Dear All,
Whilst it was very disappointing to receive only one entry from outside the Guildford club, we were delighted that Peter Popham came from the Three Rivers club to enjoy a warm sunny day with the wind blowing most of the time straight down the lake from the North, although somewhat spasmodically. Peter was excited, as he brought his brand-new boat which he and Max Lemke had been building over the last few months using the UPROAR moulds and copious instructions that now go with it. This is remarkable in itself, but is part of a scheme originally to build three new boats and update the Three Rivers club fleet. The plan has now been extended to 4 new boats, so this is very encouraging for the Marblehead class and in the future we hope to see more of these boats coming to GMYC open races.
GMYC GAMES 4 & Interclub 3 – for the Members Trophy – Roger Stollery
Although part of a learning curve, with a difficulty with using a coloured gelcoat, Peter’s new boat UPROAR 71 looked magnificent, as it wasn’t just black but sprayed bright orange and with some fancy lettering. This and a few photographs of the racing itself is shown on the PDF pic page. I helped set up his rig and he enjoyed some good racing despite controlling the boat from his chair in just one location and he enjoyed winning three of the 12 races, as you can see from Alan’s results spreadsheet.
GMYC GAMES 4 & Interclub 3 – for the Members Trophy – Roger Stollery
As this was also an event for the GMYC Members trophy on a handicap basis, we assumed that the merit winner of the event would also win the trophy on handicap and we did present Alan with the trophy on this assumption as Alan had done really well. However we hadn’t worked out the handicap in detail and such is the brilliance of our handicap system, it was Peter Dunne who did best against his handicap. He will be delighted by this result as his performance with his STARKERS, which is also new this year has been steadily getting better each event and allowed him to win the trophy.
GMYC GAMES 4 & Interclub 3 – for the Members Trophy – Roger Stollery
Not to be disappointed, Alan Viney’s win on merit is satisfaction enough, but it does allow him to rocket up the GAMES leaderboard into fourth place as the 100 points at this event boosts his average score that he gets from being part of the race committee for the Mermaid Trophy.
GMYC GAMES 4 & Interclub 3 – for the Members Trophy – Roger Stollery
Whilst it would be nice to have more local club sailors and particularly the ex-GMYC members who sail at Datchet, everyone enjoyed the event and those who didn’t come, missed out on some good sailing. There were other attractions this weekend and the IOM ranking event at Southport took away a couple of likely sailors, and holidays took away several of our members, but this is no excuse for the other 60 local sailors who were invited to take part in this event. I don’t believe that the football World Cup or the Formula One Grand Prix really made that much difference.
GMYC GAMES 4 & Interclub 3 – for the Members Trophy – Roger Stollery
However the question has to be asked how these Marblehead sailors can be persuaded to travel, for some very short distances, to increase the level of attendance and enjoyment at these Interclub events?
Cheers, Roger
