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ICE WATCH @ RBSC 27th Jan (updated 28th)

I can confirm that as of this afternoon (saturday) there is comfortably enough clear water for sailing tomorrow, still some sheet ice at the far end of the broad where the wind hasn’t yet got to it, but not enough to prevent a decent course being laid – see you on the water tomorrow for the last races of the winter series – Frostbite Regatta next Sunday (5th Feb)
Ian
I Drove past Rollesby Broad this afternoon (Friday) it is still 70% Covered but larger areas of water near cafe on the far bank and between buoys 2 & 4. The rest of the broad is covered in a fairly good layer of ice but the edges were melting.. There is a breeze forecast for Saturday and temperatures generally higher around 7/8 degrees. Hopefully it well break up,  the forecast predicts a ;low  +3 degC for Saturday night,  so fingers crossed.
An optimistic
Keith

Ice Watch.

ICE WATCH @ RBSC 20th Jan

I Drove past Rollesby Broad this afternoon (Friday) it is quite solid! The whole broad is
covered in a fairly good layer of ice. There is a breeze forecast for Saturday so it may
well break up but the forecast predicts -3 degC for Saturday night. Too early to cancel
sailing however thought some people might like the warning before travelling on Sunday.
PS we could do with a regular Ice Correspondent who passes the broad regularly at this
time of year – just let me or Keith know the conditions and we’ll update the website.
Ian

New Years Day Report

Rollesby Broad New Year Open 2017

The dubious weather forecast probably reduced the overall turnout as just two visiting RS300s joined the home turnout of 20 on New Year’s Day at Rollesby Broad. In the event those who stayed all day enjoyed a cracking sail with significantly different conditions between the morning and afternoons races.

Race officer Jon Sallis was keen to get racing started before the early morning south westerly wind disappeared and the forecast mist and drizzle took over. Visitor Richard Fryer quite rightly led the way round; he was closely followed, to the wrong first mark by David Frary in his Finn and these two merged with John Saddington & Dennis Manning in their Albacore and Ian Ayres in his Solo to create the top four both on the water and handicap as they pulled out a large lead on pack; many of whom were also suffering a navigation hangover! Ayres took the win by a considerable margin with Saddington second and Frary third, despite finishing behind these two on the water, with Fryer first visitor in fourth.

As the wind died and the mist rolled in the postponement flag was raised and the outstanding catering team went in to full action to provide lunch an hour earlier than initially expected. A good call by the race team as right on forecast the cold (and it certainly was) front arrived at 1 pm and after a brief heavy shower the wind settled in a northerly direction at a good force 3 with stronger gusts.

A somewhat biased first leg saw 5 of the probable front runners called over the line allowing Jamie Freeman (RS300) to narrowly lead Ayres and Matt Boreham (Laser) round the first mark. Freeman then disappeared into a large lead. The stronger conditions suited the Lasers as Stuart Highfield joined Ayres and Boreham in leading the pack. Despite some good recoveries none of the early starters could pull back sufficient time and after nearly ‘putting it in’ at the windward mark Ayres beat Boreham by just 12 seconds with Highfield third and Freeman in the first visitors spot of fourth.

A significantly reduced fleet started the last race as the wind stayed and the temperature dropped further! The two visiting RS300s were starting to enjoy themselves with Freeman eventually gaining enough of a lead to take fourth again; the other single-handers were working a very similar pattern to race 2 and this time Boreham got the upper hand by 9 seconds! So Ayres collected the penalty of the dreaded Binacle Trophy and will need to invest in extra brass polish for 2017…..

Results (21 entries)

  1. Ian Ayres – Solo – 2pts
  2. Matt Boreham – Laser – 3
  3. John Saddington – Albacore -5
  4. Stuart Highfield– Laser – 8
  5. Jamie Freeman – RS300 – 8
  6. Richard Fryer – RS300 – 10
  7. Ashley Warnes – Solo – 15
  8. Tamsin Highfield – Vareo – 15
  9. Gareth Thomas – Phantom – 17
  10. Bob Sparrow – Wayfarer – 20
  11. Steve Leigh – OK – 20
  12. David Frary – Finn – 24
  13. Paul Warnes – Solo – 25
  14. Val Hanson – Wayfarer – 26
  15. Phil Alison – Solo – 29
  16. Keith Sykes – RS300 – 32
  17. Richard Brown – Laser – 35
  18. Ian Curtis – Quest – 36
  19. Richard Foster – Laser – 38ny-race-2-start ny-race-1-mist-descends ny-race-1-start

 

Boxing Day Regatta 2016 – report

Boxing Day Regatta 2016

A hardy nine boats started the Boxing Day pursuit race at Rollesby; with the four Solos expecting an hour’s race and everyone else chasing on. There were a few early signs of the gusts which were later to prove more influential on the result. Roger Wilson led away followed by Mike Horwitz, the only competitor to stay upright throughout, whilst Ashley Warnes gave dad Paul a head-start by performing the first capsize of the day!

Matt Boreham and Stuart Highfield both in Lasers and Tamsin Highfield Vareo were never far behind even though Stuart capsized on the first leg and so more spectacularly did Tamsin whilst flying her kite on the long run back down the broad. Wilson should have had a big enough lead but decided to introduce an extra, totally unnecessary, gybe manoeuvre at the windiest spot on the course, result capsize!

The first four lined up nose to stern at the final leeward mark; Stuart was the first to tip over; Boreham looked on for the win but managed to capsize twice in the last 4 minutes of the race; Tamsin rounded the upwind mark with greatest momentum to pass Wilson with less than a minute to go and take the win by 3 lengths.

Let’s hope the racing is as close and competitive at our New Years Day Open this Sunday.

Result (9 Entries)

  1. Tamsin Highfield (Vareo)
  2. Roger Wilson (Solo)
  3. Matt Boreham (Laser)
  4. 4. Stuart Highfield (Laser)

December 11th Report & Photos

With a little more west in the wind than ideal, some tricky shifts shuffled the pack regularly at Rollesby Broad on Sunday 11th Dec giving a wide variety of names at the front of the fleet and plenty of regulars low opening scores for the Winter series.

John Saddington & Dennis Manning switched to their Albacore and had the most consistent day with two wins, and a second using their ability to roll tack more consistently than most of the multisail fleet, who were struggling to use their asymmetric spinnakers to sufficient gain.

The exception were Val & Chris Hanson who took the second race in their Wayfarer. Dave Houghton & John Symonds led each race on the water but could only record thirds on handicap, whilst Tamsin Highfield scored a second in race 1 winning the family battle with husband Phil who was fourth in race 2.

Regular Rollesby one race wonder Daren Pike lived up to his name as he sailed his Phantom well away from the fleet in race 1 to win easily, David Frary completed the faster boats domination in his Finn, with Ian Ayres narrowly beating Roger Wilson as they led home the Solo / Laser pack. In race 2 Ayres did a horizon job on everyone but Stuart Highfield in his Laser.

Whilst neither Solo could live with the Albacore, Wilson & Ayres enjoyed an especially close race in the afternoon, losing count of how many overtakes occurred and finishing just six seconds apart.

Multisails

Race 1 (8)

  1. John Saddington & Dennis Manning (Albacore)
  2. Tamsin Highfield (Vareo)
  3. Dave Houghton & John Symonds (RS400)

Race 2 (7)

  1. Val & Chris Hanson (Wayfarer)
  2. John Saddington & Dennis Manning (Albacore)
  3. Dave Houghton & John Symonds (RS400)

Single-Sails

Race 1 (11)

  1. Daren Pike (Phantom)
  2. David Frary (Finn)
  3. Ian Ayres (Solo)

Race 2 (10)

  1. Ian Ayres (Solo)
  2. Roger Wilson (Solo)
  3. Stuart Highfield (Laser)

PM Mixed Race (7)

  1. 1. John Saddington & Dennis Manning (Albacore)
  2. Roger Wilson (Solo)
ThankKevins to Kevin for these.

Check them out on our Flickr Page its easier to view and offers a full screen slideshow.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rollesbybroadsc

Full size images can be down loaded from the RBSC Flickr Page,
How To Downlaod a Photo from the RBSC Flickr page 2014

December 11th

Mondays @Club – 2017 Winter works.

For those members who are lucky or unlucky enough to be available to sail on a Monday mornings we would like to remind you that from around 10:30am you are likely to find a number of regulars having a cup of tea.

During the Winter we tend to entertain ourselves by looking after the Club house and Dingy Park, the rest of the year we sail, its a good chance to meet members and sail knowing other will be around,

All club members are invited to attend the Clubhouse on Mondays at 10.30 am to help in carrying out the following maintenance and repair jobs

  • General tidying up. Removal of rubbish, deposits of cut foliage etc to site for bonfire
  • Repair of white plastic launching trolleys for Oppies and Toppers
  • Replacement of broken marker posts for boat spaces
  • Flattening of mole hills. Preparation of areas for re-seeding
  • Cutting brambles from trailer park
  • Clearing of leaves
  • Cleaning, testing and maintenance of the “Sallis” committee boat

And subject to appropriate skills

  • Cleaning, and repairing club boats (including condemnation and disposal)
  • Repairing hole in launching ramp

Together with any other jobs that are identified along the way

Work starts Monday 2nd January.

Please come appropriately attired with available tools if possible – rakes, spades, lopping or cutting equipment, leaf blowers, large tarpaulin etc

Don’t forget: Gloves, Lunch and refreshment.

Break for lunch at 12.30.

NO AGE LIMIT

 

 

Your reward will be good companionship, the satisfaction of seeing a good job done and knowing there is plenty left for further Mondays.

Even if you are not able to assist with the manual work, you are still welcome to come and offer your advice and opinions whether on the work in hand or any other burning topical issues of the day.

Winter Regatta Report & Photos

Sunday 4th December saw a fleet of 22 assemble for Rollesby Broad’s Winter Regatta. An awkward easterly breeze made course setting tricky, but a variety throughout the day meant everyone having to concentrate and trophies still being open at the start of the final race.

The first race saw a long reaching course set to try and spread the competitors along the broad, however the wind direction meant plenty of holes and resulted in boats travelling in small bunches as they either sailed through or stopped at intervals around the course. Val & Chris Hanson were able to win their Wayfarer battle with John Saddington & Dennis Manning whilst Phil Highfield (Vareo) could not gain a large enough lead to beat either of them. In the single-handers David Frary (Finn) and Chris Toothill (Phantom) were able to use their straight-line speed to establish a large enough gap on the fleet after good starts from the Lasers of Keith Sykes and Zoe Eastwood and the Solo of Ian Ayres.

Race two saw a much compressed course to keep sailors at the windier end of the broad and in the single-handers it was the Solo’s who gained most with Ayres taking a comfortable win from Roger Wilson. The Wayfarers had a really close battle throughout with the Hansons falling foul of traffic shortly before the end to give Saddington the win.

A smaller fleet after lunch gave competitors a bit more room and whilst Highfield led round Saddington again took the win. No need for handicapping in the single-handers as Ayres won on the water from Sykes and Toothill who threw away his place in the last 20 yards!

Prizes were also awarded for the Autumn series which finished the previous week.

Winter Regatta

Multisails  (6 Entries)

  1. John Saddington & Dennis Manning (Wayfarer)
  2. Val & Chris Hanson (Wayfarer)
  3. Phil Highfield (Vareo)

Single-Handers  (16 entries)

  1. Ian Ayres (Solo)
  2. David Frary (Finn)
  3. Keith Sykes (Laser)
  4. Chris Toothill (Phantom)

Autumn Series

All multisail Trophies

John Saddington & Dennis Manning (Wayfarer)

Single-Handers

Race 1 – Ian Ayres (Solo)

Race 2 – Paul Warnes (Solo)

Eel’s Foot Series

Ian Hanson (Solo)

ThankKevins to Kevin for these.

Check them out on our Flickr Page its easier to view and offers a full screen slideshow.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rollesbybroadsc

Full size images can be down loaded from the RBSC Flickr Page,
How To Downlaod a Photo from the RBSC Flickr page 2014

December 4th – Winter Regatta.

Boxing Day / New Years Day at RBSC

Happy Christmas Everyone

Normally we hold a pursuit race followed by the Watney Cup (race for double-handers sailed single handed!) and a bottle race for single-handers on the Sunday between Christmas and New Year, however this year there isn’t a Sunday due to the calendar so we’re holding it on Boxing Day! There seems to be sufficient interest and John Saddington will be in the box with Ian Ayres on rescue duty so there will be a different name on the trophies! Minced pies and Mulled Wine will be available between the races……

Don’t forget on New Year’s day we will be holding our (by now) world renowned! Open Meeting – tell your sailing friends; as it is a Sunday we will be hoping for a bumper turnout; and just for those of you who have overdone it the night before the first race will be at 11 am so you can have an extra 15 minutes in bed – yes we are soooo generous! – can’t be later as it gets dark too early.

See you all there?

Ian