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The Grafham Cat Open 22/23 October |
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simonrh 
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 Topic: The Grafham Cat Open 22/23 OctoberPosted: 25 Oct 11 at 4:43pm |
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If you are the person or persons involved....just don't come back if the club do run it next year.
Save the event for the people who do know how to behave.
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Vortex Asymmetric 1064
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ASok
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Posted: 25 Oct 11 at 11:48am |
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Unfortunately I missed it this year as I'm currently fixing leaks in my boat!
However, I heard that the racing was great and the club hosted a top event. Grafham is one of my favourite inland venues and I have fond memories of learning to sail there as a cadet.
Its a real shame that individuals ruin it for everyone else. I wouldn't blame your members if they never bothered in the future. Hopefully class captains will assist in rooting out trouble makers and banning them
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Sprint Bob
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Posted: 25 Oct 11 at 11:00am |
Yes - it is very frustrating. That is 3 years we have had malicious damage during the Friday / Saturday evenings. This year it happened on the Friday evening and a new £450 sign at the entrance to the Club was wrecked. As it happened before racing the commodore took the position at the briefing that if we did not catch the culpret there would be no prizes and the prize fund would be used to compensate the trader who had just bought the sign.
The damage was probably just caused by an individual or two. It is a really no win situation.
- The Grafham club members and organisers feel agrieved and say " why should we hold a Cat Open?"
- in previous years property in the village has been damaged and causes the village to feel hostile to the sailing club.
- this year the cat sailors taking part got no prizes from the sailing club and they feel unhappy with the club. Undoubtedly 99%+ of the cat sailors had nothing to do with it.
You can see the position from all sides.
The sooner we find the responsible parties and stamp it out the better. Meanwhile the future of the cat open is in the ballance..............
 Bob
PS It is such a shame as the weather and racing was superb this year. One traveller said to me " I had forgotten how good racing at Grafham can be.
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ASok
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Posted: 25 Oct 11 at 8:05am |
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So I hear that some n*b-heads spoiled the event again. Sprint 15's throwing an impromptu prize giving in the car park for their fleet.
Shame that Grafham is the victim of this again. Not sure why it only happens here......or maybe not! |
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Sprint Bob
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Posted: 19 Oct 11 at 5:21pm |
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Just 2 days to get your entries for the Cat Open if you want to save £10 on the entry fee
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Bob
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Sprint Bob
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Posted: 18 Oct 11 at 6:25pm |
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You can now see who has entered so far on the following link:
Cheers
Bob
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oz man
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Posted: 14 Oct 11 at 7:41pm |
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cheers bob crew sorted now form is in the post.
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Sprint Bob
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Posted: 14 Oct 11 at 6:29pm |
You can snail mail the entry form but if you want to leave it late it is best to do it by phone. Just call 01480 810478 and tell the office all the info that the entry form requires and pay by credit card. You can do this right up until Noon on Friday 21 October
 .Cheers
Bob
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Scooby_simon
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Posted: 14 Oct 11 at 12:04am |
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I'm afriad this will be the first cat open I've missed in about 20 years. Start a new job on the Sunday!
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Sprint Bob
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Posted: 12 Oct 11 at 5:20pm |
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