After a cold Saturday for the King George Gallop, only a few intrepid went out for a single race. Video evidence below.
January 14th Racing
22 on the water this week, pretty good for such a cold day, largely boosted by strong turnouts from the WH/Wembley and Greig groups. The F3 WSW ‘gentle breeze’ was near perfect round 2,5,10,3,0,A. That F3 dropped off a little during race one, so with the leaders taking over 35 minutes, Tim wisely decided to shorten to just one lap. Stewart/Jack took line honours in their 400, but that harsh PY sent them reeling down to 14th. Pete(E) split the Solos of Dave & James on PY with Kai close on their heels.
2 laps for race 2, with several honourably retiring after realising they’d headed upwind from 10, missing out the A mark. Line honours for Rodger this time, relegated to 7th corrected, promoting the winners Pete(E), Cornielle, James & Colin.
Today’s start was almost on time, just a short delay trying to set a distance mark, with thanks to Tim & Theresa in the Race Office and Andy & Paul on Safety. We didn’t quite get the Sailrace app loaded properly in time for race 1, but race 2 analysis is available. The series summary is out in Sailwave as usual, you know where - https://www.kgsc.org.uk/202324-winter-series
King George Gallop next Saturday, enter on-line via the link in the KG website for member discount. If you’re not planning to compete, please consider helping the teams welcoming and launching our visitors.
Then it’s another 3rd Sunday Pursuit on Sunday. Ta-ta y’all…….
January 7th Racing- Laser First Sunday
Yesterday was of course Laser 1st Sunday, and 9 Lasers along with a Contender, ISO, Solo and 2 400s braved the near freezing NNE force 4 ‘moderate breeze’ (it didn’t look moderate to me) to continue the winter series round 10,2,9,11,1.
I’m not sure the leaders enjoyed being sent on for the full 3 laps, taking between 40 - 48 minutes. The others were shortened at lap 2 so the 2nd race could be set up as soon as possible. Temperatures got the better of 5 DNS and 2 further retirees in the 2nd race, which was limited to just 2 laps at popular request.
2 more bullets for Pete Edel, and mentions in despatches for Harry Baldwin and Simon Whitfield, among the 7 staying the course right to the end. Harsh handicaps took their tolls on the scores for the asymmetrics who looked spectacular flying down the reaches.
Good turnout for duties this week. With temperatures down around 2-3deg, there were plenty of volunteers to help in the race office and even in the safety boat. So, thanks to all, mainly Andrea on the Sailrace app and Tuka, Pete (B) & Imogen on safety. The results were posted as usual, you know where to look - https://www.kgsc.org.uk/202324-winter-series
Brrrrrr!!.....
Two new boats and sprint racing with LWC
Commodore Pete’s new boat
14 turned out today in the SSW breeze, in spite of the cold temperatures. 2 races, both about 45 minutes for the leaders round 1 - 5 - 9 - 11 - 0 – A. Bob seemed to like it, managing 2 bullets for his efforts. Pete was trying out his new laser, and James in his new Solo closed an early gap to challenge Vince to a bit of a close finish in race 1. Stephen finished right behind the Solos, winning over on PY in his Radial. From the cadets who joined in today, young Leo made a creditable 7th in his Topper. Check out the scores here.
We also saw the first Sprint Races hosted by LWC. Great to see this initiative coming into play, with the hope of many more sailors joining us in normal racing straight after.
January 8th Racing
Very windy and it reminded me why I don’t like sailing in single figures (less than 10 Deg). A broken mast for Tim, a damaged boat for Jon and you don’t often see Vince taking a dip. Anyway, scores on the doors here as usual.
