RACE REPORTS
RACE REPORT NAT SQUIB RIVER RACE 2 MARCH 2025
For the first time in 2025 the Squib fleet managed a respectable turnout
Led by Lady VG sailed by RSYC Commodore and PSC founder Rama with crew Harri and son as crew , Emily with Evan and son as crew , Second Wind with Martin C and former member Masako as crew new member Thomas with his newly acquired Jerry with super crew Rainer and Cabaret 7 with PSC Commodore Jeremy and a press ganged Lan as crew
Lady VG and Emily both no sailed for a long time were obviously handicapped with barnacle bottoms , Second Wind had jumped the start and with this extreme tide gone on the sand bank on the south side of the mouth , they could not get off and gave an excellent example of waiting for the tide means eventually returning none the worse , at least the boat should be clean now
Jerry had an excellent start and crossed tacks ahead of Cabaret , neither side seemed favoured and this duel continued to the first mark RUSTY CAN, Cabaret led narrowly round the first mark included to get boats away from the hazardous shallows on the north shore before heading for old friend SELAT , it was a beat in a nice wind , Cabaret seemed to gain going in shore but rounding the mark Jerry was in close attendance with Lady VG was not far behind with Emily bringing up the rear, Second Wind enjoying the view from their sandbank
A nice spinnaker run back with the tide flooding , Jerry and Cabaret on starboard gybe side by side meters apart , no time to avoid 3v fishing nets so just sail over .
Rounding the corner both gybed onto port which favoured Cabaret as she gradually pulled ahead to win by a narrow margin , great compliment to Thomas first time helming his new Squib and smart to have super crew Rainer whose Kittiwich is under repair with a damaged floor
Great sailing in 12 to 15 knots of wind in which our Squibs excel
Hopefully more boats out of our 18 boats ( one top class racing boat Kavara for sale ) will come and enjoy the delights of competitive racing in clean waters
We also have boats to hire particularly for our friends at RSYC and please put bin your diaries our 4 th Squib Nationals on 13.14 and 15 th June
Jeremy Camps
PSCS Race Report SKYBIRD SERIES Race 1 Sunday 23 rd February 2025
In spite of sponsor John Kara s efforts with many being unavailable only SKYBIRD John Kara / Rainer Kloberg and CABARET 7 Jeremy Camps /Hasslan came to the lineWith a slow but adverse tide and a lack of wind the boats motored out to the area of the shipyard where the wind filled in , both started on the south shore and Skybird led at the first cross leaving for the north shore while Cabaret stayed on the south the second cross had Skybird further ahead but with Cabaret working up the north shore she led on the next cross and led out of the river continuing on starboard tack into shallow water , Skybird already on the north shore continued , eventually Cabaret came back whilst Skybird went out , approaching the dreaded SELAT Buoy Cabaret crossed ahead and went further before tacking for the buoy , they were right because Skybird didn’t make it but tacking onto starboard forced Cabaret to tack under her , Skybird rounded first , Cabaret gybed onto Starboard with Skybird on port , but she crossed ahead and inspite of Cabarets efforts held the lead to the line winning by 2 minutesShows that 2 equal one design boats racing against each other can still have great racing Roll on the next race and hopefully more will come to enjoy great sailing in a 12 knot breezeThe Squib fleet welcomes new member Thomas Foeller who has purchased Wolfram Grohe s JERRY , the transfer was performed on Sunday and we appreciated Wolframs attendance on Sunday to explain the boat.
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Jeremy Camps
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