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    Posted: 12 Oct 13 at 5:46pm
Originally posted by L123456

Runners and Riders ....

http://royalcorinthian.co.uk/story/2000726/confirmed-endeavour-competitors

Forecasts:

1st - Merlin 
2nd - Fireball
3rd - RS200

Your forecasts?


My forecast is currently in 1,3,4.   Craig is walking it.
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Originally posted by sandgrounder

Originally posted by Ruscoe

Not sure it is now Jimbo, but I did send a sarky txt last night.  The sailracer live stream is nothing but useless,the results are all over the place.  Real lying on tweets to keep updated is this really the best the dinghy sailing world has to offer?
 
? The results have been online for hours at the event website:_
 
 

Yeah I found that in the end, sailracer live streaming was still dog muck!

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So the fattist got his comeuppance I note...
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That looks the easiest win ever. Counting straight bullets. Has that ever happened before at this event?
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How do they choose which classes get invited?  Anyone know?
What could possibly go wrong?
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Knowing Nick C, he will have all the settings written down and recorded for the boat, depending on wind strengths, from the last few events. While others would have been learning the boat and sorting out how to sail it, Nick would have been practising...
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Originally posted by Dougal

How do they choose which classes get invited?  Anyone know?





My understanding is that the club has to work hard on this. Of course sometimes (particularly with Nick Craig) someone wins two nationals or more and picks which class to represent meaning the other class(es) don't get an entry.

Then classes with reasonable nationals entries 30+ are written to and invited. Sometimes classes pay the entry fee if their champion wants to sail (quite a few champions decline the invite). If the early replies suggest no enterprise, no rs400, no contender etc then other classes get the call

Of course I'm not a rcyc member so I don't know for sure but that's my understanding from sailing it in 07

They always aim for 25-28 entries which is what topper provide in terms of boats but results show sometimes not every entry is taken up

I personally think it's a great event and if I get the chance again I'm there :)
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I also think it's great that Topper and the RCYC still make this possible.  Well done to all involved and those who sailed.  Anyone who has sailed out of Burnham in windy weather will tell you it's quite a challenging location with gusts, shifts and tidal eddys to contend with.  To get 7 wins across the series really is something pretty damn special imnsho.  
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Yep I have to admit it whilst the xenon is an absolute dog to sail the concept of topper providing equally matched porta-loos which no-one races regularly is fantastic for the event and should be commended for ther intentions

Having to find a bandit quick ent or rs400 and then having to beat their national champion in his/her own class would have been a challenge in the old days!
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Originally posted by Clive Evans

Originally posted by Dougal

How do they choose which classes get invited?  Anyone know?





My understanding is that the club has to work hard on this. Of course sometimes (particularly with Nick Craig) someone wins two nationals or more and picks which class to represent meaning the other class(es) don't get an entry.

Then classes with reasonable nationals entries 30+ are written to and invited. Sometimes classes pay the entry fee if their champion wants to sail (quite a few champions decline the invite). If the early replies suggest no enterprise, no rs400, no contender etc then other classes get the call

Of course I'm not a rcyc member so I don't know for sure but that's my understanding from sailing it in 07

They always aim for 25-28 entries which is what topper provide in terms of boats but results show sometimes not every entry is taken up

I personally think it's a great event and if I get the chance again I'm there :)

Makes sense.  Thanks.
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