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Anniversary Race April |
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As some of you may have noticed by the lack of blue misguided missile, I'm not on the water at the moment, so I really only turned up in time to do results for the Anniversary race today. It seemed to me you were enjoying a very substantial breeze, certainly a very solid Force 5, and a northerly too for all those nice eddies under the clubhouse. Having turned up to do the results I proceeded to calculate them incorrectly in the first instance, so what was on the screen immediately after the last race was in fact wrong. I also had problems with the personal handicap data, so those weren't there at all. Give or take a bit of formatting they should be here.
It certainly looked as if there should be enough action to suit anyone, with boats hurtling over and even under the very full reservoir water. I think we're going to have to do some rejigging of pontoons and things if its going to stay at this level. We'll also need to be very disciplined about where we leave trolleys, because there's no room to get a boat past a launching trolley any more.
Turnout seemed a bit depleted for the back to back races - aching muscles? - but it was quite the opposite for the first day of the sailing school, with the clubhouse crowded. What's interesting is the large number of girls we get along for the school these days. Judging by the numbers present more volunteers to assist with the sailing school will be very welcome - contact Mike Jones.
Remember it doesn't have to be me writing reports like this: anyone can have a go. It would be good to have something from our younger and more enthusiastic sailors to counteract the inevitable cynicism of this jaded old timer...
Oh yes, I've listed this year's personal handicaps on a separate page, but its worth mentioning that the RYA are currently putting a lot of effort into rejigging the Portsmouth yardstick returns to get more and more current data, and hopefully to get better numbers. There was large piece on the subject by YY correspondent Andy Rice in a recent issue of Yachts and Yachting, which is around the clubhouse. Its worth a read, but I would take issue with some of the things he says. On the whole I reckon the system works pretty well, but there's inevitably a struggle to establish the difference in performance between boats (say 5% between a Solo and a Laser) from the difference between Sailors - often 25% between front and back of the fleet. That's why we tend to only manipulate numbers for classes we have good data for. Both plenty of races and entries at the club and Open meeting results are good for establishing this...
Comment away folks, you don't want to just read my wibbling...
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Personal Handicaps 2012 |
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Dear all,
subject to calculation errors, transcription errors and plain carelessness, here are the personal handicaps for this season.
Congratulations, or maybe commiserations to the following, who are among those whose rating has reduced the most since last season.
Ian Hamilton,
Kirstie Johnson,
Nick Marley,
Alistair Smith.
The way I work this out is with a ridiculously complicated spreadsheet system - copies available if you so desire - which calculates your performance in races in past seasons as a percentage of the winner's finishing time. This is then averaged out, with a considerable weighting to the most recent season, and divided into 5% bands. If you average 5-5.9% of the race winner's time, for instance, you'll be in band 1 and so on. Anyway, here are the numbers.
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Class
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Sail No
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Name
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Band
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Club PY
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Personal PY
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RS 600
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646
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? Crawford
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5
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920
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1150
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RS Feva XL
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3355
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A Lavington
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5
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1200
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1500
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RS 200
|
940
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Alasdair Maclean
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4
|
1057
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1268
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RS 600
|
894
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Alasdair Maclean
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4
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920
|
1104
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Solo
|
4252
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Alec Adams
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4
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1150
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1380
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Phantom
|
1197
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Alex Dawson
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1
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1020
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1071
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RS 200
|
238
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Alex Groves
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1
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1057
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1110
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Laser
|
126433
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Alicia Cox
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4
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1088
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1306
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Laser Radial
|
126433
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Alicia Cox
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5
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1111
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1389
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RS 200
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238
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Alison Baldwin
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5
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1057
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1321
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Laser
|
44519
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Alistair Smith
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3
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1088
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1251
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Laser Radial
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44519
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Alistair Smith
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3
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1111
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1278
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RS Feva XL
|
16499
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Alistair Smith
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3
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1200
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1380
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Topper
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16499
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Alistair Smith
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3
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1301
|
1496
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Laser
|
180382
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Andy Barnett
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1
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1088
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1142
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RS 200
|
655
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Andy Barnett
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1
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1057
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1110
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RS 200
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236
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Andy Collison
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5
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1057
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1321
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Topaz Magno
|
808
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Andy Collison
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5
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1175
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1469
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Solo
|
2052
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Andy Ford
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4
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1150
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1380
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Laser
|
136401
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Andy Giffard
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5
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1088
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1360
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RS 200
|
651
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Andy Groves
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1
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1057
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1110
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Iso
|
822
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Andy Howard
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4
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926
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1111
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RS Feva XL
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2049
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Andy Levington
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5
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1200
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1500
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Solo
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2052
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Andy Turner
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5
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1150
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1438
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RS Feva XL
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3355
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Angus Nelson
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4
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1200
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1440
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Topper
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?
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Angus Nelson
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5
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1301
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1626
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Solo
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4048
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Arthur Phillips
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1
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1150
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1208
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Solo
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2701
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B Jones
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1
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1150
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1208
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Laser Radial
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192845
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Ben Elvin
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1
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1111
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1167
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Laser
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193787
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Ben Jones
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1
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1088
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1142
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Solo
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2701
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Ben Jones
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2
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1150
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1265
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RS 200
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1237
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Ben Palmer
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2
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1057
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1163
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Laser
|
144282
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Brian Greenaway
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2
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1088
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1197
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Solo
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649
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C Mann
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5
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1150
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1438
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Laser
|
77664
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C Wilford
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5
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1088
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1360
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RS 200
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236
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Carl Mayhew
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0
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1057
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1057
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RS 600
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710
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Carl Mayhew
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1
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920
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966
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Byte CII
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2634
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Caroline Baldwin
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3
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1140
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1311
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Topper
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45266
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Caroline Baldwin
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4
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1301
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1561
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Laser
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136401
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Charlotte Mccarthy
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4
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1088
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1306
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RS 200
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1325
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Charlotte Savage
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0
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1057
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1057
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Scorpion
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1627
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Chris Smith
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4
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1053
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1264
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Solo
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2042
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Chris Smith
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2
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1150
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1265
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Streaker
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1770
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Chris Smith
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1
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1162
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1220
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RS Vision
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??
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Chris Wilford
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5
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1093
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1366
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Solo
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2713
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Cj Cavallari
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2
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1150
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1265
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Laser
|
155892
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Clare James
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3
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1088
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1251
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Laser Radial
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155892
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Clare James
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2
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1111
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1222
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RS 200
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945
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Clare James
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2
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1057
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1163
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Laser 3000
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3318
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Clive Charlesworth
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5
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1032
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1290
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Laser
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151292
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Dan Hemmant
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3
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1088
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1251
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Laser
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154736
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Dave Baldwin
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3
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1088
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1251
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RS Vareo
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220
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Dave Baldwin
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4
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1050
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1260
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Laser
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140044
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Dave Bean
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2
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1088
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1197
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Laser
|
171686
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Dave Evans
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0
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1088
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1088
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RS 600
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826
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Dave Nunn
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2
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920
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1012
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Laser
|
club
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Dave Ryder
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0
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1088
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1088
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RS 300
|
421
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Dave Ryder
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1
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1000
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1050
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Laser
|
156211
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Dave Simpson
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1
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1088
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1142
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Solo
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3861
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David Clark
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4
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1150
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1380
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Solo
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4173
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David Lawton
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2
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1150
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1265
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Solo
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2701
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David Thorpe
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3
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1150
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1323
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Laser
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44519
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Dickon Maclean
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1
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1088
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1142
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RS 200
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940
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Dickon Maclean
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0
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1057
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1057
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Laser
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151207
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Don Nelson
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4
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1088
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1306
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Laser
|
168989
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Evan Cairns
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1
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1088
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1142
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RS 200
|
1238
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Fiona Fardon
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1
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1057
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1110
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Laser
|
77664
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Florian wilford
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5
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1088
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1360
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Solo
|
3365
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Frank Beanland
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3
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1150
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1323
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Solo
|
5215
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Gareth Griffiths
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0
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1150
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1150
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Topper
|
44318
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George Woolhouse
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3
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1301
|
1496
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Enterprise
|
22557
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Glen Cole
|
4
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1117
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1340
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Solo
|
4252
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Glen Cole
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4
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1150
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1380
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Solo
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2713
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Graeme Stevens
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5
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1150
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1438
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Solo
|
4354
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Graham Hughes
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0
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1150
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1150
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Albacore
|
7918
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Graham Potter
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2
|
1062
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1168
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Topper
|
15181
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Harry Phelps
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5
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1301
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1626
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Topper
|
15840
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Harry White
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4
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1301
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1561
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RS Vision
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8
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I Lambe
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5
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1093
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1366
|
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RS 200
|
227
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Ian Cleaver
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3
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1057
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1216
|
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RS 400
|
845
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Ian Hamilton
|
2
|
948
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1043
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Topaz Xenon
|
4804
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Ian Hamilton
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3
|
1079
|
1241
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Laser
|
117457
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Ian Woods
|
2
|
1088
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1197
|
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Laser
|
136401
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James Curtis
|
3
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1088
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1251
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RS 500
|
1518
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James Curtis
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2
|
972
|
1069
|
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RS Feva XL
|
1518
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James Curtis
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2
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1200
|
1320
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Laser
|
107116
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Jamie Scott
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4
|
1088
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1306
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Canoe International
|
257
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Jim Champ
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3
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926
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1065
|
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Topper
|
13394
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Joe Stiles
|
2
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1301
|
1431
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Laser
|
167943
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John Leheup
|
1
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1088
|
1142
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Laser
|
168115
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John Magrath
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2
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1088
|
1197
|
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Laser
|
183592
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John Reay
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1
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1088
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1142
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Laser
|
168842
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John Smith
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2
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1088
|
1197
|
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Laser
|
169033
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Jonathan Braidley
|
3
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1088
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1251
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RS 200
|
1265
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Julie Harrison
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1
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1057
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1110
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RS Vareo
|
1265
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Julie Harrison
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3
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1050
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1208
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Topper
|
44348
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Kathryn Webb
|
3
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1301
|
1496
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Laser
|
178519
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Kevin Pearson
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0
|
1088
|
1088
|
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Laser Radial
|
178519
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Kevin Pearson
|
1
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1111
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1167
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RS 200
|
1238
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Kirstie Johnson
|
3
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1057
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1216
|
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Topaz Xenon
|
5862
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Kirstie Johnson
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5
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1079
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1349
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Solo
|
3325
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Lorraine Lynch
|
4
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1150
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1380
|
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RS Feva XL
|
3885
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Lucy Ridler
|
4
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1200
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1440
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Laser
|
?
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Luke Mason
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4
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1088
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1306
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Topper
|
28633
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Luke Mason
|
5
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1301
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1626
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Solo
|
649
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M Pruccis
|
5
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1150
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1438
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Byte CII
|
2628
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Maggie Futcher
|
3
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1140
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1311
|
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Solo
|
5071
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Malcolm Barnes
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1
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1150
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1208
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Solo
|
5180
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Mark Ampleford
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1
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1150
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1208
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Laser
|
184318
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Mark Orbesen
|
3
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1088
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1251
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Solo
|
270
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Mark Phillip
|
5
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1150
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1438
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Solo
|
3854
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Martin Mitchell
|
4
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1150
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1380
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Enterprise
|
22267
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Martin Nash
|
5
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1117
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1396
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Solo
|
2713
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Martin Nash
|
5
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1150
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1438
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Laser
|
130542
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Martin Yates
|
4
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1088
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1306
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Laser
|
126433
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Matt Stiles
|
4
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1088
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1306
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National 12
|
3484
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Matt Stiles
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0
|
1078
|
1078
|
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Laser
|
166579
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Matt Young
|
3
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1088
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1251
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Topper
|
4889
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Matthew Curtis
|
5
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1301
|
1626
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Solo
|
3457
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Mervyn Cinnamond
|
2
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1150
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1265
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RS 400
|
917
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Michael Curtis
|
0
|
948
|
948
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Fireball
|
14755
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Michelle Ryder
|
2
|
980
|
1078
|
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Laser
|
169278
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Mike Curtis
|
1
|
1088
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1142
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Solo
|
4647
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Mike Lipscombe
|
2
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1150
|
1265
|
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Laser
|
184318
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Mike Mason
|
4
|
1088
|
1306
|
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Laser Eps
|
115
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Mike Storey
|
1
|
1020
|
1071
|
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National 12
|
3491
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Mike Storey
|
0
|
1078
|
1078
|
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RS 200
|
1350
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Miles Palmer
|
2
|
1057
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1163
|
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RS Feva XL
|
2049
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Nancy Scott
|
5
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1200
|
1500
|
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Topper
|
46623
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Nancy Scott
|
2
|
1301
|
1431
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Topper
|
44348
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Nicholas Houchois
|
3
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1301
|
1496
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RS 200
|
408
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Nick Marley
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4
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1057
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1268
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RS Vareo
|
408
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Nick Marley
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5
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1050
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1313
|
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Phantom
|
1386
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Nick Mason
|
0
|
1020
|
1020
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Laser
|
165631
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Nigel Thompson
|
4
|
1088
|
1306
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RS 400
|
680
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Paul Browning
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1
|
948
|
995
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Solo
|
5241
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Paul Playle
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1
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1150
|
1208
|
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Laser
|
170487
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Paul Wright-Anderson
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0
|
1088
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1088
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Rooster 8.1
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170487
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Paul Wright-Anderson
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1
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1052
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1105
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Solo
|
4073
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Peter Cottrell
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2
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1150
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1265
|
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RS 200
|
1236
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Peter Curtis
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0
|
1057
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1057
|
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RS 300
|
324
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Peter Curtis
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0
|
1000
|
1000
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RS 500
|
?
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Peter Curtis
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0
|
972
|
972
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Solo
|
4071
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Peter Halliday
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2
|
1150
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1265
|
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Laser
|
121982
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Peter Hughes
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3
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1088
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1251
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Solo
|
3142
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Peter Renn
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4
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1150
|
1380
|
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Laser
|
185000
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Phil Johnson
|
4
|
1088
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1306
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Laser
|
186193
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Quentin Andrews
|
2
|
1088
|
1197
|
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Solo
|
4418
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Quentin Andrews
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1
|
1150
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1208
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Phantom
|
1289
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Richard Barker
|
0
|
1020
|
1020
|
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Solo
|
1802
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Richard Barker
|
3
|
1150
|
1323
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Laser
|
136401
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Richard Hill
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4
|
1088
|
1306
|
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Solo
|
3171
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Richard WallBudden
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3
|
1150
|
1323
|
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Laser
|
195226
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Rob Pettit
|
0
|
1088
|
1088
|
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Laser
|
178737
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Rob Sumner
|
1
|
1088
|
1142
|
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Solo
|
3649
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Robin Pryke
|
3
|
1150
|
1323
|
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Laser
|
141102
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Roger Stafford
|
3
|
1088
|
1251
|
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Laser
|
1
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Ross Nelson
|
4
|
1088
|
1306
|
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Solo
|
3174
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Roy Poole
|
2
|
1150
|
1265
|
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Laser
|
165372
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Simon Bean
|
1
|
1088
|
1142
|
|
Laser
|
184318
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Sophie Jones
|
4
|
1088
|
1306
|
|
Laser
|
166483
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Stephen Day
|
1
|
1088
|
1142
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Laser
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184318
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Terry Mccarthy
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2
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1088
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1197
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RS 200
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238
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Tessa Groves
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3
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1057
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1216
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Phantom
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1375
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Tim Andrews
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0
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1020
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1020
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Topper
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44346
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Toby Tayler
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4
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1301
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1561
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Laser
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183952
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Tom Howard
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1
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1088
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1142
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Laser Radial
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183952
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Tom Howard
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1
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1111
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1167
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Laser
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164506
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Tom Newman
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4
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1088
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1306
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RS Feva S
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319
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Tom Swithinbank
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4
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1260
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1512
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Solo
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3385
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Tom Wilson
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1
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1150
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1208
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RS 200
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1024
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Tom Winskell
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1
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1057
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1110
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Laser
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180441
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Tony Butler
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2
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1088
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1197
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Solo
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4753
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Tony Penfold
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1
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1150
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1208
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Laser Radial
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00b
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utta
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5
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1111
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1389
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Enterprise
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20055
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W Hitchman
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3
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1117
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1285
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Laser
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184318
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Will Carey
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5
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1088
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1360
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Topper
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15726
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Will Cary
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5
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1301
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1626
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Phantom
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1327
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Will Ellison
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1
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1020
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1071
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Laser
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13640
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will hitchman
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1
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1088
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1142
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Topper
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20884
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Will Scott
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2
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1301
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1431
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Laser
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117457
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Woods
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2
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1088
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1197
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RS 200
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749
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Xavier Quillien
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3
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1057
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1216
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Anniversary Series October - and Last |
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Two weeks ago it was shirtsleeves and hot sun, this morning I was scraping ice off the van windows. It started getting pretty misty by Chessington, but when I got to the club the fog was so thick that you could barely see the F mark from the clubhouse, and certainly none of the other marks. What's more it was flat calm. At that point a lot of us lost interest... However patience was (sort of) rewarded and by 12:15 there was just about enough wind to start a race, and a minimal course was set and some brave souls set out - 5 Solos, three Lasers and three others. Quentin Andrews set the pace in his Solo and won the race by some margin - on the water let alone on handicap... The top 6 (all except one Solos were:
Quentin Andrews, Mike Lipscombe, Peter Cottrell, Mervyn Cinnamond, Dave Bean: Dave stopped a Solo clean sweep by 4 corrected seconds! and 6th Frank Beanland. The personal handicap results were very similar, but with Andy Collison (Magno) slipping in ahead of Dave bean relegating him to 6th and Frank to 7th.
The full series results are here. As predicted last month Gareth Griffiths and David Clarke won the scratch and personal series respectively, and Quentin Andrews was second in both. In the final analysis Mervyn Cinnamond 3rd in both, Peter Cottrell 4th in both, Peter Curtis 5th in the Scratch (the only non-Solo in the top 7 under either scoring), Gareth 5th in the Personal, CJ 6th in the scratch and Chris Smith 6th in the personal handicap. With three very light airs races in the series and three races to count the Solo dominance was fairly predictable, but I expect we'll still viciously shave their handicaps anyway...
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Frankly there was naff all wind about, and then I was without my boat and so Peter Curtis kindly lent me his RS300. Unfortunately I've only sailed it in breeze, and I spent the first two laps of the race desperately trying and failing to work out how to get the sail to set and the daggerboard to stay where I wanted it... That led to some comedy moments, such as the one where, having taken the daggerboard out on the run to work out how to rig it better I couldn't get it back in again and I found myself doing an entirely unnecessary 360 degree turn!
As for the rest of the race for the rest of the fleet: well I was kinda preoccupied, and by the time I got the board in the right place and the mainsail in some vague approximation of a shape that wanted to go upwind most were a long way away. I then sailed up to a ferocious battle which seemed to be involving about 5 Solos, the Byte, at least one Vareo and probably Uncle Tom Cobley as well... It hardly seemed good manners to go bashing through that lot at that stage in the race, so I tried to keep clear: it was quite a battle, I could see that, but I also think there should perhaps have been a few more penalty turns being done... Slapped wrists...
The race results are here, series results too if you scroll up the page... That Gareth Griffiths won the race in a Solo is probably not a suprise bearing in mind the weather, but managing to do so with the lowest *elapsed* time was definitely taking the mickey! Predictably it was something of Solo day with Quentin Andrews taking 2nd and Paul Playle 3rd, both also in Solos. Julie Harrison took 4th in an RS200, John Magrath 5th in a Laser, and Paul Wright Anderson 6th in his Rooster whatsit... The personal handicap was even more of a Solo benefit... In order David Clark, Quentin Andrews, Clare Overstall, Paul Playle, Gareth Griffiths and John Magrath and Chris Smith with only Clares' RS200 and John's Laser Solo clean sweep of the top 6 (and another 3 Solos in the top 10!).
Of course we have now completed 4 of the 5 races in the Anniversary series, so series places are firming up... It will be 3 races to count, and in the scratch series Gareth G has three wins, so he can clear a spot on the mantlepiece... I'm pretty sure Quentin Andrews is uncatchable for second too. Thereafter, well any number of people can grab third. The personal series is wrapped up just as thoroughly: David Clark has three wins and at the moment a "win" as OOD average points for his 4th result... I think Quentin Andrews has another second place wrapped up for this one too. Third place: well, its really anyones game. Mervyn Cinnamond is third now, but thereafter: well I reckon everyone up to 10th place can snatch third, but you'll notice that includes about half of the Solo fleet: the work they've been putting in on class coaching seems to be paying off. Speaking of OOD points I haven't got the duty team down for August or this Month's results: please will you put comments to this message to let me know who needs the average points.
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August Anniversary Series Race |
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Dull, warm, not much breeze. Not very dramatic I suppose, but maybe I'd think differently if I had a Solo... The wind was going up and down in patches, and dropped to what probably counted as F0 for the fast start... Not good for timing your run to the start line, but it gets even more difficult if a certain successful Solo sailor parks his boat in front of you when you are already thinking you might have left it a bit late. Name omitted to protect the guilty... And then the breeze got up again (well, in relative terms anyway) for the slow start, and came in from an odd direction to such an extent that the leading Solos had overtaken some of the "fast" fleet starters by the windward mark...
It was that sort of race really, a lot of parking lots, a lot of holes in the wind, a lot of compression gusts on the downwind legs... Its difficult to think of much to write about it to be honest... I guess it summed up the race for the rest of us that as soon as the first 3 or 4, which in any case included the first Solo, crossed the line the wind promptly picked up to the best it had been all morning to bring the slower boats across in double time eliminating any chance of faster boats saving their time on those behind...
Still no complaints: I benefited from a weather and race situation that benefited me the other Wednesday so what goes around comes around. Anyway Gareth Griffiths won, and the entire top 6 was filled with Solos, the rest, in order, being David Lawton, Quentin Andrews, Mervyn Cinnamond, Peter Cottrell and Cj Cavallari. The only thing stopping a complete clean sweep by the Solos was that Caroline Baldwin's Byte tied for 7th with the last Solo... Personal Handicap results featured many of the same names: David Clark won, from Caroline Baldwin (Byte and the only non-Solo in the top 6) then David Lawton, Quentin Andrews, Mervyn Cinnamond and Peter Cottrell.
Full results are here.
Later in the day I was luffed by a Solo on the run when sailing the Canoe... I have no objection to this, I can appreciate the desire to protect one's wind and discourage faster boats covering you to windward while overtaking. I also believe that in general "gentlemen pass to leeward", but the run is a special case... If you are in a boat that sails dead downwind on a run then I suggest the last thing you want is for a faster boat which sails hotter angles to overtake you to leeward, because as soon as they establish an overlap they are entitled to sail their proper course and come up to whatever angle they need to sail to get to the mark fastest. And that might take you a long distance out of your way and lose you a lot more ground than you would have done had they gone past to windward: I've sailed boats that in light airs are best sailed 45 degrees higher than a dead run... So on a run it's in both parties advantage for a faster boat which sails angles to overtake on the windward side, because the deep running boat will not be diverted from their desired course and will get the minimum amount of disruption.
Oh yes, Gareth mentioned last week's cycle race from the point of view of not having gone to the club. I went, and I think its worth commenting. Now from what I understand traffic in London was nightmarish, and locked up solid, but I took the M25/A3/Cobham Junction/Seven Hills Road/Hersham roundabout route up to the club, leaving about half an hour earlier than normal and the traffic was very light: I certainly arrived at the club earlier than normal. I believe the traffic - mainly in cycles - was pretty thick round Box Hill and Dorking, but for the rest there seems no especial reason why we need to close the club for the main event next year: I'm not sure huge numbers of people will drive into Surrey to see a tight pack of cycles hurtle past in 10 seconds flat... The time trial even on Wednesday 1st August, however, which will come much closer and round three sides of the club might be another problem. Having found the schedule the men's event, which would have been the greater problem, is scheduled to finish at 11:30 am, so its route shouldn't bother us. The Women's time trial is scheduled to finish at Hampton Court at 4:15 pm and they'll be coming up from Cobham on the old A3, into Kingston, right past Thames SC's gate I reckon, and then through Kingston and back to Hampton Court. Its hard to believe that any traffic is going to be moving round Kingston for two hours after the finish. In theory our club ought to be accessible, gridlock permitting, but I reckon Thames might as well just erect a grandstand on their carpark and sell drinks to the public rather than plan any sailing...
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