Did you get out today? What you in, how'd u do?

   I got out a few times training and then also at the Grafham GP as well as the Bloody Mary - managed to finish 35th out of 146 boats entered on a blustery windswept course. Its also one of my favourite times of the year to sail if only to catch up with so many friends at these large handicap events and have a natter both on and off the water!

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H2 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 26 Jul 17 Online Status: Offline Posts: 746	Post Options Post Reply Quote H2 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 11 Jan 23 at 8:54am
	I got out a few times training and then also at the Grafham GP as well as the Bloody Mary - managed to finish 35th out of 146 boats entered on a blustery windswept course. Its also one of my favourite times of the year to sail if only to catch up with so many friends at these large handicap events and have a natter both on and off the water!
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Dakota Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 15 Aug 22 Online Status: Offline Posts: 128	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dakota Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 11 Jan 23 at 10:00am
	Saw the video of the BM on the Hadron fb page .Looked epic 😀

sawman Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 04 May 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 205	Post Options Post Reply Quote sawman Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jan 23 at 10:47pm
	lake frozen today, so no play

The Q Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 07 Feb 22 Location: Norfolk Broads Online Status: Offline Posts: 113	Post Options Post Reply Quote The Q Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jan 23 at 8:51am
	Last week gusting 35mph, This week nothing 0mph, the only ripples on the water were because of the ducks. I ran the rescue boat round the island to break the ice, just in case some wind would turn up.. Sailing abandoned.
	Still sailing in circles

iGRF Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 11 Location: Hythe Online Status: Offline Posts: 6496	Post Options Post Reply Quote iGRF Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jan 23 at 9:58am
	We got a couple of races in, was last in the first and 1st in the last, light Northerlys, Lasers, Solution and me in the Hybrid Fireblade thing which only perked up once I'd slackened the shrouds a tad and the wind picked up a notch, pretty Baltic, but the tide's in at the lake more than I've ever seen it in the twenty odd recent years. Not so many of us old Redoubt S.C. guard left but it was encouraging to see an increasing no of Topper kids and some cruisers from another club that have joined us out and about. Edited by iGRF - 23 Jan 23 at 10:00am
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423zero Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3384	Post Options Post Reply Quote 423zero Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jan 23 at 9:59am
	Couple of years ago we broke the ice, finished up with twenty acres of thin ice blown against the jetty, layered to over a foot deep. Sailing abandoned.
	Robert

Dakota Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 15 Aug 22 Online Status: Offline Posts: 128	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dakota Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jan 23 at 1:00pm
	No wind and too much ice . Racing was abandoned for the day .

Dakota Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 15 Aug 22 Online Status: Offline Posts: 128	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dakota Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Apr 23 at 9:22am
	Good race yesterday, nice wind in a nice direction for our club. It was second race of our personal handicap series which always shakes things up.( in the first race we had a new race winner ). It never makes much difference to me , I am a very average sailor so my start time never changes more than a minute of two round my py start. But it makes a big difference to the sailors at each end of the fleet . Eg mrs Dakota normally starts 8 mins before me , yesterday it was only 1min as my time had come in 1 min and her time had gone out 6. 😀😀 Edited by Dakota - 10 Apr 23 at 9:24am

The Q Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 07 Feb 22 Location: Norfolk Broads Online Status: Offline Posts: 113	Post Options Post Reply Quote The Q Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Apr 23 at 11:24am
	Made a good start, note the distorted sail is due to breaking the gooseneck earlier, it's tied on with a bit of string.
	Still sailing in circles

davidyacht Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 29 Mar 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1330	Post Options Post Reply Quote davidyacht Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Apr 23 at 2:54pm
	Did get out on Saturday for a Solo Club race, 20 starters, happy to take 5th in a race when could easily been 15th. But a better last mark rounding could have got me 2nd. Must remember to position for the overlap on the pack rather than gamble on more pressure to leeward.
	Happily living in the past