Who took part in a Barts Bash Event?
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Topic: Who took part in a Barts Bash Event?
Posted By: RichTea
Subject: Who took part in a Barts Bash Event?
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 3:21pm
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I did, finished 4th out of 37... will find out where i came against the world later!
------------- RS200 |
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Posted By: Noah
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 3:45pm
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Sure did. Results from HISC not posted yet. Great day though. ------------- Nick D-Zero 316 |
Posted By: GarethT
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 3:48pm
| I did. Over 150 boats at Emsworth. Bloody brilliant. |
Posted By: fish n ships
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 4:24pm
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Is anyone else finding the the 'Results Manager' button on the website doesn't seem to want to work? |
Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 4:24pm
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I buddied a challenger at Grafham. It was great to see the sailing club, sailability and the water centre all working together. Fantastic. ------------- the same, but different... |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 4:44pm
| I was race team at my club, and now I have to do allergen fanned admitting sorry I mean all the damned admin... |
Posted By: drifter
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 5:11pm
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I took part too. Launched my brand new Albacore as well. Lovely!
------------- Stewart |
Posted By: balladsailor
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 5:21pm
| I did too. Biggest turn out at Haversham for a long time. Great day |
Posted By: patj
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 5:52pm
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We managed 20 boats at the puddle - biggest turnout this year. Comedy of errors as we managed to forget jib sheets so jury rigged a spare control line then headed out to start as the 5 minute sounded to find kicker wasn't shackled to boom! Managed to sort it all out, start at port end and get cleaner wind and escape the melee and be first to complete a lap!
Made some cakes this morning which also raised a good bit for the event so if every club raised as much per head then the event has been a huge success for the foundation. 
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Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 6:11pm
| Yep great sail, all the regulars where there, but also a lot of people who don't race very much, attracted by the cause and marketing I'd guess |
Posted By: andymck
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 6:32pm
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We competed at Rutland. We had 3 race courses with the Solo's as part of their event, junior racers and club racers including the sailability fleet all taking part. Not sure of the final tally, but massive participation. I did it with my 5 and 7 year old kids and wife in a reefed 2000. They were very keen as Bart had been my crew for a bit while at uni. We sang happy songs and talked about all the things the great man taught me about gusts, and wind patterns on the water all the way round. Not a great result, but lots of fun, and still 2nd 2000 out of 5 despite the reef. A great day with many faces who have not been seen on the water in a while. I hope he would have approved.
Andy Mck ------------- Andy Mck |
Posted By: maxibuddah
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 7:03pm
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we had 46 on our puddle, very cramped. The start line was chaotic. Great turnout from the juniors as well with many taking part in their first race. Fantastic days sailing for everyone. ------------- Everything I say is my opinion, honest |
Posted By: ChrisI
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 7:22pm
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We had a Laser only Open planned today and converted the first of the three races planned into the Bart's Bash race (incl Radials & 4.7s), and consequently got a lot more entrants...
Fantastic to see 27 Lasers on the River Thames at Hammersmith. (Btw.... anyone in Central London keen to sail, do come along to LCSC... lots of new younger members joining and as well as more and more Lasers sailing there's opportunity to sail a really modern 2/3 hander on the river as well!...  )
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Posted By: AlexM
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 7:37pm
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I was out in the X1 in Leigh and Lowton, just shy of 70 boats. Great day, sun out, wind a bit shifty but loads of different boats and ages of sailors out.
Just waiting now to upload the results. |
Posted By: Oli
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 7:41pm
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massively successful day with the joint clubs on the river blackwater, over 150 boats on the main flee with tornados and 49ers mixing with streakers and solos and everything else in between. the cruisers had 17 starters and the inexperienced fleet with opis toppers and mirrors had over 40. controlled chaos and cant wait to do it again! ------------- https://skiff-media.teemill.com/" rel="nofollow - T-SHIRTS https://www.photo4me.com/profile/23908/" rel="nofollow - PRINTS |
Posted By: ChrisI
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 7:45pm
| Light and shifty winds Alex, so imagine you didn't do too shabbily in the X1? |
Posted By: Time Lord
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 7:47pm
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Turned out 37 at Banbury SC with lots who do not normally race as well as normal culprits in boats ranging from Oppies to Merlins with a good sprinkling of youfs in Lasers. 31 actually managed to finish!
As my normal crew had pulled out on Friday evening as he had forgotten that he was meant to be celebrating his mother's 85th birthday, I managed to persuade a very novice lady sailor to join me in the Merlin and we both enjoyed a pleasant sail. The rest of the day was spent persuading the witnesses and stewards to complete the paperwork and I've now got to do the results and all the rest of the admin but it will be worth it in the end (or so I keep telling myself). ------------- Merlin Rocket 3609 |
Posted By: GarethT
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 7:48pm
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Correction: we had over 200 at Emsworth!
With a downwind start and gusts over 20 knots it was an exciting first few minutes. |
Posted By: AlexM
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 7:54pm
Hard to tell, small gusts coming from everywhere (Northerly isn't great here) so it was luck who was in the gust on which leg. |
Posted By: lewis 29er sailing
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 8:00pm
| Fantastic turnout at Calshot, 50 boats. Great considering we struggle to get 10 on a normal club race. I felt honoured to be part of such a great event, felt like everyone got in the true spirit of remembering Bart. Was a little hairy in places in the Solent chop but proud to see the way everyone came together. |
Posted By: iiitick
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 8:23pm
| Over 40 boats on Combs....usual turnout about 15-20. Hilarious start line, peculiar wind, lots of sun and excellent barbecue. It don't get much better than that! |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 8:37pm
| Interesting, every single person in our club has described themselves as club racer category, including quite a number of what I would have described as relative beginners and one or two who manage top 10 championship results but predate the squad system... |
Posted By: Jeepers
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 8:42pm
| Well, unless there's been a bit of 'gerrymandering', I think I've probably won! |
Posted By: sargesail
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 8:53pm
| Fabulous race with Johnny in the 2000. as part of the Joint Service Assymetrics meshed in to the TISC Club event. 60 boats. F5 (and a proper sustained 6 on the first run) - finished 5th and 4th 2K out of 30. And Johnny's older sister was 1st, on her 9th birthday, on the short course sailing with her Mum in the Tera, by 7 minutes! |
Posted By: AlexM
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 9:15pm
| anyone got past the upload page and got results back? |
Posted By: Roger
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 9:20pm
And he forgot to mention he won... Was a great day, 46 boats is more than we have ever had out, and it was crowded at times. I'm quite amazed to say we actually raised over £1100 on the day plus all the just giving pages. |
Posted By: Bootscooter
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 9:44pm
Me too in the D-One - loved it despite sailing dreadfully all weekend and tipping it in twice during the BartsBash race. Knackered now though! ------------- |
Posted By: Rod Porteous
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 9:46pm
| 168 boats at HISC we were super chuffed to win in a tasar, which goes to show what a great boat it still is. For us though, the real buzz of the day was seeing all the kids out sailing with their mums and dads, six kids out in the bakers RS venture was a sight to behold. Their smiles told it all. Great stuff Bart would be proud |
Posted By: Neptune
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 10:17pm
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The standard course length was pretty short, damn hard work in the Musto getting kite up, gybed and down again while avoiding all the lasers who seem no have no concept of the blind spot or how hard it is to alter a course when you can't see what you are trying to miss.
Would have picked a day two sail boat today with a choice ------------- Musto Skiff and Solo sailor |
Posted By: scotsfinn
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 10:19pm
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47 at Largs - Great - Loads of kids out from the Cadet Fleet - unfortunately light and shifty, but a great day and the D-one aquitted itself well, 1st monohull and second on the water in Fast Handicap  ------------- Largs Sailing Club. D-Zero GBR 57, B14 744 www.blueseaconsultingllp.com |
Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 11:22pm
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Light airs at Largs? Which must prove me wrong then - during our race (on a Beneteau on the Medway) I actually predicted the Bash would be won by someone sailing on the Clyde in a F.7! Our Bash was a measured section of the race. Absolutely no idea how we did - such is the rate of on-line updating of the results of our local cruiser racing. Good turnout though. ------------- http://www.wilsoniansc.org.uk" rel="nofollow - Wilsonian SC http://www.3000class.org.uk" rel="nofollow - 3000 Class |
Posted By: smurfer
Date Posted: 21 Sep 14 at 11:28pm
| I organised ours - my wife did the race office - we had 32 boats participating which is fab considering we had nine signed up on Friday. |
Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 22 Sep 14 at 7:32am
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49 starters at Hunts with 42 finishers. Club PY results have been done but awaiting the 'official' results once they get uploaded. ------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |
Posted By: transient
Date Posted: 22 Sep 14 at 8:31am
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Haven't raced for over a year and sailed once. But we decided to give the Bash a Bash.....F5 on our stretch of the S coast, finished 8th out of 31 with one out of the blue, unexplained capsize during a tack. I would like to state at this point that we would have won our particular BB contribution if we had sailed better I hurt like a b****rd this morning, oh how I hurt. My hands have gone all soft and I've shredded some fingers. What have I been missing for the last 12 months.
Much enjoyment was had though. |
Posted By: gordon1277
Date Posted: 22 Sep 14 at 8:54am
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A right old mix at Lee on Solent, we had one start line two courses trainees going round to starboard in a rough square and club racers going round a bigger square to port. Rule number 1 trainees have right of way.
Lots of peoples first race so could have done with a lot less and less shifty wind/ gusty. overall a great fun day but very tiring to race and be part of the organising team and clear up at the end. 4th behind 3 rs400 in my Phantom despite capsize sticking to rule 1 at the 6 minute gun. ------------- Gordon Lossc |
Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 22 Sep 14 at 9:19am
Correction 44 finishers! ------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |
Posted By: fleaberto
Date Posted: 22 Sep 14 at 3:09pm
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Probably the best and most fun day we've had at our place.
Beautiful weather, 'just right for everyone' breeze and an incredible turnout. Whilst I was our official RaceMaker, it was actually Mrs Fleaberto that nicked all the credit by actually, um, well, organizing the whole thing for us 
We were on it from day one so really pushed it to the club and oh my how they responded. 44 'officially' signed-on, with 6 others that forgot...so 50 on the water when we'd normally be lucky to see many more than 10. Families and Juniors responded brilliantly and with so many kids out in Toppers/Q'ubas/Tera's it was a huge amount of fun - and they acquitted themselves really well too. Lots out there that had never raced and plenty of smiles afterwards. Just the best day. Families chattering all afternoon, a patio full of people, kids excited about where they'd finished 'In the world!' ....just a lovely lovely day. Youngest was 7 - winning a praddel (which, apparently, he took into the bath that evening!) with the oldest being 71 A great day for all - well done and thanks to Mrs Flea but well done to everyone that took part. What a blast!  ------------- Lightning368 'All the Gear' (409), Lightning368 'Sprite' (101), Laser (big number) 'Yellow Jack', RS Vareo (432)'The Golden Rays' |
Posted By: fish n ships
Date Posted: 22 Sep 14 at 4:07pm
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We had a great day, although having uploaded the results this morning and them still being queued (along with 226 sets of results for other clubs) i don't think the official results will be up by tonight as they hoped. Have to say was happy with the ease in which the results were uploaded. |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 22 Sep 14 at 4:21pm
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Love the idea of the 7 year old taking a Praddle into the bath - bet there was some mopping up to do after that! Was sat on the beach at Studland, recovering from the wedding the day before, looking out and thinking that there must be a lot of fun events going on. Sorry to have missed it. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: Oli
Date Posted: 22 Sep 14 at 4:44pm
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results from the river Blackwater using rya py. http://blackwatersailingclub.org.uk/index.php/154-news-public/985-bart-s-bash-race" rel="nofollow - http://blackwatersailingclub.org.uk/index.php/154-news-public/985-bart-s-bash-race
------------- https://skiff-media.teemill.com/" rel="nofollow - T-SHIRTS https://www.photo4me.com/profile/23908/" rel="nofollow - PRINTS |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 22 Sep 14 at 5:09pm
| Ours are "being processed": entry numbers in the 70,000s... |
Posted By: NickM
Date Posted: 22 Sep 14 at 5:13pm
| 64 out at Bough Beech including ranging from Oppies to a I14. Atmosphere matched the great sailing conditions too. |
Posted By: NickM
Date Posted: 22 Sep 14 at 5:58pm
| Anyone any idea what the "speed" figure represents in the emerging BB results? |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 22 Sep 14 at 6:02pm
| My uninformed guess is that its an average speed round the course corrected by handicap. Judging by some of the results I see so far the poor ****** have an awful lot of data cleansing to do... |
Posted By: AlexM
Date Posted: 22 Sep 14 at 6:22pm
| Looks like they've just re-set it all. |
Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 22 Sep 14 at 7:04pm
| Brilliant reports on this site, on local news, loads of people all saying the same thing, best turn out for ages, most people we've had on the start line etc.... Really good to seeing so much sailing going on and the pics of all the different classes competing away together, brilliant. |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 23 Sep 14 at 8:50am
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Looks as if the results may be a while away... Sooner them than me: I bet they're looking at a data cleansing exercise beyond their worst nightmares...
Just going to post all the Guinness nonsense. Reckon it took me about half a day to sort it out and I'm not sure I managed to jump though every hoop. Worrying that when I reviewed the finish video I picked up a couple of errors in the text version of the results. And that meant some time paging through some of the worst video I've ever seen! Like the camera suddenly wobbling to the committee boat floor as I bent down to pick up the X flag! |
Posted By: MerlinMags
Date Posted: 23 Sep 14 at 12:07pm
DITTO to all of that! A fantastic day out, much camaraderie, just a shame that I felt like a 90yr old all day Monday. Could barely bend down to feed the cat or tie my shoes. Correction: Felt like a 90yr old that had been whacked repeatedly on the bum with a plank. Those Mirror sidedecks are uncomfy! |
Posted By: iiitick
Date Posted: 23 Sep 14 at 1:10pm
Someone said, "You know when you are getting old, when, bending down to tie your shoelace you check to see if there is anything else to do while you are down there!"
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Posted By: MerlinMags
Date Posted: 23 Sep 14 at 2:23pm
I am not amused. I did have to do that! Was taking my shoes off, and realised I could put my glasses back in their case at the same time. A pity there was not a handy packet of Werthers Originals on the floor as well. |
Posted By: mangoman
Date Posted: 23 Sep 14 at 3:52pm
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I think we had around 35 out at Hickling Broad ; it was windy and the fleet had been a bit decimated in the previous race. Not so many Norfolk punts out in the second race of the day ! Every one was so keen to get away we had a general recall ( which I have never seen before in a club race here) and it took a while to get everyone back and ready to go again I managed to fall out backwards on the first beat and then had an unfortunate tangle with a Wayfarer when I got caught by a gust and capsized to windward. I finished, not realising that I had taken out one of their spreaders so retired in the end. It was a great race, good to see people there having a go despite the gusty wind A worthwhile event for a great cause in memory of a wonderful guy ....... |
Posted By: Pierre
Date Posted: 23 Sep 14 at 4:33pm
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117 boats out on Weirwood. Good effort. Hurrah !!!
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Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 23 Sep 14 at 5:02pm
| makes you wonder doesn't it? Record turn-outs, everyone having a good time, crowded start lines and loads of different boats all competing together and sailors having fun before, during and after, in loads of different places and conditions.... perhaps it's something about 'usual' club racing that is keeping all these extra folks away, rather than a general malaise in dinghy sailing which is oft quoted on these boards, perhaps a new thread needed? |
Posted By: GarethT
Date Posted: 23 Sep 14 at 5:20pm
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This was Emsworth.....
http://vimeo.com/106900711" rel="nofollow - Emsworth Bart's Bash |
Posted By: iiitick
Date Posted: 23 Sep 14 at 5:47pm
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Still waiting for our results to be classified but I presume we cannot win as we sailed in light stuff up here in Derbyshire whereas others had a good blow! And Merlin old chap, I keep my glasses on a string round my neck.....ready for action! But the I'm proper old.
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Posted By: AlexM
Date Posted: 23 Sep 14 at 5:51pm
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There's different categories, scroll down and there's a light wind section
http://www.bartsbash.co.uk/results |
Posted By: gordon1277
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 8:40am
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Hi Gareth
Loved the shots of that poor kid in his bug attempting to take out the laser. Hope all were OK. Rule 1 dont hit the trainees/ children should have been applied especially in a heavy scow! Was Debbie Purdey and Bob Stevens sailing in a 2000? ------------- Gordon Lossc |
Posted By: GarethT
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 9:14am
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I think I saw Bob there.
After the event I commented on how great the atmosphere was and how cool it was that port/starboard seemed to be overruled by 'try not to kill each other', with us lasers blasting in a straight line whilst the asymmetrics tried to pick a route through. The bug sailor went on to finish the race so I guess he was fine. Amazing photography to capture it. |
Posted By: Mark Jardine
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 10:00am
I've loved reading the reports coming in. High turnouts, sailing for fun and some real personal stories. Keep 'em coming! |
Posted By: iiitick
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 10:19am
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Why is it that when I look at the results they are stuck at 102 clubs and 13%? This has been the same for 24 hours I think? 40 boats on our little water meant a crossing course so as I was going down wind the Phantoms, Novas and one Byte where beating towards me....STARBOARD, STARBOARD, STARBOARD....oh shut up!!
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Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 10:21am
OK Windward Oh and do check your results once they appear. There are 4 boats missing from the Hunts results (including me). This may be because they do not have a Bart Number assigned for them as yet.....
------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |
Posted By: Roger
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 10:25am
I think we have to give them plenty of leeway on this, it must be a nightmare, a bit like preparing your final year accounts when 12 months of paperwork all come in on the same day. Maybe they have decided to get it all done rather than periodic updates? Either way I'm quite prepared to wait. |
Posted By: iiitick
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 10:28am
Oh yes of course. If it is connected with technology I automatically presume it's me!
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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 10:48am
Some of the other numbers are changing. In the results manager for those that have uploaded their results there's a list of "files in the queue to be processed" which is currently 49,337, but goes up and down implying results are still being uploaded. It was as high as 147,000 last night. |
Posted By: solutiongirl
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 1:09pm
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I am so glad I took myself away from the rest of Sunday's racing and got our results uploaded there and then. I couldn't take the suspense of having to wait several days to see what I'd messed up!
Getting the video sorted onto a DVD is taking longer to arrange though so I can't call my task finished just yet... |
Posted By: iiitick
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 1:18pm
| Is that a girl who sails a 'Solution' or a girl who has the solution? |
Posted By: solutiongirl
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 1:41pm
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yes
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Posted By: iiitick
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 3:41pm
| Still on 102 and 13%. I am eager to see how we did! Also Dar e Salaam Yacht Cub seem to be posting the same helms multiple times? |
Posted By: GarethT
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 3:45pm
| 126 now. Both Emsworth clubs in the top 6 :-) |
Posted By: Hector
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 5:07pm
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63 boats at Yorkshire Dales - varying from an Inter17 to a Topper 4.2. Results 'board' didn't work so sent by email - hopefully in the queue with everyone else. Followed the template and example religiously, so fingers crossed they shouldn't need to cleanse our data too much. Perhaps next time, a pre-prepared Sailwave template would speed things along for them? ------------- Keith 29er 661 (with my daughters / nephew) 49er 688 (with Phil P) RS200 968 Vortex (occasionally) Laser 2049XX |
Posted By: AlexM
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 8:12pm
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Results seem to be going in quicker now 19%
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Posted By: NickA
Date Posted: 24 Sep 14 at 8:25pm
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We had over 90 boats and over 150 people out at Carsington, from kids in oppies to 20ft leadmines. Wish we could get half as many people interested week in week out. The wind played ball too, blowing a rookie friendly F2/3 right down the lake giving about the largest course we can manage. The RO made everyone do 3 laps so some of the toppers must have been out for a couple of hours (front of the fast fleet was finishing after 50 minutes or so). Is this going to be every year? If so, great. If not we'll have to do it again anyway.  ------------- Javelin 558 Contender 2574 |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 24 Oct 14 at 4:17pm
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Some participation numbers for Adult singlehanded classes on their current very incomplete results... Some popular ones, and some recent classes
LASER 1, 677 LASER RADIAL 953 SOLO 595 FINN 205 LASER Standard 119 COMET 111 PHANTOM 110 STREAKER 101 RS vareo - 57 RS100 8.4 - 35 RS100 10.2 - 21 RS Aero 7 - 9 RS Aero 9 - 7 D-One - 5 D-Zero - 5 RS Aero 5 - 1 Who'd have thought there would be so many Finns! Just shows how little we know about what's really sailed out there, especially worldwide. |
Posted By: ellistine
Date Posted: 24 Oct 14 at 4:51pm
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So who has the forums Barts Bash top speed? Some how I managed 3.5246 including a capsize.
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Posted By: Null
Date Posted: 24 Oct 14 at 7:34pm
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There is a problem with the zero data, stu bailey from my club competed i. A zero but for some reason his result is not included. I beleive there is confusion with the d-one and zero data. I know of 4 that competed without asking the others! |
Posted By: Null
Date Posted: 24 Oct 14 at 7:41pm
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fYI Jim. http://www.bartsbash.co.uk/boat-class/dinghy/d-zero Not to mention some which are missing, found Toby sat in d1 fleet very quickly
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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 24 Oct 14 at 7:57pm
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Well that's damn peculiar. It now says d zero 5, d-one 5... But all the totals should be vaguely half the final ones.
Still amazed at the number of Finns... Obviously the astonishing numbers they get for their masters worlds aren't a quirk and the big lumps are popular. |
Posted By: rodney
Date Posted: 24 Oct 14 at 8:11pm
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Bart was a great Finn sailor and one of the nicest blokes on the Finn circuit. I guess that there are no surprises that so many Finn sailors turned out. He was always happy to help and advise everyone. I see Bart's Bash as a tribute to a great sailor and, more important, a great person.
Everyone please don't use this thread for sad and unpleasant stuff. Pay some respect for a great guy! ------------- Rodney Cobb Suntouched Sailboats Limited http://www.suntouched.co.uk" rel="nofollow - http://www.suntouched.co.uk [EMAIL=rodney@suntouched.co.uk">rodney@suntouched.co.uk |
Posted By: kneewrecker
Date Posted: 24 Oct 14 at 8:11pm
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Posted By: Null
Date Posted: 24 Oct 14 at 8:19pm
| I happen to think the Bart bash is a fitting tribute and added so much to so many peoples sailing season. So often we here about sailing being in decline, but this has helped unite many and bring people out onto the water that have not been for a number of years. Think of all those boats pulled out of the nettles and used as the y should be. I didn't know Bart, but he sounded like a great guy and this event is a fitting tribute to a man that was loved by so many and delivered such astonishing results both in life and after. |
Posted By: Mark Jardine
Date Posted: 25 Oct 14 at 6:14am
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Hi all I am just back from a few days holiday with the kids - I don't often get completely away from running YachtsandYachting.com very often. Please keep this thread on the subject of what a great event Bart's Bash was. It is no place whatsoever for petty bickering. I 100% agree with Rodney's comment, "Everyone please don't use this thread for sad and unpleasant stuff. Pay some respect for a great guy". I sailed with Bart at school a long time ago - it was an absolute honour to do so. The best thing we can do is promote sailing on this forum and concentrate on the very many positives the sport has. Best Regards, Mark |