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Beaver Sailing Club members and Committees have been studying the Covid-19 guidance from our sporting body the RYA and how this affects how we use Beaver Sailing Club during these difficult times. Our...Can I just remind everyone that it’s members only at the club at the moment, we are not doing any day tickets or inviting non members to sail.
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Sunday's Racing .
Paul Browning and Andrew Hansed overcame the lack of wind by reducing the size of the course and with a stroke of luck the wind did actually make an unexpected show to the relief of the nine members participating in the Early Bird 3 .
Malc and Richard made up the two strong Mirror Fleet , the two earybirders Stu and Brian were joined by Bob Towler , Jon Aldhous and Tim Bell to bring the Streakers upto an healthy fleet and the rest sailed in the Handicap Fleet .
Numbers were still low , but all those that bothered to come down i would say we're pleasantly surprised as the wind gave us some good competitive racing .
Martin Ibbotson has confirmed he will be doing the next ROD , so racing will go ahead .
A few members have shown interest in continuing to sail on a Wednesday evening , so 6.30 would probably be a better time to start racing .
Please use this post to contact each other and make any arrangements .
Sunday 16/8/20 Early Bird 3
August Points Handicap .
The morning started off a little subdued with the expectations of very few turning up , never mind for the Early Bird but for the total days racing , with the threat of rain a big possibility.
The winds were adequate for most , but the big boys were hoping for an increase for the afternoons racing and although not a blower it did slightly increase to give a few of us a short burst on the plane .
With our old faithful Peter Hone , helped as always by his good lady wife Liz , it was as though the club had resumed some kind of normality with Peter being our ROD, but as we are all aware the threat of virus is never far from our thoughts and we all carried on the days events precautious as ever .
Tim Bell after Wednesday's hiccup and still high spirited took a good lead and rounded the first mark ahead of Angus and Streaker rival Stu in the Early Bird , holding first spot before relinquishing a well fort first lap to the pressure of Angus and Stu , who eased slightly ahead through the duration of the race .
Bob Towler headed the front of the following pack and Joyce Buzeman-dickinson found herself laying in sixth , just clinging onto the stern of Brian Kelly and ahead of son Luke .
Sadly Joyce's day took a turn for the worse , with first a broken mast , which was quickly replaced in readiness for the first of the afternoons races and then an accident as her Laser skewed upto wind only to be hit by the oncoming Dart of Frank Duhrkoop , which in the split second of it happening had no time to react .
Joyce God bless her was obviously shook up and we all wish her well and hope to see her back on the water very soon .
Luke after an unusually poor start through being driven off the line and finding himself well back , did managed to make headway moving ahead of back marker Nic Crelllin and fellow Streaker sailor Brian Kellly and the Mirror of Richard .
Richard Rennie was left flying the flag for the Mirrors as Malc settled for for his only outing in the first of the August Points , which Richard found himself taking the glory of the two with a second place , after his early win in the Early Bird .
The 13.30 start of the August Points was beefed up by the added entries of Harry Smith, Laser , Frank Duhrkoop in the Dart , Malc Ellwood , Lord Ibbotson back from his hols in the Finn and the two Streakers of Jon Aldhous and Martin Penty bringing the Streakers upto an healthy severn over the day , with Steve Hanby joining us for the final race in the RS300.
Martin Penty with no one to threaten his superiority on the water, found himself fronting both of the afternoons races , but not before being held by our man Bob Towler, who with an excellent start held the lead for a short spell , before the master powered ahead .
Jon Aldhous and Stu found themselves fighting for every inch of the water , with two very well matched battles , with Finn man Martin and the Dart of Frank adding to their problems .
Luke clawed himself back into a respectable position in the Radial Laser after going it alone on the beat , bringing himself within striking distance of the Streakers of Bob and Tim Bell , coming down to the bank adjacent to the boat park and across to buoy two , taking precious seconds of the leaders , satisfying the youngsters well earnt efforts .
Results
Hi everyone, with our racing calendar now back on track, it’s now time for the club to start collecting the racing subs once again...
the August points are £8 and £12 if you also do the early bird.
Please pay them directly into the racing fees bank account.
A/c No: 41716751
Sort Code: 40 19 20
A/c Name: Beaver Sailing Club
Many thanks in advance for you help with this, it’s just not a good idea to have someone taking pound coins at the club at the moment.
Sunday 2nd August 2020
Anniversary Cup Trophy Results .
1st . Sam Waller...........Laser Radial ..2 pts
2nd . Richard Hanby.....RS300 ...4 pts
3rd. Archie Burton ......Laser 4.7 .... 6pts
Splash and Dash .
Can't think of a better way to spend a Sunday than absorbed in high performance sailing , with the generous winds more than plenty to give us an action packed days racing .
With Steve Winter our first Rod of the August Points and our Anniversary Cup trophy race , how could we go wrong , with a selection of courses to give us the thrills of a screaming plane and testing beats with no room for error .
James and Eddie Grayson enjoyed a good days sailing and although led by miles were a little compromised by the lay of the buoys , especially from 2 to 1 , which caused a few problems for most on the last race of the afternoon , but doubtless went home buzzing as did most of us .
The RS400 of Martin and Michael Penty sprung to life and took great pleasure in keeping our dare devil RS100 sailor Richard Hanby company as the pair opened up uncatchable leads in all the races , but would the results fall in their favour , with all results worked out on the handicap basis .
Sam Waller was equally a match for the Aero of Thomas Penty ,the two Supanova's of Angus and Stephen Blair never mind all the Streakers and definately proved his experience helming the Radial rigged Laser to give himself a promising start to the series and no doubt another top three placing in the Trophy Race .
Thomas Penty improved on his positions throughout the three races , but as with the accompanying RS's will be peanalized on the final calculations, bringing our youngster Archie Burton into contention having an excellent day in the Laser 4.7 , coming into countless battles with Stu along his way .
Jon Aldhous commanded strong positions ahead of Stu , but gifted the second race to Stu , after dropping his mainsheet as he came round 4 buoy ready to pounce onto a screaming plane , finding himself compromised with his mast in the mud as Stu grinned with delight gathering speed on the tails of the two Supanova's . Jon also left the doors open for Archie , Bob Towler and fellow Streaker Tim Bell , to come by and although Jon came back with avengence just left himself too much to do to nail Stu.
Brian Kelly making up the Streakers to a seven strong fleet was unhindered by any mishaps , unlike Tim Bell who again found himself in the water on two occasions , but fortunate not to spoil his races as they were both dealt prior to the race starts .
Angus Illingworth's day went from bad to worse , with first his kicker breaking , then finding his mast had fractured ending both of his two races prematurely and sadly Wednesday's meet , while he sorts the problems .
Steve Hanby not one to give up a challenge was certainly tested in today's conditions and was probably shy of three pies to bring his weight up , easing the pressure of hard work as he came close to a capsize .
Roy Jefford joined us for the first race and put the recently repaired Streaker through its paces and will be more than satisfied with the outcome , even though staying for another race would have given a little more pleasure .
Malc our only brave Mirror entry sadly retired , which who can blame him in view of the blower and there's no point of injuring yourself when you've got another thirty years to enjoy .
Finn man Martin Ibbotson managed a blast in the first race giving the recently rerigged ship a good test and happy with outcome was happy to pack away , saving himself for some less adventurous conditions .
We were also joined by the presence of Allison Waller , Peter and Liz Hone , Roy Moxon , Keith Mellor , Alan Windhurst , Elaine and Michael Burton and Elaine Ellwood .
Results to be posted when received .
The prize giving for the Covid Cup Series went ahead as planned , so congratulations to you all .....Well Done !
Anniversary Cup - August Points Handicap . 2nd Aug 11.30 am Start .
This coming Sunday is all Handicap Racing and the August Points Series will run jointly with the one day event of the Anniversary Cup with two to count out of the three races to be run .
Prize giving for the Covid Cup will take place during the dinner break .
Congratulations to our prize winners and the overall winner
Richard Hanby who will be presented his Trophy and prize this coming Sunday .
Prize Winners
1. Richard Handy RS300 12pts
2.Archie Burton Laser 17pts
3. Sam Waller Laser 33pts
4.Stu Burnett Streaker 35pts
5.Ollie & Ian RS200 37pts
Best Improver Luke Dickinson. ..Laser Radial
Chief ROD Michael Burton
Thankyou to you all for participating and making the Series such a success.
