New Posts New Posts RSS Feed: Who was out this weekend?.....
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Register Register  Login Login

Who was out this weekend?.....
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1 2829303132 188>
Author
  Share Topic Share Topic  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
Merlinboy View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more


Joined: 03 Jul 06
Location: United Kingdom
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3169 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Merlinboy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: Who was out this weekend?.....
    Posted: 14 May 07 at 6:25pm
Originally posted by chrisg

Hey Merlin boy.

I spoke to you on Sunday morning about getting my 14 out (grey old 14) for the 2nd race, but had a bit of a shocker in the first race (collision in 300) so went home just before the rain came. I had hoped to talk a bit more after sailing to see whether you guys are going to be sailing at Draycote again?

 

Chris

 

Hi Chris,

Charlie and I wondered where u got to!  We are going to join in september as we are going to be all over the place sailing until then, it was great fun and draycote is a great bit of water and a very friendly club we loved it!

 

Russ
Back to Top
chrisjc123 View Drop Down
Newbie
Newbie
Avatar

Joined: 14 Mar 07
Location: United Kingdom
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 17 		Post Options Post Options   Quote chrisjc123 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 May 07 at 6:56pm

 went out  on the blackwater, saturday nice f5 but f7ish gusts was out in my vortex wind against tide, flew up wind perfect apart from getting taken out by a few waves got to the windward mark just as a huge thames barge did pitchpoled it trying to get round it.

best way to cure a hangover for sure!

laser snapped its mast as it reached the windward mark, crazy conditions



Edited by chrisjc123
Back to Top
radixon View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 27 Oct 06
Location: United Kingdom
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2407 		Post Options Post Options   Quote radixon Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 May 07 at 7:00pm
Originally posted by chrisjc123

 went out  on the blackwater, saturday nice f5 but f7ish gusts was out in my vortex wind against tide, flew up wind perfect apart from getting taken out by a few waves got to the windward mark just as a huge thames barge did pitchpoled it trying to get round it.

best way to cure a hangover for sure!

laser snapped its mast as it reached the windward mark, crazy conditions

Which club you at on the Blackwater?
Back to Top
foaminatthedeck View Drop Down
Far too distracted from work
Far too distracted from work
Avatar

Joined: 18 May 06
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 318 		Post Options Post Options   Quote foaminatthedeck Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 May 07 at 7:04pm

When out on the plymouth universitis J80 for there first sail by the yacht club, bloody hell the kites are big! Only about 15kts but I can see that they will go in a bit more wind.

Going racing next week end which should be interesting. 
Lark 2170
Back to Top
CurlyBen View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 17 Aug 05
Location: Southampton
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 539 		Post Options Post Options   Quote CurlyBen Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 May 07 at 7:31pm
I was out on the solent in a J109 which was fairly entertaining, think the breeze was between 25 and 35 knots for most of the racing. Hit 15.5 knots with the kite and full main but then got 12.5 on the way back to the Hamble with a reefed main alone! There were some fairly spectacular broaches going on and a few kites that didn't survive too well either.
RS800 GBR848
Weston SC
Back to Top
Villan View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 26 Nov 05
Location: United Kingdom
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1768 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Villan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 May 07 at 7:55pm
Originally posted by Splosh

I was down alton this weekend (as usual) and it looked like the vareo's were having a wail of a time . You guys were brave to go out on saterday, I went windsurfing on my small kit and easily hit the 27mph mark .

Mark



27MPH!

Those are the kind of days I NEED a GPS on. But you guys doing 27mph makes my 18 mph guestimate sound quite reasonable, as at times I was almost keeping up with some of you!

Pity you all kept falling over in the way though, I had to wait about 3 or 4 mins after a capsise to drift clear of a pair ... one who stopped near my bow ( bad place in that much wind ) and one who almost fell on my mast!

Twas a right giggle though!

James
V149
Vareo - 149 "Secrets"
TandyUK Servers
Back to Top
Villan View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 26 Nov 05
Location: United Kingdom
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1768 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Villan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 May 07 at 8:16pm
Yeh .. Thats a bottom guess ...

In between trying to spear the bottom of the lake with the spinni pole and trying not to broach into a windsurfer ...

The temptation was very high though!

Anyone at Broadstairs feel like loaning me a GPS one day this weekend? I wanna see what speeds I really do!
Vareo - 149 "Secrets"
TandyUK Servers
Back to Top
chrisjc123 View Drop Down
Newbie
Newbie
Avatar

Joined: 14 Mar 07
Location: United Kingdom
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 17 		Post Options Post Options   Quote chrisjc123 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 May 07 at 9:39pm

hey i sail at blackwater sailing club just by northey island

where abouts do u sail radixon?
Back to Top
Hobbo View Drop Down
Far too distracted from work
Far too distracted from work
Avatar

Joined: 02 Jun 06
Location: United Kingdom
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 211 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Hobbo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 May 07 at 9:58pm
No club racing at Shoreham as RS200's had their open.

Was blowing over 20mph from the East(that is reading from beachfront anenometer which is sheltered from that direction). Went out for a short blast in the Osprey 3 up depite the fact that the crappy Ronstan blocks on our jib halyard broke, just rigged a bit of string. Big seas, big wind, very fast all round but we came back in after only a short blast as Dad didnt want to the jib halyard tension and therfore the mast to break. Very brief but very fast sail, would have liked to have stayed out longer. Even two sailing at low angles was pretty quick, though she went best upwind ( did have 6'6" 17st on the wire, 6'5" 12.5 st hiking hard and 5' 10" 10st helm perced on side, losts of righting moment  ). 200's looked like they had fun too. Looking forawrd to getting some reacing in on Wednesday.
Contender GBR 362
Osprey 1318 - IVplay
SSC
Back to Top
redback View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 16 Mar 04
Location: Tunbridge Wells
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1502 		Post Options Post Options   Quote redback Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 May 07 at 11:51pm

Good racing on the Medway with plenty of wind so we were easily fully powered. 

1st Race - great start got us to the first mark first but the 800s crept past on the next fetch, however we were able to almost keep up on the next long beat.  Our rival 4000 had a bad start and barely gained on us allthe time we were going upwind.  When we came to the downwind return to the club we ran fast and deep and seemed to be going well but after about half way back we realised that our rivals were gaining.  As the river gets narrower I felt it might be better to maintain the deep technique, however our rivals are always keen on sailing hot and since we were going low they kept it that way and gained until they past us just before the finish line.  A good experiment - I've never had the guts to maintain one style throughout a race and see if it really pays.  In this case it didn't, but it wasn't by much - we lost about 200m in 8km.

2nd Race - wind over tide and rough further down river.  Again went well and were dicing with our rival 4000 but they eventually got past when we crash tacked to avoid a collision.  Back down wind in all the chop we really suffered with a lengthy capsise and got a bit tangled up with two moored bulk carriers at the power station.  It was a case of being too cautious during a gybe and rolling in.  It is important to maintain the speed but easy to say and not so easy to do when the river is so rough.

As you can see its always exciting sailing on the Medway.  Here's a picture of our sailing area - with many thanks to Google Earth.
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1 2829303132 188>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Bulletin Board Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 9.665y
Copyright ©2001-2010 Web Wiz
Change your personal settings, or read our privacy policy