Guildford Model Yacht Club is hosting this event and extends a warm welcome to all Marblehead sailors. Clubs are invited to send teams of three skippers to compete in the most exciting form of racing. Don’t worry if your club cannot form a team of three as we will accept single entries and form some ‘special’ teams, which has worked very well in the past. If you don’t have a Marblehead and would like to try sailing one of these marvellous boats, you may be able to borrow a competitive boat to race.
Racing will be carried out using Appendix D – Team Racing Rules suitably modified for radio racing, with the removal of reference to umpires etc. The special sailing instructions will be available on the day. The initial briefing will be at 09.45 for a 10.00 start of racing. The event is organised on a schedule and the number of rounds and sailing times will depend on the number of entries etc. As only two teams will be on the water at once, we would ask that teams share the officiating tasks, observing etc in turn, as part of the schedule. Please enter by phoning Roger Stollery on 01483 421 801, or by e-mailing stollery17@sky.com before midnight on Wednesday 18th February. The entry fee will be £5 per boat.
For those that have not experienced three boat team racing it is great fun, all about teamwork. Winning is not necessarily about who is in front, but in tight exciting battles in the centre and rear of the fleet. Sometimes not to finish last is to win the race for your team!
For those of you who have not been before, you will find Guildford MYC’s 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 brass GMYC number padlock to open and just slide the horizontal bar back to open and replace after entry.
We are able set North/South courses from the West bank. Recently we have been having difficulty with vehicles on the muddy track to the control area. If this Western control area is to be used then parking is restricted to the tarmac close to the entrance gates. Probably rubber boots will be essential for walking along the track to the control area. We will be providing a toilet tent and there will be access to lots of bushes! If the weather is wet, there will be shelter etc in our gazebo. On the South bank from where we control the racing for East/West courses, parking directly off the road is available close to the Control Area; however here
too the ground may be muddy. We look forward to seeing you!