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Cherub Chat => Calendar Events => Topic started by: dave_ching on May 27, 2008, 07:36:41 PM
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We are just looking at ferries to france for Carnac and it would cost us an extra £50 to roof top an extra boat.
Is anyone interested in going?
All prices +1/3 gogo juice as we are already double stacking.
Peple find their own way as we are going over early and 3 boats plus gear is enough for one little tank.
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I really want to go, and I'm selling my Reading ticket if I can. If I can't crew for someone I'll figure out a way of getting FS over there!
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That's a grat news Dave.
Who intends to come ?
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Count us in!
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Hopefully I should be there. Will have to see how it fits in with Southampton Boat show preparation but it should be ok.
The whole idea of flying out there, sailing, and flying back seems great so I might well let someone take the Badger! Seems only fair that I get a chance of living the high life after driving to Hyeres last year!
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The whole idea of flying out there, sailing, and flying back seems great so I might well let someone take the Badger!
Hi Tim,
The closer airport is probably Rennes from Southampton or Lorient from London or Birmingham.
I can arrange someone to pick you there.
It's however a bit early to organise the 'Cougar' collection.
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Hi Ghislain,
Is it three days of racing again in Carnac?
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Hi Ghislain,
Is it three days of racing again in Carnac?
It's planned so.
What will probably be organised by the YCC is training races and a special format race (pursuit or something like that) on friday. Than the effective event will be on satursday and sunday.
Ghislain
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I guess this is for Ghishlain.
but does anyone know if Carnac will mind us leaving to boats there from the Sunday before.
And are any Frnch boats going to the Nationals?
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That was not a problem last years...i should obtain shortly a confirmation.
Concerning Nationals, i will be there with my brother, but not Pastatoïde nor Mango Jam... ::)
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Thanks for that
and will be great to see you.
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Laurent, What boat is that in your signature? Sorry for deviating off topic.
EDIT 10 minutes later - Being stupid it's blue...
EDIT 20 minutes later - Being very stupid its 2666.
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We have booked a ferry trip:
Leaving Portsmouth 2345 Thursday 4th Sept
Arriving Caen 0730 Friday 5th Sept
Drive to Carnac (approx 4 hours, nice cheap French diesel), rig, sail, eat, be merry, sleep, race, eat, sleep, race, pack-up boat, drive to Caen
Leaving Caen 2359 Sunday 7th Sept
Arrive Portsmouth 0700 Monday 8th Sept
Drive to Petersfield/Guildford/A.N.Other station with train to Earlsfield or Waterloo & try to get me to Tooting not too shamelesly late for work..... ;D
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From the breizhskiffistes:
Bonjour à tous,
Le mois d’août est déjà bien avancé, il est donc grand temps de penser à la
rentrée et notamment à la régate de Carnac, véritable point d’orgue de la
saison.
En effet après les magnifiques régates de La Ganguise et de Terenez, le trophée
breizhskiff.com 2008 se poursuit à Carnac du 5 au 7 septembre. Une cinquantaine
de skiffs est attendue au Yacht Club de Carnac avec notamment une flotte de RS
800 qui devrait être nombreuse ainsi qu’une belle flotte de Cherub. Les 29er,
les RS 700 et les B14 devraient également avoir des flottes étoffées.
Il est donc grand temps de vous inscrire à cette régate. Pour ce faire,
consultez la page consacrée à cet événement sur breizhskiff.com :
http://www.breizhskiff.com/regate/ficheRegate.php?annee=2008&id_calendrier=41
et sur le site du Yacht Club de Carnac :
http://www.yccarnac.com/version2/galeries.php?IDSelcategorie=41&IDpage=282
N’hésitez pas non plus à venir discuter de cet événement sur les forums :
http://www.breizhskiff.com/forums/index.php?topic=6634.msg81767#new
Au mois d’octobre deux régates comptant pour le Trophée breizhskiff.com sont
organisées :
Celle de Martigues et celle de La Rochelle :
http://www.breizhskiff.com/regate/ficheRegate.php?annee=2008&id_calendrier=39
http://www.breizhskiff.com/regate/ficheRegate.php?annee=2008&id_calendrier=46
Enfin, nous terminerons la saison à Hourtin du 8 au 11 novembre :
http://www.breizhskiff.com/regate/ficheRegate.php?annee=2008&id_calendrier=44
A l’issue des régates de Térenez et de la Ganguise, nous commençons à y voir
plus clair dans le classement du Trophée :
http://www.breizhskiff.com/regate/index.php
Les Frères Cadre ont dominé cette première partie de saison et finiront peut
être par remporter leur premier Trophée Breizhskiff.com.
Du côté de l’évolution des flottes trois nouveautés sont à signaler :
Tout d’abord, le B14 semble renaître en France avec au moins trois bateaux
ramenés d’Angleterre ces trois derniers mois. Il faut dire que le B14 est un
magnifique skiff très peu cher à l’achat d’occasion. Ce développement de la
flotte française se traduira par l’organisation d’un championnat d’Europe en
2009 à Carnac.
Le RS 800 continue d’attirer du monde. Signalons ainsi l’arrivée dans cette
série d’Emilien, alias Milox qui semble avoir franchi définitivement le Rubicon
pour intégrer le monde du skiff.
Enfin, signalons le développement par quelques passionnés lyonnais d’un kit spi
pour le RS 600. Les premières expériences semblent positives.
http://www.breizhskiff.com/forums/index.php?topic=6695.0
http://www.breizhskiff.com/forums/index.php?topic=6598.0
http://www.breizhskiff.com/forums/index.php?topic=4841.0
Ce développement continu de la flotte de skiff a pour conséquence d’enrichir le
marché de l’occasion avec de nombreux bateaux actuellement en vente à des
tarifs très intéressants.
http://www.breizhskiff.com/forums/index.php?board=19.0
En attendant de vous voir nombreux à Carnac, bonne fin d’été à tous !
Sportivement,
L’équipe breizhskiff.com
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Roughly translated as,
ROLL UP ROLL UP!
Come one come all to the Butterfly Ball.
Well not quiet, more like Skiffy kind of events.
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And...?
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Monstrously good.
More in the morning!
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We got the night ferry and drove for about 5 hours through the most unbelievable rain and head winds. When we got to Carnac there was a scene of almost complete devastation: about 40+ knots, with boats being hastily strapped down all over the boat park. There were a couple of postponment flags flying, and the boat stayed on the raod trailer, with the mast down. Time for a stamp on a windy beach and some seafood!
On Saturday lots of pepople arrived, but it was still 25-30 knots, with nasty cross shore waves. A couple of wind surfers went out with crash helmets and very small sails. A bit later on a 29er went out. It was basically too windy to tack so he got towed back in!
As usual there was a great meal in the club in the evening.
On Sunday it was 15 gusting 20 knots, and more off shore so the sea was much less mad, but with plenty of short waves to play in. They aimed to start the racing at 0930 (yikes) and race until 1500, which would have made leaving at 1700 a bit of a challenge for us! Luckily the 1st race wasn't till 1000 by the time they had laid the course. We had 4 fairly short (about 35 mins) races, with the wind building slightly and clocking round to the south. It was the usual Carnac course (just like our Nationals this year, but the finish was the other side of the committee boat) and only 2 laps. There was more breeze on the left, but more tide so inshore paid despite the wind continuing to clock round. However, there was a HUGE oyster bed in the middle of the course, slightly off to the left which meant that you had to slow right down on the approach to the mark and pick your way through unless you went very hard right where there was the added hazard of the rocky shore. The Oysters made for very exciting hoists and 1st part of the run. On the third race, before they re-adjusted the top mark we elected to 2-sail reach way past the spreader mark, almost to the point we wanted to gybe in order to avoid having to negotiate the half sunk little buoys at full chat.
The races were close, we were 2nd in the first one just behind an RS800. On the second race we had a bit of an issue with a drop/head up for the gate proceedure which saw us on our side with the kite halyard wrapped round the mark, oops. About 10 boats passed while we did our turns and made our way back throguh the gate. We managed to get most back on the last lap and finished 4th.
We won the last two races on the water, in part due to a gybe related incident from the RS800 in front in the third race.
NBS were giving it plenty of beans, finishing 3rd. Halo Jones were also out there belting about, but poor Aqua's mast step /stump disintergrated which left some pretty spectacular damage. Even Gav & Simon might have struggled to get her going again over night.
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Photos from 2007 at http://www.magic-foto.fr/ and I am optimistic for some photos from this years event reasonably soon too.
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I see you found the oyster bed as Ben and myself did in Loco when we went. ;D Makes for interesting sailing, especially downwind when the wind is on!
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Some nice pictures there : http://www.littoral-ouest-photos.com/index.php
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http://www.magic-foto.fr/Gallerie.asp?SFAM=breizskiff2008
More photos!