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Post by allan on Feb 7, 2011 20:42:16 GMT
On Sunday the Great British tradition of high tech racing was upheld yet again. Two highly skilled modern yachtsmen took on all comers and won. Congratulations Vince and Uncle Steve.
Entries: 8 Races Sailed: 1
Provisional Results
Handicap Series Points Race 1
1 423 Alana Mirage 28 Vince Parker Brown 1188 1 1
2 8435 Preceptor Sadler 29 Nick Niclasson 1136 2 2
3 7 Xanadu Seawolf 26 Mike Birdsall 1094 3 3
4 10 Moontide Hunter Horizon 30 Phil Bradley 1087 4 4
5 4026 Bright Flyer Trapper 500 Martyn Randall 1147 5 5
6 488 Forebitters Shipman 28 Peter Gamble 1087 6 6
7 1 Sequel Beneteau 311 Alan Medford 1019 9 9
7 1337 Ishkoodah Trapper 28 Colin Rose 1066 9 9
Sun 06 Feb 11 16:23
Allan
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Post by sheila on Feb 10, 2011 11:10:05 GMT
Yeak, I think they were quite pleased. Alana tends to do quite well when it is windy.
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Post by ishtar on Feb 12, 2011 8:03:20 GMT
Uncle Steve was showing the lash marks on his back in the bar on Thursday. He paid a very high price for crewing Vince to victory that day...... ;D
Well done to Mike on Xanadu, too, another forum regular.
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Post by allan on Feb 12, 2011 19:57:18 GMT
I think Vince and Uncle Steve will need their biggest sails tomorrow. Windguru and XCweather are giving about 8kts for tomorrow afternoon. It might be time to strip everything out of the boat and sail in their underpants to save weight. A scary thought!
Good luck both of you, I hope your not drinking too much while celebrating Wales' lucky win today.
Allan
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Post by ishtar on Feb 18, 2011 8:06:24 GMT
I found this video of Vince sailing Alana when both you and Steve were on board Allan. It shows his calm leadership style.
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Post by sheila on Feb 18, 2011 10:45:17 GMT
That's brilliant Martin, really made me laugh! I showed it to Vince and it even raised a chuckle from him, no small feat that!
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Post by allan on Mar 31, 2011 23:32:54 GMT
So what happened? Well after a couple of races I joined Martin, Sarah and Tilly on Bright Flyer to contest the race series. We had some success and going into last race we were in the lead. The heros had dropped down the rankings but were still trying. On the Saturday before the fatefull last race the "heros" boat had developed an engine problem. In the spirit of the series they were towed out on Sunday and made the race start. Bright flyer just had stay within two places of our rival and Martin would take his well deserved win. He sailed well and all looked good. As we headed back to the barrage our only worry was that Sequel had got between Bright Flyer and the opposition. As we motored back to the barrage I commented that Alana was being helmed well despite the crew messing up the final gybe. It was only later that we found that, due a very suspect handicap! Alana had beaten Bright Flyer and let a CBYC boat take the series! All I can say is heros no longer!
Seriously. well done to Martin, Sarah and all the CYC crews a great race series and watch your back Alana, Chausey is doing the reggatta!
Allan
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