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combat wombat 
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 Topic: Battle of the ClassesPosted: 15 Jan 07 at 10:19pm |
It was a shame because I wanted the B14's to win! |
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tickel
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Posted: 15 Jan 07 at 10:11pm |
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I am not all that old, 61 but I remember, when I was a long distance truck driver some years ago loading on those docks and sure as hell no one would have been buggering about in that water then. When a small boy the upper pool,above Tower Bridge was full of ships and I saw a sailing barge working in Rotherhythe. It all seems very odd. I'm off to bed with me cocoa now.....strange new world.
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Hobbo
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Posted: 15 Jan 07 at 8:08pm |
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Was quite fun, tricky tho. Going from tiptoe trapping to the other side of the boat then back out again on the same leg was interesting to say the least
 . Also fell out the boat on a tack - forgetting i wasn't in our Osprey and that there was nothing to hook my feet into   . Good racing, that Fireball was very quick, well done to them for winning it  , i thought it was gonna be a singlehander or a 2 man hiker.
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Chris Turner
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Posted: 15 Jan 07 at 7:53pm |
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It was suprisingly good fun, good racing in difficult conditions. Why is it a shame that it did not favour skiffs? If the wind was any different we would have just reached up and down, how much fun would that be? atleast we had two long (ish) beats. Matt and Richard sailed very well and deserved the win particualy sailing with only one trapeze wire for the last round. Still have not seen the final results I believe that some of the lapped boats were counted finished a lap down. I don't envy any race officer particually with that many boats in a small space. |
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combat wombat
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Posted: 15 Jan 07 at 7:15pm |
No sign of a Tornado. I watched the whole race and the only cats were the A-Class (beautiful) and a Hurricane 5.9. |
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FireballNeil
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Posted: 15 Jan 07 at 4:32pm |
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I was right it was Matt And Waggers! http://www.fireball-dinghy.org.uk/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=482 I've only seen them twice and I still got it right! |
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Scooby_simon
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Posted: 15 Jan 07 at 4:25pm |
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How did the Tornado get on ? read the writeup and it mentions the A class, but noting on the T... |
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FireballNeil
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Posted: 15 Jan 07 at 3:33pm |
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Does anyone know who was sailing the Fireball? It looks like it might be Matt Mee and Waggers from the picture but I don't know what they look like well enough to be sure?! I saw the 9ers on saturday and they were getting blon over left right and centre in the monster gusts that where coming around the buildings! Watched the VX40 rig and got bored of waiting so I went inside! Now I remeber why dinghies are better! |
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radixon
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Posted: 15 Jan 07 at 12:13pm |
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Didn't see this racing but did see the 49er's and 29er's sailing on the Saturday. The wind came down the river, ended up been gusty between the buildings.
It was gusty enough to throw one of the 49er's into the water, I bet they thought they were hidden from all the yachts etc. |
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combat wombat
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Posted: 15 Jan 07 at 11:39am |
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I saw the Musto colliding with a B14... they locked wings but the Musto managed to go in.
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