GJW Winter Series
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Category: Dinghy classes
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Topic: GJW Winter Series
Posted By: rich96
Subject: GJW Winter Series
Date Posted: 18 Sep 15 at 1:59pm
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Hi All
Anyone know how you can individually enter these events - the website doesn't seem clear and doesn't seem to respond ? May be me of course ? Cheers |
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Posted By: Simon Lovesey
Date Posted: 18 Sep 15 at 2:44pm
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Entry opens early October, just waiting on final NORs Dates confirmed : http://GJW.SailRacer.org" rel="nofollow - http://GJW.SailRacer.org Simon ------------- http://www.sailracer.org" rel="nofollow - www.sailracer.org Online Sailing Results, GPS Tracking & Event Management |
Posted By: gordon1277
Date Posted: 18 Sep 15 at 3:46pm
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Hi Rich
Most of these events existed before the gjw series and you can enter each individually. each clubs website should be able to help. Regards Gordon ------------- Gordon Lossc |
Posted By: piglet
Date Posted: 18 Sep 15 at 7:57pm
| Brrrrrr, not yet please, I'm still desperately clinging to summer. |
Posted By: rich96
Date Posted: 18 Sep 15 at 10:24pm
| cheers - will keep an open |
Posted By: Simon Lovesey
Date Posted: 05 Oct 15 at 9:40am
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Online entry now open for 2015/16 GJW Direct SailJuice Winter Series http://gjw.sailracer.org/" rel="nofollow - http://GJW.SailRacer.org For classes that see 15 + boats across the series we will produce class specific exctracted results with Prizes awarded at big RYA Dinghy Show presentation. New for this year, Awards for Top Club and Top Class, based on each Team's best three results at each event ------------- http://www.sailracer.org" rel="nofollow - www.sailracer.org Online Sailing Results, GPS Tracking & Event Management |
Posted By: kneewrecker
Date Posted: 05 Oct 15 at 10:12am
| dash entered |
Posted By: Null
Date Posted: 05 Oct 15 at 11:43am
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PY's used.... http://greatlakes.org.uk/resources/Great%20Lakes%20Handicaps%202015-16.pdf
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Posted By: kneewrecker
Date Posted: 05 Oct 15 at 11:45am
| will we be able to see the entry numbers like previous years? |
Posted By: Simon Lovesey
Date Posted: 05 Oct 15 at 5:48pm
http://events.sailracer.org/eventsites/entries-multi.asp?eventid=203845" rel="nofollow - Entry List ------------- http://www.sailracer.org" rel="nofollow - www.sailracer.org Online Sailing Results, GPS Tracking & Event Management |
Posted By: craiggo
Date Posted: 05 Oct 15 at 10:19pm
Didn't expect the dinner and social for the Tiger to be the weekend before the actual sailing event 
Looks like all the descriptions (which are for the 2015 events) on the site need to be updated to reflect the 2016 dates. |
Posted By: Simon Lovesey
Date Posted: 18 Nov 15 at 11:39am
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Record advance entry for this weekend's Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash, GJW Direct SailJuice Winter Series Round 1. Currently standing at 99 boats (previous best 70), with online entry closing tonight at discounted fee. The Dash has a Max entry of 130 boats, so if not already entered and you intend to race important to Enter NOW. Looking at the latest stats, 39 classes represented, with D-Zeros topping the charts at 9 boats, followed by Lasers (8 boats). Encouragingly several double handers showing a strong presence, with Scorpions at 6, RS800 (5), GP14s (4) and RS400 (4). Surprisingly no Aeros currently entered 15 classes are fielding 3 or more boats, which will put them in a strong position for the New Top Class Award, based on best three results across the Series. http://events.sailracer.org/eventsites/entries_stats.asp?eventid=203845&class=&sort=1" rel="nofollow - http://events.sailracer.org/eventsites/entries_stats.asp?eventid=203845&class=&sort=1 Post Racing on Saturday, a Q&A session with Nick Craig, current title holder for the GJW Direct SailJuice Winter Series and multiple class champion - chance to learn from the Master himself.
------------- http://www.sailracer.org" rel="nofollow - www.sailracer.org Online Sailing Results, GPS Tracking & Event Management |
Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 19 Nov 15 at 7:29am
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The D-Zero class claims 2 firsts for the GJW Direct SailJuice Winter Series. First class to achieve a double digit entry for an individual event (10 for this weekends Draycote Dash) and first class to achieve 15 entries across the series to qualify for fleet prizes. For more http://www.d-zerosailing.org/gjw-direct-sailjuice-winter-series-20152016-entry-update-2015-2016/" rel="nofollow - click here . ------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |
Posted By: Neptune
Date Posted: 19 Nov 15 at 9:06am
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Hopefully be lots of Musto's at Datchet Flyer at least as its now been designated our Inlands after they had to cancel the Ovington Inlands at Grafham last week. ------------- Musto Skiff and Solo sailor |
Posted By: Simon Lovesey
Date Posted: 19 Nov 15 at 4:22pm
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Now up to an overall record braking entry of 109 boats for this weekend's Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash, GJW Direct SailJuice Winter Series Round 1 Still a few places left before we reach the 130 boat limit http://GJW.SailRacer.org" rel="nofollow - http://GJW.SailRacer.org
------------- http://www.sailracer.org" rel="nofollow - www.sailracer.org Online Sailing Results, GPS Tracking & Event Management |
Posted By: gbr940
Date Posted: 21 Oct 16 at 8:24am
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Just heard that SailJuice have opened several events to include multihulls - is it just me or is that just a recipe for disaster mixing big fast cats with vastly slower dinghies. The iMoths are bad enough as they scream through upwind at mind-boggling speeds, but the cats are just so much bigger my concern is the inability to maneuver in a tight situation on these venues. Maybe I'm just over concerned but wondering who might be thinking the same - I'm doing Datchet Flyer and when I did it last with the B14 it was hectic to say the least (especially being rammed from behind by a young 29er team who then proceeded to not understand the basic rules of mark rounding)...chuck in these bigger cats and I just wonder if some "cat"astrophe (cue groans for the pun) is just bound to happen. ------------- RS400 GBR1321 |
Posted By: GML
Date Posted: 21 Oct 16 at 9:21am
Multihulls have competed at Grafham GP for many years.
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Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 21 Oct 16 at 10:41am
Correct and a badly sailed Hobie 16 was causing havoc on the B course this year. ------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 21 Oct 16 at 12:23pm
| Badly sailed anythings have the potential to cause trouble. Don't think there's anything special about multihulls. When I was doing the big winter events both Grafham and Pompey had multihulls and I never recall any issues at all. I'd have a few more doubts if it were kite surfers I must admit. |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 21 Oct 16 at 1:58pm
Prejudice! ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 21 Oct 16 at 2:29pm
Scary sharp string at neck level. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 21 Oct 16 at 4:53pm
| My (biggish) lake based club bans cats for no other reason than the number of hulls. It seems to me that a 14 or 15ft cat is no longer, wider or quicker than something like an RS800 or Musto. They are also less likely to run aground or capsize. Prejudice is alive and well in my experience, but the thought of sharing a course with a kite would scare me! |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 21 Oct 16 at 5:23pm
Which would snag the mast before it got to the helm and cause far more problems to the scary kitesurfer if he/she were stupid enough to come close to sailboats ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 21 Oct 16 at 5:35pm
| However if the scary kitesurfer is racing on the same course as the sailboats its going to be rather difficult for him not to come close to sailboats. |
Posted By: Neptune
Date Posted: 21 Oct 16 at 8:46pm
Musto is considerably faster than a dart 18 around a course, you'd need an something like a spitfire or f16 or bigger to be appreciably quicker to be honest
------------- Musto Skiff and Solo sailor |
Posted By: Do Different
Date Posted: 21 Oct 16 at 9:16pm
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Come on, not really simply about speed is it. My beef with Cats is inexpert boat handlers not being able to turn corners efficiently or cope with the acceleration surge on a bear away when deciding how to deal with crossing boats.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 21 Oct 16 at 9:23pm
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As opposed to inexpert skiff sailors capsizing at every gybe and hoist? Or old Solo sailors having slow reactions and poor rules obeyance? Or any other prejudicial stereotype? Are there likely to be any inexpert boat handlers at the SailJuice series?
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Posted By: Do Different
Date Posted: 21 Oct 16 at 10:20pm
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True of course but at least your opposing examples have low inertia and less potential for high impact damage. Needless to say my bigotry applies much further abroad than the mostly expert SailJuice participants.
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Posted By: craiggo
Date Posted: 22 Oct 16 at 9:22pm
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Wow, is it still 1984 where you sail? ------------- OK 2129 RS200 411 |
Posted By: Do Different
Date Posted: 22 Oct 16 at 10:26pm
Only in my head.  
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Posted By: blueboy
Date Posted: 23 Oct 16 at 5:14pm
The people who seem to have most "prejudice" about kite-surfers are those who have actually had the experience of sharing water with them e.g. the windsurfers of West Wittering and Hayling. Presumably flogging kite-surfing equipment for a living doesn't induce any "prejudice"on your part? |