Steve Nicholson Memorial trophey 2009
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Topic: Steve Nicholson Memorial trophey 2009
Posted By: Merlinboy
Subject: Steve Nicholson Memorial trophey 2009
Date Posted: 13 Jan 09 at 8:04pm
| Anyone doing it?? i hwill hopefully be there in the 200 court case depending! |
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Posted By: MerlinMags
Date Posted: 13 Jan 09 at 10:00pm
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I have searched the internet and so far all I can find is the date of the event - no other detail!!!
Am I missing something? |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 13 Jan 09 at 10:08pm
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http://www.northamptonsailingclub.org/index.asp?selection=Calendar - http://www.northamptonsailingclub.org/index.asp?selection=Ca lendar
NOR not up yet by the looks ------------- |
Posted By: aardvark_issues
Date Posted: 14 Jan 09 at 7:27am
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Yup, will be there in the Moth, assuming the forecast doesn't include ice/snow... Its usually a good blast and the format lets you watch the other fleet racing while you have a cup of tea. |
Posted By: Rockhopper
Date Posted: 14 Jan 09 at 8:41am
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im hoping to be there in my vareo plus quite a few others are going in there vareos too. andy ------------- Retired now after 35 seasons in a row and time for a rest. 2004 national champ Laser5000 2007,2010,National Champ Rs Vareo |
Posted By: Adam MR 1137
Date Posted: 14 Jan 09 at 9:43am
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Yup, I will be there in the OK. Could do with a NOR at some point, but looking at last years details first race at 11:00. ------------- Merlin rocket 1137 OK 2049 Can be seen at http://www.wellandyachtclub.co.uk/ - WYC |
Posted By: Fraggle
Date Posted: 14 Jan 09 at 5:05pm
This will be the first year I've missed it. Its a good event usually but I will be on honeymoon instead this year. ------------- |
Posted By: ratface
Date Posted: 14 Jan 09 at 6:24pm
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hopefully be there, in what i do not know yet. could be in a 200 / 400 or a n12 depends ------------- http://www.blym.org.uk/ - BLYM http://www.blym.org.uk/hydrs/index.htm - Hertfordshire Sailing team Uk-Cherub 2644 Laser 4000 -4089 |
Posted By: Adam MR 1137
Date Posted: 16 Jan 09 at 10:39am
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Race details and entry fee, now on northampton website. http://www.northamptonsailingclub.org/index.asp?selection=Calendar - Link
------------- Merlin rocket 1137 OK 2049 Can be seen at http://www.wellandyachtclub.co.uk/ - WYC |
Posted By: Adam MR 1137
Date Posted: 22 Jan 09 at 9:50am
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Own up then, who is joining me at northampton on saturday? ------------- Merlin rocket 1137 OK 2049 Can be seen at http://www.wellandyachtclub.co.uk/ - WYC |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 22 Jan 09 at 10:05am
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Possbly Adam, Depends on how things go today, if i'm ok we will be there, if they dont then i wont! What are you sailing?? ------------- |
Posted By: Adam MR 1137
Date Posted: 22 Jan 09 at 11:02am
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I will be in the OK, think there will be 3 or 4 of us there. I will be the OK which is nearest the back! p.s. good luck! ------------- Merlin rocket 1137 OK 2049 Can be seen at http://www.wellandyachtclub.co.uk/ - WYC |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 22 Jan 09 at 11:14pm
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I should be there now, thank god!!! My mate is coming in his Ass canoe, i think at some point in the past he used to own your OK s well!! So if you need any tips i'll pointyou his direction! ------------- |
Posted By: Inland sea
Date Posted: 24 Jan 09 at 8:51pm
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How did it go Guys n Gals ?
------------- RS300 426 18' SkiffTango Musto 051 B14 644 |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 24 Jan 09 at 10:44pm
| For me , rubbish! There was very little wind really, My arse is to fat for a 200 in light airs, also i was unlucky with some of the boats that finished behind me that got average lapped i think!! Nice course, well organised, good food, great event! |
Posted By: Adam MR 1137
Date Posted: 26 Jan 09 at 10:11am
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I agree with Merlinboy, Nice course, well organised, good food and a great event. Absolutley loved it, a great day! Only serious problem was just how long it took me to sail in for dinner, as the wind completely died for a 20 min period at the start of the end of race 1! I really enjoyed racing against so many boats, and it was great to see such a variety of classes represented. I was very pleased with my result, I was not last! Think there were 52 singlehanders and I was 44 or 45th, which having only been racing seriously for 2 seasons, and Grafham at xmas being my first big event, I was very happy with! Anyone seen a full list of results published yet?? cant find on eon here or NSC website. ------------- Merlin rocket 1137 OK 2049 Can be seen at http://www.wellandyachtclub.co.uk/ - WYC |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 26 Jan 09 at 7:03pm
| Tell you whats pising me off! All of the photos from the event tend to be either from the foiling fleet (of which ther were 5 -7 boats) and the symetric fleet!! |
Posted By: bert
Date Posted: 26 Jan 09 at 9:30pm
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After just looking at the photo galley I think that the main fleets all got a fair show of photos. Phantoms,Merlins,RS fleets all seem to have a fair share. Foiling moths/600`s,eye catching and people like to see foilers! - fair Assy boats didn`t seem to have more then their fair share of photos for my point of view. Feel free to disargee. ------------- Phantom 1181 AC-227 IC 304 blaze / halo 586 |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 26 Jan 09 at 10:38pm
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Are we looking at the same photos here?? Off the fotoboat website? there are 4 assy fleet/rs photos!!! |
Posted By: bert
Date Posted: 26 Jan 09 at 11:54pm
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No we weren`t,I was looking in the Y&Y photo Galley ( via the front page link ) & because you didn`t mention the Fotoboat selection,No one was to know otherwise. However the Y&Y should give a more varied selection due to the fact that they have already sold the pictures to the mag,Where fotoboat needs to sell to the owners,spectors & people who want an "all action " shot. Foilers,Assy`s,Trap`s all give the impression of speed & splendor where as hikeing boats rarely give this impression even though they are the more popular style of dinghy sold & sailed in the uk. This may explain the differant styles of photo`s found between Y&Y & Fotoboat.
------------- Phantom 1181 AC-227 IC 304 blaze / halo 586 |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 27 Jan 09 at 11:17am
Sorry Bert but i don't agree, I have checked through both sets of photos and they are the same, (Y&Y from fotoboat) Both Y&Y and fotoboat only really show the Symmetric and single handed fleets. The Y&Y Photos have 1 picture of a cherub, 1 of the assy fleet start, 1 of a 400 and 1 of a Vareo. They hardly bear reference to the 50 odd assy boats which had their own fleet start. On the other hand there are loads of pictures of the foilers of which there were only 6-7 tops!!! Chunky pics have a only posted up pics of the foilers. Hardly seems like a fair cross section of the boats entered! |
Posted By: aardvark_issues
Date Posted: 27 Jan 09 at 12:35pm
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The Chunkypics ones are all from Sunday...
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Posted By: Adam MR 1137
Date Posted: 27 Jan 09 at 1:04pm
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Anybody seen a full set of results yet?! ------------- Merlin rocket 1137 OK 2049 Can be seen at http://www.wellandyachtclub.co.uk/ - WYC |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 27 Jan 09 at 1:12pm
Might have been a question of light or something... Where they were when some wind came through: all sorts of variables. Maybe some batches of photos worked better than others. The one Cherub shot looks pretty dull, yet we know there was enough breeze for a different Cherub to win the class... Its funny about photos. Since the digital revolution its all become so much easier. When I first set up the Cherub website, back in about 95 so probably before some of you were born, it was a real issue trying to get hold of some half decent photos to put on the website, what with copyright release and so on... I have I think one half decent photo of any of my boats from before 95, and any number since! |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 27 Jan 09 at 2:43pm
| Spoke to Mike Rice at fotoboat and he is waiting for the CD with the rest of the pictures before he can load them onto the website. |
Posted By: bert
Date Posted: 27 Jan 09 at 7:22pm
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[QUOTE=Merlinboy
.Sorry Bert but i don't agree, OK ------------- Phantom 1181 AC-227 IC 304 blaze / halo 586 |