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Wednesday Points 1
Handicap Race
With Twelve out on the waters and poor Paul Corbett , making the decision to stay in , due to the fact it was already blowing and was forecast to gain strength as the race went on .
Who would have predicted , that within minutes of starting , the wind , did totally a reverse of what was expected and altered the total dynamics of the race , bringing different craft and sailors into the possibility of a win .
Lightweights , the duo of Gemma Francis-Burnett and Tim Waller , were still able to make the RS200 make good headway on the rest and soon opened a good lead , with the Laser of Steve Winter , settling nicely into second position , knowing there was no chance of catching them .
Tim Bell , after a quick repair , caused by wind flipping his boat , was obviously more suited to lighter winds , leading Streaker sailor Quentin and fellow Laser sailor Richard Carter , comfortably , over the duration of the race .
The three Mirrors , were led by Stu , but with the Drift King Richard , finding the lighter winds more beneficial , Stu's lead was there for the taking , with Andy & Jack also suffering , as the winds dropped even more .
John Manning , will be kicking himself , for opting for the stability and speed of the Sprint , after packing the Solo away , thinking the blower would only get stronger .
Chris Goodall , in the Supanova , was happy enough to do battle with the likes of Quentin , the leading Streaker and Richard Carter , Laser , whilst Roy Jefford and Rob , fought it out at the back of the fleet , in the remaining two Streakers .
Thanks to Jon Aldhous for his ROD and his choice of course , with the first beat to buoy 3 and utilising the outer edge of the lake , taking in all the buoys except for buoy 1 .
The wind may have gone , but i suppose we should be glad the sun stayed and kept us warm .
Results .
Handicap
1.Gemma and Tim . RS200
2. Steve Winter. Laser
3. Richard Rennie.. Mirror
4. Stu ... Mirror
5.Tim Bell .. Laser
6. Quentin . Streaker
7. Richard Carter. Laser
8.Andy and Jack. . Mirror
9.Chris Goodall. Supanova
10. Roy Jefford. Streaker
11.Rob Stockwin . Streaker
12. John Manning .Sprint 15 .
Fleet Racing .
With the winds gaining strength for the first of the fleet races , we were lucky enough to benefit from the thrill of the plain .
Continuing in his same frame of mind , Ben was off to a flyer , but this time , with Stu on his tail . Waiting in anticipation for that one mistake , that never came , left Stu having to settle for the site of a rudder blade , as Ben's Streaker crossed the finish line , with feet to spare , giving Ben his second victory of the day .
Ben , eventually got the better of Stu in the second race , with a more comfortable lead of about Ten boat lengths , to end his days sailing , with three well earnt victories .
Poor Keith's day was cut short, with failure to his rigging and Brian Kelly was satisfied with the one race , saving himself for another day .
Quentin , kept within a leg of Stu and Ben and managed the winds with comparable ease .
Andy & Jack , led Richard , in the Mirrors , to take a victory in the only race of the afternoon .
The twin hulled dart of Steve Handby , unleashed its full power , to white wash , fellow Handicap Fleet mmembers , Martin in the Finn and John Manning in the Solo and with John , taking another dip and taking early retirement , left Martin taking second place . Again only one race was sailed .
The two Tim's , Bell and Hazeltine , sailed both afternoon races , with Tim Hazeltine after the Streakers , proving the Laser was more than a match for the boys and Tim Bell , having a far better afternoon , himself coming close to Quentin in the Streaker .
Results Fleet Races
Handicap. Race 1
1.Steve Handby . Dart
2. Martin I . Finn
No race 2
Mirror Fleet
Race 1
1.Andy & Jack
2, Richard Rennie
No Race 2
Streaker Fleet
Race 1
1.Ben DS
2,Stu
3. Quentin
4.Brian K
6.Keith M ,DNF
Race 2
1.Ben
2. Stu
3.Quentin
Laser Fleet
Race 1
1.Tim Hazeltine
2.Tim Bell
Race 2
1.Tim Hazeltine
2.Tim Bell
Thanks to Jane Tupper and Liz , a great spread of food served up in the galley and Peter Hone for giving up his precious Sailing time , to do another ROD .
Early Bird 1 . 15.4.18
The wind we've all been waiting for , a good , manageable strength , eventually turned up at Beaver today , to give our lucky few a great days sailing .
With a great figure of eight course , set by , what seems to be our full time ROD , Peter Hone , capatalised on the unsuspected stronger winds , throughout the three races of today .
Adding to the the numbers were Ben Dennis-Smither and Rob Stockwin , both sailing Streakers and bringing the first Handicap Early Bird upto to a credible nine out .
Conqueroring the more than generous winds , were big man Martin and the Streaker of Ben , with Ben fighting off the impressive Finn , to take the lead and hold it for the duration of the race .
With two gybes in the equation , would it be presumptuous of me to say , we were guarantee d of some unsuspected casualties and of course there was .
Nick Bell , followed by Rob Stockwin and lastly poor John Manning , all sucumb to might of the gybe , with others coming precariously close .
Richard Rennie , got a strong hold over most of the following fleet , starting on Port and making buoy three on the first beat , in good time behind the leaders .
Rob ,before his incident of entanglement in the Streaker , was getting to grips with the Streaker and to say it was his second outing in the new boat , his efforts were paying off .
Tim Bell , had a bit of a nightmare first race , being late out and going round a buoy on the wrong side , didn't exactly do him any favours .
That pesky Mirror of Stu , in what seems to be a regular event , got the better of Richard and started eating the water up , between the Laser of Tim and the unfortunate Solo of John , pulling him up , to a commanding position in the race .
Quentin , with Rob out of the equation , settled into a comfortable position and finished the race incident free .
Results Early Bird 1
1.Ben DS . Streaker
2.Stu . Mirror
3.Quentin ... Streaker
4.Richard . Mirror
5. Quentin. . Streaker
6.Tim B.. Laser
7.John M ..Solo
8.Nick B .. Topper
10. Rob S ... Streaker
