RS Elites
Perfect conditions greeted the 7 RS Elites taking part in the Summers Shorts and after a short briefing our race officer David Osbourne and his polished Team headed down to the roach on Russ Cashell’s committee boat for the day [many thanks Russ].
The Elites headed down shortly afterwards ready for the first warning signal at 11.55. Special mention and thanks to Jon Sturmer for being in the support rib on his own and doing a great job of laying all the marks.
The racing from the start of race 1 was fast and furious with a good start being paramount as races were scheduled for 25 mins but allowed us to have 2 x upwind and 2 downwind legs and then a short dash to the finishing line. Mark roundings were tight, particularly when the tide had turned and there were some big shifts up the middle of the course for those that spotted them to keep the racing tight.
Overall great fun had by all and this format is ideal for the Elites and keeps all boats involved.
Well done to Graham in ‘Eleanor’ for a 2nd in the series and also to Jack on ‘Boudicca’ for sailing 2 up and spotting the shifts up the middle!
Congrats to Serious Moonlight who sailed consistently and won by 1 point to Excalibur 2nd, followed by Oinksqueal 3rd, equal on pts with Blind Squirrel but holding 3rd on countback emphasizing just how tight the racing is now. Also, over the 4 races, podium spots were taken by 5 different boats.
A big thank you from all the fleet to David Osbourne and his team for setting great courses and running all the races incredibly efficiently, so much so that we were back in the bar by 3pm!!
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1 | We | WN Spring Series 4 | 1 | Sa | Summer Series 1 | 1 | Mo | 1 | Th | 1 | Su | St. Mathews Cup | 1 | Tu | ||||||||
2 | Th | 2 | Su | 2 | Tu | 2 | Fr | 2 | Mo | 2 | We | |||||||||||
3 | Fr | 3 | Mo | 3 | We | WN July Cup 2 | 3 | Sa | Late Summer Series 4 | 3 | Tu | 3 | Th | |||||||||
4 | Sa | May BH Regatta R1+R2 | 4 | Tu | 4 | Th | UK Nationals Day 1 | 4 | Su | 4 | We | WN Crews Race | 4 | Fr | ||||||||
5 | Su | May BH Regatta R3+R4 | 5 | We | WN Stuart Paul Memorial (All In Race) | 5 | Fr | UK Nationals Day 2 | 5 | Mo | 5 | Th | 5 | Sa | Autumn Series 5 | |||||||
6 | Mo | Bank Holiday - no racing | 6 | Th | 6 | Sa | Summer Series 6 UK Nationals Day 3 | 6 | Tu | 6 | Fr | 6 | Su | |||||||||
7 | Tu | 7 | Fr | 7 | Su | UK Nationals Day 4 | 7 | We | WN Summer Series 2 (Diana Memorial) | 7 | Sa | Autumn Series 1 | 7 | Mo | ||||||||
8 | We | WN Spring Series 5 | 8 | Sa | Summer Series 2 | 8 | Mo | 8 | Th | 8 | Su | 8 | Tu | |||||||||
9 | Th | 9 | Su | 9 | Tu | 9 | Fr | 9 | Mo | 9 | We | |||||||||||
10 | Fr | 10 | Mo | 10 | We | WN July Cup 3 | 10 | Sa | Late Summer Series 5 | 10 | Tu | 10 | Th | |||||||||
11 | Sa | Spring Series 5 | 11 | Tu | 11 | Th | 11 | Su | 11 | We | 11 | Fr | ||||||||||
12 | Su | 12 | We | WN Baldwin Trophy (All In Race) | 12 | Fr | 12 | Mo | 12 | Th | 12 | Sa | Autumn Series 6 | |||||||||
13 | Mo | 13 | Th | 13 | Sa | Late Summer Series 1 | 13 | Tu | 13 | Fr | 13 | Su | ||||||||||
14 | Tu | 14 | Fr | 14 | Su | 14 | We | WN Summer Series 3 | 14 | Sa | Autumn Series 2 | 14 | Mo | |||||||||
15 | We | WN Spring Series 6 | 15 | Sa | Summer Series 3 | 15 | Mo | 15 | Th | 15 | Su | 15 | Tu | |||||||||
16 | Th | 16 | Su | 16 | Tu | 16 | Fr | 16 | Mo | 16 | We | |||||||||||
17 | Fr | 17 | Mo | 17 | We | WN July Cup 4 | 17 | Sa | Late Summer Series 6 RBYC Summer Shorts 3 | 17 | Tu | 17 | Th | |||||||||
18 | Sa | Spring Series 6 | 18 | Tu | 18 | Th | 18 | Su | 18 | We | 18 | Fr | ||||||||||
19 | Su | 19 | We | Long Distance Race | 19 | Fr | 19 | Mo | 19 | Th | 19 | Sa | Season Finale R1+R2 | |||||||||
20 | Mo | 20 | Th | 20 | Sa | Late Summer Series 2 RBYC Summer Shorts 2 | 20 | Tu | 20 | Fr | 20 | Su | Season Finale R3 (End of season lunch) | |||||||||
21 | Tu | 21 | Fr | 21 | Su | 21 | We | WN Summer Series 4 | 21 | Sa | Autumn Series 3 | 21 | Mo | |||||||||
22 | We | WN Spring Series 7 (RNLI Pennant) | 22 | Sa | Summer Series 4 RBYC Summer Shorts 1 | 22 | Mo | 22 | Th | 22 | Su | 22 | Tu | |||||||||
23 | Th | 23 | Su | 23 | Tu | 23 | Fr | 23 | Mo | 23 | We | |||||||||||
24 | Fr | 24 | Mo | 24 | We | WN July Cup 5 | 24 | Sa | BW Easterns R1+R2 | 24 | Tu | 24 | Th | |||||||||
25 | Sa | RB Whitsun Regt. R1,2,3,4 | 25 | Tu | 25 | Th | 25 | Su | BW Easterns R3+R4 | 25 | We | 25 | Fr | |||||||||
26 | Su | RB Whitsun Regt. R5,6,7,8 | 26 | We | WN July Cup 1 | 26 | Fr | 26 | Mo | BW Easterns R5+R6 | 26 | Th | 26 | Sa | ||||||||
27 | Mo | Bank Holiday - no racing | 27 | Th | 27 | Sa | Late Summer Series 3 | 27 | Tu | 27 | Fr | 27 | Su | |||||||||
28 | Tu | 28 | Fr | 28 | Su | 28 | We | 28 | Sa | Autumn Series 4 | 28 | Mo | ||||||||||
29 | We | WN Spring Series 8 | 29 | Sa | Summer Series 5 UK Southerns Day 1 | 29 | Mo | 29 | Th | 29 | Su | 29 | Tu | |||||||||
30 | Tu | 30 | Su | UK Southerns Day 2 | 30 | Tu | 30 | Fr | 30 | Mo | 30 | We | ||||||||||
31 | Fr | 31 | We | WN Summer Series 1 | 31 | Sa | BW Last Sat Race | 31 | Th |