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Cherub Chat => Calendar Events => Topic started by: Stuart Hopson on January 16, 2009, 08:32:46 PM
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I have now finalised the nationals venue and date!
It will be at Babbacombe Corinthian Sailing Club.
12,13,14,& 15th August.
http://www.babbacombe-sc.com/ (http://www.babbacombe-sc.com/)
I'll post more details at the top of this thread as i get them.
Many thanks to Jacky Lawton for all the help the event and Dave Homer for offering to be race officer for the event instead of doing Camel week.
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I have added this to the events page
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Hayley and I sailed at Babbacombe this weekend (Easter bank holiday 09). Some things to report:
- Fantastically friendly club.
- Large open expanse of water. For our outings this was reasonably flat with constant wind.
- A members run club.
- The actual clubhouse is away form the water and boasts shots at £1 a pop.
As for the sailing it was our first proper twinning session in Born Slippy. Rig felt really good, watching the mast bend off as the gusts hit is almost mesmerising.
There was a small club race with a couple of Tasars, an iso and a vortex. Despite the dozy helm we arrived at the windward mark 1st, the only time this has ever happened. Racing on a typical triangle, we lost the lead (and the race) to the iso as after we hoisted and were having too much fun to try to make the mark after the gybe. Opting for a longer kite run and a beat to get to the downwind mark on every lap ;D
Arrived home with a new bout of energy for trying to get the new boat on the water in time. Properly excited about a nationals at BCSC, will be amongst the first in the queue for entry forms!
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I think my favourite thing about Babbacome ( we were there for the '97 Nats in the Trifle), is that funicular railway which goes up and down the cliff! If I remember rightly, there's some kind of cafe place at the top of the cliff which did excellent open-air breakfasts, and gave a great birds-eye view of the racing area. You could see the wind filling in very clearly, and even see gusts and shifts on the water surface. I was less keen on the rigging area - a bit tight for space when the grockles were out in force, but I suppose no different from some other places we've been. I also recollect a very warm welcome from the club members, who had a remarkably laid-back attitude to some of the antics going on!
Actually, there was one exception. Day 3 was very light. We were all drifting about behind the committee boat between the 1st and 2nd races. Somebody (I know who but I aint saying) had brought out some quality gentleman's reading material which had been sourced from the top shelf of the newsagent's. This was was being perused and passed from one boat to another to pass the time. That was all OK, until somebody dropped it into the cockpit of a passing 405, which was being sailed by a couple of nippers. Unfortunately, the parents of the said nippers were on the committee boat! Not unreasonably, they were none too impressed when their pride and joy passed the jazz mag over the rail to mummy!!
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That is the first I have heard of that story!
I remember Phil being challenged by a Policeman while decorating a prominant statue with a traffic cone. Was there a 'hairy bum competition'? The grand national was damp for all concerned. I remember hitting the leeward mark mid-drop such that the pole self-retracted. I remember Phil and Jamie going v well in Dr Huffhurr when the breeze was down. It was minibus city for the Aberdeen team.
On the way back the clutch on the minibus failed so we got the AA truck from Devon to Aberdeen.....
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Actually, come to think of it the Nats where the 405's were also having their regatta was in Weymouth Bay! Must have been the '94 event. A lot of those regattas were a bit of a blur!!! One thing that was definitely at Babbacome though was Simon Clifton's boat "Catananche" 2669 being used as an offshore waterslide. The wind disappeared completely on the last day. Anybody who has seen 2669 will know that it has very upright topsides with a straight run aft from midships. Simon capsized the boat onto its side. People were then taking it in turns to climb up onto the topside (now horizontal) and scoot down the topside towards the bow, firing off the stem into the water. It was a good end to the regatta.
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I do remember that!
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Why let the truth get in the way of a good story??