Craftinsure Sandy Shell
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Topic: Craftinsure Sandy Shell
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Craftinsure Sandy Shell
Date Posted: 14 Sep 12 at 1:48pm
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We run a little sprint series in RS200s each year... but to add a bit of fun and encourage some more people onto the water we've created this funny little video. If you like to cringe, you'll love this... The Craftinsure Sandy Shell... possibly the most over hyped club racing event in history! [TUBE]OmDb-TXYbr4[/TUBE] |
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Posted By: RS400atC
Date Posted: 14 Sep 12 at 1:54pm
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'Often considered the unofficial RS200 Worlds!' |
Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 14 Sep 12 at 1:56pm
Nice  , reminds me of Mitchell & Webb's "classic" Football S*y parody TV sketch"Thousands and thousands of hours of football, each more climactic than the last! Constant, dizzying, twenty-four hour, yearlong, endless football! Every kick of it massively mattering to someone, presumably. Watch it all, all here, all the time, forever, it will never stop, the football is officially going on forever! It will never be finally decided who has won the football! There is still everything to play for, and forever to play it in! etc......." |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 17 Sep 12 at 9:18am
| Ha, glad you both liked it. Being compared to mitchell and webb is maybe a little flattering though! Hopefully it will encourage a few more people out racing at the very least. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 15 Oct 12 at 11:17pm
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The Craftinsure Sandy Shell was a fantastic success this Saturday with 23 boats. Ben Palmer and Kate Gibbs took the unofficial world championships through impressive consistency; however the competition was tight throughout the fleet. Twenty-three is a fantastic turnout and it was pleasing to see many boats lent out… unfortunately some to more than one crew! This left eager teams scouting the dinghy park for 200s to liberate. Luckily everyone got on the water for the prompt 1100 start without having to go four up. The six races came so thick and fast I can’t remember exactly what happened in each, however, the atmosphere was fun and the whole fleet enjoyed close racing right up to the finish line. There were some close rivalries right the way through which is exactly what good racing should be about. So whether battling for first parent and child, top RS100 sailor or just trying to get one over your mate everyone enjoyed the racing.
Some standout performances included Dicken Maclean and Hannah Young coming fourth despite missing two races as well as the under 16’s Angus, Will and Alex guiding their respective parents round the course. Then there was the fine s4b performance from Chris O'Neil and Tom Partington. After a sailing career of never ever taking anything seriously ever, they were finally rewarded as they combined great banter and questionable strategy with deceptive boat speed to take the prestigious bronze medal position (and the s4b fleet racing cup from no-show mark heather)! Lastly I must give a big thank you to John Rees and Rod and Maureen Porteous who ran excellent racing for the HISC RS200 fleet. |