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British World
class Sailors turn to the A-Class
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Giles Scott of Great Britain,
current Finn European and World Champion, has today taken
delivery of his first multihull, an A-class catamaran. The
Weymouth based full time sailor who has recently signed for
Team Korea and will be competing in his first AC45 World Series
event in April is to take his first taste of an A-Class
Catamaran on his home waters later this week. Giles will be
reporting back with his first impressions and is keen to engage
fellow sailors to the top flight multihull class.
On delivery of his Bimare
XJV1, Giles was astonished at the simplicity of the rig,
especially the lack of a mainsail halyard, and couldn't quite
come to terms with the all up weight of only 75kgs. however he
did heed the sellers advice that once sailed he may never want
to step back on a Finn!!
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|
Ashby Wins Oz Nationals
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|
Place |
Skipper |
Sers Score |
Race 8 |
Race 7 |
Race 6 |
Race 5 |
Race 4 |
Race 3 |
Race 2 |
Race 1 |
|
1 |
Glenn Ashby |
10.0 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
[4.0] |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
2 |
Steve Brewin |
21.0 |
[9.0] |
4.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
6.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
|
3 |
Nathan Outteridge |
24.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
3.0 |
[7.0] |
6.0 |
2.0 |
|
4 |
Darren Bundock |
32.0 |
11.0 |
2.0 |
8.0 |
[20.0] |
2.0 |
4.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
|
5 |
James Spithill |
42.0 |
[16.0] |
5.0 |
5.0 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
9.0 |
10.0 |
|
6 |
Scott Anderson |
52.0 |
7.0 |
6.0 |
2.0 |
[25.0] |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
7.0 |
|
7 |
Andrew Williams |
68.0 |
4.0 |
7.0 |
12.0 |
7.0 |
12.0 |
15.0 |
[71.0O] |
11.0 |
|
8 |
Chris Batenberg |
70.0 |
5.0 |
8.0 |
10.0 |
19.0 |
5.0 |
[22.0] |
11.0 |
12.0 |
|
9 |
Stephen Brayshaw |
70.0 |
6.0 |
9.0 |
16.0 |
10.0 |
7.0 |
13.0 |
[17.0] |
9.0 |
|
10 |
Andrew Landenberger |
73.0 |
8.0 |
19.0 |
[24.0] |
12.0 |
13.0 |
8.0 |
7.0 |
6.0 |
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|
2012 'A' Class National
Championships - Rutland Water, 1st- 2nd Sept
|
As this is the weekend after the
Dutch Nats/Aug Bank Holiday, maybe we will attract some visitors
from across the water? Rutland SC have also said we
can host a training day on the Friday (31/8). I don't think
there would be a problem in having free sailing/measuring on the
Thursday either.
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London Dinghy Show
2012 - Alexandra Palace
|
We have secured a stand to display
and promote the BACCA and the 'A' Class catamaran at this
show. Help will be required please!!
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Carsington Cat Open
2011
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|
The last weekend in September saw
our traditional trek to Derbyshire and to the Carsington Water
Cat Open. Doubts were expressed as to whether there would
be any water to sail on this year, but although the levels were
significantly lower than last year, it was a goer.
Phil Neal, Dave Lowe, Gordon
Upton, Colin Bannister and new recruit, ex Hurricane man, Wayne
Richards made up the 'A' class fleet.
The Saturday wind was a Southerly
F3 with occasional extra puffs. This was a little shifty,
but seemed to favour the right hand side of the course, producing
occasional good lifts to the top mark. Launching was fun
though, only one jetty could be used as a result of the low
water, so a traffic jam ensued.
As it was the Sprint 15 Northern
Champs and the Dart 18 Single handed Nationals, the courses and
starts were set to their requirements, with the fast handicap
fleet (us) bringing up the rear on the third start. The
course set was an Olympic style triangle and sausage
course. However, the race ctte decided that this
constituted two laps for each set, so concentration on which lap
number you were doing was crucial.
Race one started with me reaching
the top mark in the lead, however the 'deceptively competitive'
Phil Neal soon put that in order on his Shurer leaving Dave,
Colin and me to fight it out for the rest, but resulted in a
close finish for the three of us, Dave just pipping me and Colin. Wayne, still getting to grips with things brought
up the rear.
Race started in a similar manner
in a slightly increased wind. However, the race officer
decided to shorten the course after 40 mins, but in a manner not
mentioned in the SCs. He finished the Sprint 15 race at
the bottom mark, but as the fast handicap fleet was totally
emeshed within the Sprints, numerous other boats sailed for the
finish line also. Some received vague gesturing from the
committee boat that another lap was to be sailed, others just
stopped thinking they had finished. Phil received this
sign so continued for another lap, as did I. But Dave, who
rounded the bottom mark half a boat length ahead of me, started
upwind but changed his mind and turned around to go through the
finish line and stopped. This just seemed to leave Phil
and me sailing alone around the sausage lap. Race three
passed with less chaos with again Phil gaining the honours and
me loosing the plot to let Colin blast past, grinning as
usual. However, we knew something was amiss as no results
were posted on Saturday night for our fleet.
Sunday's two races passed without
incident, other than Dave breaking his tiller extension meaning
he could'nt get fully out on the wire. However, the wind
was such that he could manage but looked like Quasimodo for the
rest of the race, and had his bows in the air!. This time
the race officer set our more familiar windward/leeward
course. But Phil had been ordered home overnight to attend
a birthday bash and something may have not been all it should
have. Dave finished ahead of him in both races, and he
even capsized in the 2nd race after tangling with an errant
Rutland Catapult sailed by John Terry, whom we are actively
trying to recruit to 'the dark side' incidentally!
On balance this was an enjoyable
event in nice surroundings and at a friendly, well appointed
club. I am sure lessons have been learned in the race office and
the final version of the results were only published two weeks
later! This said, I'm sure we'll all be back next year!
Gordon Upton
Entries:
21 Races Sailed: 5
Discard: 1
|
Series
Place
|
Sail No
|
Class
|
Helm
|
Crew
|
Club
|
Handicap
|
Series
Points
|
Race
1
|
Race
2
|
Race
3
|
Race
4
|
Race
5
|
|
1
|
55
|
A
Class
|
Phil
Neal
|
|
Rutland
|
0.978
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
2
|
39
|
A
Class
|
Dave
Lowe
|
|
Rutland
|
0.978
|
7
|
2
|
21
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
|
3
|
1263
|
F18
|
David
Howarth
|
Tony
Lyons
|
Carsington
|
1
|
17
|
12
|
2
|
6
|
8
|
1
|
|
4
|
533
|
Catapult
|
John
Terry
|
|
RSC
|
1.239
|
17
|
18
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
|
5
|
507
|
Catapult
|
Paul
Evans
|
|
Marconi
|
1.239
|
17
|
5
|
22
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
|
6
|
GER510
|
A
Class
|
Gordon
Upton
|
|
Rutland
|
0.978
|
19
|
3
|
3
|
8
|
9
|
5
|
|
7
|
7426
|
Dart
18
|
Chris
Smith
|
Matthew
Williams
|
Runswick
|
1.181
|
26
|
8
|
7
|
17
|
4
|
7
|
|
8
|
510
|
Catapult
|
George
Evans
|
|
Bala
|
1.239
|
28
|
7
|
5
|
9
|
7
|
9
|
|
9
|
52
|
A
Class
|
Colin
Bannister
|
|
Rutland
|
0.978
|
29
|
4
|
10
|
5
|
10
|
22
|
|
10
|
524
|
Catapult
|
Alastair
Forrest
|
|
CCA
|
1.239
|
30
|
6
|
6
|
10
|
12
|
8
|
|
11
|
518
|
Catapult
|
Justin
Evans
|
|
CCA
|
1.239
|
43
|
10
|
8
|
11
|
14
|
14
|
|
12
|
91
|
Catapult
|
Gareth
Ede
|
|
Filey
|
1.239
|
47
|
17
|
17
|
7
|
6
|
22
|
|
13
|
522
|
Catapult
|
Nigel
Harrison
|
|
CCA
|
1.239
|
47
|
11
|
9
|
14
|
15
|
13
|
|
14
|
7543
|
Dart
18
|
Kimmy
|
Hannah
|
Dee
|
1.181
|
51
|
20
|
14
|
16
|
11
|
10
|
|
15
|
511
|
Catapult
|
Stuart
Ede
|
|
Filey
|
1.239
|
51
|
14
|
18
|
12
|
13
|
12
|
|
16
|
1207
|
Dart
18
|
Fionnuala
|
Victoria
|
Carsington
|
1.181
|
53
|
13
|
16
|
13
|
17
|
11
|
|
17
|
297
|
Catapult
|
Chris
Phillips
|
|
CCA
|
1.239
|
54
|
9
|
12
|
18
|
22
|
15
|
|
18
|
11
|
A
Class
|
Wayne
Richards
|
|
Datchet
|
0.978
|
58
|
16
|
11
|
15
|
16
|
16
|
|
19
|
30
|
Catapult
|
David
Jennings
|
|
Aquarius
|
1.239
|
69
|
15
|
13
|
19
|
22
|
22
|
|
20
|
7358
|
Topper
14CX
|
Val
Howarth
|
|
Carsington
|
1.35
|
75
|
21
|
15
|
21
|
18
|
22
|
|
21
|
342
|
Nacra
6.0
|
Pieter
Gregory
|
Julie
Howarth
|
Carsington
|
0.978
|
80
|
19
|
19
|
20
|
22
|
22
|
|
Dave
and Gordon fighting it out. Dave usually wins. |
Wayne on
starboard tangling with the Darts 15s. |
|
|
'A' Class World
Championships
|
|
Our boy done good! Chris Field
was 11th overall. Full results are details here
And you can't beat a nice bit of
carnage either!!
|
|
UK Nationals 2011
|
|
Despite a low turnout this year, a
good time was had by all who sailed at the UK 'A' Class
nationals, held at the beautiful Mumbles Sailing Club.
Variable wind strengths and shifty conditions provided less
experienced sailors with interesting and challenging boat
setups, but valuable lessons were learned over the weekend.
Chris, as usual, dominated, but
Nigel came close a couple of times. Yvonne made good
progress, particularly when the wind got lighter and when going
downhill, finishing 3rd overall. Colin executed a superb
demonstration upwind capsize to entertain us all whilst we
milled about waiting for the start of Monday's one and final
race. He is reported as looking into a centre-mainsheet
system more seriously now.
Struan spectacularly planted his
new Bim whilst trying to do an Ashby style downwind trapeze act,
after rounding the top mark - going really well until that point
he said.
I mounted a Welsh buoy in a rare
moment of indecision and also realized that getting Vaseline
on the mainsheet is a bad thing - don't ask... and Tony 'Dick Dastardly'
Lampitt seemed to enjoy the local lovelies as they wandered
through the boat park on the way to the local bars.
The best race for my money was
the final one. Ignoring the two hotshots at the front, the
remaining 4 boats of Yvonne, Colin, Struan and I tussled for the
lead with each boat taking a turn in front over the four lap
race, the lead must have changed hands six times. It was
my turn to lead as we finished and with poor Colin sailing into
a hole on the finish line allowing Yvonne to zip past into 4th
place.
Thanks go to Mumbles for hosting
a lovely relaxed event and we look forward to returning for a
possible TT in the future.
Gordon Upton
A-Class UK
Nationals 2011
Mumbles Yacht Club
Results are final
as of 14:22 on July 25, 2011
Overall
Sailed: 7,
Discards: 1, To count: 6, Entries: 7, Scoring system: A/F16
|
Rank |
SailNo |
HelmName |
Club |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
R7 |
Total |
Nett |
|
1st |
7 |
Chris Field |
Minnis Bay |
(1.0) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
7.0 |
6.0 |
|
2nd |
33 |
Nigel Lovett |
Thornbury |
(2.0) |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
14.0 |
12.0 |
|
3rd |
5 |
Yvonne Sheehan |
Royal Cork |
3.0 |
3.0 |
(4.0) |
3.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
24.0 |
20.0 |
|
4th |
52 |
Colin Bannister |
Rutland |
5.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
(6.0) |
3.0 |
6.0 |
5.0 |
32.0 |
26.0 |
|
5th |
510 |
Gordon Upton |
Rutland |
(6.0) |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
34.0 |
28.0 |
|
6th |
1 |
Struan Wallace |
TBYC |
4.0 |
(DNF 8.0) |
6.0 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
6.0 |
38.0 |
30.0 |
|
7th |
40 |
Tony Lampitt |
Rutland |
(DNC 8.0) |
DNC 8.0 |
DNC 8.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
DNC 8.0 |
53.0 |
45.0 |
|
The victor
with his spoils |
Nigel with
drink |
Yvonne, also
with drink |
Chris and
Nigel investigating a 'noise' |
|
The Venue |
|
|
Dutch Open 2011
|
|
We
few, we happy few, we band of brothers. - Team GBR & IRL.
Colin Bannister, Struan Wallace, Tony Lampitt, Phil Neal, Nigel
Lovett (with toastie), Yvonne Sheenan, Chris Field, Gordon
Upton, Dave Lowe.
A
Scotsman, and Irishwoman and seven Englishmen walk into a
bar……Add joke here…..!
This
event was, for four of us, the first foreign outing with our A
Cats, and what an outing it was!
Most coming on the ferry, Gordon via Le Tunnel to prevent
his lass from bringing up her last three meals, and Yvonne flew
in once someone had rigged her boat to her exacting
specifications.
The
Hellecat Cat Club have superb sailing conditions.
A huge freshwater inlet, the Haringvliet,
separated from the North Sea by a large sluice gate and dyke
with wind turbines on top.
A lovely sandy beach and dunes make this a popular
recreation spot. Launching
off the beach but with little tide to worry about, these were
near perfect conditions. Apart
from the big wind that was.
Friday
was the first race day; the start was delayed to allow the wind
forecast to drop a little to about 19kts, but eventually race
one got underway with two laps.
The wind was a little shifty but the gust were not too
‘blasty’ so manageable.
16 finished, with Chris taking line honors on his new
Vision and Gordon came 16th after not reading the
sailing instructions properly and crossing the line in the wrong
direction, allowing two boats to slip through.
Doha!
Race
two was similar but with Chris 2nd to Sjoerd
Hoekstra, also on the Vision., Nigel got more into his stride to
finish 8th, Phil was 12th and after
witnessing the most perfect synchronized pitch-polling by a
couple of Danas just ahead,
Gordon finished 14th.
However, things could have been worse for us, Piet
Saarburg broke a mast (Irony!), as did another boat.
And Hans Klok’s borrowed Tool broke a front beam.
Broken daggerboards were spotted floating about, so
carnage aplenty. Racing
was scrubbed for the rest of the day.
Dave
tussling with Yvonne |
Yvonne in the groove |
Colin getting aquainted |
Saturday
saw the wind drop by about 2 kts, thus encouraging the less
‘gravitationally challenged’ sailors to venture out.
A larger fleet made for and exciting start with a general
recall allowing those who cocked up the first one to have a
better go. Chris
was thrashed, by his standards, into 4th place, but
Nigel maintained 8th, Phil an excellent 12th,
Gordon a surprised 16th, Yvonne 22nd, Dave
23rd and Colin 26th in a finish of 27
boats. The next
race started with an individual recall that confused several
boats, as to who it was, resulting in about half the fleet
taking their foot off the throttle before resuming the race.
Chris seemed to have lost his Mojo, finishing 4th
again. Phil beat
Nigel, who was one of the confused, finishing 11th
and 13th respectively.
Gordon 18th, Dave 19th, Yvonne,
being 8 stone wet through, managed 21st and Colin 23rd
. 25 finished.
Yvonne then decided to retire running for the beach.
And, with all her foils retracted arrived flat out,
spectacularly on it like an LCM from Private Ryan!
The
third race got away first time into an increased wind.
Gordon, being freaked out by his poor start, teabagged
into a wave, nearly pulling the boat on top of himself.
Regaining the boat like a gaffed Salmon, he continued the
first beat, very last and alone until he got stuck on the top
mark whilst trying to pinch around and capsized.
Finally righting it, he gave up and ran for home, but not
before narrowly missing Chris blasting downwind on starboard!
Chris managed a 2nd, Nigel 7th,
Phil 10th and Dave a good 13th with 17
finished.
Chris on the Vision |
Phil on his Scheurer |
Gordon finishing
correctly |
Sunday
was much lighter and more Nor westerly.
Nearly the whole fleet got on the water for the first
race and the inevitable general recall.
Chris was back on form in 1st, with Nigel 12th,
Phil 19th, Dave 23rd, Colin, getting to
grips again in 26th, Gordon 27th, Yvonne
34th , Struan 35th and Tony, on his first
serious outing 37th.
Race
two was in similar conditions, but the wind got shiftier
allowing those who took the northern side to gain over some of
the others. Chris managed 3rd, Nigel 14th,
Phil 16th, Yvonne 28th, a hot three way
downwind tussle eventually ended with Gordon 30th,
Dave 31st, Struan 32nd, Colin 34th
and Tony 37th. Gordon then retired with a broken
tiller U/J
Race
three was again, in shifty winds but with a magnificent change
of fortune, Nigel pipped Chris on the line as 2nd and
3rd. Phil
was 13th, Dave 19th, Colin 25th,
Struan 30 and Tony 31st.
33 finished.
The
forth race was after the course was changed due to a massive
wind shift. By now,
most of the population of Hellevoetsluis seemed to be on the
water in various boats creating interesting obstacles.
Chris finished the weekend with another 1st,
Nigel 13th, Yvonne got into her stride in her
conditions with a 16th, Phil 23rd, Struan
24th and Dave 29th
32 ran.
In
all, we felt that we had not disgraced ourselves.
It was exciting to sail in such a large (for us newbies)
fleet and pace yourself against others.
Time on the water and boat handling skills were learned
and Gordon discovered that a moderately sailed leaky BIM 2000
can actually beat a poorly sailed DNA!
Many
thanks to the crew of the Hellecat club for making us all most
welcome!
Roll
on the Nationals!
All
photos courtesy of mark@eyeforlife.com
Open
Dutch Championship A-Cat2011
Hellecat
Final
results open dutch championship A- Cat 2011
Overall
Sailed:
9, Discards: 2, To count: 7, Entries: 38, = Scoring system:
Appendix A
|
Rank
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
R1
|
R2
|
R3
|
R4
|
R5
|
R6
|
R7
|
R8
|
R9
|
Nett
|
|
1st
|
NED
3
|
OMAHO
|
Sjoerd
Hoekstra
|
2.0
|
1.0
|
2.0
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
(3.0)
|
1.0
|
(39.0
BFD)
|
2.0
|
10.0
|
|
2nd
|
GBR
007
|
NBSC
|
Chris
Field
|
1.0
|
2.0
|
(4.0)
|
(4.0)
|
2.0
|
1.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
1.0
|
13.0
|
|
3rd
|
NED
28
|
WV
Flevo
|
Pieterjan
Dwarshuis
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
1.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
(25.0)
|
4.0
|
(16.0)
|
6.0
|
24.0
|
|
4th
|
NED
95
|
Hellecat
|
Roeland
Wentholt
|
4.0
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
3.0
|
5.0
|
3.0
|
5.0
|
(10.0)
|
1.0
|
5.0
|
26.0
|
|
5th
|
NED
8
|
Hellecat
|
Theo
van Hilten
|
6.0
|
5.0
|
7.0
|
8.0
|
6.0
|
(9.0)
|
2.0
|
6.0
|
(10.0)
|
40.0
|
|
6th
|
GER
13
|
HYC
|
Gabriel
Wicke
|
8.0
|
(11.0)
|
(14.0)
|
6.0
|
5.0
|
4.0
|
6.0
|
5.0
|
7.0
|
41.0
|
|
7th
|
GER
85
|
Wismar
|
Guido
Schulte
|
7.0
|
6.0
|
6.0
|
2.0
|
(11.0)
|
6.0
|
(12.0)
|
4.0
|
11.0
|
42.0
|
|
8th
|
NED
91
|
Hellecat
|
Tjibbe
Veelo
|
9.0
|
7.0
|
(11.0)
|
7.0
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
8.0
|
7.0
|
11.0
|
8.0
|
57.0
|
|
9th
|
GBR
33
|
Thornbory
SC
|
Nigel
Lovett
|
11.0
|
8.0
|
8.0
|
(13.0)
|
7.0
|
12.0
|
(14.0)
|
2.0
|
13.0
|
61.0
|
|
10th
|
GER
3
|
PSG
|
Matthias
Dietz
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
10.0
|
9.0
|
9.0
|
2.0
|
5.0
|
39.0
BFD
|
4.0
|
78.0
|
|
11th
|
NED
111
|
Hellecat
|
Janwillem
van Leeuwen
|
10.0
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
9.0
|
12.0
|
14.0
|
16.0
|
15.0
|
(20.0)
|
9.0
|
85.0
|
|
12th
|
NED
27
|
WV
Flevo
|
Arno
Terra
|
5.0
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
11.0
|
9.0
|
39.0
BFD
|
14.0
|
87.0
|
|
13th
|
GBR
55
|
Rutland
SC
|
Phill
Neal
|
14.0
|
12.0
|
12.0
|
11.0
|
10.0
|
(19.0)
|
16.0
|
13.0
|
(23.0)
|
88.0
|
|
14th
|
NED
2
|
WSV
Nulde
|
Jos
Koning
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
10.0
|
13.0
|
10.0
|
12.0
|
20.0
|
(22.0)
|
18.0
|
22.0
|
105.0
|
|
15th
|
NED
106
|
Hellecat
|
Eric
Lampier
|
13.0
|
9.0
|
18.0
|
15.0
|
8.0
|
(28.0)
|
24.0
|
23.0
|
(27.0)
|
110.0
|
|
16th
|
GER
22
|
|
Ingmar
Warnicke
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
15.0
|
14.0
|
39.0
DNC
|
14.0
|
29.0
|
14.0
|
12.0
|
137.0
|
|
17th
|
NED
80
|
OMAHO
|
Rene
Mulder
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
15.0
|
20.0
|
17.0
|
15.0
|
33.0
|
(34.0)
|
24.0
|
28.0
|
152.0
|
|
18th
|
GBR
39
|
Rutland
SC
|
David
Lowe
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
23.0
|
19.0
|
13.0
|
23.0
|
31.0
|
19.0
|
29.0
|
157.0
|
|
19th
|
NED
93
|
Hellecat
|
Wim
Plokker
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
17.0
|
22.0
|
16.0
|
22.0
|
27.0
|
29.0
|
26.0
|
159.0
|
|
20th
|
GER
510
|
Rutland
SC
|
Gordon
Upton
|
16.0
|
14.0
|
16.0
|
18.0
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
27.0
|
30.0
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
39.0
DNC
|
160.0
|
|
21st
|
NED
108
|
Catclub
Zeeland
|
Jaap
Straakenbroek
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
13.0
|
13.0
|
15.0
|
3.0
|
161.0
|
|
22nd
|
NED
1
|
|
Piet
Saarbeerg
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
7.0
|
11.0
|
8.0
|
18.0
|
161.0
|
|
23rd
|
NED
85
|
OMAHO
|
Frank
Mauritz
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
19.0
|
16.0
|
39.0
DNF
|
32.0
|
26.0
|
12.0
|
19.0
|
163.0
|
|
24th
|
GER
577
|
ASV
|
Thomas
Becker
|
15.0
|
13.0
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNF)
|
39.0
DNF
|
30.0
|
23.0
|
32.0
|
20.0
|
172.0
|
|
25th
|
GER
9
|
STS
|
Uwe
Paulsen
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
15.0
|
18.0
|
9.0
|
15.0
|
174.0
|
|
26th
|
BEL
54
|
|
Philip
Muyzers
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
24.0
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
10.0
|
17.0
|
7.0
|
39.0
DNC
|
175.0
|
|
27th
|
NED
9
|
KZVG
|
Rob
Sprij
|
12.0
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
21.0
|
19.0
|
10.0
|
39.0
DSQ
|
179.0
|
|
28th
|
IRL
5
|
RC4C
|
Yvonne
Sheenan
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
22.0
|
21.0
|
39.0
DNC
|
34.0
|
28.0
|
27.0
|
16.0
|
187.0
|
|
29th
|
NED
101
|
KZBV
Bergen
|
Yvonne
Nieboer
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
25.0
|
20.0
|
39.0
DNC
|
24.0
|
33.0
|
26.0
|
21.0
|
188.0
|
|
30th
|
GER
18
|
SLRV
|
Michelangelo
Hesterman
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
21.0
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
18.0
|
25.0
|
22.0
|
25.0
|
189.0
|
|
31st
|
GER
496
|
SC
Hemme
|
Alexander
Zylko
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
39.0
DNF
|
24.0
|
39.0
DNF
|
31.0
|
21.0
|
17.0
|
30.0
|
201.0
|
|
32nd
|
NED
7
|
Hellecat
|
Hans
Klok
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
29.0
|
20.0
|
21.0
|
17.0
|
204.0
|
|
33rd
|
GBR
52
|
Rutland
SC
|
Collin
Bannaster
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
26.0
|
23.0
|
39.0
DNC
|
26.0
|
36.0
|
25.0
|
39.0
DNC
|
214.0
|
|
34th
|
GER
57
|
SCRV
|
Danny
Boollouw
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
17.0
|
8.0
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
220.0
|
|
35th
|
GBR
53
|
TBYC
|
Stevan
Wallace
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
35.0
|
32.0
|
30.0
|
24.0
|
238.0
|
|
36th
|
NED
17
|
Catpoint
|
Martin
Eeltink
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
36.0
|
35.0
|
28.0
|
31.0
|
247.0
|
|
37th
|
GBR
40
|
|
Tony
Lampitt
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
37.0
|
37.0
|
31.0
|
39.0
DNC
|
261.0
|
|
38th
|
GER
19
|
BHS2000
|
Gerhard
Althoff
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
(39.0
DNC)
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
39.0
DNC
|
273.0
|
Chris
launching race 3 Sunday. Note the fag!
|
|
Brits at
the French 'A' Class Nats
|
The French Nats were invaded by
foreigners who took the nine first places, Bob Baier with the
pioneer design Nikita won the championship over Manuel Calavia
and Luc Du Bois. Our own Chris Field finished a worthy forth
place, with Nigel Lovett in 18th place - a 'Heavy Wind' sailor
appearing not to like the marginal and light
conditions. 3 different designs on the top 4, the
Nikita, the DNA and the Vision, remarking that all current boats
are quite competitive and the helm is still King. http://catsailingnews.blogspot.com/
Chris Field on his
new Vision |
Nigel blasting along! |
Marginal conditions
at best! |
|
|
Rutland Cat Open
2011
|
|
All was
right with the world on the Friday! Tom Taylor made his
customary pilgrimage to Rutland Water, only taking 8 hrs to get
there from Loch Earn. Lester Barr turned up a little later.
Simon
Northrop kindly offered to do a little on-water coaching so the
three of us spent a pleasant couple of hours sailing up and down
the entire length of one leg of the lake. It was a lovely F3-4
westerly. Dave Lowe, Phil Neal, that 'New guy' Tony Lampitt and
with Nigel turning up on Saturday morning making the total 'A'
cat fleet a potential 7 boats. Colin Bannister had left the
country rather than compete in the face of such awesome talent!
The
weather on Saturday was forecast to be a little bit blowy A
North westerly F4-5, but we were also forecast gusts of up to
42mph later! Judging by the white faces of most of the other a
cat sailors, this was rather higher than they were looking
forward to and eventually talked each other out of sailing.
However, I was not party to that particular conversation and,
having seen Nigel's sail up, thought I would give it a blast.
So, after
having sail tearful good-byes to my nearest and dearest, I set
off for the start line with a few of the more reckless F18s and
Hurricanes. On the way to the start area, I waited in the lea of
the peninsular for Nigel, but then his sail had disappeared
having thought better of it.
Rightly
thinking I had been set up by the others, who were clearly
relishing the race out of a morbid sense of curiosity, I broad
reached down to the start area. It was blowing a good bit now.
Getting myself into a good pre-start position, always the best
part of my racing - it usually goes downhill from there - with
30 secs to go, I pulled in my traveler, heeled the boat and
promptly slid down the tramp into the water. The boat followed.
Brilliant.
Getting
the flappy part at the top again, I finally started just after
the Hurricanes. Big wave, short chop, I was back in that Sheppy
race all over again as I know at least twice I virtually became
totally airborne and there is never a photographer about when
you need one. I overhauled half of the heavily pinching
Hurricanes and reached the top mark.
Deciding
to just try to beat the course, I wasn't in the mood for any
downwind heroics in a force 5+ wind but caught up a couple of
fallen over F18s to start the next lap. Then the wind went up
another gear. Full out on the wire, one gust was so fast that I
actually felt my head being snapped back as Das Boot took the
blast. This was getting silly I thought, as I was now having
difficulty tacking with my broader bows just being blown back.
So after deciding to gybe instead, I gave up, realizing that my
limit was a bit less that what I had now.
I returned
back to my now adoring and impressed fans, who mistook my
stupidity for courage and praised me for my sterling efforts!
Racing was
abandoned after only 4 finished the next race.
But look
what happened to me next, below!
Next day
dawned only slightly less windy but not by much. However, Nigel
needed a finish to maintain his No 1 ranking, so he had to go no
matter what. Lester and Tom followed suit, but Phil and Dave
thought better of it. So, Dave and I whizzed around to the other
side of the lake to watch battle commence.
We missed
the start of the first race but arrived in time to see Nigel
battling the F18s on the second beat and with Tom and Lester
enmeshed in the Hurricanes. But the F18s superior crew weight
clearly working for them as Nigel was making little effect on
their lead other than a few better tactical moves. The high wind
of the first race resulted in Tom, being unable to tack at one
point, adopting the interesting technique of going ashore to
tack, a successful but ultimately time eating policy. Tom quit
after the first race. His lack of weight cost him too much to be
fun.
Race 2,
Nigel seemed to get himself in the midst of a pack of F18s at
the start, which surely couldn't have helped much. However, he
seemed to stay on one leg of the beat longer than most and
gained a good lift as a result. Lester capsized but got going in
the end, only to be ran out of time and received a DNF. Rather
unfair we thought as he had battled his way around 3 laps.
The final
race saw Nigel the only remaining a class, but the result was
much the same. The wind was dropping but it was better suited to
the big F18s flying the laundry on the downhill parts for him to
make much impact.
On the
whole it was an interesting weekend. The bar takings were good,
so most seemed to have had fun. The Tug of War teams are still
hurting too!
The
overall open results;
|
|
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
| 8th |
Nigel
Lovett |
DNC |
DNC |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| 11th |
Lester
Barr |
DNC |
DNC |
10 |
DNF |
DNC |
| 12th |
Tom
Taylor |
DNC |
DNC |
11 |
DNC |
DNC |
| 13th= |
Gordon
Upton |
DNF |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
| 13th= |
Tony
Lampitt |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
| 13th= |
Dave
Lowe |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
| 14th= |
Phil
Neal |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
The 'A' Team Tug O War squad
Nigel Lovett,
Lester Barr, Dave Lowe, Gordon Upton, Tom Taylor, Phil Neal
|
|
New 'A'Class
secret weapon - the 'austerity solution'!
|
|
RSC 'A' class
ace Dave Lowe has come up with his answer to that DNA
look! It also allows hull pressure equalisation, helping
him to gain that crucial few seconds advantage when tacking!
Being a
plumber, Dave fabricated the system from a 4" toilet stench
pipe.
(It is actually
his clever mast carrier support!)
|
|
That new 'A' Cat
design we were talking about!!
|
|
See
http://www.catamaranparts.nl
|
|
This makes us all
feel better about our 'A' cat sailing technique!
|
|
World Champion
Glen Ashby can put it in too!!
Seen
at the 2011 Oz nats
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What's
On |
|
3rd - 4th March 2012 |
| London Dinghy Show |
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