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Sundays Racing 14 .7 .19
A day of surprises and disapointments , rain , sun and both lack of wind and plenty of wind .
Our first surprise and one of jubilation goes to our Oil Man Eddie , continuing on from Wednesday's performance, bringing our only Mirror of the EarlyBird home in first place after calculations .
Our leaders , the Supanova of Angus , Steve Winters , Laser and the Supanova of John Manning , were thrown into confusion as the horn had be blown for craft finishing on two buoy as our leaders came to round one buoy . Steve Winter was about to follow the Supanovas in , then realised the two Streakers of Ben and Stu were continuing the race down to five buoy with half a lap to go .
Although Ben took the lead and Stu following on up close behind , the wind gave up the ghost and left our three struggling , thus giving all the craft finishing the lap before a superior time difference .
It was certainly a race of wind shifts , with probably Ben suffering the most after a perfect start and our young Laser sailor Nick Bell having an exceptional race ahead of the pack and clinging to Stu , for a good part of the race .
Results on Photo showing how close the times were
Fleet Racing Sunday 14.7.19
Our ROD Bob Towler , certainly made the most of the variations in both wind strengths and directions , giving us three different courses , to test all our capabilities , resulting in an arae of different finishes throughout all fleets .
With Martin Penty , willing on our British hopeful at Silverstone , poor Luke Dickinson was relegated to Timo's Oppie , while mother Joyce chose the obvious choice , her Qba.
Angus , after forfeiting a potential win in the EarlyBird due to a call of nature was satisfied with the one win of the day and will probably kick himself for missing the best wind of the day in the afternoons last race , leaving Richard Hanby to improve on his first race to take another win of the series .
Andy and Jack turned up to give our champ Eddie a good race , in their one and only race of the day, in the first Summer Points Mirror fleet race and just scrapped home , to spoil Eddie glory , but still a very close run race .
The Streakers were upto an healthy five and were all up for a good old battle , especially Lydia , who some how broke all the rules of sailing , to keep pulling clear of Quentin and at one point challenging for second place with Stu .
Brian after a good finish in the EarlyBird, had an exceptional start in the first race and came close to passing our leader Ben , before Stu crept by to take up the challenge for first place .
With the wind lifting for the final fleet race , Stu and Ben pulled clear on the first beat and with Stu's poor results of late , he certainly had the grit between his teeth , eventually getting the better of Ben and lifting onto the plane from five buoy upto three , opened a significant lead , enabling Stu to pull clear of any threat from his fleet rivals .
Quentin managed to pull up on Ben , before Ben pulled away to compound a good second place .
The Laser's also had a mixed variety of results and after Steve Winter opting for only the first fleet race , it was left open for anyone to pick up a win .
Peter Hone , becoming a frequent site on the waters of late , had two good solid races , but Harry Smith managed to catch the good breeze and put amends to his poor first race , finishing his day on a high .
Thanks to our ROD Bob Towler , with an helping hand from Stu , Alan Windhurst and Timo and Liz Hone , holding the fort single handed in the galley , supplying us with sandwiches , home grown salads and those special home made cakes , chocolate and cherry and raspberry and sponge , which went down a treat .
Good to have our sea cadets , making good use of the club over the weekend and everyone going home happy as always .
Results as Photos
Wednesday Points 2
Our ten single handed sailors cast off from the jetties in anticipation of a good evenings racing , but within minutes of starting , we were left virtually motionless.
Penny Percival was also anticipating a good moving breeze with her course reflecting on it , as we had a good steady breeze for our first beat from drop buoy 6 down and across to 5 buoy , before the doldrums set in .
Peter Hone timed a perfect start , but to his dismay was instantly impeded by Stu and Tim Bell , leaving poor Tim incurring penalty turns after a shout of disbelief from Peter and having to be manhandled by Stu , preventing an impact .
Angus , arguably on top form after an impressive performance on Sundays 60th Anniversary , got the better of Steve Winter and eased painstakingly infront , leaving fellow Supanova sailor Chris Goodall to capatalise on a strong third place .
Peter , Quentin and John Manning were in the next pack , leaving Malc , Stu , Tim Bell and Oil Man Eddie to fight for the honours of last place .
Stu , aided by a barage of attacks from a swarm of hungry mosquitoes and inadvertently flapping his arms , managed to create enough draft to propell him clear of the tail enders and to the bewilderment of all , actually ended up a third of a leg off Quentin , Peter and the Supanova of John Manning , after an incredibly poor race .
Oil Man Eddie managed to pull clear of Malc and Tim , but were still not sure whether it was a small oil slick released from Eddie's Mirror that brought them both to an abrupt standstill and with the night during in , Penny and partner were preparing the committee boat for a night out on the water and they looked like it would be hours before they crossed the finish line .
Results
1.Angus Illingworth Supanova
2.Steve Winter Laser
3.Chris Goodall Supanova
4.Quentin Tupper Streaker
5.Peter Hone Laser
6.John Manning Supanova
7.Stu Burnett Streaker
8.Eddie Ingermells Mirror
9.Tim Bell Laser
10.Malc Elllwood Mirror
After such an amazing weekend celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Beaver Sailing Club, I just wanted to say a huge ‘thank you’ to all those who made it such a success.
Thank you to everyone who came down to the Club over the weekend - those who sailed and competed and those who came down to catch up with friends and revisit the club that holds so many happy memories. It was great to see a number of ex-Commodores!
Can I also thank Helen Penty and her team of ladies who put on a lovely BBQ on Saturday and the wonderful afternoon tea on Sunday. I am conscious that a great deal of time, preparation and work on the day goes into these events and, on behalf of the club, I would like you to know how much it was all appreciated.
Many thanks to all!
Quentin
What a lovely afternoon at the club, afternoon tea whilst watching the sailing... a perfect Sunday!
We had a lovely 60th Anniversary prize giving this afternoon, well done to Angus for winning in the supernova...
Lovely afternoon at the club, chatting to members old and new. Lots of boats on the water doing pleasure trips round the lake and people trying out different boats just for fun.
Ok! so I have got lots of farmer Copley’s meat for the BBQ tomorrow. I’ve also got the salad, got the bread, got the sauces, got the desserts and I’ve also got all the things needed for a great afternoon tea on Sunday. All we need now is for lots of you to turn up and join in the fun... oh and I’ve got some specially engraved prizes for Sunday’s racing.
So why not come and make the Beaver 60th Anniversary weekend a very special one.
See you there.
