Mark Foy
02/03/09 09:37 Filed in: March
1st March 2009
Blake Buxton sailed in a Laser for the first time, having many very fast reaching rides in the two afternoon races. Blake interspersed the speed sections with a few cooling dips on a warm day that winds reached 15 knots from the northwest. Jaeden sailed very well in the club Firebug, experiencing much faster speed than in the Optimist he usually sailed.
The starting handicaps proved a little difficult to set for some, the conditions very light for the first 10 minutes of the first race. This gave the later starters and advantage, soon catching the youngsters up front. Nigel Ball (Laser) made good of his handicap advantage for most of each race, but was undone by being stuck outside another yacht at a wing mark, taking an extra leg in the next and a capsize at the same wing mark when the wind peaked in the third race. The handicapping amongst the Jokers was good with Shane, Trevor and Owen all in close contact at the end of each race.
Winning each race despite being the last starter (along with Arthur Ferguson) managed to go through to win all races. The Lasers had an advantage over the Jokers on the reaching legs when planing was the order of the day.
Thanks to Danny for the OD duties, fore going a great sail to see that a dozen others had a top day.
(Other club sailors were Hamilton Lake for the Burgess Trophy on Friday and stayed on to experience the gale on Saturday (with some broken gear) and better conditions on Sunday. We look forward to hearing their experiences and results).
Blake Buxton sailed in a Laser for the first time, having many very fast reaching rides in the two afternoon races. Blake interspersed the speed sections with a few cooling dips on a warm day that winds reached 15 knots from the northwest. Jaeden sailed very well in the club Firebug, experiencing much faster speed than in the Optimist he usually sailed.
The starting handicaps proved a little difficult to set for some, the conditions very light for the first 10 minutes of the first race. This gave the later starters and advantage, soon catching the youngsters up front. Nigel Ball (Laser) made good of his handicap advantage for most of each race, but was undone by being stuck outside another yacht at a wing mark, taking an extra leg in the next and a capsize at the same wing mark when the wind peaked in the third race. The handicapping amongst the Jokers was good with Shane, Trevor and Owen all in close contact at the end of each race.
Winning each race despite being the last starter (along with Arthur Ferguson) managed to go through to win all races. The Lasers had an advantage over the Jokers on the reaching legs when planing was the order of the day.
Thanks to Danny for the OD duties, fore going a great sail to see that a dozen others had a top day.
(Other club sailors were Hamilton Lake for the Burgess Trophy on Friday and stayed on to experience the gale on Saturday (with some broken gear) and better conditions on Sunday. We look forward to hearing their experiences and results).