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    Posted: 09 Jul 13 at 5:21pm
interesting to see an Albacore come 10th, Wayfarer 17th and a Tempest in between at 12th, very well sailed no doubt, looking at the quality of the fleet around them, but progress eh...?
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Originally posted by iGRF

Are my eyes deceiving me or did an EPS hand you a butt sandwich?

Now I wish I'd gone...

...that was me graeme, though I'd hardly suggest I handed anyone their arse  Big smile
I was just casually sailing my own 'race' - trying to pose to my g/f on the spectator steamer actually - as, up to that point, all was well in the world of EPS-ing.....until just after passing the steamer where the wind objected to any form of steady progress and saw me struggling around the island/panic-tacking/stuck-in-irons in front of any number of very fast downhill mentalists  LOL ....spent the whole downwind leg (nearly seven miles!) absolutely bricking myself after one big (double) swim. Even when things actually returned back to normal, I just felt like a Viet-vet, remaining shell-shocked all the way  Big smile

Great sail on Sunday - and benefitting from those that went home. Light wind but very sailable and a lovely beat all the way back (wind went to the opposite direction to Saturday) to finish right with one of my mates on the line.

Result? phht, irrelevant.....sunshine, huge amounts of beer, music, chat, friendly people - planet dinghy really is a small world. A proper festival of sailing. Loads of families, soaking up the rays and atmosphere.

...and some beautiful boats to pore over. Dinghy porn of the highest calibre  Smile
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Lee, sounds like a great weekend out.

Talking of EPS's, a friend of mine at Whitefriars is buying one from Manor Park, apparantly, but not yours? We will have 3 at Whitefriars then, once John has fixed the rudder on his.
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Originally posted by getafix

interesting to see an Albacore come 10th, Wayfarer 17th and a Tempest in between at 12th, very well sailed no doubt, looking at the quality of the fleet around them, but progress eh...?


Under PY, why should an old class not do well?
Fair spread of RS400's through the results.
What PY's were the Alb and the Icon given?
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Originally posted by RS400atC


Originally posted by getafix

interesting to see an Albacore come 10th, Wayfarer 17th and a Tempest in between at 12th, very well sailed no doubt, looking at the quality of the fleet around them, but progress eh...?
Under PY, why should an old class not do well?Fair spread of RS400's through the results.What PY's were the Alb and the Icon given?

Not sure you can read much into the Alb PY. That was Judy Armstrong, Inlands and Scottish champ, last years Birkett winner and finished in top 15 over the water on Sunday.


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Photo by Tim Olin

Well worth going, excellent scenery, challenging race with good social.
sun and wind on Saturday couldn't be better but still enjoyed the light wind Sunday race, especially the RS300 port tacking the fleet


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On a long down wind leg like that surely the more versatile syms will have the upper hand?
the same, but different...

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half the fun of the race, you never know
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Originally posted by Rupert

Lee, sounds like a great weekend out.

Talking of EPS's, a friend of mine at Whitefriars is buying one from Manor Park, apparantly, but not yours? We will have 3 at Whitefriars then, once John has fixed the rudder on his.
That's odd....mine isn't up for sale and it's the only one at the club.
 
Possibly from Blithfield? just up the road?
 
Anyway, yes, just a great weekend overall....despite the 32 insect bites, lost (prescription) sunglasses, sunburnt back, two-day hangover and the shock of seeing the foiling moth on it's way back, seemingly before I'd even crossed the startline LOL
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Yes a great weekend but my back is still sufferring.  Gybing all over the place just to go straight downwind did seem very unneccessary and I also found out that running by the lee up to 20 or 30 degrees with the boom out to port is a great defence against assymetrics on port tack!
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