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Simon Lovesey 
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 Topic: Sailfest......Posted: 22 Aug 14 at 6:34am |
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Just had confirmation that there will be not one D Zero but two D Zeros on demonstration at GJW Direct SailFest
People starting to arrive, heading over shortly for the coaching day with North Sails and Charlie Cumberley
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Null
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Posted: 22 Aug 14 at 7:43am |
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We'll boys and girls I will be there it appears! Working on the d-zero stand on Sunday, baby sitting Holman. Come and say hi, but please bring your cheque books. You will need it!
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Bootscooter
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Posted: 22 Aug 14 at 1:14pm |
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Gizago?!?
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kneewrecker
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Posted: 22 Aug 14 at 1:38pm |
you'll love it. Maybe not enough to hang your kite up just yet, but if you don't find a thoroughly lovely little boat, I'll eat my hat!
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Medway Maniac
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Posted: 23 Aug 14 at 11:10pm |
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Are results available anywhere? I can't find any on the Sailfest site, which is surprising for an organisation that promotes live tracking, etc.
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Simon Lovesey
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Posted: 24 Aug 14 at 6:49am |
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results :
1 ISO 2 Laser 4.7 3 Alto 4 Icon 5 Finn Quite a breezy day in the end, lots of tired and smiling sailors Were available during the afternoon via the early report, now linked to main template, sorry didn't to add earlier due to connection issues
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iiitick
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Posted: 25 Aug 14 at 8:27pm |
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Hmmmm....Simon, Brenda and staff ran themselves ragged trying to make this event a success...but was it? Any criticism I may make over the next few days does not reflect on them but rather on the general circumstances.
I did enjoy myself however (as a spectator) Meeting Daniel Holman, the Massive Booterscooter clan!, Blaze 720 and others. |
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Bootscooter
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Posted: 25 Aug 14 at 11:40pm |
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I'd say that last year's event was a massive success partly because of the superb weather, and this one was (albeit on a smaller scale) despite it.
Whilst it wasn't perfect, I love the fact that we had fun racing in an ad-hoc style when conditions made it impossible to go with the planned programme, and I got to sail a Finn! I loved the fleets mixing and the general atmosphere of the event, and much kudos should go to the SailRacer Team who worked tirelessly along with the RO's Team, the Activity Centre and Calshot SC to make things happen as smoothly as they could. The venue wasn't perfect, but the facilities were superb, though I'm not sure 100+ boats would work there... Ultimately, it would be easy to pick holes (in any event or venue) but if we'd had hot sunshine and F3s every day nobody would care about doing that... I'll certainly be looking to go next year 
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Simon Lovesey
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Posted: 26 Aug 14 at 7:56am |
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Despite the many challenges we were dealt, it has been very satisfying to have the number of people who have come and said they thoroughly enjoyed SailFest 2014. We saw a massive cross section of sailors from OnBoard Feva sailors in their first away event, through to multiple champions and Olympic medallists in 18ft Skiffs, all smiling.
As mentioned, as the weather changed we adapted the schedule. It was great to see all the demo sails and people swapping boats, with Iso sailors in Altos, Laser helms in D-Zeros etc. The Icon fleet giving an exhibition of the Icon Match Racing. We were able to deliver four days of coaching, racing, socials, demos, activities and workshops etc, with accommodation and meal packages to bring everyone together. We have lessons to take on-board, but it was great to see all the support and enthusiasm from the various organisations involved in SailFest. It was good to meet a few of the people who hang out here and chew the fat, even though not always quite sure which forrumite you were actually talking to. Back to drying out all the kit |
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iiitick
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Posted: 26 Aug 14 at 7:59am |
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Well yes, Booter but.....was it a good idea to have the racecourse so far away on the other side of Southampton Water and across a major shipping lane? When the boats got there they experienced some exciting racing but then they had to get back home, not easy for the slower boats and scary for the less experienced crews. No one said, "Only the most experienced should apply".
The after sailing activities were largely ignored because most sailors were just too tired, although I know that the Booter-clan enjoyed them all! The casual racing on Sunday after the main event had been called off may have been fun for some but the Byte class requested those races because it was their Nationals and they needed more than three races. There seemed enough space for more than two marks and the Bytes had presumed that they would have a start of their own...what a surprise when six Iso's et al piled onto the short line! A young man sailing a D Zero demonstrator called water on the leading Byte when he was not even racing! It seemed to me that one reason for no 'official' racing on Sunday was that the racecourse was so far away. Had the course been set nearer racing was perfectly possible (as you chaps proved). Calshot Activity Centre is not a sailing club, it has a sailing facility. Calshot Sailing Club is further back down the spit and they sail local to their own club. I think the event needed more people to give it a 'buzz' but could a lot more boats have been handled? I wonder. I do think that the Sailfest staff ran themselves ragged and made every effort but circumstances were against them. |
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