This weekend (16th/17th Sept) saw the Club host for its members the Class Cups .
Two races were run, with the first a morning start , the second with the tide running strongly out in the afternoon.
The first race saw the RS400 of the two former Commodores, Nikki Palmer and Michael Copeman take the honours. The second best time for the Fast Fleet was recorded by Logan Adams in race 2 , Laser Radial . It was Rick Parker , Laser Radial , second in race 1, but third overall on time .
In race 1 , Mark Scheldt and Lucy Spencer, RS Cat 16J , took the Cat win.
The Slow Fleet was well represented in both races , won by Richard Eagleton , Europe , with a fast first race time, followed by Rachel Wynn and Fi Brown , both sailing Comet Xtra’s.
The Novice Fleet was also well represented, made up of Laser’s ,an RS 2000 , and a Topaz UNO. Sailing a Laser, full rig , Michael Carzana won , ahead of Pat Brown , Laser Radial , and the crew of Dave Baldwin and Wendy Watkins [RS2000].
Steady Easterlies created good racing conditions , whilst the sailors were faced with interesting twisty courses set by Dusty Miller.
On Sunday the Club entered the largest sailing race in the world, Bart’s Bash , which is named after Andrew “ Bart “ Simpson , and his foundation . He was a former Gold and Silver Olympic medal winner.In pervious years 2/3ooo boats have competed in thousands of sailing locations around the world. The Club race was won by Colin Coard, a seriously experienced Laser sailor , followed by similarly experienced Miracle sailors, Bob and Barbara Palmer , with Rick Parker third using this time a 4.7 sail on his Laser. It was all for Charity , and much fun too.
The season continues , whilst Sunday is Race Training , on dry land this time.