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Cherub Chat => Calendar Events => Topic started by: PaulJ on November 28, 2013, 01:12:09 PM
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Event - Rutland Sailing Club, Cherub Inland Championships
Dates - Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd March 2014
Location - Gibbett Lane, Edith Weston, Oakham LE15 8HJ
Contact - Telephone 01780 720292
Start time - Saturday 11:55 Sunday 10:25
Cost - £38 per boat
Racing - Committee boats starts, windward/leeward courses, event shared with Musto Skiffs, 49er and B14 fleets
Notice of race - not yet available
Sailing Instructions - available at registration
Accommodation - at the sailing club £13 ensuite, £11 without ensuite. Note camping/motorhomes etc at the sailing club is NOT permitted
Food and drink - club galley and bar open each day
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Great work securing this Paul. It should be a really good opportunity to show off the class to some other skiffs we don't usually sail with. As well as some we do!
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Ace work guys
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SDzzz up for it. first local event! no excuses for this one, I better get it in the diary quick!
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Expect to see Spanish attending as it is just down the road.
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Due to limited availability of suitable host clubs and scheduling issues, I have been unable to secure a suitable venue for the Inlands Championships in 2014.
As the Inlands is such an important event in the Cherub calendar it was felt that the risk of not having an event or being forced to a unsuitable venue very late in the season was too high.
It has therefore decided that the Rutland Travellers Event should be designated as the Inlands Nationals. Rutland is a great venue, able to set big courses in any wind direction with a top class race management team, all the ingredients of a great event.
There is a silver lining to the above is that we now have an excellent opportunity to add an additional sea based travellers event later in the year, probably after the National Championships. I have a couple of events in mind and hope to announce dates and venue shortly.
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Where have people booked to stay? Bunkhouse at club is full.
Would be good to minimize the post curry drive :-)
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My crew has a house down the road so I am staying there
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My crew has a house down the road so I am staying there
Is that an open invitation.
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My crew has a house down the road so I am staying there
Is that an open invitation.
does it matter?
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Fighting talk but what are you sailing Jamie?
Seriously, can we help?
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My crew has a house down the road so I am staying there
Is that an open invitation.
does it matter?
I have yet to book accommodation for me - yes it would be handy to have a floor to crash on :-)
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the whites are an hour away. 37 miles. anyone welcome, just let me know.
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I've had a couple of requests for my appearance.... seems i have Hotel California syndrome.
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I did warn you, you can join but you can't leave
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Sorry guys due to no crew and no transport I cannot come.
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Team poppy and blonde are booked in a travelodge, Uppingham Morcott one.
any social/meal planned yet?
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Atum will be there.
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Sorry guys due to no crew and no transport I cannot come.
Hi Team Slatter - maybe ask that another way?
Does anyone fancy joining Team Slatter for the weekend? Will need to collect/deposit boat and Alex from Alton Water (i.e. near Ipswich).
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If I had a tow hitch I'd be up for it but I can't move boats around :(
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Eleanor will be there, looking forward to getting back on the water.
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After this weekend, I'm getting excited about Rutland.
Anyone out there want to borrow BS for the event, I think there will be a few '97s to battle with...
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Have just got back from Rutland this weekend with the 18's. If we have another weekend anything like we just had it will be great. If anyone is struggling for accommodation, the campsite just outside the sailing club gate is supposed to be open by the event and there is a travelodge with rooms for 28 quid a night there if you fancy a bit more "luxury". Can't wait for the first event of the season!
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Hi
Is anyone from Weston or near Southampton give me a lift up to the event
Lewis
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Anyone readin this with a boat - there are some very handy helms/crews sniffing about for a ride at this event....
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Met Office long range forecast currently suggesting no shortage of wind for next weekend!
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I'm forecasting some "what have you done to my boat" as Neil once again takes to the water in Born Slippy.
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Sorry, due to a late change of circumstances we won't be able to make it. Hope you all have an enjoyable weekend.
N.
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Sorry to hear that Neil. I'll update you if there are any late night whiskey sessions on the balcony discussing innovative technology developments, such as the Roberts Design "Powerpants", as per our last visit!
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Looking forward to this, Looks to be a fairly sunny but very chilly and breezy weekend.
Good luck to all, see you tomorrow!
(team marmite are also in same Travelodge)
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Looks like a right sausage fest this weekend. Not many female faces in the skiff, 49er and B14 fleet I bet. The forecast suggests too that the front of our Inlands will be a female free zone. I shall be feeding Jill lead shot tonight.
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I'd suggest rocks...I hear that poisoning your crew with lead is frowned upon the day before a race.
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First update from Rutland. SDzzz broken mast. A good turn out. 12 boats I think? Yes but a real 'limp sausage fest'. looks like a battle between Paul and Andy. Well done to Jill, Jo and Holly keping it up for the girls and sailing in those conditions. Conditions were bloody cold and bloody windy. both SDzzz and Blonde now mastless. Poppy and a few others suffered many sprains, dings, and loads of other broken gear. the gusts were horrendous! Missing the second day...
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On the way to the first start on Saturday Team Loco rammed a large log at speed with the kite up which twisted the daggerboard back 30degrees and jammed it in the case. Sailed on with water sluicing through the boat from the slot, surprised to be still floating but during a second capsize a wire strop gave way and the rig came down.
End of our weekend but we were smokin' before that, despite hilarious antics leaving the beach. That's Cherubs for you - zero to hero, hero to zero
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OFFICIAL RACE REPORT:
13 Cherubs made the trip to Rutland Water SC for the Inland Championships but only 1 came away showered in glory. No, I’m not talking about Paul Croote and Ed Higham in Marmite who took the win. Nor Andy and Jill Peters in Usagi Yojimbowho came second. I am talking about two intrepid warriors who battled against the odds in an 8 year old boat to take 3rd place. Yes, it’s Ben Rushton and Tim Noyce in Atum Bom.
After a swift kite run to the start at the far end of the pond the first race took them by surprise as the start sequence was 3-2-1 not the 5-4-1 they were accustomed to (Lesson 1 - Read the SI's as they don't always announce changes to normal sailing in the briefing). Behind at the start they found a lane and using the extra righting moment they possessed proceeded to overhaul most of the fleet on this gusty Saturday lunchtime. A slow tack gave Marmite and Eleanor a way back into the race for the top mark which they both rounded after Usagi. Fourth round the top mark Tim put all of his considerable speed and strength into hoisting the kite while Ben did his best to keep the boat upright with the correct ratio of people on the windward side, and sails on the other and not goose winged. Marmite failed to handle the pressure and went in at the gybe, and Eleanor cracked at the drop giving our weekends hero’s a glimmer of a way through. Not ones to capitalise on other peoples misfortune, they decided that the right and proper thing to do was to also throw in a sympathy capsize after rounding upwind at the bottom mark. Previous swimming experience had taught them well and they were up before you could say “holymolyitswindyouthere”. The upwind leg proved fast again reeling in Andy and Jill in Usagi with Eleanor, Marmite and the rest of the fleet left long behind. Just as Atum was about to catch Usagi a second swim at the leeward mark on lap 2 allowed the hunted a brief respite and enough of a lead to close out the first race with the Atumists hot on their heels despite 2 capsizes. Did this show the promise of things to come? I hope you didn’t think this tale of toil and strife was going to be that easy.
After this very little is remembered by anyone..brain freeze set in about half way up the first beat of the second race swiftly followed by frost bite. Looking back at the results it looks like after their sights being out on the first race, Paul and Ed in Marmite fired a rapid fire clip of bullets to round out the day, with Andy and Jill showing a remarkable increase in boat speed with their big sails despite the high winds. In the quest of extra speed, Jill decided to do some on the water sail modification with her feet… (Lesson 2 - Despite the name, speed holes do not provide additional speed) The wind increased gradually, with some gusts so large that local cows became airbourne. In fact, before the start of race 3 despite not being seen by anyone else, Atum Bom had to capsize in order to dodge a flying Heifer (no, not the one that Tinner met in Largo Bay '06) So traumatised by the aforementioned incident, they decided to quit whilst they were at least not too far behind allowing them time to regroup on shore to warm up in the newly redecorated showers… and then sample the quality of the galley food in the interests of a rounded review of the club facilities. (Lesson 3 - Showers, Chips, Beer… all excellent)
The evenings entertainment was based in the local pub, the Wheatsheaf. Trying to fit 20+ Cherub sailors around the only available 6 seater table was just another problem which was dispatched with ease. A bystander may have thought that the only thing on the menu was Steak or ribs, (or in some cases, Steak AND ribs) due to the high protein intake of the plucky few who survived the day. Tim and Ben, polite to the core, let the others sit and eat whilst taking one for the team and completed a full EU Standard Beer Quality test, consuming 1.75 UK Gallons of Rutlands finest local Brew. They then hung on till last orders to keep the bar staff company, and also ensure that no class members were left without having heard of their days bravery and sheer awesomeness potential. On arriving back at the sailing club, they completed 3 laps of the building completing a thorough security test (this was not requested by the Club, but I am sure they will be happy to read that Rutland SC is an impenetrable fortress if ever under attack from inebriated sailing heroes). 5 locked doors, 3 keypads and numerous potential locking codes later they through in the towel and woke up Dean and Simon who had kindly offered them a room for the night.
Sunday dawned bright, breezy and once again, chuffing freezing. The teams who had gone to bed early were looking cheerful and enthusiastic… Tim especially was looking and feeling like the back end of a Badger. (Lesson 3 - Big wind Cherub sailing is much like a big night on the beer. You can't just expect to turn up having not practised for months without looking and feeling like a dick).
After much deliberation on shore regarding how many layers of clothing would be adequate (no one wrote it down, but I'm pretty sure that a ratio was devised with X being how warm you ideally want to be, Y was the peak warmth providable by all of the clothing in your sailing bag, and Z was the amount of movement required to sail a Cherub in gusts of 25knots… The ratio wasn't foolproof though, as on reflection most were either toasty warm and waddling about like pregnant penguins, or agile like young panthers… until the frostbite set in.
Wind had veered Northerly which gave everyone the opportunity to test their long distance 2 sail beam reaching skills on the way too and from the starting area and a gaggle of Cherubs gathered waiting for their starting sequence after the Musto's and B14's had set off. Croote and Higham carried on where they had left off the day before and despite trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by very nearly sinking the committee boat with a hugely ambitious gybe on the line, they drifted over the line inverted in a modern day take on the Cherub Salute amid a fanfare of applause from admiring fans (*this may or may not be true) whilst Nick Pratt and Johnny Harris in Madge put in a stirling performance to take 2nd proving that in big winds that 97 Rules! Atum were still working to their Dave Brailsford inspired marginal gains strategy which required additional focus on some lesser known capsizing techniques, bearing away in 25knot gusts whilst avoiding a seemingly moving water tower and also strength testing some of the boats structure using limbs, skulls etc. Some on the water maths told the intrepid few that the podium places were now confirmed and all decided to head back in to save the local authorities having to launch the ice breaker if they had stayed out for the final race. (Lesson 4: Ensure that the improvement curve of the Brailsford inspired training plan correlates with that of the 2014 National Championships at Weston SC (insert Link to forum page)
So, to summarise, a near flawless performance by Croote and Higham in Marmite gave them a convincing win to the opening round of the 2014 Cherub Travellers Series and made them deserving 2014 UK Cherub Inland Champions. Andy and Jill Peters in Usagi showed a stellar high wind performance showing that practise really pays off when handling these high performance craft to add to their already well renowned light wind performances. Ben Rushton and Tim Noyce in Atum Bom rounded out the podium with some glimmers of extraordinary awesomeness which in a bid to stay under the radar so early in a long campaign they mixed in some questionable boat handling and potentially life changing off the water beer related decisions. Nick Pratt and a crew combination of Jo Hutch and Johnny Harris in Madge finished equal on points and 4th overall, picking up the highly coveted title of UK Cherub 97 Rules Inland Champions.
Many thanks to Paul Jenkins for organising the event and everyone at Rutland Water Sailing Club for organising an excellent weekend of sailing despite the potentially difficult conditions and making us feeling very welcome as a class.
See you all at the Isle of Sheppey Open meeting in a few weeks time!
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Added to the front page with some photo's
If anyone has more photo's please get in touch so we can get them up.
Thanks
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Brilliant write up Tim, But I do think it needs more emphasis on how windy it was!
Marmite hit count- snapped another set of wire cap shroud's, Lost a watch from both helm + crew and snapped jib sheet.
But good weekend had by all,.... but muscles are hurting today!
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Awesome guys...respect
Loco is signing off until the nationals as I am in the US for 3 of the next 4 months...shall post selfies of me on the beach in Key Largo...ok, maybe not.
It's work, Jim (honest, well some of it) but not as we know it.
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Hi the photos that I took at the weekend are here.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/48594582@N05/sets/72157642865615555/
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Great photos. Thanks for sharing them!
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Great report chaps.
I did set a first for me on Sunday. It is the only time I've had to sail over to the boat to tell them we had finished as I could see all their eyes were on a wobbling B14 that looked like it was about to wipe out into them. The CB asked if we were a lap down (no counting boats round the leeward mark obviously) and rather unfairly put us at the back despite us worrying slightly down the last run that we might overtake an inverted Marmite and force us both into an unwelcome final race. Luckily Crooties new T-foil is as big as a mainsail so his boat goes just as fast inverted as upright.
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In addition to the previously written factual report, I would just like to add that it was great to have such a great turnout for the event as we had a good mix of new faces and old faces in a variety of boats. Hopefully we will be able to get the new lads into boats of their own for later in the season.
I know that in the report we quipped about such a strong performance from an 8 year old boat... but probably more impressive was that Madge on equal points in 4th place was still going amazing well for a 24 year old boat! Other designs come and go, but Bistros last forever!
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report up on Y&Y http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/175244/Cherub-Inlands-at-Rutland (http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/175244/Cherub-Inlands-at-Rutland)
Couldn't have written a better tag line myself for the front page!
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Great work on the report Tim. Thanks for sorting the event Paul, could we have it a bit warmer and slightly less breezy next year? And well done to all those more hardy than us on Sunday.
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Nice report Tim. Hoping for similar but warmer conditions for the Nationals (may be in the minority here!)