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 Topic: Bandits!Posted: 27 Jun 06 at 3:41pm |
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I'll be down the pub watching the World Cup Final on the 9th ... I am sure the local MPS sailors will put up a fine show ... Rick |
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mike ellis
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Posted: 27 Jun 06 at 4:02pm |
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practice at getting off the line. i think handicap is ok if you have similar boats but if you try to race oppies, 200s and cherubs all in one fleet you will end up with trouble. my favourite handicap race is Hill Heads Triangulation race (time to promote the club a bit) its realy good because you sail one beat one close reach then a run and then one leg which is normally a fairly broad reach to a bouy that is a different distance away for each boat (ie oppies got to the nearest mark f18 cats go to the furthest away mark) then you have a realy close reach back from your mark to the start on which you get overtaken by all the faster boats. its realy fun but a pain for the safety boats. not sure if any other clubs run a race like this. Edited by mike ellis |
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
Also International 14, 1318 |
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Matt Jackson
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Posted: 27 Jun 06 at 4:37pm |
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How do you decide how much further the faster boats sail?
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Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36
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mike ellis
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Posted: 27 Jun 06 at 8:57pm |
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i think the rib motors in a straight line at 5 knots and drops a bouy every minute or something then split handicap groups by about every 50ish points im not entirely sure on the numbers but thats the jist of it. |
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
Also International 14, 1318 |
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JimC
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Posted: 28 Jun 06 at 3:16pm |
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Yeah, the triangulation is a lot of fun, I recommend it.
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mike ellis
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Posted: 28 Jun 06 at 4:26pm |
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were you there this year jim? |
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
Also International 14, 1318 |
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JimC
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Posted: 28 Jun 06 at 5:07pm |
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Nope, haven't done it for a few years for one reason or another. At the moment I'm learning a newboat and not travelling.
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