Race 3 and 4 were run on Sunday. The admirable Harvey Burwin had the unenviable task of setting a course with a fluky southerly and a forecast of wind strength weakening. He took the brave decision to set a seaward start with a beat towards shore to Heron North. Before the start Harvey and Ben gave an excellent sailors' briefing to explain the course and a stern reminder to avoid the finish line after finishing so as not to confuse the recording of times especially as they would be having to use binoculars to see us! The start was nicely angled to take account of the outgoing tide and there were lots of wind shifts to make life interesting. There were quite a few places lost and won on that leg. The 4th leg provided a fun broad reach with some keen tactical moves with Lasers trying to protect their wind from the larger rigs of the Wayfarer, sailed very competitively by Allan and David, and the ultra competitive 2000 of Laurie and Mags! The wind stayed put but remained very changeable so we had fun sailing on a sunny day. The full results are on the HAL website, accessible via the club website racing page. Well done to Laurie, Colin and Richard for 1,2,3 in the first race and Gary, Richard and Colin in the second. It was all very close. It was good to see Pete on the water in his Laser. Not so great when he returned to the slipway after a bash on the head from the boom. Fortunately Maria had recently renewed her RYA First Aid certificate and was on hand to administer first aid and use up the supplies recently-refreshed by Sue. A check-up at Estuary View and little bit of glue sorted Pete out and he is now fine. Earlier the Humphries/ Allen Cups were fought out by Cadets Luke, Joe, Victoria, Doug and Scarlett in tricky conditions, Well done to all especially Scarlett who managed to keep going and get a result. Luke just pipped Joe by a few seconds and Victoria was close behind in her Topper when the handicaps had been calculated. Next Sunday we have the Long Distance Race at 1400 so bring your thermos. Richard
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SATURDAY SAILING
The Saturday Sailing plan for May to July has been updated and can be downloaded here. I am looking for volunteers to take the lead in July and Aug particularly on the 29th July, if anyone would like to run a session or would like to suggest a topic for a session please contact Laurie. INSTRUCTOR TRAINING There has been a lot of interest in RYA Dinghy Instructor training, the course planned for the beginning of July is now full, a second course will be considered if enough people are interested, If you would like to do the course then please contact Laurie, if you could provide dates that will suit you this will aid the selection of a suitable date( this is a five day course it might be possible to split the course over a couple of weeks (I.E. 2 days one week and 3 the next) but due to club activities weekends are not an option. Regards Laurie Dai, you are the man. Thank you and your esteemed college Tony Smith for running the race training evening. I was surprised to see people like Laurie there, but he gave it kudos, and the un asked questions he then asked were insightful. Thanks Laurie.
James, Sally, Colin Pope, Olaf, Glenn and Russ also attended and were taken through the procedures of how to run a race from start (walking into the club) and finish (drinking beer). Dai in his usual laid back manner gave all the relevant do's and dont's, which with his humour and charm he and his lovely assistant passed over their knowledge. I'm not going to do a verbatim account of the evening you will need to do the evening for that, but a couple of points to make people feel comfortable about volunteering. You are god for the day; nobody can supersede your decisions, unless you are being dangerous and/or stupid. Hal is easy, everybody now (bar maybe 1 or 2) likes it and can use it. The sheet Richard De Lisle has made for instruction is idiot proof and even if you have never pushed start on a computer you will be able to follow this. Thanks Richard, this has made life easier. On a similar note Ben Skull, who spends hours putting the information in and doctoring when needed, with him we wouldn't have the Hal system now, thanks Ben you are a quiet hero. We are struggling to find race officers to man the tower, so even if you fancy being the 3rd person just to watch please do. The race officer of the day will welcome it, and you get free tea. Also watch how to deal with pushy sailors wanting a course that suits their boats all can be revealed. Plus cadets also we need you so you can become an overbearing middle aged person with too much nose hair*. Thanks also to Richard who ran race officer training for the cadet section on the May bank holiday weekend. Cheers all, happy racing. * Editor: I hope this doesn't include the ladies! PTBO 2017 at HBSC was a great success with 38 visitors out for a sail and powerboat ride, more who stayed shore-side supporting and a fantastic turn out of members and friends who made the day work so well on and off the water. Thank you to everyone who took part and to those who did the necessary before and afterwards.
It was a great day with lots of activity. The Saturday Sailing improvers group were on and (most of them) in the water during the morning because of the somewhat challenging gusts. Dai eventually got us doing the planned activity of race starts and working out line bias, after some reefing and pulling everything tighter made falling in less likely. Some 20 cadets and their families arrived at lunchtime to join in with PTBO and all got out on the water. The King's School had their 420's out too. Everyone enjoyed the conditions, which had calmed a little after lunch, but had the extra complication of a ripping tide taking the unwary to Reculver. The only casualty of the day was the distance mark pole, which took a hit in the morning and then another in the afternoon. The smiles of all those coming off the water pretty much summed up the day. Quotes from the day: "loved it", "wet" and "holiday atmosphere." We hope to welcome some of the visitors again, at Cadets, as members or on one of our training courses. Priority registration for club week is now open for members until 29th May after which registration will be opened up to the public until 16th June. Registration will close on the 16th June. Forms are available here.
Volunteers Thank you to those who have offered to help. This is a fantastic few days and lots of fun not just for the kids but for everyone. If you are available to help, even for a few house, that would be fantastic. Just let me know. 1st August Tuesday evening match racing Last years Tuesday evening scratch match racing was introduced last year. It was really great, I'm not just saying that because Greg and I won. We will be running this again this year and racing will start at 6.30 so those who have had to work can come down and join in club week celebrations. 3rd August is the annual club week cruise 4th August is free sailing note there will be safety boa cover as the Cadets are hosting WYC with racing. Come down and support us. Laser Special Handicap
The Special Handicaps were calculated on personal performance using Colin Smith as the "scratch" boat and the slowest boats being given a 5 minute advantage over the course of a 45 minute race and the rest of the fleet on a graduated basis in between. These figures were converted into PY numbers and differentiated according to the rig used. The race was run as part of the Spring Series race 7 on Sunday 7th May. There was a good turnout of 12 boats and the northwesterly wind was a moderating Force 3. Colin led the way on the water but was unable to shake off Richard and Guy and the margin at the end was insufficient to overcome the personal handicaps they had been allocated. It was a day for the Standard rigs and the Radials generally came off worse with Gary coming in as top Radial on the day. Final Results are here. Mid-day and Spring 7 and 8 Congratulations to Graham who did enough to secure the top spot in the Spring Series overall. Smithy won the Mid-day series race that kicked off at mid-day in fresher winds and again in the Spring 8 when he got away from the fleet at the start and with the wind strength falling away was back in the clubhouse whilst half the fleet did not make it round the windward mark in time and ended up retiring and being towed home! Michael and Sam were pipped in mid-day race but got the line honours over Smithy in Spring 7 and Luke and Doug claimed a great second place in Spring 8. The course did not favour the asymmetrics so they did a good job. You can see all the results on the website. Congratulations to Colin Smith, who was awarded the following trophies this weekend, for events in 2016:
Those that had them wore them, drysuits, as the weather wasn't the most pleasant: heavy grey clouds with a supposed 10ish mph and north westerly ish. As the start of the first race we all set off, we all were working off telepathy because the gun didn't go but we did, with confusion all around and the less experienced sailors looking to the experienced for guidance. A recall, and we all got off ok. With the tide ebbing very hard, the first two marks had there own trials and tribulations especially the gybe mark, with many sailors miss calculating the tack. It was lovely seeing other boats other than lasers out there, Luke and Douglas in the RS 200, Steve Owen in his contender, the mighty Laurie and Mags in the 2000, the ever present and a joy to watch Dyer boys in the 29er, the marathon men of the Brown family in their Vago and the new boys Karl and Jonathan, the bickering girlies, in the 800. Colin Smith showed us how to sail in lightening winds and won the first race. Race 8 the wind got even lighter and it was enjoyable chatting to the boats that overtook me. The sun can out, the wind stopped and those of us in drysuits started to gently poach. Many boats started to retire, as they needed to baste themselves from the drysuits. Colin with the skill and prowess won the race with the team of Douglas and Luke coming second in the RS 200. Was lovely seeing so many on the water and a thank you to the race officers and safety boat teams.
Report from James Woodward from and and in the water:
Well what can I say about Monday racing gusty is a word very gusty is two words. We bow our heads to Laurie and Mags in the 2000 who convincingly won the race and I think capsized less than 5 times. To be honest I did not know who was where or where was who, as at the first mark most people capsized and from then on it was more of survival sailing and hanging on. At one gybe mark watching the Dyer boys fight their 29er on the gybe was pure joy, those who remember weebles wooble but they won't fall down, but the Dyer boys did, after an exhibit of pure circus acrobatics of dancing across their boat in trying to keep it up. At the same mark Graham in his laser radial was working on pride comes before a fall and tacked round, good move, as I thought I can wiz in front here as I then promptly capsized. So hooning around the course with the water coming up through the centre board and hitting the boom in great exhilaration to heart stopping weather helm in the gusts, preying I don't fall foul to the laser death roll. A mention must go to Victoria in her topper who is putting us oldies to shame with her great love and passion to her sailing and capsized more times than I have fingers and toes but bashed on in very good humour, hats off to you Victoria you are become a force to be reckoned with. Dreading the day you move up to 4.7 laser. Talking of 4.7 laser Matt bradfield sailed very well and managed to hang on to get a second place and his first day on the water this season. To all who sailed it was very testing and great great fun. Thanks must go to the race officers of the day Ben Gardener and Clare Dunning to make a correct call of cancelling the second race due to adverse conditions and mechanical failures. And the view from the tower... Well, there's not much that Ben, I and cadet assistant Joseph can add to James's report. What we saw from the race tower was either boats reaching at 100mph on what turned out to be pretty much 3 of the 4 legs depending on which way the wind swung, or boats upside down, sometimes with the helm swimming back towards them. The first lap set the standard: there were 4 boats simultaneously in the water at the first mark and from then on helms took it in turns to fall in. It looked extremely exciting, especially watching the two-handers of Michael & Sam Dyer and Laurie Dengate & Mags Gawecka crossing the line on each of their 5 laps. However, after 33 minutes with the wind picking up further out and, most sailors having done their fair share of being dunked, we shortened the course and in the excitement of recording sail numbers and times forgot to beep a few sailors as they crossed the line. Sorry! Well done Victoria for a fantastic first lap and beating your dad Colin on corrected time by a large margin. All the sailors came ashore with huge smiles, stories to tell and no broken bones so a successful afternoon racing at HBSC! Thanks to the Hogben safety boat team and Joseph, young Doug, Jeni, Jonathan and Karl for their efforts to get a second safety boat on the water. This proved troublesome so the third race, like the first one scheduled at noon when there was too little water, was cancelled. Thanks to all. Great experience all round. Result 1st Laurie Dengate & Mags Gawecka 2nd Matt Bradfield 3rd Michael & Sam Dyer This year Club week is July 31st - August 4th. As usual the first three days 31st, 1st & 2nd will be focused on the cadets. The provisional plan for the week is below. As always places are limited so if you are planning to attend please reply promptly. The priority-booking period for cadets and family relatives will end on Monday May 29th. Cadets will have priority, but all forms must be back by 29th May with a £15 entry. Following the priority-booking period, any remaining places will be offered on a first-come-first -served basis to all comers at a charge of £50, which will cover the cost of the event and give them membership for the remainder of the year. The cut off date is 16th June. Full details are included in the booking form which is attached/can be downloaded from the club websites Useful Links page. Finally if we are to be successful we will need help from members beyond the parents of children participating. We are looking for boats, safety boat crew, shore crew, galley and a host of other roles. If you can help please email hbsc.cadets@gmail.com. Lets keep our fingers crossed for great weather Ben & Jo Provisional Program Monday 31st July - Cadets
High 06:48; Low 12:39; High 19:08 09.30 Registration with team Leaders to be given T-shirts 10.00 Briefing by officer of the watch 10.15 Group sailing activities 13.00 lunch 14.00 Afternoon activity - Water Olympics. 15.30 Put boats away and play on the inflatables 18.00 Fish and Chip supper 18.30 onwards - Evening leisure sailing for adults Tuesday 1st Aug - Cadets High 07:46; Low 13:42; High 20:13 09.30 Registration with team Leaders (cadets must be changed) 09.40 Briefing by officer of the watch 10.00 Group sailing activities 13.00 lunch 14.00 Cruise down to Ruculver/amusements beach for ice-cream 15.30 Put boats away and play on the Kayaks/windsurf hulls/etc. 18.00 Pizza supper (you must order your pizza at lunch time) 18.30 - onwards - Evening team racing for adults & experienced cadets Wednesday 2nd Aug - Cadets High 08:54; Low 15:11; High 21:23 09.30 Registration with team Leaders (cadets must be changed) 09.40 Briefing by officer of the watch 10.00 Group sailing activities 13.00 lunch 14.00 Coke race & battleships (you will require water pistols to attack the instructors and team leaders) 15.30 Put boats away and play on the Kayaks/windsurf hulls/etc. 17.00 Prize giving /chubby bunnies and BBQ. Thursday 3rd August – Adult members and their families – Cadet activities not taking place This day is for adult club members and their families and there are NOT any cadets activities organised. Club Cruise for a picnic ready to leave at 10.00 be at club by 09.00 Friday 4th August – General sailing – Cadet section meet up with WYC • General sailing, adults to organise amongst themselves. • HBSC Cadets section to host WYC Cadets - Racing/Cruise/Games |
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