Update from Roger: our young member CJ Vice was in the top 6 on Monday night. This is quite remarkable as it is a great credit to him albeit with help from his dad. On Monday he out sailed Graham Bantock on the bank with a perfect re-trim and did the same on the run against Lester Gilbert on the run to take the 5 points. We also have Brillie Vice sailing with Zak Roberts and thoroughly enjoying his first taste of vane racing and our member from Holland, Arjan Van de Cingel sailing with his son Eric.
For me as Race Officer it was a great delight to see the Clockwork Orange going so well in its 47th year. When it first came out in 1971 it was a revolutionary lightweight by not being 50-60lb but only 36lb with only two thirds of normal sail area. Now it is one of the heavyweights with the lightest competitors being 18lb, and next lightest 27lb and the norm being 33lb. At that time the stalwarts of the class didn’t like this, nor its round sections with no flat deck, nor its double sails, nor its wing mast and probably most of all its bright orange all over colour. Now it stands out looking the most modern, as it doesn’t have horrid deck patches and its shape is not distorted by the rule that was devised at that time specifically to ban the Clockwork Orange.
Best Roger