Race Program - Open Meetings 2013

Date		Start Time	Event	Documents	Results	Tide
						High Water
						Time	Height
March	Sat 9 to Sun 10	TBA	Laser Std & Radial 'Q'	UKLA	UKLA
April	Sat 20 to Sun 21	TBA	Musto Skiff, RS 400 & B14 Open Meeting	Notice of Race here Sailing Instructions here Course Diagram here	Musto Skiff B14 RS100 RS400
June	Sat 15 to Sun 16	TBA	Moth Open Meeting	Notice of Race here Sailing Instructions here	Moth
September	Fri 6 to Sun 8	TBA	Tornado NATIONALS		Tornado
	Sat 7 to Sun 8	TBA	Catamaran Open		Catamaran
	Thur 26 to Sun 29	TBA	RS300 & RS600 NATIONALS		RS300 RS600
	Sat 28 Sun 29	TBA	RS200 & RS800 Circuit Event		RS200 RS800
October	Sat 5	TBA	Laser South Coast Grand Prix Event		Standard Radial 4.7

Jun 18 2013

Ronstan Moth Open report

The unpredictable British Summer greeted the fleet of 25 moths for the 3rd in the Noble Insurance Grand Prix open meeting series at Stokes Bay Sailing Club over the weekend of 15th/16th June. Wind gusts of up top 40 knot meant the first day had to be postponed allowing competitors to get last minute measurements and boat preparation for the next day and the up and coming Nationals.

The forecast was much more favourable for the Sunday and with a prompt start the fleet got on the water to a moderate SW with the hope of putting in as many races as possible.

Mike Lennon was quick to establish a big lead after going left up the first beat and sailing round the rest of the fleet with Ricky Tagg second. This left some of the locals in the middle to fight their way back up. But Chris Rashley and Jason Belben finally came through to take 2nd and 3rd from Mike.

There was no mistakes from Chris in the second race as a pin end start heading left took him to the mark first. A battle then ensued with Mike but with a dying wind Chris gained victory. The wind slowly disappeared making it non foilable and time for lunch.

The promise of further racing looked slim and several competitors started to call it a day. However the weekend was to spring more surprises when a good SE came in allowing the fleet to get back on the water. This produced the best races of the weekend with a close tack in shore giving great spectator views.

The change in conditions didn’t change the pecking order and Rashley dominated the final two races with Mike and Jason changing 2nd and 3rd’s.

Despite a poor forecast the weekend produced some good racing leaving the fleet contemplating what they needed to do to beat the dominant Rashers at next week's Nationals.

Thanks to SailTek for awarding Ronstan prizes, Dan Vincent for his unique Saturday evening quiz and Kev Ellway for designing the quickest Moths on the track (all of the first three boats) and coming 8th himself.

Overall 1st Chris Rashley 2nd Mike Lennon 3rd Jason Belben