WED NIGHT RACING:
16 May 2007
Nice sailing conditions, flat water, a bit of a chill in the air. The conditions would have been brilliant for bouy racing. In essense we sailed a bit of a soldiers course. Nothing terribly exciting. We can 3rd on corrected time which was probably not to bad for the course. Aboard were: Ian, Walter, Sarel, Siger and Dale. The boat perforned well, no problems.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
NEXT EVENTS:
It has been decided not to sail Table Bay Classic. The first race starts on a Friday 3pm and frankly to ask everyone to take that time off work en mass would not be fair. To enter the rest with the discard used would also be a waste of good energy.
The following events we are keen on HP doing:
It has been decided not to sail Table Bay Classic. The first race starts on a Friday 3pm and frankly to ask everyone to take that time off work en mass would not be fair. To enter the rest with the discard used would also be a waste of good energy.
The following events we are keen on HP doing:
- The Winter Wed nite series, subject to fair weather etc...
- The Portugal day race
- Teh Robben island pursuit race
- Club Bay racing.
- Mossel Bay Race(Sept)
- Double Cape Race.
It is not our intention to do much round the bouys racing. The boat was set up and intended for Offshore sailing. We want to stick to that plan as much as possible.
NEXT EVENTS:
It has been decided not to sail Table Bay Classic. The first race starts on a Friday 3pm and frankly to ask everyone to take that time off work en mass would not be fair. To enter the rest with the discard used would also be a waste of good energy.
The following events we are keen on HP doing:
It has been decided not to sail Table Bay Classic. The first race starts on a Friday 3pm and frankly to ask everyone to take that time off work en mass would not be fair. To enter the rest with the discard used would also be a waste of good energy.
The following events we are keen on HP doing:
- The Winter Wed nite series, subject to fair weather etc...
- The Portugal day race
- Teh Robben island pursuit race
- Club Bay racing.
- Mossel Bay Race(Sept)
- Double Cape Race.
It is not our intention to do much round the bouys racing. The boat was set up and intended for Offshore sailing. We want to stick to that plan as much as possible.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
WED NITE RACING:
9 May 2007
Winter racing is still happening with the start being at 5pm, all classes, one start and the cut off for racing is 6:30pm.
We got sorted out late, with us getting the jib up just beofre the start, hence we were not in the best position on the line, however we recivered quickly, largely though to the fact that most of the fleet did not get onto a full beat quick enough. We managed to round the first bouy first and never had to look back. On the downwind the 7.5 caught up as they were using their kite(only boat sailing kite class) but they never passed us. On the beat we pulled away from the rest of the fleet, when we tacked for the mark we had a cluster on the foredeck resulting in us sailing for about 2 minutes with the main only and us tacking back to solve the problem. We still managed a first over the line and a first on PHRF and IRC.
9 May 2007
Winter racing is still happening with the start being at 5pm, all classes, one start and the cut off for racing is 6:30pm.
We got sorted out late, with us getting the jib up just beofre the start, hence we were not in the best position on the line, however we recivered quickly, largely though to the fact that most of the fleet did not get onto a full beat quick enough. We managed to round the first bouy first and never had to look back. On the downwind the 7.5 caught up as they were using their kite(only boat sailing kite class) but they never passed us. On the beat we pulled away from the rest of the fleet, when we tacked for the mark we had a cluster on the foredeck resulting in us sailing for about 2 minutes with the main only and us tacking back to solve the problem. We still managed a first over the line and a first on PHRF and IRC.
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