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Race 4

Friday 24th february saw the start of Race 4.

Back by popular demand was the ’Round the Islands’ course, which might not have been the best choice for some teams as the racing conditions proved to be more challenging than usual.

’Yesterday’ , crewed by Jon and Ingela, took line honours and then went to their usual position of mixing it up at the back of the fleet, whilst ’Doris’, crewed by Lasse Lars and Sussssssssss, and ’Tricky’, crewed by Thomas and Ingela (the other Ingela!) fought for the lead.

’Adventura’, crewed by Jan Erik and Birgitta, and ’Stars and Stripes’, being single-handed by Tom Boelke, were competing hard in the middle of the pack, and all boats were hot on the heels of the race leaders.

’Doris’ took the lead, taking the outer route around ’First Island’, and managing to survive being almost dismasted by an errant wooden dice!   ’Tricky’ having read the sea state and weather brilliantly, opted for the more challenging inside route, and managed to successfully come out ahead of ’Doris’.  ’Adventura’, ’Yesterday’ and ’Stars and Stripes’ following closely behind, all taking the safer, outside route.

Very close sailing along the narrows to ’Goddammit Island’ saw ’Tricky’ edge in front, while ’Doris’, due to some navigational cock-ups, ended up sitting fast on the lee shore and being overtaken by a very fast ’Stars and Stripes’, who moved into 2nd place, closely followed by ’Adventura’ and ’Yesterday’. To add insult to injury, ’Doris’ have to cope with a man-overboard incident, which adds to their frustration and a radical course change sees them bringing up the back of the fleet. ’Tricky’ manage to hold their slim lead, whilst the rest of the fleet jockey and swap the remaining places, with ’Doris’ taking a far more leisurely pace at the back, and at one point seeming to have stopped for a swim, BBQ, and some sunbathing!!

Rounding the ’Naturist Island’, ’Tricky’ manage to hold their lead, but only just … at times only ahead by one boat length. At the cross-over, chaos ensues over who has right of way and once the fleet had untangled itself, ’Tricky’ was still out in front, being hotly persued by ’Stars and Stripes’, ’Adventura’, Yesterday’ and lastly … ’Doris’, who seem to have realised they were in a race and not on an Eskadasailing trip, and started pushing hard to catch up the rest of the fleet.

’Stars and Stripes’ takes the lead with a grinning Tom at the helm, but right behind is ’Tricky’, who are not giving up the fight to beat him over the line.

A problem with a sump almost costs ’Stars and Stripes’ the race, but with a scream of victory, Tom Boelke crosses the line first. ’Tricky’ at this point decides that now is the perfect time to stop and let the crew take a swim, so that they drift over the finish line in 2nd place!

’Doris’ battles through the fleet, trying to get a podium finish, but ’Adventura’ holds them off for a well deserved 3rd place, having had some serious problems to overcome throughout the entire race. ’Yesterday’ slips over the line in their usual 4th place, with ’Doris’ unfortunately, after such a hurculean effort to catch the fleet up, crawling over the line in 5th place …. never again will they be so knowledgeable about seamanship!!

The remaining teams that have been competing previously have all had problems that have stopped them from attending but everything is still wide open for the final race

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The date for the final race will be announced on this site soon, keep your eyes open, and even if you dont compete, you are more than welcome to come and support the racing teams.

Race 4 Results

• Stares and Stripes Tom Boelke 6points
• Tricky Thomas and Ingela 5points
• Adventura Jan Erik and Birgitta 4points
• Yesterday Jon and Ingela 3points
• Doris LasseLars o Sussssssssssssssss 2points

Overall Standings after 4 Races.

• Ardanza Kerstin o Åke 16points
• Mercy Viveca o Bosse 13points
• Yesterday Jon o Ingela 11points

Tricky Thomas o Ingela 11points

Stars and Stripes Tom Boelke 11points

Windsong Karin o Gunnar 5points

Rainbow Jörgen o Marina 5points

Charmaya LarsÅke 4points

Adventura JanErik o Birgitte 4points

Doris LasseLars o Sussssssssssssss 2points

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The 3rd race of the series took place in rather mild conditions for the time of year, but again was well attended.

After consultation with the race committee, it was decided to race on the ’Round the Islands’ course as most of the race boats found it more fun … an odd decision but there you go!

A strong start, as usual, from Kerstin and Åke saw ’Ardanza’ take an early lead closely followed by ’Yesterday’, ’Stars and Stripes’, ’Tricky’, and ’Mercy’, with Jörgen and Marina on ’Rainbow’ trailing the fleet.

’Stars and Stripes’ had some chart problems as they came up the channel to the first mark, but not as badly as our friends on ’Windsong’ who are on their way to Thailand!! ’Stars and Stripes’, along with ’Tricky’ held the fleet at bay as they overtook everyone to take a good lead and be in a good position to take the first turn.

It was neck and neck around the outside of the first island, between ’Stars and Stripes’ (Capt Tom Boelke) and ’Tricky’ (Ingela, Thomas and Anna).

’Mercy’, (Viveca and Bosse) made a wild decision to take the inside route around the first island and ended up losing their spinnaker, but this was not as bad as Jörgen and Marina on ’Rainbow’ who were stopped by the committee boat and given a warning for not wearing bouyancy aids, and who then got lost in a fog bank!! Not a good day so far for the ’Rainbow’ crew.

’Tricky’ pulled ahead after the first turn, closely followed by ’Ardanza’, with chaos affecting the rest of the fleet. ’Yesterday’ was forced to do a ’man overboard’ manouvre, whilst ’Stars and Stripes’ had to carry out a hasty change of direction and some very quick hole patching after striking a semi-submerged container!!

Rounding the second turn and the racing is so close, with all boats vying for the lead but only ’Tricky’ making the most of the ever changing wind shifts and bizarre tidal patterns as they head south west to the final turns.

’Tricky’ pulled comfortably ahead, with no competition to worry about as the rest of the fleet try to out-manouvre each other to get the best position for the downwind leg to the finish line. Some very close racing all the way to the finish line saw the following results :

3rd Race Results.

• ’Tricky’  Ingela, Thomas and Anna    6points
• ’Rainbow’   Jörgen and Marina          5points
• ’Ardanza’  Kerstin and Åke                 4points
• ’Mercy’    Viveca and Bosse               3points
• ’Yesterday’   Jon and Ingela               2points
• ’Stars and Stripes’  Tom Boelke        1point

OVERALL STANDINGS.

• Ardanza     16points
• Mercy 13points
• Yesterday 8points
• Tricky 6points
• Stars and Stripes 5points
• Windsong 5points
• Rainbow 5points
• Charmaya 4points

Next race is Friday 24th february @19.00

The final race is a ’Round the World’ race so get your boats and crews ready!