UK-Cherub Forum
Cherub Chat => Calendar Events => Topic started by: JP233 on February 15, 2014, 06:32:33 PM
-
Event - Post Dinghy Show Blast (Draycote)
Dates - Saturday 15 March
Location - Draycote Water, Rugby, CV23 8Ab
Start time - times to be advised
Cost - £12
Schedule - Blast
Notice of race - NA
Sailing Instructions - NA
Need minimum of 6 boats to be accepted by the club.
Food and drink - club galley and bar open each day in the clubhouse
Blast at draycote, after the Dinghy show.
Saturday is intended to be targeted at those we meet at the DS. There will also be a video debrief.
Sunday is unsure as of yet, trying to strike a deal with the club. For now assume we will be joining in with the club races or be 'training' (i.e. must keep clear of club racers).
Please post if interested.
-
SDzzz already there
-
Poppy will be there
-
Bron Slippy will probably be (depends if anyone form Bristol wants double stacking to Rutland...).
PS Many thanks to Jamie for talking to the club. Blasts are a lot of fun, place no extra resources on the host club, but also generate very little income for them. We always have a great session when we visit.
-
I'm in Scotland that weekend guys - have a good one
-
Draycote is a good cherub venue. Sweet Dreamzzz is signed in, Poppy and maybe Born Slippery.
A good pre-inlands meet... and good PR for any interested parties from the dinghy show
-
Will bring Ronin along if the forcast is reasonable. Probably just for the saturday as crew is suposed to be racing her MTB on Sunday. Cheers Chris
-
Dean and I are both working this weekend. Sorry
-
Apologies - first RS200 meeting for our new hiking cherub un-alike. At Island Barn so considerably closer than Draycote
-
So it looks like it will be a good event.
Add to the normal draycote festivities a drone and the video training suits afterwards.
Still spinning the dice to see how many people show up though :-)
-
Like I said at the dingy show, I will try and get some mates across and Spanish, depends on when the sails turn up and if I can get transport.
-
Can anyone from Weston give me a lift up to the event??? Or need a crew??
Lewis
-
Owing to the large blocks of ice cascading down the gullies of Ben Nevis my Scottish trip has been called off at the last minute.
Just trying to persuade Sam that we should come to Draycote...thinking about it I'll go anyway, so there'll be another Cherub set up for rides.
What time are people planning to be there?
-
Have a great time, wishing I could join you.
-
All,
I hate to impose, but do you mind if I come along? I have limited trapeze experience (only on a fireball, and a 1987 'Penny' 14 but that was once or twice on the 14). I would love a go on a modern cherub, if it is possible, as our current cherub is 1972(?) I believe, but at the moment, is going through a small strip down and repaint...
However, if you are happy for me to go, and if it is any consolation, I do sail an international canoe (but I am unsure if this will correspond into cherub sailing though....) also, I don't suppose I can be a little cheeky, and sail my AC today as well? Considering I am a current member of Draycote...
I hope to see a few Cherubs at Draycote today! I think I saw Sweet Dreamz, at Draycote a while back, but I can't actually remember if this is the case!
And Torchy, presumably you are taking Loco Perro? I remember seeing her at Bartley SC...
Sorry for the late reply.
Cheers,
Max
Crazy Horse 1658
EDIT: I forgot to ask, what time is it supposed to start?
-
Max, in case everyone else is travelling and cant see your post, I can let you know that anyone is welcome regardless of expereriece or ability - your attendance will be much appreciated.
I expect they'll be there from around 11, sailing on and off the rest of the day, just find them and say hi
Graham
-
Graham,
Brilliant, I look forward to it then!
Many thanks,
Max
-
Hi Max,
I thought I recognised that name. I'll be rigging Loco late morning and getting on the water around lunch time. There are a few bits and pieces to sort out but nothing major.
Chances are I'll be crew less...others will add something which rhymes with crew less too ;)
-
Hi Torchy,
Okay, see you there! ;D
Cheers,
Max
-
Excellent day and Max and the other lads had a good taste of what blasting means. White horses, or as the Aussie 18 crowd say 'sheep', abounded at times and gusts were moderately vicious.
Highlight for me was seeing Dave Ching doing a fast pass close to the clubhouse in Born Slippy and tom and Jamie in Cheese saving the lives (or at least the underpants) of a gaggle of trainee Pico sailors by following a high speed burn with a very slick kite drop.
Hopefully some photos to follow
-
5 boats turned up to a fab blast yesterday. It was a brill sailing day and the different youngsters that turned up all ended up with big Cherub grins on their faces as the conditions were perfect for some 3 sail action.
The older ones managed to pack up, slowly, although Torchy was so knackered he drove home, still in wetsuit!
Boats there were; Sweet dreamzz, Loco, Born Slippy, Poppy and a shining 'new Cheese' looking resplendent in her new coat (well done the Fosters).
Just to thank Draycote, Jamie and Roland for an excellent day. Draycote isssss an excellent Cherub lake! 'The sun even shon' and the sunset was awesome.
Roland is still there with 2 boats today, so will hopefully add today's exploits.
Looking forwards to Rutland next weekend.
-
Yes, all in all a very good day. Most of the time, I couldn't stop grinning!
A huge thanks to Roland for organising the blast, and letting me sail his wonderful boats. Also a big thanks to Dave and Roland for sailing with them, it taught me a lot, but the two main things I learnt about Cherub sailing, are how important a flat boat is to a cherub (especially, it seemed Born Slippy was sensitive to this) as well as how my winter gloves do not give particularly good grip, at the best of times!I should have continued to wear my summer gloves, as I did in the morning, as they were perfectly adequate...
So, I would like to pass on my thanks to the Cherub Class for having an event like this, and if there are any chances for crewing, I would love to take them up!
I look forward to seeing how the class takes shape in the future....
Many thanks, for a wonderful day. And to be honest, after the talk of how the weather forecast promised good weather for the Cherub fleet (which, when I first looked at it, I thought 'crikey, thats windy') it really did teach me of what good wind for a cherub is like! And, believe me, if there are any others reading this (who haven't had the wonderful opportunity to have a go on a cherub) I would thoroughly recommend it! Not only is it one of the friendliest fleets about, but the boats they are sailing are just superb, in both the feel and speed...My only regret is not taking my action camera out, but fortunately Roland had his, and I would love to see the footage some time!
Many thanks,
Max
PS Roland, I didn't notice you adjusting the T-foil rudder much on Poppy, when sailing, is this simply due to not needing to? Or did I just not notice you adjusting it? I am curious as to how it would feel after different adjustments? (unless of course, I didn't notice the adjustments taking place!) and how this affects the skill set required when helming such a wonderful boat? Of course in different breezes...my curiosity is due (in part) to never having actually sailed with a T-foil before, despite having fiddled about with one I was contemplating on putting on my Skol. Many thanks....
-
Thank you to everyone for such a great day! everyone was very helpful, especially Jamie. Have learnt a huge amount and looking forward to meeting up again!
Tom
-
Thank you to everyone for such a great day! everyone was very helpful, especially Jamie. Have learnt a huge amount and looking forward to meeting up again!
Tom
Not at all mate. It's what I'm here for!
Thanks to everyone that came, I will leave the write up for Roland to do but from what I've seen of the video it's good, except for the Classic Roland musical choice.
-
Thansk for an excellent weekend.
Brief report and video here: http://www.uk-cherub.org/
-
Yes, all in all a very good day. Most of the time, I couldn't stop grinning!
I look forward to seeing how the class takes shape in the future....
I didn't notice you adjusting the T-foil rudder much on Poppy, when sailing, is this simply due to not needing to?
I think Dave will suggest not a T of the skol :-) PM him and start a conversation?
We were moving the boat rather than the foil, I was walking backwards and forwards as the boat sped up and slowed down, keeping the nose just on the water. Downwind I was probably dumping too much, nose in the air made it a bit slower, but meant the less of the crew around the forestay...
-
Shame there wasn't time to get you out in Loco, Max as we were trying out the new T-foil adjustment and fiddling quite a lot.
Where we are at with the foil is that we are summoning up the courage to have 'just enough' on downwind, without nose diving and trying to see whether the increased range of adjustment now gives us enough positive foil upwind, where currently the faster boats just sail away into the murk.
We used half the available on the gantry without dipping the nose upwind and we still have the twist grip to play with. For Rutland we'll run it a bit more positive in the 'off' position downwind and see how it goes.
Great event and thanks to Roland and Jamie for organising it and stalwart work introducing others to the class. We came back in to look for people to give a ride to and they were all out on the water!
Brilliant video
-
Brilliant video
I totally agree. Best Cherub video I've seen in ages.
-
yeah I will third that 8) nice edit skills.
Shame I couldn't make it along
-
Yes, a wonderful video...really, very good, truly one of my favourites!
Roland, thanks for the info about the T foil...so, it would appear once you have set the T foil (on shore?) it is very much helpful to the sailing of the boat. And, with the skol, I ended up selling her a while back, so my experiments with her and a T foil never got any further.
Cheers,
Max
-
Max,
Have you seen:
http://sailingdinghies.apolloduck.co.uk/display.phtml?aid=357688
Ronin is also on for 4.5k.
Both are worth every penny, but Suicide much fewer. If you were looking for a Draycote crew to team up with there are several options (look for little Dan - he'd make a fine weight pairing for you).
As always you're welcoem to keep in touch and just sail when possible :-) On that note can you make the Nationals dates? We can look to find you a ride.
R
-
Roland,
Sorry for the late reply...
Yes, I have seen that, I would love to get her (or Ronin for that matter) but unfortunately I am not really in a position to have another boat at the moment, although is certainly something to look for in the future.
As of now, I am unsure if I will be around for the nationals, although it is about 10 days after exam results day - so hopefully!
At the moment though, I do not really have much time to go sailing, due to exams taking priority, but they end well before the nationals (16th June).
Thanks for the info....
Cheers,
Max