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Update September 30th
Saturday was a bit of a float-about! There was a somewhat unprecedented starting sequence from the race box with the first mark Runway and then to East Head, with the wind dropping and the Ebb tide increasing. Mike Brown made it home first followed by Keith and then Tony, but no-one managed to get home round the pontoon and so had to drag trolleys to the main slipway.
Sunday, and there was a strong Easterly, so quite pleasant racing when the sun came out as well. The course was 3 times round East Head, Thorney, Ellanore and Dunes with about 18 starters most of whom made it around. A couple of retirements included Jerry Hack, who is still recovering from a particularly nasty virus, and Sarah who had not really got her brain engaged, to the extent that she tangled with an X round a mark! Nick and Tony battled it out well ahead of the rest of the fleet, Nick later complaining that all his hard work upwind went for naught as soon as the mark was rounded, as the run against the tide favoured Tony’s downwind skills
With Saturday’s magnificent win under his belt, Mike is almost certainly winner of this month’s League.
When the results are published we will be able to broadcast the overall winners for the Summer Series.
Update September 23rd
Saturday was a fair breeze which encouraged 18 Solos to the line somewhere near Freddie Brooks. First mark was Sandy with inherent problems but good spectator sport. Nick won this race followed by George then Robs Eastwood and Hack. Tony, in 3rd place overall, discarded his eighth place and this leaves Tim and Nick level pegging for the last race next weekend and the overall points.
Donald said he had a very interesting race today as he had a couple of boats behind him.
Two new boats arrived as we were leaving, delivered by Winder, 4812 for Chris Powell and 4811 for David Colebrook - called ‘Lute’ as opposed to ‘Loot’.
Sunday, much windier again and the course was twice round Weir from Dunes with East Head thrown in as a bit of a dog-leg. It is thought that Chris Powles won followed by Tony and then Nick. Melvyn, 4th in Tim’s boat, says he hasn’t quite got the hang of going up wind yet
Update September 16th
Saturday was a lovely day with a light SW which favoured the Solos in the first race of the Harbour Challenge. The course was started just up the Emsworth Channel with a small beat to Smithy. Unhappily, the wind shifted after the start of the Fast Handicap and the line was moved making the first leg a little longer for the Slow handicap. This must have made all the difference to the results as Tony only came second to the Palmers in their FF. However they all had a nice jolly up to Langstone, then Emsworth and back to Langstone around lots of unheard of boys before the long beat home
Sunday, summer finished and the wind shot in abruptly to about 20 knots at 9.00 Only 4 Solos braved the conditions and set off up to Bosham and then Thorney with a slog home into the wind. Tony again was first Solo back with Barry second and Ted reversing yesterday’s results and beating Bill today . Tony came second overall with FFs either side and a Fireball fourth and Barry managed 6th with a lot of pain all round! Nick, in his 700, came in 15th so perhaps he won’t do that again.
Update September 10th
Saturday, and the Northerly wind stayed in the N but lightened considerably. Having to start on the Club line, as the two open meetings were using the boats and Missy was in the Shed, the strong ebb caused a few problems. One short postponement was indicated after the Race Team missed a flag and then at the start nearly all the boats were over but making their way back with the tide round the far end of the start line one at a time. The race was a bit of a procession after the initial beat with Tim leading the way from Tony followed by Nick.
On Sunday, the NE wind turned into a Southerly halfway through the start sequence. The R.O. eventually decided to cancel every body as most of the boats were going backwards and restarted at 13.00 hrs when there was a good wind. There were not many takers throughout the fleets though, and only 5 Solos turned out. Nick won followed by Tony and Barry, and Ted and Mr Grumpy had their weekly battle
Update September 2nd 5TH PENNANT SERIES & SOLO AUTUMN TROPHY
Saturday and a light SW wind with the CB in the middle and the first mark Sandy on a flood tide - marks to Starboard. Good spectator sport for the Fifteens and their 60th anniversary racing but not much else! 28 boats on the line and in the first race, Chris Powles led at the first mark and then had 3 Elites and 2 Fifteens sitting on his wind which allowed the rest of the fleet to catch up. And so Saturday progressed, amidst many frustrations, with Nick winning the first race and Tim the second
On Sunday the wind went round to the E. and freshened and then some more with the black clouds. round to the E. Nick won the third race so the last race was a battle royal between Nick and Tim. Nick managed to sail Tim back off the start line and Tony at least, caught in the middle, got fed up and retired. At the end of the last beat it was,Melvyn, George and then Barry, Tim and Nick, so the result was all very much in the air. Believe it or not, Melvyn, went off down the reach instead of the run, followed by George (who had some good results) . This left Barry in the lead with Tim 2nd. However, Barry then muffed it and went to the wrong end of the finishing line, letting Tim through to 1st place in this race and 1st Overall.
Nick was distinctly miffed about this as it did rather spoil his run of things for this season! George was pleased with his 3rd result as was Barry in 4th place.
Meanwhile the last of the Garden Parties at the Blaydes residence was a good evening. The garden was enjoyed until the midges attacked at about 8.15 pm - their presence preceded by that of the bats. The food as usual was excellent, Melvyn, very expertly preparing his offering on arrival! Having cleared up, Barry is now demolishing the rest of the kitchen.
Update August 27th
Nick won the Cock of the Harbour! with Tony in 2nd place. Keith was 6th and Melvyn 7th. Well Done all!!!
Update August 26th
Gorgeous weather for sitting on the beach - summer came at last!
24 Starters were encouraged out both days. Saturday was 8 knots from the South and the first mark was Treloar on an ebb tide. On the second beat, Chris Atkinson left the pack and went out of the tide over to the Lifeboat station - did all the wrong things and made up 7 places - but not quite enough to catch the leader, David Sayce. That sort of day.
Sunday and even less wind but from the North and fluctuating. After one lap round Sandy the wind disappeared and several boats decided to make for the shore and come in while they still could. Of those that continued only 6 actually finished and they didn’t make it home in good order - Tim, after finishing first, along with others, had to walk his boat back along the shore and some boats had to be towed in. Keith was heard to remark that he finished 1’ behind Chris Powell but two minutes later!
Final August League results to follow
Meanwhile, on the I of W, Sarah’s husband Ian, crewing for Ian Pinnell, won the 14 National Championships!
Update August 23rd
Ted won the July league in the Summer points series, but so far this month, Bill Shepherd, Chris Atkinson, Gerald New and David Moseley are all tying for first place, but with only two points separating them from David Charlesworth and Michael Brown
FED WEEK .Monday, with rather a lot of wind and three of our ladies having a go amongst the 35 entrants
There was a great tussle between the leaders of Tony Catchpole, Tim Randall, Nick Rawlings and David MacGregor, with MacGregor eventually taking the gun when Tony Catchpole had a swim on the last beat. Further back, various battles were ongoing with Sarah, on her first outing, annoying a few people by coming 11th, with only 19 actually finishing.
Tuesday and Wednesday were cancelled and the winds were only marginally better the rest of the week
It was decided to hold two races on Thursday which didn’t please some people and was a disaster for others who, having failed to finish on Monday, then did not get two races on the Thursday. There was a lot of hanging around between the two races which was inevitable with 8 starts, and many retired before the start of the 2nd race, as they were getting cold. In the first one, David MacGregor sailing Jim Hunt’s boat - straight from the Nationals, came home 1st with Tim doing very well to beat Nick into 3rd place. In the second race, Melvyn - out for the first time this year! - came into his own and was 1st, beating MacGregor , with Nick 3rd. (It would appear that Melvyn’s new neighbour does not go biking during the week). On Friday Nick made it to the front, with Tony 2nd and Nathan, in the boat he shares with Jo, coming 3rd. Poor Jo has not had a very good time with the weather for her first year!
So overall, it was MacGregor, Nick, Melvyn (not lost his touch), Tony, Chris Powles and David Moseley.
Our BBQ, though not very well supported this year, was excellent. Held at the Newtown House Hotel, which is under new management, we had the garden to ourselves, with the BBQ laid out in a gazebo and beautiful new round tables on the which to recline. We could have gone inside to the bar or their newly decorated function room, but it was warm enough to be outside. The 14 of us, which included some visitors- which is what it is all about - enjoyed the fantastic food, which, though seemingly expensive, was in fact, excellent value; the chocolate sauce being something to die for! We will definitely be going there again and we wish the new management all the best with their new venture.
Update August 5th
Some people managed to get back from the Nationals still feeling fit! So, as it was nice weather, there were the usual 20 boats out each day.
On Saturday Tim won, followed by David Sayce( back from somewhere) and then Chris Powles.
Sunday, a light southerly, and the start was up by Channel and then round Sandy and a multitude of cans so arranged as to, hopefully, give a beat somewhere if the wind shifted. Tim led all the way and Tony gradually moved up the fleet, doing the right thing on the second beat by crossing from the Mengham bank to the Thorny one in good time to go round Freddie Brooks, unlike some others who didn’t and lost a packet! Rob Eastwood maintained his third place but Chris Atkinson eventually slid back from 2nd to 4th
Update July 22nd
Saturday was another horrible day with the start in a vertical downpour right up by Astra! About 12 stalwarts were out again but the conditions obliged several retirements and only 5 survived to finish. Nick roared home first with Chris Powles 2nd and then Rob Eastwood, who managed the gybe mark in a bit of calm ahead of Barry who didn’t. Ted gallantly brought up the rear. Ian Bartlett from CYC launched his new Gosling composite - RED! - for a run around with us prior to the Nationals.
Sunday was lovely, sunny day and a nice F2 !- so the RO ordered everyone outside. The wind died to nothing on our start line but 10 minutes later came in at F 4-5 with consequential big seas - which were quite fun to surf down until it was time to gybe. 21 solos went out but 7 peeled off at various stages of the shortened course finding it too rough for their liking. Being one of the latter we are not sure who was in the lead, but it has been heard that, again, Nick powered up to the front from a rather way back position.
Update July 18th
For the last 3 races there have, due to the continual heavy winds, only been about 10-12 solo sailors out and the club has been a bit empty. Well done to those who have turned out.
Update July 2nd - DELL QUAY DASH
The forecast rain did not actually materialise until later in the afternoon, but a few punters were put off and went home, so there were only 9 starters for the event this year. There was, however, a goodly turnout of the cruiser fleet so Dell Quay was still very busy!
A course was set with a hitch from Sandhead back to Dunes where there was a strong flood tide to be battled against. Then it was the usual following wind all the way, favouring the lightweights, or in this instance those that started first. David Colebrook started and finished first followed by Bob Smith and then Zyg Kruk, but all well spaced out. The last 6 boats all finished within 90 seconds of each other.
The usual, excellent lunch was provided by Liz and Jean Sagues (Jean doing the finishing line as well) and helpers, and this year they decided to ask everyone for a small donation to ‘Friends of Chichester Harbour’, which was given willingly.
At 2 pm the wind peaked at 30 knots and then fortunately dropped a bit for the hard beat back. Our-rib in-attendance, with Mike Wright-Anderson at the helm, was dutifully bringing up the rear and escorting David with a broken tiller extension, when Bob, a bit nearer home, unfortunately got into trouble and Frank had to come to the rescue. The fleet sends its thanks to Frank together with a large fruit cake! .
Bob was OK, but not surprisingly, a tad tired! - as was everyone else who had to sail back!
Update July 1st
Saturday was fairly horrible with 9 Solos braving the elements. Nick came home first followed by Tim and Tony.
Sunday was even worse. Three 15s went out with two 200s, one laser and Nick, who sailed round in solitary state. We did note he wore round one gybe mark!
Update June 24th
Another rather damp weekend with not much in the way of membership around altogether! In fact only about 10 Solos were out both days and not many more of the other classes. Barry and Jane were RO and ARO and so had a bit of a cabin to keep off the worst and did take pity and shorten the race on Saturday before the next promised squall! Both days had a race up to Channel and then Astra with a final wiggle round the cans. Tim and Tony had a good battle on the Saturday with Tim maintaining his lead with continued perseverance, but on Sunday Tony got away and had a very good lead all the way round. James Gaskell came in second having successfully kept Nick just behind him. On Saturday, George reckoned Christmas had come early as Nathan, in Jo’s boat, headed off to finish on Sandy, only realising just in time, to plane back to the CB in front of Ted!
Update June 18th
This was the Pennant Weekend Number 3 and was combined with the Personal Handicap Race for the QE2 Jubilee Trophy. However, as the wind on Saturday was gusting up to 28 knots these races did not count towards the latter. 14 boats braved the conditions, though two put up their plan B sails i.e. Trevor and Rob Hack. Trevor admitted to not going very fast downwind but at least he didn’t capsize! Even Nick managed one capsize on a gybe but it didn’t stop him from coming second - in both races - to David Sayce each time. Tony was third in the first race and Tim in the second. Only 4 boats did the second race so Trevor made it round with his plan B.
The ‘Picnic in the Park’ was rather sparsely attended - rather a lot of folks who did not do the second race had gone home, but a small and select gathering managed to devour all of Donald’s scrumptious fruit cake and also most of Shirley’s banana cake, well washed down with copious quantities of Pimms
Sunday was a bit less windy and there were 20 starters. Nick managed to win both races and thus the Pennant, and as the wind over tide conditions spread the fleet very widely he also managed to win the QE2 Trophy on corrected times, though Zyg Kruk did well to come in second. David was second and Tim third in the Pennant.
Update June 11th
Saturday, nice southerly which unfortunately went westerly before the start which meant that people starting at the pin end could lay the mark quite effectively with the mild flood to help. Nick got a good start at the pin and with no hindrance was long gone . The rest of the race was a bit of a procession with the odd haggling rounding marks, but really not a proper race.
Sunday was the Tyler Trophy with lots of misery beforehand about the lack of wind all of which was quite unnecessary as 15 knots came in for 11 am so that 3 races were able to be sailed all in good time.
HISC SOLO OPEN MEETING FOR THE TYLER TROPHY 10th JUNE 2007
35 Solos competed in the 46th annual Tyler Trophy event. The forecast was for no wind and this was the case when boats were being prepared. However, Hayling Bay soon filled with a 12 knot Southerly breeze so Race Officer, David Nicholls, was able to start the first race on schedule. Mike Hobin lead Will Loy and Vanda Young around the first mark and these places remained unchanged around the 3 laps despite the efforts of George Gyngell to make his overtaking attempts stick.
The wind had dropped by the start of the second race and Nick Rawlings lead at the first mark followed by Tim Randall. However on the next beat, the wind was patchy and shifting. Tony Catchpole went hard left and appeared with a clear lead which he held to the finish, while Rawlings was swallowed by the pack. Randall held second and Young finished third.
There was a bit more wind at the start of the third race and at the first mark it was Loy, Randall then Hobin. These 3 held their positions as the fog came in and the race was shortened. All the competitors managed to find the harbour entrance without difficult in time for tea. Will Loy was the overall winner by 1 point.
Full results at http://www.hisc.co.uk/openresults07/solo_07.htm
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1st
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Will Loy
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Reading Sailing Club
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3.0
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2nd
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Mike Hobin
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Oxford SC
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4.0
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3rd
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Tim Randall
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HISC
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4.0
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4th
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Vanda Young
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Littleton SC
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6.0
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5th
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Nick Rawlings
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HISC
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10.0
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6th
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George Gyngell
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HISC
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11.0
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7th
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Tony Catchpole
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HISC
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13.0
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8th
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Phil Milanes
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South Cerney SC
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13.0
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9th
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Robert Hack
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HISC
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13.0
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10th
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David Mosely
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HISC
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17.0
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As usual, a scrumptious tea was provided by the club which allowed members and visitors to mingle happily. And then we all gratefully took ourselves off to Cliff and Shirley Wiles’ residence for a viewing of their splendid garden and a very amiable evening out, although some of the 35 guests did forget the midge repellent!
Update June 3rd
Saturday was a nice day and we had a course sailed on Pilsey Bank on the high water in lightish winds which were all right for some and a disaster for others! Rob Eastwood and Tim battled round but Rob gained the lead about halfway round and stayed there. Tony kept his 3rd place and Rob Hack worked up to 4th. Jane ultimately passed Trevor for the umpteenth time and and then there was a space of about a leg caused by the appearance of a large hole in the wind on the third beat, before the remaining 12 competitors finished!
Sunday produced even lighter winds - up to 6 knots - but the Mini Olympics still happened with 16 competitors . 4 races were sailed, after a postponement, again on the top of the tide and on the bank with Roy Barnes acting as RO in Mutoli. Mike O’Connor kindly arranged the buoys for us. Tim won overall but, unfortunately, had to leave before collecting his bottle of wine! Results at Mini Olympics
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