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The RS600 associations e-Newsletter |
July/August 2006 edition |
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RS600
Breaking News...
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The
RS Ball 2006 dates are now set!
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The
2006 RS600 UK Gul National Championships is less
than 3 months away - get your entries in to
receive a discount!!
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Less
than 1 month to Garda!
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Next
Fat Face event is Lymington Town on the 8th and
9th July!
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Welcome
Welcome to the first addition of RS600 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 RS600 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 RS600
articles and don't forget those pictures!
In this
issue we have:
GUL RS Racing Sprint Champs and RS Ball
RS600 National
Championships
Chew
Valley report and pictures
Rutland report
Lee on Solent report
Weymouth Town report
RS600 Fat Face
Circuit 2006
An article on General Sail
care from Hyde Sails
Have a great
Nationals at Looe 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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RS600 National
Championships
The entry forms for the RS600 National Championship are
now available on the RS Association website, under
Documents.
The National Championship is to be held at Looe SC, on
7th to 10th September.
Please complete and return the entry form together with
the entry fee to Joanne Boutle, 10 Grange Close,
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18 1JJ. The entry fee
covers all racing and a full social programme. For those
entering before 14 August 2006, there is a price
reduction of £20. As normal there is a youth reduction
of £20 for those aged 19 or below at the start of the
Championship.
I look forward to receiving your entry and seeing you
there in September!
Best Regards
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Chew Valley SC
- 11th/12th March 2006
The first
Fat Face Rs600 circuit event of the year came to Chew
Valley Lake Sailing Club which certainly did not
disappoint. Some new faces and old where amongst the 11
boat line up, with Damon Bower making a year long return
to the circuit.
Race 1 was started in a light 5-6 knots from the NE with
Olly Straker taking the pin end with a port tack flyer
and rounding the windward mark first. This was not to
last long as Andy Heissig and Jamie Mawson overtook,
Andy finding his own private wind to win by a mile in
steadily
decreasing and particularly flooky airs. Olly managed to
take back second and Jaime came in third, hotly pursued
by new comers Dave Annan and Paul Champion.
In race 2 it was Jamie Mawsons turn to port tack the
fleet and take the private wind around with him. The
rest of the line up was by no means settled changing
right up till the finish. Martin Fear made an
outstanding move from apx 10th place by banging to left
side hard and
rounding the 2nd windward mark in second place just
ahead of Andy Heissig and Olly Straker. During lap 2 the
wind died completely with Martin Fear taking second
followed by Olly then Andy. Chew local Alan Williams
coming in 5th.
The final race on day 1 was abandoned.
Come Sunday morning the fleet was greeted with a
bitterly cold 1 degree C, SE 8-12 knots, with a inch or
two of snow from the previous evening. The race officers
presented the fleets with two options in order to
recover the missed race from day 1. Option A, sail 3
races back to back, or option B, 4 races separated by a
onshore warm-up. In true RS fashion we chose option C to
take all 3 races and see how we felt about the 4th
when it came along.
Race 3 was clean away and Jamie Mawson managed to tackle
the very shifty and fickle airs to round first and lead
the whole race, followed Olly, Andy and again Dave Annan
gaining a good score in that order.
Race 4 saw the breeze build again up to 15 knots with
some nasty little gusts coming through. Olly and Andy
were over at the start and returned to the line leaving
Jamie to win the race untouched. A rising star young
Doug Horner was mixing it with the lead bunch and come
in a close 4th.
Race 5, breeze on! 15 - 20 knots. Olly Straker capsized
at the start on the gun leaving Andy Heissig and Jamie
Mawson to lead by a country mile.
This was the case up till the second and 'final' lap
where they both missed the finish line to start lap 3.
Olly and Doug cruised through to an easy 1st and 2nd,
and another new comer Steven Read from Weston SC was
chuffed with a well earned 3rd.
The breeze kept building for the final race to a easy
20-25 knots. Starting to feel the effects of the cold
the fleet slowly dropped out and crept ashore unable to
cope waiting for the final race.
For the start of the Race 6 only 4 competitors toughened
it out, Jaime Mawson, Andy Heissig who were fighting it
out for points believing they had won the previous race.
A fatal capsize nearing the finish from Jamie allowed
Andy to come through in first. Paul Champion and Tony
Mitchell toughened it out too, with Tony finishing in
3rd, Paul 4th. Meanwhile Dave Annan who had suffered a
broken halyard in the previous race recorded a gust come
through of 37 knots on the clubs gallery anemometer.
Jamie Mawson (8 points) broke his long string of 2nd
places to win his first 600 event. 2 points behind in
2nd came Olly Straker (10 points) with 2 points behind
that Andy Heissig (12 points) in 3rd.
Doug Horner's (24 points) 2nd in the 5th race secured
him a 4th on count back over Paul Champion and also an
award for the best overall newcomer.
Finally a big thanks all the team at the Chew Valley
Lake Sailing Club who hosted another successful event.
Chew Valley
photo’s courtesy of Primrose Salt |
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Sailed:6 Discards:1 To count:5 Entries:11
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SailNo |
Helm |
Club |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
Total |
Nett |
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1st
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982 |
Jamie Mawson |
Pennine/Ulley SC
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3.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
(5.0) |
2.0 |
13.0 |
8.0
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2nd
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942 |
Olly Straker |
Weston SC |
2.0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
(12.0 DNS) |
22.0 |
10.0 |
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3rd
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984 |
Andy Heissig |
Lymington Town SC
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1.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
(6.0) |
1.0 |
18.0 |
12.0 |
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4th
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757 |
Doug Horner |
Wilsonian SC |
6.0 |
7.0 |
5.0 |
4.0 |
2.0 |
(12.0 DNS) |
36.0 |
24.0 |
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5th
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888 |
Paul Champion |
Teign Corinthian SC
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5.0 |
(8.0) |
6.0 |
5.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
32.0 |
24.0 |
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6th
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918 |
Tony Mitchell |
Oxford SC |
7.0 |
(9.0) |
8.0 |
9.0 |
7.0 |
3.0 |
43.0 |
34.0 |
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7th
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815 |
Dave Annan |
Datchet Water SC
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4.0 |
6.0 |
4.0 |
8.0 |
(12.0 DNS) |
12.0 DNS |
46.0 |
34.0 |
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8th
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676 |
Martin Fear |
Bristol Corinthian SC
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8.0 |
2.0 |
7.0 |
10.0 |
8.0 |
(12.0 DNS) |
47.0 |
35.0 |
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9th
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917 |
Steven Read |
LOSSC |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
7.0 |
3.0 |
(12.0 DNS) |
52.0 |
40.0 |
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10th
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909 |
Alan Williams |
CVLSC |
9.0 |
5.0 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
(12.0 DNS) |
12.0 DNS |
60.0 |
48.0 |
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11th
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921 |
Damon Bower |
Oxford SC |
11.0 |
(12.0 DNS) |
9.0 |
6.0 |
12.0 DNS |
12.0 DNS |
62.0 |
50.0 |
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Rutland Sailing Club
- 22nd/23rd April 2006
Rutland Sailing Club played host to the second round of
this years Fat Face RS600 circuit. Eight boats arrived
to be greeted with light winds forecast for the weekend.
Racing on the weekend saw new faces to go with the few
regulars.
Race one got off to a steady start with some marginal
trapeezing. Jamie Mawson took the lead but the other
boats stayed close behind. There was regular place
changing throughout the race with second and third
places being anybody’s. By the end of the race there was
less than a minute between second and last places. Race
two and three followed the same pattern with Jamie
getting two more bullets.
Day two and race four and five took the same format as
the day before, with race five being cut short after 1
lap as the wind died completely. After a short squall,
the wind settled to a nice force 3 and provided the most
exciting race of the weekend and again there was some
close racing throughout the fleet. No-one was left on
their own. Jamie Mawson won the weekend with his six
shooter closely followed by James Sainsbury and Ken
Potts. The merit award went to Mark Duckworth in fifth.
Thanks go to Rutland Sailing Club and Fat Face as we
look forward to Lee on Solent with the promise of more
regulars turning up. Let’s look forward to an event that
is always popular and to a good turn out.
Damon Bower
RS600 Communications Rep
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RS600 Fleet - Sailed: 6
Discards: 1 |
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1 |
RS600 |
982 |
Jamie Mawson |
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Pennine |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
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2 |
RS600 |
827 |
James Sainsbury |
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Grafham |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
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3 |
RS600 |
703 |
Ken Potts |
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Gunfleet |
4 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
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4 |
RS600 |
815 |
Dave Annan |
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Datchet |
2 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
21 |
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5 |
RS600 |
717 |
Mark Duckworth |
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Burghfield |
5 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
21 |
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6 |
RS600 |
909 |
Alan Williams |
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St Mawes |
6 |
7 |
2 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
27 |
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7 |
RS600 |
918 |
Tony Mitchell |
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Oxford |
7 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
32 |
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8 |
RS600 |
921 |
Damon Bower |
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Oxford |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
37 |
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Lee on Solent Sailing
Club - 6th/7th May 2006
The 3rd Fat
Face circuit event held at Lee on Solent Sailing Club
6th/7th May 06 was mixed weather and saw the largest
fleet of RS600 so far this season with lots of new and
old faces coming together.
Torrential rain and a lack of wind greeted 18 RS600
sailors for the latest Fat Face circuit event at
Lee-on-the-Solent sailing club. The wind filled in
though for the first race where Olly Straker led from
the start, holding off challenges by Ian Marshall and
Jamie Mawson who
finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. In second race John
Powell led at the windward mark closely followed by Andy
Heissig and Dave Nunn. Heissig managed to take the lead
and went on to win, John Powell sailed well but slipped
to 4th as the whole fleet finished within seconds of
each other. Mawson pulled through to second, after being
over the start line, while Marshall also gained places
to finish 3rd. The third race saw Marshall winning, from
Mawson and Heissig.
Sunday started bright with little wind. After race 4 was
abandoned due to a large windshift, the re-run race
turned out to be a drifter as the wind died again. Dave
Nunn and Alan Williams got good starts with Williams
getting to the windward mark first. However, there was
enough to allow Powell to pick through the fleet on the
run to win from Marshall and James Soinsbury, leaving
Williams and Nunn to drop back to 7th and 8th
respectively. The wind filled in again for the
penultimate race where Heissig and Mawson managed to
pass Andy Hewitt, with Heissig pulling clear to win from
Mawson and John Charles. Marshall sealed the event by
winning the last race, with Heissig second overall from
Mawson and then Hewitt.
Thanks goes to Lee-on-the-Solent sailing club for hosting
a well organised event which saw some close racing
throughout the fleet.
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1st |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
979 |
Ian Marshall |
Oxford SC |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
9 |
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2nd |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
984 |
Andy Heissig |
Lymington Town SC |
6 |
1 |
3 |
12 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
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3rd |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
982 |
Jamie Mawson |
Pennine SC |
3 |
2 |
6 |
11 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
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4th |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
798 |
Andrew Hewitt |
Weston |
4 |
10 |
2 |
14 |
4 |
4 |
24 |
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5th |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
983 |
Olly Straker |
Weston |
1 |
7 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
25 |
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6th |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
954 |
JJ Powell |
Portchester |
9 |
4 |
10 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
31 |
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7th |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
GBR No Number |
Chris Flewitt |
Locks |
11 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
11 |
7 |
33 |
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8th |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
826 |
David Nunn |
Datchet Water SC |
8 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
33 |
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9th |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
702 |
John Charles |
Leigh on Seaa |
5 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
3 |
10 |
35 |
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10th |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
827 |
James Soinsbury |
Grafham |
7 |
9 |
12 |
3 |
9 |
8 |
36 |
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11th |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
815 |
Dave Annan |
Datchet Water SC |
10 |
13 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
11 |
40 |
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12th |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
909 |
Alan Williams |
St. Maws |
12 |
14 |
14 |
7 |
14 |
13 |
60 |
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13th |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
917 |
Steve Read |
Lossc |
13 |
11 |
15 |
15 |
13 |
14 |
66 |
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14th |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
717 |
Mark Duckwood |
Burghfield |
14 |
12 |
11 |
16 |
15 |
16 |
68 |
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15th |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
676 |
Martin Fear |
BCYC |
15 |
15 |
13 |
13 |
12 |
15 |
68 |
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16th |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
756 |
Richard Mayo |
Weston SC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
9 |
dnf |
12 |
78 |
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17th |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
918 |
Anthony Mitchell |
Oxford SC |
16 |
16 |
16 |
18 |
16 |
17 |
81 |
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18th |
Fleet 3 |
RS 600 |
606 |
Daniel Davis |
Lossc |
17 |
DNC |
DNC |
17 |
dnf |
DNC |
91 |
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Weymouth Town Sailing
Club - 3rd/4th June 2006
The RS600s
turned up on a bright summers morning at Weymouth Town
SC, for the fourth event in the Fat Face Circuit.
Weymouth Town was more difficult to find than some.
Once all the boats had been rigged and the release flag
was flown and we all descended onto the water, the sea
breeze kicked in and a good afternoon of sailing was
ahead.
The first race saw Jamie Mawson taking first followed
closely by Andrew Hewitt in second and in third came Ian
Marshall.
In the second race once again Jamie took first then Ian
and coming in third was Andrew.
The third race saw a change at the top with Ian coming
in first with Jamie in tow and Jon Powell chasing. The
way back to shore proved to be very interesting with
dodging motorboats and yachts coming in and out of the
harbour.
Day two proved to be lighter winds but with a very
changeable direction. Once we were on the water the
racing proved to be very close with the first race being
won buy James Sainsbury followed closely by Ian and the
in third came Doug Horner.
The second race of the day was won by Ian following
closely was Jamie and the James.
The last race of the day proved very interesting with
yachts motoring through the front half of the fleet
which moved some places around but in the end in first
was Ian with James behind in second followed closely by
Andrew.
Final results
1st Ian Marshall
2nd Jamie Mawson
3rd Andrew Hewitt
4th James Sainsbury
5th Jon Powell
6th Doug Horner
7th Richard Lomas
8th Martin Fear
9th Steven Read
10th Tony Mitchell
11th Damen Bower
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RS600 Fat Face Circuit
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Date |
Venue |
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No of Entries |
Results |
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11-12 March |
Chew Valley
SC |
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11 |
1st Jamie Mawson
2nd Olly Straker
3rd Andy Heissig |
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22-23 April |
Rutland SC |
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8 |
1st Jamie Mawson
2nd James Sainsbury
3rd Ken Potts |
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6-7 May |
Lee on
Solent SC |
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18 |
1st Ian Marshall
2nd Andy Heissig
3rd Jamie Mawson |
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3-4 June |
Weymouth
Town SC |
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11 |
1st Ian Marshall
2nd Jamie Mawson
3rd Andrew Hewitt |
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8-9 July |
Lymington
Town SC |
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12-13 August |
Weston SC |
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23-24
September |
Hayling
Island SC |
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General Sail
Care
Although this
article is not specific to RS600 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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