Cruising & Racing
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MOA Cherbourg Rally Weekend 23/24th June 2018
Forecast: Sun, very little wind, hot
Pretty good forecast – it would have been nice to have a bit more wind but at least we all had good crossings:
There were 7 boats with 19 sailors attending the rally in Cherbourg with a variety of passages from the Solent area.
Out of the Blue travelled from East Cowes to Cherbourg on Friday 22nd
Asante and Blue Lightening left Hamble about 6.30pm on Friday 22nd for a night crossing – with a good sail down the Western Solent and around the Needles, then the wind died giving a very calm motor overnight arriving in Cherbourg about 8.30 am. A very clear night with both Mars & Jupiter lighting up the skies along with a bright moon made visibility good.
Figure 1- Passing Hurst Castle on Friday Night
The remaining boats sailed across on Saturday, Moondust and Leda of Hamble having gathered at Yarmouth on Friday evening set out from there, Lapis Lady set off from Portsmouth and Walk of Life crossed from Poole having picked up crew there on the Friday, all arriving late afternoon/early evening.
The plan for berthing together on J pontoon was disrupted and the early arrivals were moved off due to a Coastguard demo and some expected dignitaries. There had clearly been some communication issues within the marina’s booking system but in the end they found us 7 finger berths close together on P pontoon. A bit further to the showers but no rafting so it all worked well and the marina staff were very apologetic!
Following a quick trip to the supermarket for supplies there was a “pontoon” party aboard Asante:
Following plenty of French wine and nibbles people went off independently to find some food! And then a good night’s sleep.
On Sunday lunch was arranged in “L’Equipage” restaurant at the marina. As ever with a large group there plenty of confusion in ordering however we had a most enjoyable meal with good company, plenty of sailing tales plus a few monitoring the England’s amazing score against Panama in the world cup which was going on at the same time….
Figure 3 – Lunch in L’Equipage
Sunday evening saw Moondust departing for a night crossing back, with Blue Lightning and Leda of Hamble crossing back Monday day time with another very calm motor back:
The remaining boats set off to the Channel Islands ready to set off on summer cruises.
A great weekend!
Many thanks to those who have entered the 2018 photo competition. We have 8 entered photographs of “Maxis at play” which clearly show how we enjoy our yachting and have a few close calls along the way!
We will present the prize at the AGM on 21st April so I would be grateful if you could cast your vote by April 18th to jtrimming@hotmail.com giving the picture number you are voting for.
For those of you attending the AGM, we look forward to seeing you there.
Photo 1 – Caught on port – Solo
Photo 6 Maxi Magic prepared to play
We are very proud to announce that Baldour (Maxi 1200) won the Bank of England regatta in May. The Bank of England Sailing Club Crew won the Commodore’s Cup for the first boat home in the Pursuit Race, and also the Bank of England Bowl for winning the IRC Race series.
The two races on Saturday were in 20 knots of wind when Baldur achieved 12-13 knots with the kite up and 7-8 knots to windward. They also won the only IRC race on Sunday in very light airs only made possible in spring tides by the skilful timing and course selection by the Royal Ocean Racing Club races officers who organised the races.
If you’d like to help build Baldur’s race credentials, do get in touch – she’s already proved she’s got what it takes to win!
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All members – please share your photos – there will be a prize at the end of the season.
Round the Island Race 2014
This year saw a number of Maxi’s participate in the Round the Island Race
and many enjoyed a wonderful day’s sailing. Members might be interested
to see the results for the Maxi’s and thanks to Peter Stonestreet for providing
the following summary of results.
Sail number | Boat name | Boat type |
TCC |
Division | Flag |
Start |
Finish |
Elapsed |
Corrected |
Overall |
Group |
Pos |
Status |
GBR8724R | ZUMA BLUE | Maxi 1100 |
0.984 |
IRC Division 2C | GRN |
07:20:00 |
RETIRED | ||||||
GBR1050L | MERHABA | Maxi 1050 |
0.958 |
IRC Division 3A | TURQ |
07:30:00 |
19:25:09 |
11:55:09 |
11:25:07 |
212 |
88 |
16 |
|
GBR8422R | BRAINWAVE | Maxi 1000 |
0.935 |
IRC Division 3B | TURQ |
07:30:00 |
19:20:27 |
11:50:27 |
11:04:16 |
129 |
63 |
25 |
|
GBR1215L | BUZ TOO | Maxi 1300 |
1.057 |
ISC Rating System Division 4B | BLCK |
07:10:00 |
18:47:47 |
12:12:40 |
12:54:26 |
171 |
47 |
13 |
|
GBR8176T | FENYA ANNE | Maxi 1100 |
0.993 |
ISC Rating System Division 5C | BLUE |
07:40:00 |
19:47:42 |
12:07:42 |
12:02:36 |
105 |
23 |
7 |
|
GBR1626R | MOONSHINE BLUES | Maxi 1100 |
0.993 |
ISC Rating System Division 5C | BLUE |
07:40:00 |
21:17:51 |
13:37:51 |
13:32:08 |
204 |
43 |
11 |
|
GBR8866R | JAMMY DODGER | Maxi 1100 |
0.993 |
ISC Rating System Division 5C | BLUE |
07:40:00 |
RETIRED | ||||||
GBR1034L | FANDANGO | Maxi 1100 |
0.992 |
ISC Rating System Division 5C | BLUE |
07:40:00 |
RETIRED | ||||||
GBR1695L | MUSKETEER | Maxi 1100 |
0.993 |
ISC Rating System Division 5C | BLUE |
07:40:00 |
RETIRED | ||||||
GBR8485T | MAGEWIND | Maxi 1050 |
0.983 |
ISC Rating System Division 6B | WHITE |
07:50:00 |
21:01:42 |
13:11:42 |
12:58:14 |
177 |
32 |
8 |
|
GBR3553L | DODGER OF GOSPORT | Maxi 1100 |
0.981 |
ISC Rating System Division 6B | WHITE |
07:50:00 |
NO DECLARATION | ||||||
GBR6541T | TUMBLER | Maxi 1000 |
0.974 |
ISC Rating System Division 7A | DAYG |
08.00.00 |
20.14.07 | 12.14.07 | 11.55.02 |
93 |
25 |
6 |