2018/19 Shillington Cup for Six Mtrs
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There are 12 Saturday events throughout the year
Round 5 Saturday March 23rd
Mike Ewart reports
"Four hardy souls today, for what the best wind we have had for some time. It was top of top suit and coming from the hotel on the north bank towards red 1 in the bay. This allowed us to use the whites (bouys) for starting out to red 4 then red 5 then red 1 with a sausage on red 4,
Even though I (Mike Ewart) am writing this I must admit Christina (Mike's boat, not lady friend) was going like a train today and I had a fantastic series. The starts were interesting, the wind was tending to veer just before the start leaving us all out of position and the beats were difficult with lots of place changing plus a ticklish downwind section where the wrong gybe would lose you distance quite quickly.
Paul is getting to grips with his Siskin and downwind it was going particulary well, Bob had his first real outing with Nimrod and is coming along well, a few mods on the jib and patience with the rudder and he will improve, the boat feels good on the water and most of the water was staying in the lake today, along with Pauls sunglasses.
A good day had by all after the postponement for the storm last week."
Mike Ewart reports
"Four hardy souls today, for what the best wind we have had for some time. It was top of top suit and coming from the hotel on the north bank towards red 1 in the bay. This allowed us to use the whites (bouys) for starting out to red 4 then red 5 then red 1 with a sausage on red 4,
Even though I (Mike Ewart) am writing this I must admit Christina (Mike's boat, not lady friend) was going like a train today and I had a fantastic series. The starts were interesting, the wind was tending to veer just before the start leaving us all out of position and the beats were difficult with lots of place changing plus a ticklish downwind section where the wrong gybe would lose you distance quite quickly.
Paul is getting to grips with his Siskin and downwind it was going particulary well, Bob had his first real outing with Nimrod and is coming along well, a few mods on the jib and patience with the rudder and he will improve, the boat feels good on the water and most of the water was staying in the lake today, along with Pauls sunglasses.
A good day had by all after the postponement for the storm last week."
Shillington cup 16th Feb 2019 Round 4 Saturday February 16th
Hi All
attached results from today .
A small but select group today, a Ravenna a Romanza and a Siskin.
Paul Geoff and myself spent a very enjoyable time with a wind coming from the WSW which didn't look very promising at first, but we set a course from 1 and 3 start up into the bay of doom to port then down to the new red 6 then the new red 4 back to red 1 and red 4 and finish, the course actually proved very good and we had some great windward legs especially as the wind strength increased during the day.
My Ravenna was justifying its position as the now solitary six metre in the Ewart household and went beautifully all day, Paul was getting the hang of his Siskin, its maiden race, and Geoff got his Romanza going well, the racing was a lot closer than the results seem to show, with a number of position changes on all legs throughout the day.
We actually called a halt at 11 races as Geoff had a shroud fail as a result of a collision so we called it a day.
I must report the new bouys are very visible and they spin very easily when contacted, well done to the bouy layers last week.
regards
Mike Ewart
Hi All
attached results from today .
A small but select group today, a Ravenna a Romanza and a Siskin.
Paul Geoff and myself spent a very enjoyable time with a wind coming from the WSW which didn't look very promising at first, but we set a course from 1 and 3 start up into the bay of doom to port then down to the new red 6 then the new red 4 back to red 1 and red 4 and finish, the course actually proved very good and we had some great windward legs especially as the wind strength increased during the day.
My Ravenna was justifying its position as the now solitary six metre in the Ewart household and went beautifully all day, Paul was getting the hang of his Siskin, its maiden race, and Geoff got his Romanza going well, the racing was a lot closer than the results seem to show, with a number of position changes on all legs throughout the day.
We actually called a halt at 11 races as Geoff had a shroud fail as a result of a collision so we called it a day.
I must report the new bouys are very visible and they spin very easily when contacted, well done to the bouy layers last week.
regards
Mike Ewart
Round 3 Saturday 12th Jan 2019
With several regular skippers either away on holiday or on family duties, today"s attendance was limited to a very small and select band of Colin Davies, Paul Risdale and Geoff Raygada.
Since the weather was gloomy but not either too cold , there was a decent breeze and there were three of us, it was time to go racing.
Geoff was soon to discover that the correct transmitter for the boat had been left at home but luckily the rescue boat transmitter was the correct type so all that needed doing was a bit of re binding and setting up.
Had the bank not been so muddy we would have walked over to the spit, to make best use of the westerly breeze, however we made the best of the conditions, although we did seem to make use of most of the buoys in a variety of courses throughout the morning to try and provide a decent beat.
Some elements of the course didn't change, first windward mark was red 1, in the western bay running down to red 8 in the other bay. The second leg being changed several times to provide an upwind leg that required some tactical sailing.
Paul's Revival and the Rocco's of Colin and Geoff were very evenly matched, often with only a canvass separating the boats, even after a long course, such is the closeness of 6 M racing.
All in all, a very pleasant and enjoyable morning's sailing and not even as much as heated discussion on the rules, all very gentlemanly just as it should be sailing in a lovely top suite breeze on a fresh winter's morning.
Geoff
With several regular skippers either away on holiday or on family duties, today"s attendance was limited to a very small and select band of Colin Davies, Paul Risdale and Geoff Raygada.
Since the weather was gloomy but not either too cold , there was a decent breeze and there were three of us, it was time to go racing.
Geoff was soon to discover that the correct transmitter for the boat had been left at home but luckily the rescue boat transmitter was the correct type so all that needed doing was a bit of re binding and setting up.
Had the bank not been so muddy we would have walked over to the spit, to make best use of the westerly breeze, however we made the best of the conditions, although we did seem to make use of most of the buoys in a variety of courses throughout the morning to try and provide a decent beat.
Some elements of the course didn't change, first windward mark was red 1, in the western bay running down to red 8 in the other bay. The second leg being changed several times to provide an upwind leg that required some tactical sailing.
Paul's Revival and the Rocco's of Colin and Geoff were very evenly matched, often with only a canvass separating the boats, even after a long course, such is the closeness of 6 M racing.
All in all, a very pleasant and enjoyable morning's sailing and not even as much as heated discussion on the rules, all very gentlemanly just as it should be sailing in a lovely top suite breeze on a fresh winter's morning.
Geoff
Round 2 Saturday December 15th
Hi all
Geoff and I shared 16 imaginary races in poor to freezing conditions, imaginary racing abandoned at 10. 08, I think you lot had more sense than us.
Mike Ewart
Hi all
Geoff and I shared 16 imaginary races in poor to freezing conditions, imaginary racing abandoned at 10. 08, I think you lot had more sense than us.
Mike Ewart
6 Metre - 2018-19 Shillington Cup Round 1
Hi Folks,
Here is the report and results of the first round of the 2018-2019 Shillington Cup courtesy of our 6 Metre leader, Mike Ewart.
Four of our intrepid Six Metre skippers were there today for 2018/9 first round of the Shillington Cup.
We were greeted by a nice top suit breeze mostly going down the lake, a course was set from a start between W 1 and W3 to a windward mark W5 to port then W6 as the wing down to R1 to port and a sausage on W5 finishing at the start line. (much the wiser for that thanks :Ed)
We kept the same course all day and whlst the wind did move gradually, during the day, slightly round to the north we still had a good beat.
Bob Lamb was there for his first outing with Nimrod the ex Paddy Chambers Renaissance which after solving a few teething problems was going well, but definitely leaking a bit, Mike Ewart had a good day and was managing to pick the shifts well but the racing was close between all the boats all day. Geoff reverted to his Rococo, Richard has his Ravenna as did Mike and there was very little to choose between the yachts performance, Rob Totty came down to spectate for a while, we will need to keep our eyes open for "Six" for him soon.
Keep an eye on the calendar folks don't miss the next one you know you will regret it
Cheers
Mike
Hi Folks,
Here is the report and results of the first round of the 2018-2019 Shillington Cup courtesy of our 6 Metre leader, Mike Ewart.
Four of our intrepid Six Metre skippers were there today for 2018/9 first round of the Shillington Cup.
We were greeted by a nice top suit breeze mostly going down the lake, a course was set from a start between W 1 and W3 to a windward mark W5 to port then W6 as the wing down to R1 to port and a sausage on W5 finishing at the start line. (much the wiser for that thanks :Ed)
We kept the same course all day and whlst the wind did move gradually, during the day, slightly round to the north we still had a good beat.
Bob Lamb was there for his first outing with Nimrod the ex Paddy Chambers Renaissance which after solving a few teething problems was going well, but definitely leaking a bit, Mike Ewart had a good day and was managing to pick the shifts well but the racing was close between all the boats all day. Geoff reverted to his Rococo, Richard has his Ravenna as did Mike and there was very little to choose between the yachts performance, Rob Totty came down to spectate for a while, we will need to keep our eyes open for "Six" for him soon.
Keep an eye on the calendar folks don't miss the next one you know you will regret it
Cheers
Mike
