Author: Keith Sykes

End of season Prize Giving

Just a reminder its the end of season Prize Giving this Saturday 11th October

As you should already have heard Martin and I are planning on attempting a US Diner Man V Food inspired menu … .

Ultimate Nachos

Big Burger with Pulled Pork , Boston Beans, Crispy Potatoes and Slaw

New York Cheese cake

There will be stacks of tasty food, all for just £15.00 each

I have been a bit awol on my holidays but it seems like we are a bit lacking in numbers this year.

We really want to try and fill the clubhouse to make the event worth running, so if you haven’t told Ed you are coming along please please yell now. We will be shopping for the booked numbers so won’t be able to cater for people turning up on the day sadly

Please let me know by return

a) if you are coming and have told Ed/signed up in the club house
b) if you haven’t signed up but would like to come along
c) if you are vegetarian or have another special dietary requirement.

We hope you can make it , we really need enough people to make it worth running and to make the atmosphere

Martin and Dave
The Chefs

Email Updates

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Race Report – Sunday 4th May

15 boats took to the water last Sunday for the first instalment of the Sprint series at Gorleston.

The race team set a large windward leeward course with a pleasant F2 SWerly. The flooding tide made short work of the beat to the relief of the ‘hikers’, I say that from experience!

Race 1 – Dave Abbott and Richard Sawyer in their Hobie Tiger led the fleet round the windward mark. Most of the fleet reached offshore where there appeared to be more wind but Gary Fryer sailing a RS300 soaked deep staying inshore and out of the tide which saw him round the leeward mark amongst the leading pack of RS400’s and D-One’s. A position he retained until the finish giving him a win of nearly two minutes on corrected time. The D-Ones were have a close battle with many place changes throughout the race, Martin Browne led over the line to claim second with Chris Sallis close behind to finish third.

Race 2 – the wind had picked up to F3-4 and with the tide easing the sea conditions began to change with some good rollers developing offshore providing great surfing conditions off wind. Dave and Richard again stormed off into the lead lapping many boats but could not gain enough to hold their handicap. Gary Fryer kept to his plan avoiding the tide downwind to win the race but this time by only a few seconds from the leading D-One, which this time was Chris Sallis. It is a rare occasion when no 400’s appear in the podium places but Commodore Ed Anderson, slumming it in his Laser instead of the Hobie Tiger edged out Richard and Carol by a few seconds to claim third spot.

Although Race 3 got under way the wind got a little friskier and the sea offshore was getting challenging with some big rollers. This led to a few capsizes with the added complication of the rescue having some fuel issues. This meant the committee boat having to leave station to assist and so the race was abandoned.

Results Here

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New PY’s and Our Contribution.

Having just looked at the new PY’s on the RYA site thought following stat’s may be of interest

Below is comparison of race returns for GYGSC and the total number of races shown against each class on the RYA return.

Nearly 40% of all D-ONE race returns are from GYGSC – and with two more D-ONE’s sailing this year % may go up !

20% of all F18 race returns and 10% of RS500 race returns  are from GYGSC – not bad for a little club.

New PY List here

A big thanks to Dave for all his effort here.