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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

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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

 

 

 

Duties: January – June 2017

Just a quick reminder that the deadline for choosing duties for the first half of 2017 is 3pm on 27th November.

Thanks to those who already have; January and February are pretty much complete; you should all get an updated provisional list in the next couple of days by email. If you don’t, or you didn’t get the original in early Nov, please make sure Pete – membership@rbsc.org.uk – has your correct email address. Scroll down for state of play as of noon Sat 19th.

You can sign up in the clubhouse, just once! (the hard copy takes priority) or by emailing me – sailing@rbsc.org.uk – with a choice of at least two dates.

Thanks

Ian

 

 

2017 (A) January to June Duties (DRAFT)

 

Date Event Race Officer Asst 1 Rescue Boat Asst 2
Jan 1 New Year Open        
Jan 8   Mike Broadbent Suzanne Thompson Hugh Rout  
Jan 15   Richard Brown   Mike Horwitz  
Jan 22   Robert Sparrow Tony Gibbs Richard Foster Tony Ingram
Jan 29   Phil Harlow Lorna Antony Barnes Tracey Barnes
           
Feb 5 Frostbite Regatta Daren Pike Vince Steele Chris Codling  
Feb 12   Chris Hanson Val Hanson Chris Toothill Sarah Toothill
Feb 19   Chris Sallis Angela Sallis Steve Gray  
Feb 26   Stuart Highfield Cliff Smith Keith Sykes Anna Zmura
Mar 5          
Mar 12          
Saturday 18th March – Work Day – Everybody!
Mar 19   Auriel Gibson      
Mar 26   David Goodwin Dianne Goodwin    
Summer Format Starts
Apr 2 Spring Regatta        
Apr 9 Eels Foot        
Apr 16 (Easter) John Saddington      
Apr 23 Open, Solo / Singlehanded Pete Smith Rachel Smith Clive Wells  
April 30          
May 7          
May 14 Open, Multisail / Bittern Barry Graver   Paul Warnes  
May 21 Eels Foot        
May 28          
June 4 Whit Regatta        
June 11 Eels Foot     Phil Holt Alison Holt
June 18          
June 25          

The above members shown chose their own duty date.31