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RC Laser TT at Eastbourne & District Model Yacht Club

by Dave Fowler 19 May 2010 09:06 BST

Round 3 of the RC Laser National TT took us to Eastbourne. After waiting for the wind to steady in direction the buoys were laid and 14 Sailors took to the water with ‘B’ rigs, the simple dogleg sausage course gave for quick exciting and very close racing. The first batch of races had bullets for Dave Fowler, Buzz Coleman x 3, Liz Tushingham and Keith Tyson, with people changing between ‘B’ and ‘C’ rigs due to the gusty winds.

Then some thing magic happened, the Eastbourne Ladies arrived at the starting area with a tea/coffee and bun trolley (which was back in the afternoon), for a welcome break, which must have been John Tushingham Kick start, as he resumed with a string of 8 bullets up to and after lunch only interrupted on a few occasions.

Mid afternoon the wind started to ease but still with large gusts and there was a grate deal of rig swapping which allowed for some great boat control from Coleman and Fowler controlling the ‘B’ rigs when around them ‘C’ rigs were nose diving, eventually the day was called at 3 pm with 19 races sailed.

A big thank you to the race officer team for their excellent running of the day, tweaking the course and line when required and getting 19 races in.

Also a big well done to Michael Sykes at his first RC Laser event, he improved throughout the day and was pushing top 5 places by the end.

Overall Results:

PosHelmSail NoClubPts
1John Tushingham711Keighley35
2Buzz Coleman16Coal House Fort46
3Dave Fowler840Kingsmill57
4Mike Adams71EDMYC77
5Ken Binks59EDMYC82
6Keith Tyson777EDMYC85
7Liz Tushingham422Keighley95
8Adrian Tomlinson30RTYC99
9John Cleave44Ryde MYC101
10Michael Sykes76EDMYC140
11Jane Edwards560Gosport MYC141
12Arthur Jackman61EDMYC173
13Chris Tregust97Gosport MYC196
14Tony Spaul617EDMYC220

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