Winter events

[daryl_wilkinson]

Missed it all.... I was immersed in.... 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll'. Well done all the same.

[JimC]

The year Flat Stanley won the BM they finished with the kicker gear was one solid block of ice, Guy and Alex were both covered in ice armour flaking off dry suits, the ice was an inch or more thick on the foredeck and they nearly lost it when the kite pole froze to the boom on the last hoist and Guy slipped on the ice on the floor and put his foot through the transom...
The ice bimbling sounds like class boat prep: good job.

[peter_barton]

Jim,
Which year did Flat Stanley win? Was it big bad 1987? I was spectating that year.

"ice was an inch or more thick on the foredeck " .
Wow. Last year I put pro grip strips (2mm thick) on the foredeck due to icey light wind forecast and was suprised when ice bridged over them!

[ross_burkin]

Note to self:

1) Pete is a real hard arse!
2) Stanley is awesome
3) Use ultramax respect in conversation

Seriously good effort by guys and girls who made it out. Any result deserves a congratulations.

[Tim Noyce]

Note to self:

1) Pete is a real hard arse!
2) Stanley is awesome
3) Use ultramax respect in conversation

+1 ! 

[JimC]

Which year did Flat Stanley win? Was it big bad 1987?

It was indeed...

8 Swims

brrr don't know how you managed to sail on after that. Makes me shiver just to think about it. These days I head for the clubhouse after the second if its between November and May...

[phil_kirk]

And got congratulated and awarded with Sail juice subscription for the stern stand Cherub salute/capsize.

Good PR for the class. At least we helped the frozen spectators enjoy the day.

Well done again Pete and Ben.

[peter_barton]

Stern stand backflip in front of the club was unfortunate with 15min to go. Sailing is generally bad at giving spectators value, we do what we can.

That windward mark was in lee of clubhouse making the approach v gusty & shifty. We dont have a bungee take up on the main/kite sheets and they were caught on leeward footloop. Main wouldn't ease enough on freeing gust and jib stalled. As we capsized we were stopped dead with our weight at the very back upwind and it came over backwards. Slightly dodgy moment with my foot in the strap which ended up on the low side of the capsized boat. It twisted out OK but I do remember looking up at the surface.

[roland_trim]

http://www.photoshelter.com/c/ian_roman/gallery-img-show/Bloody-Mary-2010/G0000d0NYTlqEA6g/?&_bqG=38&_bqH=eJzzzjMPKvNwDK8qjzBwr8qJNzVN93PSjbT0Lwm1MjW1MjK1snKP93SxdTcAghQDv8iQnEJXR7N0tQCQqJq7Z7y7o4.Pa1AkNkUAEeMbGA--&I_ID=I0000cUsd_LHnhpE

Had the command
"Hold onto this and everything will be just OK"
been issued?

Still arctic in Utrecht.

[Banshee Ambulance]

Which year did Flat Stanley win? Was it big bad 1987?

It was indeed...

8 Swims

brrr don't know how you managed to sail on after that. Makes me shiver just to think about it. These days I head for the clubhouse after the second if its between November and May...

I wasn't even born then! But what a trooper Stanley is, and he is still going strong.

Well done to Team Ronin. A great result given the conditions.