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Spring Series Presentation |
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The presentation for the current Spring Series will take place on Sunday 6th June at Cardiff Yacht Club. The presentation will take place after the normal Sunday Morning racing. CYC have kindly offered to run a BBQ as part of the presentation, so please make every effort to attend and support both clubs at the presentation. Andrew On behalf of the dinghy Committee |
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15-November |
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Race 2 was pretty much the same as race 1, although the wind did start to drop a bit half way through, which was bad news to the L2K when going down wind. During the last beat, Idris and Steve were tacking every time Helen and Andrew tacked, just to cover them. Helen and Andrew found this a bit funny as most of the FF are adverse to wanting to tack, so they decided to play Idris at his own gane and have a bit of fun at his expense, by tacking back every time Idris tacked to cover, creating a tacking competition. This went on for a minute or two, until Steve finally got his way and got Idris to stop! |
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16 August |
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Race 2 saw Helen and Andrew take a commanding lead up the first beat, a lead they never relinquished. Further back though, Phil Straw and Chris (L2K) were having a good close battle with Richard and Toby, who eventually managed to pull away on the last beat. Mean while Idris and Steve were also keeping them company and managed to pull away form Richard and Toby on the last run. |
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Wed 5th Aug |
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For anybody interested, Alex Edwards took some photos on the evening, and these can be found at http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/edwards.alex/CBYC_dinghyRacing_50809?feat=directlink |
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02-Aug |
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With the wind having moved during the first race, the Committee boat was repositioned before the start of the seconded race for the now freshening Westerly wind. With the line having a slight port bias on it, a pile up ensued on the port end with boats on Starboard and Port causing a general recall!! At the next start, all 13 boats got away cleanly, with Paul Thomas in his Laser 2000 leading the way up the first beat on the right hand side, until Ian Horton caught him up as he came in deep on port from the left hand side to round the top mark first. Ian then continued to stretch out his lead to take the race. However, the rest of the fleet continued to have close racing between the FFs, with the two Laser 2000s also mixing it with them, especially at the leeward mark. |
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19-Jul |
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Race 2 got under way in slightly better conditions that the end of the previous race. By this time the number of boats was down to 5 starters (3 FFs & 2 L2Ks). Ian Horton managed to pull out and maintain a large lead over Idris Dibble in his FF, with the other boats struggling to stay up right in the conditions with some of the L2Ks taking dips for one reason or another! |
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Wed 24th Jun |
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Well, what another good evenings racing we had! About 25 boats turned out on what were excellent sailing conditions with a good F3 / F4 North Easterly breeze to keep everybody happy. As the wind was swinging a bit at the start, the shortish start line became port biased just as the hooter went, which caught a few people out, but there was enough people pushing the line for several boats to be over the line at the start, forcing the race officer to do a general recall, which is un-heard of during club racing!! The following restart was much cleaner, which saw Ian Horton in his FF and Will Coles in his RS600, along the Lasers, leading the way to the top mark. There were several good battles for positions through out the fleet, but none more so than the four Lasers at the front of the main fleet. Even though the race time was fairly short, it did not stop Ian running away with the race. It just goes to show how much difference new sails can make!! With the first race being over fairly quickly, the race officer made good use of the lap boards to extend race 2 out to 3 laps. With the wind still swinging around on the start line, the line turned port biased again just as the hooter was about to go. However, by the time the boats got to the windward mark, the order was beginning to look the same as the first race, with the same people battling it out with each other. With two extra Laser 2000’s starting the second race, there was now a good battle going on between the Asymmetric boats, as well as the Lasers, who were continuing to swap places with each other, whilst pulling away from the main bunch of the fleet behind. All in all, a thoroughly good evening racing was had by all. |
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Wed 17th Jun |
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With a fairly port biased line, race 1 got under way with some coming togethers on the line with some boats unsuccessfully trying to start on port and suffering the consequences. Dave Cann in a Laser 2000 took advantage of the chaos on the start line to make good progress up the beat without any challengers. Of the ten boats that started 4 failed to finish for one reason or another. Race 2 started in much the same way as the first race but the Lasers of Andrew Preece and Andrew Phillips managed to get through the start line problems to lead up the first beat, with the others then playing catch up, which the two Laser 2000 were able to do towards the end of the race. During the race the wind did drop a bit, but still had some largish gusts come through. This time all the boats that started the race managed to finish, and stay the right way up! |
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Wed 10th Jun |
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Wed 3rd June |
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With the wind being slightly higher than forecast (F3+), 26 boats started the first race on what was a shortish line with a slight port bias for race 1. The conditions certainly favoured the Lasers, with Barnie Procotor, Andrew Phillips, Rob Savage and Andrew Preece (8.1) battling it out at the front of the pack, with Ian Horton catching up in his FF towards the end of the race. Further down the fleet, others were battling with the conditions, some of which resulted in capsizes. During the first race, it was apparent that the Committee boat was slowly drifting down wind away from the leeward mark, which meant that the start of race 2 was extremely port biased, causing all kinds of confusion along the start line, with the odd capsize on the line just to make this worse! With the wind picking up further at the start of the race (F4), again it was the same suspects up the front of the fleet with the Lasers pulling away on the reaches as they quickly got up on the plane. As the conditions had picked up, some felt the best thing to do was head ashore rather then struggle with the conditions. Never the less, everybody appeared to have enjoyed the evening racing, which can only be a good thing! |
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Wed 13-May-09 |
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19 boats were brave enough (or mad enough) to race in extremely light air, probably F0.5 (if it existed!) Due to the lack of wind, there was a bit of a pile up at the committee boat end with plenty of shouting going on. Whilst this was going on behind him Alex in his Finn drifted over the start line and had to go back after the start, although this did not affect him to much. As the race went on the wind kept dropping, making things difficult for virtually everybody, although some people seemed to find wind to allow themselves to pull ahead of the main fleet . With the wind becoming non existent, the second race was abandoned. |
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Sun 17-May-09 |
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11 brave soles started in the General Handicap fleet, with a further 5 boats in the Asymmetric Series, in what turned out to be some shifty and sometimes nasty conditions. With the a strong F4 wind coming from the south, and thus over Penarth head, everybody was going in for an interesting experience. General Handicap In race 1, Nathan Bailey having to turn back after being over the line at the start. As the race progressed, Nathan and Freddy Jones (both in Laser Radials) were battling it out between them, whilst further ahead of them on the water, Ian Hortan appeared to be running away with the race. In race 2, the start was even more competitive, with 2 Laser radials and the Finn of Chris Banner having to go back and restart after being over the line. Despite the conditions, there was close racing between several pairs of boats on the water. The long reaches on the triangle provided some excellent opportunities to get the boats up and going when the gusts kicked in. Asymmetric Fleet. Despite the low number of boats out, there was some good racing to be had, with some screaming reaches with the spinnakers, especially when the gusts came through. For the second race, the RS200 and the Laser 4000 did some swapping of helms with John Warburton leaving the 4K to sail the 200, whilst 4K crew became the helm of the 4K. Again some close racing appeared to be on the cards, until some boats had troubles dropping the spinnaker, and one or two others deciding to capsize. All in all, everybody enjoyed their morning sail. |
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Sun 10-May-09 |
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With a nice steadily F3 from the East, and plenty of sun, 14 boats made it to the start line for an enjoyable mornings sailing. CYC were in charge of OOD duties this week and got us off the start line virtually bang on time. Race 1 was dominated up front by the Lasers of Rob Savage and Andrew Preece (8.1) who were having a good battle between them, with the larger 8.1 sail telling, on the water at least, by just pulling away towards the end. Mean while just behind, Idris Dibble and Ian Horton were battling it out between them, with Helen Phillips in her Laser 2000 keeping up with them on the water. Further down the fleet, the various other Laser rigs were battling between them, and Jim Atkinson in his Wanderer was seen flying a red spinnaker! (where did that come from?). Racec 2 was again dominated by Rob and Andrew in there respective Lasers, but this time the 8.1 lead from an earlier stage and went on to take the race. Not far behind the Lasers was Helen in a Laser 2000, who this time was able to pull out a largish lead over Ian and Idris in their Flying Fifteens. When all was done, CYC went off for a BBQ and more sailing, whilst CBYC went to clear the FF compound of boats! |
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Wed 06-May-09 |
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Nine boats ventured out in a good F4-5 with the odd F6 gust. At the start of the first race, Jayson Harrison in his FF, was squeezed out at the committee boat end, meaning he was behind the main pack up the first beat. With strongish winds and bigger gusts, it was inevitable that there would be capsizes, and this proved to be the case, with Ben Greenwood in (and sometimes out of) his Contender leading the way with Andrew Preece in his Laser 8.1 not far behind! Race 1 gave some very close racing between Ian Horton in his FF and Dave Cann in his Laser 2000, with Dave taking the honours at the end of the race. Although the race officer shortened the number of laps in the race, the competitors still sailed a fair distance given that the leeward mark kept drifting towards the barrage! The wind dropped off a bit for race 2, which saw Ian Horton pull out a good lead on the water over everybody else, but Dave Cann was close enough at the end to take the race on handicap. |
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Sun 03-May09 |
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Asymmetric Series Only 2 Laser 2000's made it out this this week, where conditions very tricky with big gusts and 60 degree shifts making getting downwind very tricky at times. Both 2k's hit the start line at speed but on oppite tacks. It was noticeable that the handicap fleet still hadn’t crossed the line 2 min’s after the start. Steff Clarke in 2442 got the better of the first beat while Paul Taylor and his new crew Christos, (RYA Level 2 newby) sailing in shorts and a tee shirt were still trying to sort out which ropes to pull ! Steff held on to win a close race. Second race again saw 2 flying starts, this time we got to the mark on the first lap of 6, Christos showed his potential with some good kite drops getting better and better leading to a big win for 2986. The fluky conditions eventually took their toll as Steff got blown over, however smiles all round for all back on the slipway. All in all good sailing enjoyed by both teams. |
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Sun 26-Apr-09 |
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This morning 12 boats ventured out for race one, where the windward mark was layed just off the barrage the Easterly breeze. During the race there was some close racing between the the 420 and the Finn, with some closing racing going on between two Flying Fifteens, as well as the Laser 200 and the Contender. At the start of race two, the wind dropped off, causing problems for boats stuck just back from the line. Even though the Finn had a bad start during this time, though Alex soon recovered to lead by the end of lap one, only to lose out to the 420 on handicap by the end of the race. |
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19-Apr-09 |
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Some 15 boats came to the start line on Sunday to be greeted by some of the best sailing conditions the fleet has seen in recent weeks. The start is one of the most important parts of the race, and most crews now recognise that if you try and barge in at the line at the committee boat end you will not get a good start. And I must say that Ian Horton sailing ff15 No Ffriction knows how to get a good start and lead both races from start to finish. However there was some very close racing further down the fleet particularly in the ff15 fleet with some intense racing between Bill Turton and Idris Dibble. All in all a very good days racing was had by all. |
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12-Apr-09 |
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Yet again we were met with glorious sunshine and very little wind, which unfortunately might had lead to there only being 11 boats out. I guess the rest all stayed ay home eating their Easter Eggs instead! Race officer Ian Horton set a reasonable sized course in the light South-easterly breeze. As this week was an Asymmetric weekend, the general handicap went off first as usual, it what looked like a good start for Idris Dibble in his Flying Fifteen, only to find that he was going to be over the line if he carried on, so some ducking and diving around the line seen him lose ground to the rest of the fleet at the start. He was joined at the back of the fleet going up the first beat by David Moore in his F15, who unfortunately had his Jib halyard come down not long after the start. The following start for the Asymmetrics was less eventful, but as the race progressed, the lead changed hands a few times between Helen Phillips and David Cann. Helen thought she had pulled out a bit of a lead of David, but after doing a 360 for touching the leeward mark, the gap was soon reduced, but not sufficient for David to overtake. At the start of Race 2, the general handicap fleet ended up in two distinct groups approaching the line, with 3 boats close to the line at the go and the rest of the bunch quite a way back in the light winds, which was to be their downfall. This gap from the race start was to remain as the fleet went around the course, with boats finding it very difficult to catch up in the light conditions. The Asymmetrics had a fairly quite start, and soon got into a bit of a precession which remained throughout the race, but the light winds did give an opportunity to practice the roll tacks and gybes! |
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05-April-09 |
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The turnout today was a little disappointing with only 9 boats venturing out in the light winds but glorious sunshine. Race officer Bob Holden set a suitably sized course for the light South-easterly winds. At the start, Idirs Dibble was forced to tack off on his approach to the start line at the committee boat end for trying to get into a gap that wasn’t there for the taking, which then put him well down the field and little chance of gaining places easily. With Howard Massie in his Laser pulling out a good lead over virtually everybody except Jim Atkinson in his single handed Wanderer, the race became a bit of a follow my leader by the end of the race. The second race of the day was held on the same course, with no alterations being required, as the winds were coming from a steady direction for a change. The racing in race 2 was a little closer than it had been in the first race, but this did not stop Howard and Jim pulling away from most of the pack. Ian Horton was protested and required to do a 360 for tacking from Port onto Starboard within the 3 boats lengths zone at the windward mark, forcing Helen Phillips to have to alter course in her Laser 2000. There were a few occasions in this race, mainly on the runs, where the wind just disappeared for short periods of times, but nothing to cause any real worries to those out on the water. |
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29-Mar-09 |
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This week CYC were our race officers, and they had as much difficulty in laying a course as every one else has for the last two weeks. The first race of the day set off in a light North-westerly wind for the General Handicap fleet, followed 5 minutes later by the Asymmetric fleet, who this week were joined by a fleet of Buzz’s who were in town doing some training at CYC. As the General Handicap fleet were being lead across their first reach of the triangle, Ian Horton who was leading at this point, drifted to a halt in the dying winds and had to watch in vain as half the fleet started to drift past him. However they were not alone, with the Asymmetrics also starting to drift. I was at this point that the wind then decided to fill in from the west instead, giving every one a close hauled reach from the leeward mark to the windward mark, and a nice tight spinnaker reach back for the Asymmetrics. However, the wind wasn’t finished yet, as confused everyone by filling in from the South East instead. The second race of the day was delayed as the course was moved around to accommodate the new South Easterly that had filled in. Every thing got of without any issues for the General Handicap race, but seen an interesting fight for the committee boat end during the start of the Asymmetric race. Two of the visiting Buzz’s decided they wanted a committee boat end start, Dave Cann in his Laser 2000 hasn’t going to let them into his space! This resulted in one of the Buzz’s capsizing to leeward on to the Laser 2000 as the race started. As it turned out, this was not the only Buzz to go over during this race, as one decided to make the top mark somewhat larger by capsizing on it. However the Buzz’s didn’t have it all their own way when it came to capsizing during he race, as Will Coles in his RS600 also took a few dips into the cold water. As you have probably now come to expect, the wind swang around a bit between SE and SW during the race, but with a good 10 knots blowing, some good racing and fun was had by both fleets, especially some of the visiting Buzz’s who were yee-haring down wind! |
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22-Mar-09 |
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There was a good turn out of boats, with a few only doing one race as they ‘had promised’ to be home for lunch as it was Mothering Sunday! The first race had the wind coming from the NW in fits and starts, but sufficient to get the racing under way. Once the first beat was complete, the order of the boats remained stable with few places being swapped as the wind came and went, sometimes it was on the right side of the course, sometimes it was on the left. As the first race drew to a close the wind went lighter and lighter, at which point it started to fill in from the SE instead. So the Committee boat upped anchor to reposition itself at the old windward mark, which meant that the old leeward mark now became the new windward mark. Just after the second race got under way the wind decided to change yet again, this time filling in from the West, and with a but more oomph, probably about 8-10 knots, which now gave some closer racing, with the asymmetric’s taking advantage of the fact that the beat was now a good spinnaker reach! Careful placing of the wing mark before the start of the second race also allowed for a beat to the leeward mark when the wind shifted! |
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15-Mar-09 |
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The second race was much the same, but with the winds getting lighter at the start of the second race and not improving, the somewhat predictable happened – most of us started bobbing and drifting in the breathless air as we tried in vain to get to the windward mark. The a little voice piped up from somewhere saying ‘They’ve got their spinnaker up!’, just as the wind started to fill in from behind us as we were going up the beat. Yes the wind was now coming from the NW, not the SE which it was at the start of the race. |
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08-Mar-2009 |
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Gusts of up to 45 mph reported! |
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01-Mar-2009 Race 1 & 2 |
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It was decided to extend the second race using the new lap number boards to good effect. The breeze by now had increased to about 8-10 knots which gave some excellent sailing conditions for the second race. The fleet was a little line shy at the start; however some notable sailing was witnessed from the committee boat, predominantly the two Finn’s and the Laser 1 were a joy to watch. |
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