RC Laser Spring Sequence at Fleetwood Mannequin Yacht Membership – Week 2
by Tony Wilson 15 Mar 17:09 UTC
13 March 2022
RC Laser Spring Sequence at Fleetwood week 2 © Trevor Bell
With Elisabeth solely receiving 2 replies with an affirmative ‘Sure’, it was very uncertain when including on the wind power, as to whether it was on for the second Spring Laser outing on Sunday. Two of the common Laser guys had ventured all the way down to Sunny Gosport to race different crafts, however we nonetheless had six of the loyal Braves.
The wind path was carbon copy of the final occasion 2 weeks in the past. identical path and comparable in knots. The 6 M guys gave us a previous warning from their Saturdays crusing affair, so we had been forewarned and in a position to make use of the very same buoys and course for the day.
Eric was the primary soldier to check sail measurement. Considering a ‘C’ would suffice, however was pleasantly shocked and returned double fast tempo. A flutter of ‘D’ rigs among the many flock had been shortly swapped round on each ones boats after seeing Eric’s boat had totally submerge beforehand.
Once more we sailed from a operating begin to crisscross the course and again. First race one lap after which the remaining to be two. Shaun, Tony and Eric had been the primary ones across the monitor as much as the final beat, however then Tony determined to park underneath the bridge alongside the wall. First race went to Shaun and Eric gained race two.
The water appeared fairly flat, however the down draft rotor from over the roadside flats had been hitting onerous. It felt such as you had tacked about fifty occasions earlier than reaching the close to mark. You tried desperately to maintain your boat shifting, as a result of in the event you stopped, you had been there for some time.
Tony then parked once more alongside the stroll approach by leaving it too late to show after which by about race 5 realised he had clipped his winch line to down haul clip, that should not have even been there. His third journey to the bridge was when the road had some how made it is approach out of the ring. (one thing to be mentioned why David F. makes use of a thicker sheet line) good tip.
Peter had upped sail measurement on race 6 and it saved him close to the entrance to get a 3rd place. Tony joined him for the following race 7 they usually battled for the win. Shaun had nonetheless been doing very nicely with the tiddly sail but additionally grabbed the larger for the final to win yet one more race 8 and the day.
Outcomes:
1 Shaun Holbeche 6 pts
2 Eric Austwick 14 pts
3 Peter Iles 16 pts
