East Coast Piers Race 2011
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Topic: East Coast Piers Race 2011
Posted By: radixon
Subject: East Coast Piers Race 2011
Date Posted: 06 May 11 at 10:07am
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65 Days to go.... 2011 ECPR takes place on 9th/10th July at Marconi SC. Start time for the main race on 10th July is now an hour later so 9.30 start! More information here - http://www.eastcoastpiersrace.com/index.htm - http://www.eastcoastpiersrace.com/index.htm Camping available at MSC from Friday 8th July till Monday 11th July, any questions post here or email via the website. |
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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 07 May 11 at 1:11am
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I'll be there; as usual.... ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: a_dowley
Date Posted: 04 Jul 11 at 9:45am
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5 days to go - see you all soon at Marconi!
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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 05 Jul 11 at 12:37am
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PLanning to be ther by Friday Lunchtime and hopefully go for a sail later in the PM. ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: stewart smith
Date Posted: 07 Jul 11 at 1:42pm
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Simon, are you sure your boat still floats? I will see you Saturday morning with my plastic pig. Stewart ------------- Stewart Smith |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 08 Jul 11 at 12:35am
Nope! Been way too busy doing other stuff like racing skis etc.... Are you starying Sunday and are the whole family coming? C U Saturday! ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: johnnyt
Date Posted: 12 Jul 11 at 12:20pm
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PLEASE CAN WE HAVE SOME RESULTS!!!!
I know it is now the tuesday after the event but i have looked at teh ECPR web site, yachts and yachting including the forum and even face facebook but nothing.
Am i the only one interested in who came where???? ------------- John Tuckwell Development Executive GJW Insurance www.gjwdirect.co.uk Insurance rebel without a clause. |
Posted By: a_dowley
Date Posted: 12 Jul 11 at 12:24pm
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Hi John, The results, report and photos will all be out tonight in full. Unfortunately the spreadsheet wouldn't email over from the results lady to myself to be able to finalise everything. Watch this space... but if you can't wait until then here is a teaser. Sandy Jordan won the Colne Point Race Chris Sproat and Georgina won the Saturday Series and the ECPR. Great wind Saturday, bad wind with holes on Sunday. Great weekend had by all. Cheers Andrew ------------- https://www.sailingchandlery.com/rope-for-sale.html" rel="nofollow - Rope for sale https://www.sailingchandlery.com" rel="nofollow - Sailing Chandlery - Online Chandlery - Number 1 Rated |
Posted By: oz man
Date Posted: 12 Jul 11 at 3:22pm
I know the top ten john but am keeping it to myself 
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Posted By: Local Produce
Date Posted: 12 Jul 11 at 8:57pm
It was a really fun weekend. Just gotta learn not to push the start line quite so much  Just a shame that we didn't have Saturday's wind on Sunday. Maybe it would be worth considering having both days optional for the ECPR long distance just incase the forecast looks that dire in future years?!? |
Posted By: a_dowley
Date Posted: 12 Jul 11 at 10:45pm
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Here we go Race Report - http://www.eastcoastpiersrace.com/html/2011-race-report.htm - http://www.eastcoastpiersrace.com/html/2011-race-report.htm Saturday Results - http://www.eastcoastpiersrace.com/html/results/saturday/2011saturday.htm - http://www.eastcoastpiersrace.com/html/results/saturday/2011saturday.htm ECPR Results - http://www.eastcoastpiersrace.com/html/results/ecpr/2011ecpr.htm - http://www.eastcoastpiersrace.com/html/results/ecpr/2011ecpr.htm Colne Point Results - http://www.eastcoastpiersrace.com/html/results/colnepoint/2011cp.htm - http://www.eastcoastpiersrace.com/html/results/colnepoint/2011cp.htm Thank you to everyone who makes this weekend possible, we raise lots of money for a very good cause. See you next year!! ------------- https://www.sailingchandlery.com/rope-for-sale.html" rel="nofollow - Rope for sale https://www.sailingchandlery.com" rel="nofollow - Sailing Chandlery - Online Chandlery - Number 1 Rated |
Posted By: johnnyt
Date Posted: 14 Jul 11 at 4:57pm
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Thanks for the results and my life is now complete.
As an excerise in those long winter nights is it worth looking at all the years since the ECPR has been ran and of those how many years has the full course been raced. I know that there is the benefit of shortening the race at Clacton which has proved useful but when was there sufficient wind to race the whole course. This year if the race was on a saturday when there was wind could the full course be completed then???
Unlike other clubs on the east coast which hold long distance races where it is argued that it is in the club's interest to keep the competitors on site for both days as this reflects in the bar takings but to have the flexibility to run the race on the Saturday made be useful.
Just a thought ------------- John Tuckwell Development Executive GJW Insurance www.gjwdirect.co.uk Insurance rebel without a clause. |
Posted By: a_dowley
Date Posted: 14 Jul 11 at 5:13pm
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Hi John, A good idea in theory and a consideration we took for next year becuase the tides are so rubbish. The main issue is with all of the helpers we have on the main race day. Because it is a long distance race we have to start early to ensure enough time to get there and back. An early Saturday start would mean people having to take the Friday off work to complete, we thought this might be too much to ask. The volunteers also help us to put out 25 mother boats and 10+ ribs every year, asking them to be available for one day is a massive challenge if we asked for two I think we would fail in our support along the course. This doesn't include the 75 club members on site on Sunday who also help in various different ways to pull everything together. The majority of the mother boats leave the club on Saturday morning to make their way up the course to their position or stop somewhere to make the Sunday morning journey less painful. You could argue this is their fault for sailing a cruiser, either way they are a massive help if a competitor needs a break for some reason. They also write down every boat as you sail past to track the competitors up and down the course. There are some stats on the website ( http://www.eastcoastpiersrace.com/html/stats.htm - http://www.eastcoastpiersrace.com/html/stats.htm ) about when the race turned but only from 2002 onwards. Keep the suggestions coming, we like the feedback to ensure the competitors keep coming and have an enjoyable weekend. P.S. For us the bar takings also do matter, we are not there to con you but the beer is donated by Adnams and we sell it for a very generous £2 a pint and all the money goes to charity. The more you drink the more money we make for charity  Cheers Andrew ------------- https://www.sailingchandlery.com/rope-for-sale.html" rel="nofollow - Rope for sale https://www.sailingchandlery.com" rel="nofollow - Sailing Chandlery - Online Chandlery - Number 1 Rated |
Posted By: oz man
Date Posted: 14 Jul 11 at 8:47pm
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Hi Andrew i think in therory it makes sense to be able to run it on saturday or sunday but in practise i reckon the numbers would drop massively if you had a early start on the saturday.
As for sailing the whole distance i was surprised it was shortend this year as there was no wind in the river and we still had to fight the tide for an hour or so.
Feedback wise i think its a brilliant event and have been coming on and off since i was a
kid are there result records of past years (i would like to know how many times i have done it) if there are prehapps they could go on the website.
Also could we have guns and roses welcome to the jungle to wake us up next year instead of neil diamond.
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Posted By: johnnyt
Date Posted: 15 Jul 11 at 10:44am
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I understand the argument with regard to an early start on a Saturday and no one would turn up if it was a 8.30 start, however if the tides allowed why not have a midday start and finish the race in the early evening. Looking at some of the times even if the race was run for 7 hours if it started at 12.00 competitors would be off the water by 7.00 in the evening. It is June time so it will not get dark until 9.00 maybe 10.00 but this would allow the race to be run on the Saturday only , and I emphasis only, if the conditions allow. If it is run on a Saturday people could still hang around for the Sunday racing if they wanted to. A midday start would allow a greater chance of a sea breeze kicking in later on in the day. Just a thought. ------------- John Tuckwell Development Executive GJW Insurance www.gjwdirect.co.uk Insurance rebel without a clause. |
Posted By: oz man
Date Posted: 15 Jul 11 at 6:52pm
| ok see what you mean sounds a goer now |
Posted By: stewart smith
Date Posted: 15 Jul 11 at 10:24pm
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This year we were unlucky with the wind. If there was a chance of doing the race on the Saturday then most people need to get to the club and set up on the Friday night which means taking part or all of Friday off work. This would not be an option for me. Besides the beer was cheep! ------------- Stewart Smith |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 16 Jul 11 at 10:24pm
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As Andrew; the amount of support on the course means SERIOUS commitments from Marconi members to make it happen; I'd suggest it's a big ask for them to go out Friday night to set up for Saturday and them naybe wait until Sunday if the conditions are not right. As with Oz; I've done a lot of the races and I believe next year is the 25th? I'd be interested in how many I have done and are then any special plans for the 25th year? ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |