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KPPC Pictures 2018
I have posted pictures of the first few competitions in the 2018 season which include Nico taking a tumble on 20 May. Check out the galleries.
RYA PNs 2018
To find what has happened to the RYA PN for your class since 2003 check out this cool spreadsheet. Just click on the class name and you should be able to change it. Click on this link for the spreadsheet.
You can also see comparisons between classes if you click here.
WOSC 8 Hour Race 2017
The WOSC annual 8 Hour Race took place on Sunday 27th September. For those members who have not competed in the race or not spectated, I will attempt to give you a flavour of what you have missed. Read about it here.
Les and Graham win!
14:56:17 on Sunday 25 May 2014 was the time at which Les and Graham finished the second race of the day. To the great surprise, nay amazement, of many it was in fact the winning time. After the RO had checked, rechecked and checked his calculations once again it was announced that Les and Graham were indeed the winners of the race. In fact the RO spent so much time performing his calculations that the last race was started late. Read about it here.
Alexander and the Handbrake
See Alexander's great starts and the magnificent Wayfarer Handbrake demonstrated by Les and Graham. Read about it here.
Shock! Horror! Wayfarer using tired old rags beats Albacore with brand new sails (made by dyslexic sailmaker) on the water
On Sunday Richard and Tom stormed round the lake proving that "Flat is Fast".
Unique homework resource
A correspondent has written to inform me that this humble website is proving to be an invaluable resource for school homework in numerous subjects.
Read more...Les and Graham unable to sail
Les and Graham were unable to sail on 30 September, which was a beautiful day.
Les was nursing a nasty face wound received at Stockport when he was bitten by an angry dog. Graham says there are a lot of dogs in Stockport.
Graham, on the other hand had problems with his plumbing. Les reckons it's Graham's age!
Check out latest pictures
Check out the latest pictures which include: OK Worlds in Denmark, WOSC 8 Hour Race and Sunday 29 July when Les and Graham flew the flag (and the Police turned up).
For future reference Les, as any vexillologist will tell you, the easy way to know if the Union Flag is the correct way up is to look for the fimbriation of the ordinaries. If the fimbriation is below the saltire in the upper hoist canton, then the flag is being flown correctly.
27 October 2013
The 27th October will be remembered by most as the day before the St Jude's Storm of 2013. The weather forecast promised fairly strong winds (this is a technical meteorogical term) and the odd shower.
In the event the first race was held in windy, but largely sunny conditions. There was plenty of action as my pictures will attest. Those who swam, quite often did it more than once.
The main feature of the second race was that Les, crewed by Claire, was the only competitor in the Fast class. For the first time in his life, and quite possibly the last, Les won the race by leading from start to finish. As far as Ben is concerned the main event in race 2 was when Richard managed to put a huge hole in the port side of his hull. Richard was using Caroline's boat as he had already broken his own earlier.
The last race was memorable for the violent showers which soaked half the competitors and most of the spectators, but seemed to leave those sailing at the far end of the lake largely unscathed. Ben patched up the hole in his boat with gaffer tape and competed in the last race. One helpful person on the deck pointed out that if Ben had used black tape, the hole would have been invisible. Nice try, Richard!
My contribution would be incomplete if I did not mention that the Commodore was spotted swimming in the swimming area. As far as we could see, this was entirely of her own accord. Personally, I think that she must have had a bump on the head.
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