Monday 29th August

It all felt a bit lonely out there as Jobs for the Buoys and Vinyl Solutions embarked on a two boat match race on Monday evening!

Unfortunately the course did not allow for a beat so, once ahead, Jobs for the Buoys didn't really have any competition, other than in sail handling around the various marks.

Nonetheless a lovely evening weather wise AND we came SECOND !! Best result of the year.

Well done Holly for helming so admirably.

William

	J24 Monday Evening Autumn Series 2016
		1st Aug	8th Aug	15th Aug	22nd Aug	29th Aug	5th Sept	12th Sept	19th Sept	Points
4265	Madeliene	2	5	1	2	dnc 13				23
4263	Jobs for the Buoys	5	DNF 11	5	7	1				29
4239	Zaphod	3	4	4	5	dnc 13				29
4270	Jolly Roger	1	3	Av 4	8	dnc 13				31
4067	Vinyl Solutions	6	9	6	dnc 13	2				35
4235	Wijit	dnc 13	1	3	6	dnc 13				36
4074	Crackerjack	dnc 13	8	2	3	dnc 13				37
4242	Pheonix	dnc 13	6	Av 5	1	dnc 13				38
4266	Flying Colours	dnc 13	2	Av 6	4	dnc 13				38
5467	XP Rigging	4	7	Av 8	dnc 13	dnc 13				45
4204	Easy Tiger	dnf 7	dnc 13	DNF8	DNF 10	dnc 13				51

William Lack 

Monday 22nd August 2016

As Vinyl Solutions was unable to sail I invited myself to sail aboard Crackerjack where I was witness to some expert helmsmanship from Dave Butter's son Jack. David Lush was press ganged into becoming Race Officer for the evening so the decision was made to only fly jibs, as Jobs for the Buoys could only have 4 crew. A course of 26 to Port, Bell Race Mark to starboard and then a windward/leeward using South Deep twice was set. However the fast ebbing tide caught out many boats notably Easy Tiger, who resorted to engine, and Jolly Roger whose time was severely effected.

Pheonix, starting at the box end got away quickly whilst Wijit was adjudged over the line and had to return. The huge tide at 26 meant extreme care had to be taken but, once round Pheonix had a clear run to finish whilst Madeleine, Flying Colours and Crackerjack battled for the remaining silverware. The race was ultimately shortened to Glovers with the following result:

1st Pheonix

2nd Madeleine

3rd Crackerjack

4th Flying Colours

5th Zaphod

6th Wijit

7th Jobs for the Buoys

8th Jolly Roger

DNF Easy Tiger

I have now noticed my mistake with regard to separating the Summer and Autumn Series !!

Congratulations to Roger Morris 1st, Duncan McCarthy 2nd and Andy Taylor 3rd for the Summer Series. 

	J24 Monday Evening Summer Series 2016
		6th June	13th June	20th June	27th June	4th July	11th July	18th July	25th July	Points
										after 1 discard
4270	Jolly Roger	a	2	1	1	2	1	3	5	10	1st
4265	Madeleine	b	1	2	RET 9	7	2	1	2	15	2nd
4242	Pheonix	a	4	DNC 12	RTD 9	1	3	7	1	24	3rd
4074	Crackerjack	n	7	DNC 12	2	5	4	4	4	26	4th
4263	Jobs for the Buoys	d	8	5	3	4	7	2	6	27	5th
4235	Wijit	o	3	4	DNC 12	3	6	6	8	30	6th
4266	Flying Colours	n	6	3	DNC 12	DNC 12	5	5	3	34	7th
4239	Zaphod	e	5	7	4	6	9	8	7	37	8th
5467	XP Rigging	d	10	6	5	8	8	9	9	45	9th
4067	Vinyl Solutions		9	DNF 9	7	9	DNC 12	10	10	54	10th
4204	Easy Tiger		DNC 12	DNC 12	6	DNF 11	10	DNC 12	DNC 12	63	11th
					6 races to count

William Lack 

mobile tel no. 0782 552 8413

email: william.lack@hotmail.co.uk

Monday 15th August

An absolutely perfect evening for a gentle sail around Poole harbour with a glorious sunset to finish.

A SE breeze and high tide allowed for the 7 competitors to utilise the width of the harbour from Brownsea to Salterns Marina to beat up to Bell race mark and then run back to Stakes race mark. With some of the fleet away at the European Championships in Plymouth there were fewer participants. We were pleased with our start at the pin end (others were not quite so pleased!) but despite a good scrub off prior to the race Vinyl Solutions' boat speed did not allow us to keep up. Wijit, despite starting slowly over hauled most of the fleet, whilst Crackerjack turn in another great performance to finish just behind Madeleine. Easy Tiger succumbed to a weedy under carriage and lack of spinnaker so departed early.

The European competitors scored average points.

					Summer Series
		6th June	13th June	20th June	27th June	4th July	11th July	18th July	25th July	1st Aug	8th Aug	15th Aug	Points
													(4 discards)
4270	Jolly Roger	a	2	1	1	2	1	3	5	1	3	Av 2	8
4265	Madeleine	b	1	2	RET 9	7	2	1	2	2	5	1	9
4242	Pheonix	a	4	DNC 12	RTD 9	1	3	7	1	DNC 12	6	Av 6	15
4235	Wijit	o	3	4	DNC 12	3	6	6	8	DNC 12	1	3	19
4074	Crackerjack	n	7	DNC 12	2	5	4	4	4	DNC 12	8	2	21
4266	Flying Colours	n	6	3	DNC 12	DNC 12	5	5	3	DNC 12	2	Av 7	24
4263	Jobs for the Buoys	d	8	5	3	4	7	2	6	5	DNF 11	5	24
4239	Zaphod	e	5	7	4	6	9	8	7	3	4	4	26
5467	XP Rigging	d	10	6	5	8	8	9	9	4	7	Av 7	37
4067	Vinyl Solutions		9	DNF 9	7	9	DNC 12	10	10	6	9	6	55
4204	Easy Tiger		DNC 12	DNC 12	6	DNF 11	10	DNC 12	DNC 12	RTD 7	DNC 12	DNF8	66
					6 races to count

William Lack

mobile tel no. 0782 552 8413

email: william.lack@hotmail.co.uk

Monday 8th August

Apologies for missing last week's results, but here is how it stands now.

A very interesting evening on Monday with a gusty and increasing NW breeze

but all boats stuck with genoas throughout. Crackerjack was OCS at the start but 

redeemed herself but couldn't get back into the leading pack. Andrew Hill's Wijit

and crew were super fast and no-one got anywhere near them after the first mark.

Flying Colours recovered from a slow start to bounce her way (literally) up to 2nd

place, using the slack tide in Wytch Channel to their advantage.

		6th June	13th June	20th June	27th June	4th July	11th July	18th July	25th July	1st Aug	8th Aug	Points
												(3 discards)
4270	Jolly Roger	a	2	1	1	2	1	3	5	1	3	8
4265	Madeleine	b	1	2	RET 9	7	2	1	2	2	5	10
4242	Pheonix	a	4	DNC 12	RTD 9	1	3	7	1	DNC 12	6	22
4235	Wijit	o	3	4	DNC 12	3	6	6	8	DNC 12	1	23
4266	Flying Colours	n	6	3	DNC 12	DNC 12	5	5	3	DNC 12	2	24
4263	Jobs for the Buoys	d	8	5	3	4	7	2	6	5	DNF 11	25
4074	Crackerjack	n	7	DNC 12	2	5	4	4	4	DNC 12	8	26
4239	Zaphod	e	5	7	4	6	9	8	7	3	4	29
5467	XP Rigging	d	10	6	5	8	8	9	9	4	7	38
4067	Vinyl Solutions		9	DNF 9	7	9	DNC 12	10	10	6	9	49
4204	Easy Tiger		DNC 12	DNC 12	6	DNF 11	10	DNC 12	DNC 12	RTD 7	DNC 12	58

William Lack Marine 

mobile tel no. 0782 552 8413

email: william.lack@hotmail.co.uk

Monday 25th July

A beautiful evening for a sail. A little blustery to start with, which encouraged jibs to be flown

but, on the long run from "up there somewhere beyond Brownsea" back to NC12 most opted to

change to genoas in the fading breeze. Our foredeck crew completed this task brilliantly in a very 

short space of time (yes the decision was a little late). However, the swapping sides of spinnaker 

sheets for the run from Ro-Ro was not quite so crisp !! We had a great fun evening without 

threatening the front four boats, Pheonix (who were very quick and took line honours), Madeleine, 

Flying Colours and Crackerjack, who seemed to leave a nice healthy gap between themselves and 

the chasers. Actually, we weren't that close to the second half of the fleet either !! 

However, it is all good experience.

William 

Series results:

		6th June	13th June	20th June	27th June	4th July	11th July	18th July	25th July	Points
										(1 discard)
4270	Jolly Roger	a	2	1	1	2	1	3	5	10
4265	Madeleine	b	1	2	RET 9	7	2	1	2	15
4242	Pheonix	a	4	DNC 12	RTD 9	1	3	7	1	25
4074	Crackerjack	n	7	DNC 12	2	5	4	4	4	26
4263	Jobs for the Buoys	d	8	5	3	4	7	2	6	27
4235	Wijit	o	3	4	DNC 12	3	6	6	8	30
4266	Flying Colours	n	6	3	DNC 12	DNC 12	5	5	3	34
4239	Zaphod	e	5	7	4	6	9	8	7	37
5467	XP Rigging	d	10	6	5	8	8	9	9	45
4067	Vinyl Solutions		9	DNF 9	7	9	DNC 12	10	10	54
4204	Easy Tiger		DNC 12	DNC 12	6	DNF 11	10	DNC 12	DNC 12	63

William Lack 

mobile tel no. 0782 552 8413

email: william.lack@hotmail.co.uk

Monday 18th July

A beautiful summer's evening, at last!!! with just enough of a SE breeze to allow for a windward / leeward course with North Channel no. 2 being the windward mark and Stakes Race mark the leeward.

"Let's be maverick" we all agreed on Vinyl Solutions. "Everyone else will head over to the Brownsea shallows and beat up against the strengthening incoming tide. So let's try the North Channel and approach No2 buoy on starboard tack" So the idea was to short tack along the harbour's north shore up to Saltern's and then near Evening Hill. What we didn't allow for was that EVERYONE else had the same idea!!! so it all got rather congested.

Topper sailor Oscar volunteered to perform these tricky tacking manoeuvres and it wasn't his fault that we spend a few minutes prising a mooring buoy from around our rudder !! Needless to say we now trailed the fleet. All we could see was blue spinnakers starting the run so who was who ? Who knows ?

Madeleine, on the wrong side of the start line for the Race Officers' liking, and 5th around the windward mark, gybed into the main channel the quickest and found themselves heading the fleet by the finish. Jobs for the Buoys achieved their best result of the series, coming 2nd, keeping Jolly Roger viewing their transom.

Crackerjack move up into 4th place in the series. 

     

		6th June	13th June	20th June	27th June	4th July	11th July	18th July	Points
4270	Jolly Roger	a	2	1	1	2	1	3	10
4265	Madeleine	b	1	2	RET 9	7	2	1	22
4263	Jobs for the Buoys	a	8	5	3	4	7	2	29
4074	Crackerjack	n	7	DNC 12	2	5	4	4	34
4235	Wijit	d	3	4	DNC 12	3	6	6	34
4242	Pheonix	o	4	DNC 12	RTD 9	1	3	7	36
4239	Zaphod	n	5	7	4	6	9	8	39
4266	Flying Colours	e	6	3	DNC 12	DNC 12	5	5	43
5467	XP Rigging	d	10	6	5	8	8	9	46
4067	Vinyl Solutions		9	DNF 9	7	9	DNC 12	10	56
4204	Easy Tiger		DNC 12	DNC 12	6	DNF 11	10	DNC 12	63

William Lack 

mobile tel no. 0782 552 8413

email: william.lack@hotmail.co.uk