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19/1/08   Div 1      Div 2

MANNERING PARK SAILING CLUB

Catamaran Report 1 March 08

Club Championships Races 7 & 8

South-easterlies to 30 knots made a mess of the fleet with many capsizes, some twice, and one big cat going over in spectacular style in the first gust after leaving the shallows.  The racing was keen and exciting with most cats finishing the two races. I didn’t tip over but I did forget to put my bungs in, which made my Windrush handle very badly till I got it back to shore.

Brenton has put together a new table of championship results to accommodate a new handicapping rule. Also here is a short explanatory note from Brenton about the system:

There are ten races in the series. For the A fleet Race Seven wasn't run due to lack of wind. For B & C Fleet race 6 & 7 wasn't run due to lightning/storm.

There are ten races in series. After eight races, a competitor can drop their worst race result. After nine races they can drop the two worst and after ten races, a competitor can drop their three worst results. A race is held when the start boat completes the sequence of starting and finishing. A race abandoned is not re-run. So you can see from the current results it really depends on the last two races as to who gets the big prizes. Brenton

And who turns up every week by the look of it.  More Point Score races next week.

Thanks to Dave for the website work.

Danny

Catamaran Report 5 Jan 08 and 12 Jan 08

Welcome back for 2008. A couple of news items: first, the fourteen foot cats have been divided into a B class and a C class to separate the gun skippers from the other poor sods to make a fairer and more interesting competition. We’ll all sail together but the results will be separate.

Secondly, Kate Beemster had a nasty accident while sailing with Robin in the Nationals over Xmas at Port Stephens and lost the top of her ring finger in the rigging (chain plate) and will be out of action for the rest of the season.  The excellent organisation at the race had Kate off the boat and into hospital while Robin was still trying to right his new NACRA in the very windy conditions. 

The first race of Series 2 on 5 January comprised only 7 cats, starting off the clock on individual handicaps, the back markers like Jason conceding over 30 minutes to some cats. This makes an interesting race with the slower sailors up the front for a change, and dicing with the faster skippers as they catch up.  In this race Dominic proved too good for the others who failed to catch him. Danny managed to hold onto 2^nd, making up 3 minutes on Dom. Jeff and Tony had a close finish, although Jeff missed the start by a couple of minutes and would have done better. Chris Blackford screamed through the pack and would have finished about 3^rd except he didn’t round a mark properly and disqualified himself.  Chris has improved a lot recently and thankfully is in Class B.  Karl struggled in the conditions in the Mozzie, but won his class.

The following week 12 Jan the big cats all DNF the first race as they headed for the wrong windward mark. As John Roy says, never follow me. In the second race John on Attacka won by miles with Tony Kros 2^nd and Mark Grainger the only other finisher in the very windy conditions.  In the B class 14s, John Merle was the fastest and finished 2^nd on handicap. Jason was next across the line, 3^rd on handicap, and Ronnie Walsh, back from holidays, took first on corrected time. Stuey sailed well but capsized and ruined his result.  The C graders enjoyed themselves in the brisk breeze, with Jerry taking the honours, with Jeff, Danny and Dominic not far behind.  Brenton and Darcy assisted with the organisation and their help is appreciated.