NoR GAMES 9 FINALE & Brass Monkey Trophy Christmas Race on Sunday 10th December 2017

Notice of Race for GAMES 9 FINALE and the Brass Monkey Trophy Christmas Race on Sunday 10^th December 2017

We extend a very warm welcome to you to come and have some competitive fun at our Christmas Open meeting for Marbleheads and BOTTLE boats. We hope that you will come and enjoy racing in a relaxed mode at Abbey Meads Lake, Chertsey to get you into the party mood. This is very much a fun event, with festive dress for self/boat anticipated! As usual, we will be stopping for lunch when mince pies and mulled wine will be served. We do hope that you will come and join the party.

This year the event is the finale of the 2017 GAMES Marblehead series with the MIDGLEY MUG, Improver’s and Junior Prizes to be awarded. There is all to sail for because there are four competitors who could win the GAMES. See the latest updated GAMES schedule copied with this NoR.

Following GMYC tradition there will be no normal financial entry fee.  Instead, please bring a wrapped present containing something that you might like to win!

The racing will be organised for Marbleheads and BOTTLE boats starting on the same countdown, but at different times. BOTTLE boats will have a course handicap and will be competing in their own event.

For those of you who have not been before, you will find ABBEY MEADS Lake easily. From whatever direction you are travelling, follow the signs to THORPE PARK and go to the roundabout at their entrance. Then travel south on the A320 towards Chertsey and you will see the lake on your left. After a few hundred yards turn left off the road after you see a sign, RADIO SAILING. If you arrive late and the inner gate is locked, put 1617 into the black GMYC number padlock to open and just slide the horizontal bar back to open and replace after entry. Please print this NoR and refer to it when you are at the gate.

The racing will be conducted using the RRS 2017-2020 modified by the MYA SSIs. The relevant notices are as follows:  BRIEFING – this will start at approximately 09.40 hours. RACING TIMES – the first race will start soon after the briefing at approximately 10.00 hours – no race will start after 15.00 hours and any race in progress at 15.20 hours will be abandoned.

The closing date for entries for the event is midnight on Thursday 7^th December 2017. Please ring Roger with your entry on 01483 421 801 or e-mail him on stollery17@sky.com and include your MYA number. If there is more than one boat entered with the same sail number, we will inform you prior to the event as to the prefix or the modification of your number. If you don’t have a Marblehead or BOTTLE boat, but would like to come for a bit of fun, please ask Roger to borrow a boat.

We look forward to seeing you!