Bloody Mary 2010

Originally posted by G.R.F. I wonder what was going through Daniel Holmans mind as he got beaten by the Phantom.. He did well though. Got to give it to all of them. Anyone who even started that event must have balls of pure brass..

Only an unfairly talented or disgustingly arrogant man would feel
aggrieved at being beaten by Nick Craig. Say no more.
On a sensible note, the phants got moved back a minute this year,
which puts them in the 1030 to 1040 class. Nick probably beat me by
half a minute in the end which, assuming equal sailing ability (alright,
alright) means that 1025 ish would be fair (in relation to my boat
anyway) as I had suggested a while ago. Having said that I was pretty
rusty not having sailed much in 6 months. Mind you nobody looked
particularly slick with loads of errors as bodies and boats stopped
working in the conditions as the race went on. Handicap controversy
of the day was the allocation of a start time pertaining to a handicap
of about 1130 for the laser. Now I'm the first to say that the 1078
handicap is very harsh, but the 50ish jump is excessive in the extreme.
Matt Reid would have come 4th if he hadn't sailed inside the barges.
He came 4 th at the laser nationals this year and is a tasty sailor in
breeze but a hiking dinghy should never have finished that high in
breeze. He would have walked it on that yardstick in 8kts. Memory of
the day was pete Barton in the cherub all over the place, tfoil
roundups and 3 capsizes that I saw, and still finishing 4th. Apart from
that I thought the merlins seemed very quick for their py as hiking
boats go, although they are wide I guess and aren't so strong relative
to the phants etc in the light. The winners in the 505 looked nice and
slick and smooth. The 505 being a high wind PY performer, the
flipside of the phant. The lord giveth and the lord taketh away. I had to
use a basin of hot water just to derig my agriculturally simple boat.
Like last year I reckon I'll have to wait 2 weeks for the feeling to return
to my fingertips . We are overdue a mild one I reckon....

not mad just enjoy sailing in the cold reminds me of  home in the north east.

sorry to hear about u not getting in on the sunday grf

ther was talk about winter memebership for hythe and saltwood members. which i think is still going ahead just have to play nice with nickolls quarry letting people in. we'll be there tomorrow on race officer so should be fun. 

I called starboard on a Miracle dinghy in 1978 on my windsurfer, in
Folkestone Harbour, he sailed straight into and over me.

Didn't know Smithy was in 505's nowadays, he must be one of the best dinghy sailors around who isn't a boatbuider, sailmaker etc.

Can anyone tell me what the salors were wearing on their hands? These extream conditions would be a test of what really does work.