Phillip Turnbull and Geoff Mathews had problems and didn’t finish all the racing, hope all boats will be back on the water next week. Kim Potter was the next retirement with steerage problems Just after the first boat started racing.
WE should have had 10 but John Hall broke a stay and that was him done for the day.
#Tad jones seabeeze series#
In the first week of the summer handicap series 9 skippers faced the starters gun with good honest sailing. Some close racing in the scratch racing with David Jones sailing constantly out in front. It was good to see John Smith back sailing again after a long rest during the colder months.ġ0 skippers fronted the dam today with a mild NW breeze on the dam. Our Vice Commodore had the scales out today with some interesting results for some skippers. At the day's end we all agreed how wonderful the Marbleheads are to race. The results do not indicate how close the racing was, and several wins were achieved only after rounding the last mark to the finish. John Hall's results would have been much better had he not keep too close to the shore on the run out tide. The great seaman Cookie is, he took bearings of where it happened, and after rescuing his keelless Scalpel in the recovery tinny, he went back out and was able to locate the keel and tease the light end up with an oar and raise it again. The run-out tide was interesting to consider where you sailed up or downwind a great lesson for the upcoming Nats.Ĭookie's boat did a runner by letting go it's nut holding the keel on. Never-the-less the racing was excellent, with a windward, leeward course twice around. There were a few hook ups around one of the starting buoys, and the VC takes responsibility for not adjusting the counterbalance line properly, when setting the course. I can see Montrose Bay can become quite addictive. The consistent breeze, the visual pleasure of the River Derwent with the racing Sabres beyond, and a quite beer together after. Racing at Montrose Bay was a delight in so many aspects. For the first race four of the crew went to their A rigs however Ray with his Katana went to his B rig, and each carried their choices for the 11 races. Three of our RM stalwarts had other commitments, hence only five met on the start line. Today's Marblehead racing was enjoyed by a very keen small crew of skippers.
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