There are some great ones.
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July 9th
July 16th
Last night 7 boats (6 racing, Ed and Holly sunning themselves) managed to get in 3 races in some surprisingly very light winds. Dave in the Rs300 had the race 1 to himself winning by a margin of 6 mins and nearly lapping the lasers. Keith just pipping Tamsin to the line after late Gybe and heading to the other end of the line. Race 2 saw Tamsin (and the rest of the fleet) Leave Keith behind, Dave not having it all his own way as Tamsin kept close to the finish, Dave just beating Tamsin by a single second on corrected time, with Steve Gray finishing 3rd. Race 3 saw Dave take the honours again with another close laser battle, Tamsin just getting away on the last leg to take second with Keith 3rd. We then returned to shore for pasties in the club house, many thanks to Richard for running the racing.
Thursday and Britania pier results now available on results page.
Ed & Hollys new Hobbie.
Seven boats launched on a warm sunny evening. With the wind blowing from the south one would expect a fairly steady breeze but there were plenty of shifts to concentrate the minds. Despite the predication that low water would be around 18.30 there was still quite a ebb tide at the start the first race. Richard Brown sailing a Laser won the start and quickly headed inshore….followed by the rest of the fleet. By the windward mark there were two separate fleets, the four Lasers having a close battle and well ahead were the ‘others’, comprising of a 300, 400 and D-One. Richard Fryer in his 300 slowly sailed away from the others to finished first over the line. Richard Brown held onto his lead ahead of the other Lasers.
Richard Fryer lead the way in race two opening up quite a lead. Steve, D-One and Phil and Lorna, 400 were neck and neck throughout the race with Steve leading at the finish. The battle of the Lasers continued with Richard, Tamsin and Keith all leading at some point during the race, however at the finish Keith claimed Laser honours with Richard and Tamsin only a few seconds behind.
Latest thursday Evening Results here……….
Rgds
Dave
Good luck to everyone for the D-one Nationals this Weekend (Fri, Sat Sunday)
There are some great ones.
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Regatta 17th & 18th June
June 4th
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston SC hosted their annual Beach Regatta over the weekend. Competitors were treated to two days of sunshine and following an hour’s postponement for conditions to settle (120º veer) near perfect winds as the sea breeze developed and stabilised from the SE. Race Officer Ben Falat with assistance from the D-One fleet set a large windward leeward course for the 16 boats with 10 different classes ranging from Lasers to a high speed Shadow X catamaran. Phil Highfield sailing an RS700 dominated the racing on Saturday securing two race wins. Richard Smith sailing a Laser improved in each race, as tidal current turned to emphasise offwind legs, to win the final race of the day.
The wind on Sunday had increased slightly providing some exciting downwind legs for the predominately asymmetric kited dinghies. Phil Highfield started the day well with a win in the first race over an enormous course. Chris Sallis and Martin Browne, both sailing D-One’s enjoyed very close racing over the final two slightly condensed courses with both leading at some point during the racing and pushing each other very hard. Chris finishing a matter of seconds ahead of Martin in each race and securing the top two places in each race. This bodes well for their build up to the D-One Nationals being hosted by GYGSC at the end of this month.
With no capsizes and only one retirement over the whole weekend, there was a great feeling of, ‘Gorleston at its best’ !GYGSC Beach Regatta
Saturday:
Race One: 1 RS700 (P Highfield), 2 D-One (S Gray), 3 Laser (R Smith)
Race Two: 1 RS700 (P Highfield), 2 Laser (R Smith), 3 D-One (N Crickmore)
Race Three: 1 Laser (R Smith), 2 Shadow X (D Brief), 3 RS700 (P Highfield)Sunday:
Race Four: 1 RS700 (P Highfield), 2 D-One (C Sallis), 3 Laser (R Smith)
Race Five: 1 D-One (C Sallis), 2 D-One (M Browne), 3 Laser (R Smith)
Race Six: 1 D-One (C Sallis), 2 D-One (M Browne), 3 RS700 (P Highfield)Overall Results
1: RS700 (P Highfield) GYGSC 9pts,
2 Laser (R Smith) WOBYC 12pts,
3 RS500 (A Zmura/K Sykes) GYGSC 28pts,
4 D-One (N Crickmore) WOBYC 29pts
There are some great ones.
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May 29th
June 4th
June 11th
Congratulatiion to Dave on John for they victory in the Thursday Evening Regatta, With Phillow Harlow OOD managing to squeeze 3 very close races, Dave (Rs400) taking the First 2 comfortably and Keith (Laser) finishing 2nd in both, Dave already had it in the bag. The 3rd. race was tougher for Dave with Keith winning (mainly due to the number of laps and dying breeze),. John and Dave found it impossible to shake Richard and Lorna (RS400) with it neck and neck as they headed upwind for the last lap, With absolutly nothing in it as they approcaed the finish, Dave just pipping Richard by 2 seconds at the line to take the overall victory. We then sailed in to a glorious sunset and finished the evening with a beer and hotdogs. A huge thanks to Phil for running the racing.
May 28th
BEACH REGATTA – This Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th June
Saturday 12pm Briefing and 1pm prompt 1st Start.
Followed by Beer, Fish and Chip supper
“Important Stuff” précis of Sailing Instructions is now available:
Note (1) that The Shed will not be using its usual Flag-Pole, but rather …. Taller Poles with Larger Flags !
Note (2) that courses will be true windward/leewards with a proper 2-buoy gate at the leeward end.
Note (3) that the windward mark will have a spreader to compensate for tide …. look for it !
Thursday Evening Regatta – This Thursday 15th June
Second instalment of the sprint series. (think first one was abandoned).
Splendid sailing conditions, sunshine, flat sea, an easing Ebb tide and a warm, mainly Westerly F2-4, but with some big shifts varying from WNW and WSW
In race one conditions seemed to suit David (Shadow X) who powered away from the chasing pack of dinghies. Phil and Lorna (400) worked the first half of the beat well to lead Richard and guest crew Will (400). Apart from David who was almost a lap ahead, the fleet remained closely packed with Richard and Will crossing the line just ahead of Steve (D-One) .
David continued his good form in the second, race but this time Jamie and Tamsin (800)were in close pursuit. In the shifty conditions Richard and Will managed to break free of the following pack who remained closely packed with less than 20 seconds between them after the first lap and all crossing the finishing line within 50 seconds of each other.
The final race of the day saw David get close and personal with the committee boat allowing the others to lead. Nick (Phantom) with perhaps a some divine guidance giving the shifty conditions, worked the shifts just right to lead for most of the race crossing the line just behind the 800 but ahead the rest of the fleet.
Results Can be found here………..
Regards
Dave
