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wee nip hollowell sc round 8

23/10/2017

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Report By Peter Jackson Photos By Paul Mallard and Peter Jackson.

Well the weather report was somewhat grim, but true to the tradition that if the event is advertised it will go ahead. There were six honest men turned up to do battle with the remnants of storm Brian. It still amazes me that such an easy to make model yacht copes with the most extreme conditions that would defeat most other classes. Yes there were some dire moments with a few pitch poles but most survived sixteen races.
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Wee nip two islands round 6

6/8/2017

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Round 6 Wee Nip Challenge at two Islands RYC Sat 6th August
Events in August always run the risk of poor attendance due to holidays and other family commitments and when this is combined with a weather forecast that promised floods of Biblical proportions, it was little surprise that we only managed to attract six skippers, four representing Abington Park and one each from two Islands and Emberton park. The weather forecast had moderated overnight and indeed we started in fair conditions, no rain and a nice westerly breeze, which meant that sailing from the spit was the option of choice.
Keith bell set a very decent course , which included all points of sailing, often on the same leg, but that’s not unusual with a westerly wind blowing over the island and houses.
Six boats started but an early boat failure for Tim Leese left him free to do the scoring, which under the circumstances wasn’t a particularly arduous task, with only five boats on the water.
Racing at the front of the fleet was much closer than the results may show and it was pretty nip and tuck between Geoff, Keith and Peter with some very close finishes.
Tom took a couple of wins in races five and seven but was not quite as consistent as the leading three.
By about 11:30 the clouds had begin to roll in and the rains came albeit quite lightly.
Having already completed nine races it was decided that it would be prudent to call an early lunch and battery change break, whilst we sheltered under the trees.
As the rain petered out we resumed racing for another hour or so but by race fourteen the sky started to darken with distant rumbles of thunder. A well judged two more races saw us finished and packed away before the heavens opened whilst we worked out the scores in the dry of Pete’s car.
In the end it was always going to be difficult for either Two Islands or Emberton Park to win, with one skipper per club, so the winning club this time was Abington Park, with Murdock going to third place man, Tom Steel.
Geoff Raygada.

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Pictures by Geoff Reygada

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wee nip hollowell sc round 5

23/7/2017

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Reported and Pictures by Peter Jackson.
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 The tWe assembled at Hollowell Sailing Club for the fifth round of the Wee Nip Medal Challenge, and we were gifted a rather pleasant day but with little wind from an awkward direction, that is from the south west. This made course setting somewhat difficult. Peter Shepherd set a reaching start to a port rounding windward buoy, and then a gate followed by an insure port rounding mark back to the gate then port round the insure mark and port round the initial windward mark to the finish.
There were various gremlins during the day, most prominent was the radio problem found on Peter Shepherds boat, which resulted in him borrowing John Simmons. The irony was that PS went on to win over JS. Other things that were noted was an improvement in performance from Derek Lane, and a rather poor day from Peter Jackson, who was struggling with radio drop out at far distance, later traced to an aerial that had become unshipped from its proper place in the boat. The races took a little longer to complete during the day due to light winds and only fifteen races were completed.The Team prize was won yet again by Two Islands.
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wee nip two islands round 4

11/7/2017

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reported and pictures by  geoff raygada

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Saturday 8th July saw the Wee Nip challenge move on to Furzeton Lake , hosted by the two Islands RYC in what started off in perfect sailing conditions. As predicted, sun hats and shorts were to be the preferred attire, with the morning starting in clear blue skies with a lovely warm sun, which was to last all day. Just after 9:00 when we were looking to set a course, the wind was just as we had ordered it, a nice fresh breeze blowing across the lake from a North to North westerly direction, giving plenty of opportunities to set a decent course without resorting to shifting buoys around.By 10:00 am 11 skippers plus Mike Ewart, who had kindly offered to be race officer were ready for the off, but it was obvious to all that the initially perfect breeze had started to diminish somewhat.An initial port rounding triangle / sausage course, out into the middle of the lake was set and a practice race was run, which lasted around ten minutes.The wind was , as usual swinging a bit, so it was possible to make good gains or alternatively loose out heavily, but on the whole, the course seemed about right.After a couple of races of this course, with an ever decreasing breeze, Mike was forced to shorten the course, missing off the sausage portion.Although the length was now much better, it was felt that a slightly shorter course, which still included two upwind legs would be preferable, to allow for more tactical sailing. A slightly altered course was set, which more or less continued all day, with a minor shift of the windward mark, as the wind shifted in the afternoon.Wind , or lack of it featured all day, there being times that there was ample breeze for it only to drop as soon as the starter was powered up or as on several occasions to hold for most of the race , only to die as the fleet reached the windward buoy, leaving boats with no steerage to drift into each other and/ or the buoy. Even more annoying it dropped just after the leading pack rounded the weather mark, thus completely splitting the fleet into two.Despite the fickle wind, we had managed to run eight races by lunch time. Sadly at this time John Simmonds, who already had three wins under his belt, had to leave us for due to family commitments.As the afternoon progressed it was apparent that the leading pack of John Burgoine (Birmingham MYC ), Keith Coxon (Two Islands RYC) , Peter Shepherd (Abington Park MYC) and Geoff Raygada (Two Islands RYC) were beginning to ease ahead but it was John Burgoine ,adding to his morning’s excellent results to become the eventual winner. Always the bridesmaid but rarely the bride, saw Keith Coxon a very worthy runner up, with a very consistent set of results.A very close battle between Peter Shepherd and Geoff Raygada, was eventually settled in Geoff’s favor although an early non finish, after a collision turned Peter’s radio off may have altered the results.Keith Bell ( Abington Park ) was never far behind to just miss out on the podium.


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WEE NIP TWO ISLANDS ROUND 3

29/5/2017

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Reported by Geoff Raygada.
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Today It was the turn of Two Islands RYC to host the third round of the Wee Nip Challenge between Abington Park, Two Islands and Emberton Park clubs. Holidays and the like had taken their toll on numbers today, so the attendance was a little disappointing and somewhat lower than we have become accustomed to. It was a rather leisurely start, this morning with the racing getting under way a little after 10:00 am, which turned out for the best as we missed the short sharp shower and almost flat calm conditions of the early morning. A port rounding triangle/sausage course was set, trying to keep us out in the breeze, which began to look a little ambitious for the wind strength, however there was sufficient breeze to finish within a reasonable time frame. As per usual, the wind swung round a little as the morning progressed and increased in strength steadily, giving some enjoyable racing. The first leg wasn’t always a beat but there was always one there somewhere, often not the same leg as the last lap. A quick look at the phone suggested that the wind would increase to around 20mph by lunch time, which was greeted with some scepticism, oh ye of little faith! By coffee break, we were nearly there, plenty of wind and sunshine but now blowing from the
opposite direction, so during the beak a cunning plan was hatched and the course was reversed, now starting into the bay to our left, behind the Island, and still keeping to the triangle/ sausage format.The stiff breeze and sunshine continued for the rest of the day, providing exciting
and challenging racing, with the inevitable wind shifts, typical of inland water sailing.
At times these gusts caught out the unwary, especially down wind but in general it was
manageable but certainly at the top end of comfortable.
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Wee nip hollowell round 2

2/5/2017

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2017 Wee Nip Medal Competition
Round 2 29th April 2017

APMYC at Hollowell Sailing Club
Reported by Peter Jackson
Pictures by Peter Jackson

Ten stalwarts turned up to race their Wee Nips at Hollowell Sailing Club for the second round of the Medal Competitions. The wind as little as it was, was in the south with subtle shifts which most of the fleet had trouble identifying. However John Burgoine was the master of the day ahead of Paul Risdale. Special mention to Paul Mallard joining us from the Sailing Club, who is getting to grips with model sailing.

The Interclub prize was won by Hollowell SC followed by Abington Park with Two Islands third, unfortunately there was a no show from Emberton Park.


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wee nip emberton park sc round 1

20/3/2017

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2017 - Wee Nip Medal Competition - Round 1
Emberton Park Model Yacht Club

18th March 2017

Report by Alan Smedley
Pictures by Rob Bell & Alan Smedley

Many thanks to the 16 skippers who turned up at Emberton Park S.C. this month for the first of the 2017 Wee Nip Medal Series. Two of Emberton’s helms, unaccustomed to racing in such a large fleet, dipped their toes into the ‘big fleet’ waters and I hope were spurred on to travelling to another club’s water themselves. Having said that, the wind conditions were not good for maintaining full control of ones model, with a gusty westerly funnelling across the lake causing craft to frequently change tack with no discernible movement of the thumbs, ‘just like that’. Bob Luddington and Ash Shaw wisely withdrew their steeds from the event to fight another (hopefully more benign) day. Though this is not meant to be a knock-out competition, Keith Coxon besieged by a roller-coaster of medical setbacks maintained his upbeat demeanour but had to leave at lunchtime to keep yet another appointment. I am reminded of the nursery rhyme ‘Ten green bottles’, well not exactly, by lunch there were still 13 left standing on Emberton’s lake side preparing to do battle.
And what a battle, at the half way point Simmons was one point ahead of Burgoine with the two Johns between them taking first place for 9 out of the 10 races.

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Half way point? I hear you question, well yes, this one was a marathon; Radio Sailing is now officially regarded as an addiction, everyone knew that their next race was going to be their best result, so we just kept on going. Dave Pace who had kindly volunteered to record the results was by 2:00 pm checking his watch with increasing regularity ( what time did the Rugby start Dave?) This happily coincided with race No 24 (a record I believe) so a good time to draw proceedings to a close.


The final results, you can as usual read below.
Prizes were awarded to reflect the days hard fought placings
First place – John Burgoine
Second place – John Simmonds
Third place – Peter Jackson
Prizes were presented by Emberton Park S.C.’s Commodore Rob Bell.

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he efforts of John Simmons, Paul Risdale, Geoff Raygada & Keith Coxon of Two islands RYC were rewarded with victory in the newly instigated Inter Club competition, they were followed home respectively by Hollowell SC, Abington Park MYC & Emberton SC. Geoff Raygada was pleased to take home “Murdoch” on behalf of the winning club. He may not be much to look at but he does contain a heart of gold, I'll let you decide if that comment refers to Geoff or Murdoch!



Thanks once again to John, John, Peter, Paul, Peter, Jeff, Mike, Rob, Colin, Derrek, Tom, Tim, Keith, Bob and Ash for making it a most enjoyable days sailing, and especially to Peter Shepherd for helping me produce the results for this 24 race epic.


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    2017 DATES
    R1- 18th March - EMBERTON SAILING CLUB


    R2 - 29th April - HOLLOWELL SAILING CLUB

    R3 - 27th May - TWO ISLANDS RYC

    R4 - 8th July - TWO ISLANDS RYC

    R5 - 22nd July - HOLLOWELL SAILING CLUB

    R6 - 5th August - TWO ISLANDS RYC

    R7 - 9th Sept - EMBERTON SAILING CLUB

    R8 - 21st Oct - HOLLOWELL SAILING CLUB

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