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RC Laser TT at Poole Radio Yacht Club

by Dave Fowler 18 Mar 2014 13:52 UTC 15 March 2014

Poole RYC got the first RC Laser TT of 2014 under way with perfect sailing conditions, sun and wind. Spring was definitely here.

The local club sailors were out in force, with 4 visitors from afar. OD Peter Wiles and his team moved the marks around and set a triangular course using the middle 2/3 thirds of the lake, with a gate at the leeward end of the course this made for more tactical planning for which mark was better, allowing helms some big gains during the day when they got it correct with the wind shifts.

With the morning racing underway Dave Fowler stamped his authority on the proceedings (or was he still buzzing from the 4 cappuccinos he had on the 3.5 hour drive down) by winning 4 of the 7 pre lunch races, with Chris Treagust taking 2 wins and Laurie Draper 1 just before lunch, Local helm Peter Pritchard, pulled in a 2nd and a 3rd, but wasn't consistent, and kept on getting hit by starboard boats for some reason.

After lunch 8 races were sailed it similar wind strengths, on the boarder between 'B' & 'C' rigs, there was quite a lot of swapping, but the top 3 mostly remained in the 'B' rig with all helms dropping to the 'C' for the last race of the day, as the wind increased. Fowler once again showed a clean pair of heals to the others buy winning 7 of the races, with Treagust wining the other.

The results don't pay justice to the tight racing had between the top 4 helms, and the groups further down the ranking, with a lot of place changes, with the tactical racing that this one design boat gives to the helms. The days racing was very enjoyable and very well managed by the OD and his team.

A big thank you to Poole Radio Yacht Club for putting on the event.

More photos can be found at www.flickr.com/photos/swiftly/sets/72157642508291333

Overall Results:

PosSail NoHelmClubR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15Pts
17Dave FowlerKingsmill11211421111311115
297Chris TreagustGosport421421325231221429
37Laurie DraperPoole73323215232244335
434Peter PritchardPoole24476354745433552
5699OliverMilesPoole1414665643358655264
666Steve BrownPoole9851211887474566784
799Badg ChampionPoole861011777106677141414106
823Jim McGregorPoole610118891498898996107
9619Lou ReynoldsPoole11991091098149614774108
10908Nick HodgsonGosport1077910146614141414888121
11789Andy RushtonPoole31412545141414141414141414141
1270Richard CakePoole75831414141414141414141414149
138John ArmstrongTwo Islands141414141414141414141414141414182

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