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Youth Regatta and Bring-a-Friend Day
Youth Regatta
Fun and silly races – Grand Prix starts from the top of the beach.
Don’t forget your water pistol or sense of humour!
Toppers and Picos for the Youth Regatta. Go two up if you want!
Silly Prizes only – eg most impressive capsize etc. Plus more made up on the day by YOU on the way!
Join in all or just part of the fun.
If anyone wants/needs to borrow a Topper please see me (gavin)
Any other ideas greatly received its YOUR regatta, we will do what you want!
If the weather blows it off or there is no wind as in recent times we will still have games in and around the Club so bring suitable kit to wear.
Open to all young sailors from 0 to 25.
Also open to parents going out with younger ones provided the young ones are in charge.
Bring-a-Friend day on the same day so invite your mates and families down. There will be more details about this very soon.
Late afternoon, Niki and friends are cooking a yummy barbecue for everyone (pay as you go), so stay for the evening. The bar will be open too!
For more details, contact training@lancingsc.org.uk or 07967 556113.
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Laser training coming soon
 David Trout reminds all Laser sailors that the next training day for Lasers is on Saturday 13th May.
He says: "Training for Laser improvers will take place on Sat 13th June from 1pm. There will be an introductory session in the clubhouse or on the beach, followed by perhaps an hour and a half on the water. As before, no charge.
Following our last attempt which was thwarted by adverse weather, I will post an on/off message on this forum on Friday evening.
Fingers crossed"
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New series this month
With the month of June, we're starting the Midsummer series. The format was given a facelift this year, with 4 races per Sunday (2 back-to-back in the morning, then another 2 after lunch). There's only one start but three fleets, and the course is a triangle - letter T on the flag board - with an inner course for the slow fleet. Sounds fun? It certainly was for all participants in the first day, with a fresh breeze in the morning dying down a bit in the afternoon.
Early results show that Karen and John are leading comfortably in the fast fleet, Alan in his Streaker is ahead of all the Lasers in the medium fleet and Elodie is top Topper in the slow fleet. Many more changes to come in the next few weeks.
Results are posted in the RESULTS page and the Midsummer guide for 2009 is available in the Racing page.
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Success for Club Championship formula
With 8 short races in 2 days on a variety of courses, the Club Championships brought a bit of fresh air to the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May. The weather was glorious even if the wind died down on the Monday, leaving the fleet to play hide-and-seek with the tide.
A total of 39 boats took part over the two days and results show that it was a tough battle at the top. It gave an ideal opportunity for people with a busy lifestyle to take part in a complete series or for regular sailors to try something different. The race team selected trapezoids, triangles and upwind-downwind courses over the two days, giving a fair chance to every class of boat. After the weekend, we all heard very positive comments about the Championships from occasional and regular sailors alike. A winning formula that will happen again next year, I'm sure.
Photos courtesy of Donal Roche
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Topper training with Mark Heather
Blue skies and a gentle breeze seemed to be perfect conditions in the morning of the Topper training, on 23rd May. But... after coach Mark Heather's briefing, the wind disappeared, leaving 18 Toppers fighting the tide for a while.
Fortunately, after a few hesitations, the wind settled to a perfect force 2 south-westerly and all Topper helms made the most of the day. Former Topper World champion Mark Heather helped everyone improve their boat handling skills tremendously. After several games involving close manoeuvering and a lot of bumping into each other, the fleet practised race starts and going round a small course.
All sailors were very enthusiastic and gained a tremendous amount of confidence. A very positive day!
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Topper and Laser leagues up to 28th June
Both leagues are regularly updated in the Results page, with a breakdown of points for each helm. Click on the graph to view the details. In the Topper league, helms in blue are competing for the Topper Novice Trophy.
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Report and photos from Topper Open
A gallery of photos taken during the Topper Open is now on this website. Visit the Galleries page or click here to access the page directly.
Toppers at Lancing
Brilliant sunshine and fresh winds provided challenging sailing conditions for the 23 helms who attended the Lancing S.C. Topper Open & SE Traveller on Sat 30th May. Our own 12 helms competing included several novices, Katie T, Charlotte, Isla, Liam & Joel, most fresh from race training at Lancing last week. The first race was sailed in a steady f3 ESE wind; three leading visiting helms, Charlotte Fenn, Oliver Greber and Daniel Fenn, holding their places throughout. Angela was our leading helm in this race, finishing 6th. In race 2 the wind freshened to a f4+, with bigger waves. Eager visitor Clive Jackson was again OCS, and over-reacted by dipping line and later returning to clear it a second time and capsizing during a gybe. It’s to his credit that he managed to sail his way back to finish 5th, closely followed by LSC helms Nick and Katie H. In this longer and more demanding race the leader was again C. Fenn with Jack Spence losing out to Greber in lap3.
In the afternoon, the start in race 3 was postponed during the start sequence, as the NE wind battled with a SE sea breeze. Once the wind settled, the race was re-started, however on the first windward leg the wind very shifty and variable in strength, testing the competitors’ skills and concentration; helms who hit either corner gaining over those took a middle track. Helms rounding the windward mark soon found they had to beat again on the next leg of the course as the wind shifted NE, later settling again to f3 SE. Spence held his lead to win ahead of D. Fenn and C. Fenn, with Nick and Georgie scoring their highest places of the day 5th & 9th respectively. In the final race C.Fenn again led from the start, and proceeded to pull away from the fleet, finishing an amazing leg ahead of Jackson and Spence, and becoming event winner with three firsts!
Overall official results: 1st Charlotte Fenn, Pevensey Bay; 2nd Jack Spence, Papercourt; 3rd Oliver Greber, Pevensey Bay; 4th Daniel Fenn, Pevensey Bay; 5th Clive Jackson, Papercourt; 6th James Skulczuk, Medway/Bewl.
Top 6 LSC results: 7th Nick Muggridge, 10th Katie Hedgecock, 11th Georgi Ridler, 14th Isabelle Jackson, 15th Angela Davey, 17th Katie Trevis
Nick Muggridge, LSC Topper fleet captain
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Photos from the Laser Open
See the photo gallery of the Laser open on 31st May on this site. For better pictures of all the fleet, Warwick Baker has posted an extensive gallery on his website. Contact details are on his website to buy high resolution or prints.
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