Rollercoaster results
Our results in the JJ are going up and down - not so much a
rollercoaster but more a slow ferris wheel… I just hope the ride
doesn’t stop at the bottom!
We’ve had pretty ordinary races in heats 3 and 4. Ordinary to say
the least.
Heat 3 saw Herman (John Winning Jnr) hook up with us in the
pre-start. His leeward wing was over our windward, we bore away and
capsized - lifting his boat out of the water with our foils as we
went over. In the end it tore some nice big holes in his boat - but
did no visible damage to ours. By the time we started the race the
fleet was 3 or 4 minutes up the work. We had a lot of work to do
but somehow managed to catch 8 or 9 boats.
I won’t be suprised when the centreboard or rudder break away (ala
Skandia) the next time we get a good breeze.
Heat 4 was just an abortion. We were setting up for a good start
before Sweeney decided to slot in nicely behind RMW with 5 seconds
to go. We were bounced out to the right and were looking ok for a
while - we didn’t consolidate and the fleet lifted out inside us.
At one stage on the first work the only boat we crossed was CA
which had to restart. At the end of the work we’d caught maybe 10
boats and were gaining - but an ordinary downwind saw everyone move
away again and we were back with the scrubbers (perhaps where we
should be?). You’d gain a little here and there, work hard to catch
a few - and then lose it all again on a shift or two. Very tricky
light and shifty conditions.
Euan led from start to finish - in the end doing a horizon job on
the fleet. Now we all have to put up with his gloating for a long
long time.
More light wind forecast for today… so the little rig stays lying
in the sand yet again.
Since the League can’t manage to do a sort-ascending on the results
spreadsheet - here are the progressive placings after 4 races. No
drops included yet.
Place (R4)
Boat
Points
Place
6
Rag & Famish Hotel
14
1
4
RMW Marine
19
2
5
Asko Appliances
19
3
1
Club Marine
22
4
3
Team Pegasus
25
5
12
Computer Associates
25
6
9
Maytag
28
7
7
Casio Seapathfinder
31
8
2
Omega Smeg
35
9
8
CT Sail Bettens
46
10
10
Fisher & Paykel
48
11
18
Ssangyong Yandoo
59
12
22
Churchill’s Sports Bar
60
13
28
AAPT
62
14
14
SX Projects
63
15
16
Belle Property
66
16
13
Team Morrison
72
17
17
Rosemount
74
18
24
Fat Face Clothing
79
19
15
Adtec Communications
80
20
19
GP Covers
80
21
21
Pegasus Racing
82
22
23
Barron & Smithers-Henri Lloyd
85
23
20
Avaya
86
24
26
CST Composites
87
25
27
Team Mc Lean
104
26
25
CST Switzerland
110
27
11
Panasonic
28
