Highlights of 2013
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Topic: Highlights of 2013
Posted By: winging it
Subject: Highlights of 2013
Date Posted: 27 Dec 13 at 7:54am
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What was your: 1. Best sailing achievement 2. In the spirit of Dinghy Development, best bimble, pimp or mod on your boat, or even new technique. 3. Best result, not necessarily to coincide with Q1. 4. Any other major sailing happening! ------------- the same, but different... |
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Posted By: Fraggle
Date Posted: 27 Dec 13 at 9:01am
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1. Finishing second overall in the south coast circuit. There were some suprised faces at prize giving as I was 8 months pregnant by then.
2. I sail laser radial so no bimbling and with being pregnant for the season no major technique updates. Other than seeing how long I could get into my hikers. 3. Best result was getting physio to clear me for sailing just in time for start of season. First event back my hip dued after 2 races but was just happy to be back racing. 4. Safe arrival of future crew in December ------------- |
Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 27 Dec 13 at 6:03pm
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Best sail this year was down the harbour for ice cream with the kids, downwind all the way back, trailing hands in the water and just glorious views.
Working out how to uncleat the spin halyard without swimming, while capsized (it's a 100 thing) A rare win or two, but no opens this year :-( Had a good day out on the Solent in spring, first time keelboat sailing for a while, some awesome surfing on a breezy day, but still a lot of dough and lots of people to organise to do more than every-so-often
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Posted By: rb_stretch
Date Posted: 27 Dec 13 at 7:43pm
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1. Getting my health back enough so that I can properly hike a Phantom 2. Changing to aluminium cleats from carboblocks that never lasted more than 3 outings 3. Getting on the podium in my 2nd ever Phantom Open (cause I can now hike!) 4. First nights onboard my little weekender, including christening the, unused for 18 months, kampa kazi |
Posted By: iitick
Date Posted: 27 Dec 13 at 8:23pm
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Not falling in once this year. A first.
Winning a glass tumbler, I have no idea what for. As above. Restoring my Tasar.
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Posted By: maxibuddah
Date Posted: 27 Dec 13 at 9:59pm
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1. Sailing my dads solo in our open in his memory one month after he passed away, prior to handing it over to the club to use for everyone's benefit as he wanted. A terribly moving but also joyful day. No wind, a naff solo and I'm far too heavy for it, but I enjoyed the sail a lot. 2. there isn't one this year 3. Sailing my phantom the one and only time and getting beaten by rb_stretch but loving it so much it didn't matter 4. Same as number one or.......Deciding that I probably need to get a Finn for a while, albeit probably only a knackered old one
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Posted By: fab100
Date Posted: 27 Dec 13 at 10:45pm
The solution to that one has been http://clubsailor.co.uk/wp/bimbles/rs100-bimbles/" rel="nofollow - here for ages 1: Beating drinking buddies at Mounts Bay RS200 Nats 2: Naming the RS100 in memory of PieMan, Tim Hemsley who died in February ("Spirit of Pies") - and no, for those who knew Tim, it does not rock more as a result 3: Blowing 2nd at RS100s Nats with an OCS 4: Sticking to drinking, no sailing, at Fowey Regatta Week ------------- http://clubsailor.co.uk/wp/club-sailor-from-back-to-front/" rel="nofollow - Great book for Club Sailors here |
Posted By: Er-Indoors
Date Posted: 27 Dec 13 at 11:00pm
1. Finding a boat I look forward to sailing in 2. Bike quick release levers on winging it's D-one wings and boom. Trolley dolly dream. 3. 2nd twice in start racing lessons. Downhill after that though. 4. Helping to run a fantastic CVRDA nationals at the club |
Posted By: Bootscooter
Date Posted: 28 Dec 13 at 12:21am
1. Day 2 of Sailfest, blowing 25kts, in the Alto with my son crewing, flying downwind then getting totally in to the groove upwind, feeling like a champion (the feeling not the result) at my 1st ever time actually sailing at Weymouth. B) Refurbing my son's ancient OK - looks gorgeous now. iii) Sailfest (12th). 4- Just using and getting to grips with the Alto. Happy New Year everyone  ------------- |
Posted By: patj
Date Posted: 28 Dec 13 at 7:52am
1. Being the only boat of those that sailed on Whitsun Bank Holiday Monday at Clywedog that finished without breaking anything! And not capsizing at all this year which probably means we didn't do enough sailing.
2. Best mod was changing the Albacore for a much newer one with all the controls that work. Worst mod was then finding that the not quite 10 year old one neeeded more structural work than the 40 year old one due to rotten ply reinforcement and knee at the transom. Soon be back on the water though.
3. Best result - can't remember. Best sailing done at Blithfield and Clywedog cvrda events when there was plenty of wind.
4. Happenings included great cvrda nationals at Hunts (though not enough wind for us) and doing the Lord Birkett for the first time.
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Posted By: RichTea
Date Posted: 28 Dec 13 at 8:48am
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I've not done a lot of sailing, more coaching. The sailing I have done has been social or the odd sailing race. So achievements, 2nd sailor at NSSA Inlands, Team came 2nd at London Youth Games out of 33 boroughs and my brother came 2nd at the NSSA at the Regatta in the summer. Other team members did well in events and to cap it all one member has been awarded a Topper thanks to the John Merricks Trust. ------------- RS200 |
Posted By: craiggo
Date Posted: 28 Dec 13 at 11:13am
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Q1 & q3, Winning one of our big long distance races in the Grad with my 5yr old daughter crewing. The 9 mile return leg upwind in a F5-6 was a bit nerve racking, but my daughter made me very proud.
Q2, adding a set of Tim Harper Zz04 sails to the Grad, along with the floating jib stick. |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 28 Dec 13 at 11:48am
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1. Learning to jump / chop hop and land it convincingly
2. best bimble- off the shelf North Power XT extension, first used on NYD, wouldn't sail without one now 3. Best result- coming halfway up the Wednesday night series in the solo, whatever 4. Watching my 5 year old paddle around the marina on my beginner board |
Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 29 Dec 13 at 9:16pm
1. Getting bar vouchers accepted as prizes for 2013 club racing - relatively cheap for the club to provide, and great for encouraging post-race socializing, the life blood of club life. 2. Replacing the spinnaker halyard when it snapped the day before "3" 3. Winning the Medway Marathon - my favourite race - 38 years after I last won it! 4. Sailing the South Kent Race over effectively the same course as '3', in a top, new-ish Miracle. What a cracking little boat: planed nicely on a 3-sail reach and gobbled up Laser 2000's when the wind dropped off later. 3mm Dyneema spi sheets and halyard were maybe pushing it a bit, though. ------------- http://www.wilsoniansc.org.uk" rel="nofollow - Wilsonian SC http://www.3000class.org.uk" rel="nofollow - 3000 Class |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 30 Dec 13 at 9:25am
1) sailing the Mirror on Windermere, beating down to Rio, sailing among the islands and running back up to the North Pole... 2) Not many bimbles this year. Did manage 2 windy Nationals races in the Lightning without sitting out at all, and got decent results, sailing it light a yacht, so I suppose that counts as a new technique. Hope that 2014 will see me being able to get back upright from hiking without pulling back muscles! 3) Final race at the CVRDA Nationals at Hunts was probably my best result, winning the pursuit by a goodly margin after some poor results the day before. 4) Not sure yet - Have got a Lightning Open at Whitefriars, and the Minisail Nationals there, too. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: cad99uk
Date Posted: 30 Dec 13 at 10:24am
Excellent. Well done. |
Posted By: drifter
Date Posted: 30 Dec 13 at 7:57pm
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