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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

December 1st challenges

What a set of challenges we all faced!

K1 - 1st place in PY
The committee faced a very unstable wind, changing direction far to much and too frequently. The sailors faced a chilly day with large fleets and confused breezes.

Who would handle it best? The answer was clear in all the fleets.

In PY Tom Murphy walked away with it. His K1 and his tactics had great effect and he finished more than 5 minutes ahead of a tight group of two IDRA 14s.  The OK Dinghy and the 470 were a minute further back from them and only 5 seconds apart. After that there was a gap of 15 minutes on corrected time to the next finishers!  Unusually large gaps in PY, which is typically very tight.

PY Results - http://goo.gl/QGICtS
PY Juniors - http://goo.gl/BgIqqA

The Laser fleet saw new challenges to Dave Cahill's dominance. Richard Harding won, with Cahill second and a returning Graham Elmes showing his speed to come in 3rd. With 22 boats on such a quiet day it was a challenge to keep the boat moving, and the leaders deserved their results.  It was interesting to note that the Lasers didn't catch the IDRA 14s, which they would normally do.  Sloops faster than cat rigged boats in such light airs, perhaps?

Laser Results - http://goo.gl/KOUnjt
Laser Juniors - http://goo.gl/Hx3MHA

The RS400s had their way in the RS fleet again, taking the top 3 spots. Actually rather a surprise in such light airs to see the RS200s so far back. Emmet Ryan finished clear ahead in his cool grey boat, with O'Leary next and Algeo 3rd. These top 3 finished just 3 mins apart, impressive in such light airs.

RS 200 and 400 - http://goo.gl/4tTNR8

Rumball, Clancy and Malcolm took the top 3 spots in the Fireballs, and it's a tight battle on the overall results there too. First, second and third are on 12, 15, and 16 points respectively. Tight stuff!


Again, the number of juniors was truly impressive and a great day was had by all. 

Roll on Xmas!



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