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Great racing last weekend

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Published 22:39 on 20 Sep 2024

The idea of the mini regatta was to encourage racing in the traditionally quieter months. 9 hawks and 12 allcomers took part over the weekend with results (and prizes) broken out for hawks, dominant fleet, allcomers and junior Toppers. A force 2-3 kicked in and stayed for the weekend. The tides were huge giving the Race officers Matt and Karen Godbold plenty of challenges (including a dragging start line). 2 decent races a day were achieved with nearly all the harbour buoys being used in interesting courses.

Magnus Medcalf took dominant fleet (Lasers) honours, Maisie Gray won the Topper chocolate and Bruce and Sarah Kemp took the allcomers glory. Visitors from Snettisham were welcome competition and we plan to run this mini regatta again next year.

The big spring tides also created challenging conditions for the Hawk fleet who enjoyed four really close competitive races. Several boats misjudged the strength of the tide around marks leading to mark "touching" and the need to re round. The first 3 races were all won by a different boat so it all came down to the last race with Malcolm Collins and Catherine Tyler winning the series.

Many thanks to race officers Matt & Karen and safety boat crews for making this event so much fun. Thanks also to Pam & Mike Farrell for providing photos of all the action.

The laying-up lunch followed by prize giving will be on Saturday 26th October (as stated on the online calendar) and available to book soon. The AGM had to be rescheduled after the handbook was printed and will be held at 3pm on Saturday 2nd November.

Autumn points series for Hawks and all comers continues next weekend with racing scheduled for the afternoon.

Look out for this weekend's menu and schedule of on-water duties coming to your inbox on Thursday. We still advise booking your table in advance by email whenever possible. Popular dining times (7pm and 1pm) do get booked early.

Opening times:

Friday: Open 17:00 to 22:00. Dinner from 18:00-21:00

Saturday: Open 11:30 to 22:00, Lunch from 12:00-15:00, Dinner from 18:00-21:00.

Sunday: Open 11:30 to 16:00, Lunch from 12:00-15:00

Last updated 20:17 on 5 October 2024

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