Sailporty: Sailing races this afternoon (08/05/2011)

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Sunday 8th May sees the first Portobello open dinghy race of the season, run by the Portobello Sailing and Kayaking Club. Entry to the races is free, and is for all non-motorised sailing craft. Participants should arrive before 1.30pm. Non-members can sign in as temporary members for the races, which will run all afternoon until about 4pm.

With no advance registration we have no idea how many will be racing this first weekend, but there should be plenty to watch from the beach!

For more information about joining the club, taking part in races, training or borrowing boats and sea kayaks, go to http://www.sailporty.org.uk

"We plan to undertake a full season of dinghy racing this year. Starting on May 8th and running over 15 Sunday afternoons until mid October we will be using the Portsmouth handicap system to encourage as many boats as possible from our fleet to enter. As this will be our first season’s racing we’d like as many members as possible to join in – don’t feel that you need to have any racing experience to get involved. Club boats are available for those without their own.

There will be prizes for the best adult and best U-18 crews with results taken from your best 8 races (so you don’t need to commit to every weekend over the summer). Our calendar on the website shows when races are planned to take place. Please email jkinsley@sailporty.org.uk with details of your boat and names of crew (indicating whether adult or U-18) if you’d like to take part."

from http://moragedward.posterous.com/sunday ... portobello

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Fabulous photos, Wangi!

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Dinghy Racing Results!

Ten dinghies of various sizes assembeld on the start line to sail the course set by Officer of the Day, Ian Coldwell and assistant Max Blinkhorn. Andres Leslie, best known for his driving the Rowporty project ran the rescue boat in the clubs RIB. These races are the first to be run by Portobello Sailing and Kayaking Club which has provided Porty with many treats these last few months including the launch of the Skiff Jenny Skylark and the reintroduction of rowing to the beach.

Two races were run and by the second race, competitors were jockeying for the best position on the start line. In a foce 3-4 wind from the south west, some serious competition emerged with Joan and Andy Stewart leading the fleet in their Tasar closely pursued by youngsters Tara Coldwell-Brock with Roisin Fleming and Jo Church crewed by Melanie Piddock, both crews sailing RS Fevas. There was also some gutsy sailing from Alex Kinsley in his Topper in conditions which were far from easy on a sea still lumpy from a week of North Easterlies.

The club would like to thank Oonagh O'Brien and the swimmers for the loan of their inflatable marks which proved most invaluable on the day.

The days full results can be found at: https://spreadsheets2.google.com/spread ... k_8N#gid=0

PS&KC have a website at www.sailporty.org.uk where you can find out about membership and courses. The SKiff project have and excellent blog at www.rowproty.org.uk and you can also find us on Facebook at:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php? ... 5973071338

New members are always welcome - info at www.sailporty.org.uk.