400 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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