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Lymington open, this coming saturday and sunday (31st July - 1st August). For more info about the weekends racing http://www.merlinrocket.co.uk/clubs_events/view_event.asp?id=448 26 Jul 10 10:56
With link!

See also http://www.merlinrocket.co.uk/clubs_events/view_event.asp?id=448

 26 Jul 10 10:56
With getting to the starting area etc, can you advise where the races are normally held? :-) 26 Jul 10 12:30
Racing normally takes place east or west of the Lymington River depending on the wind direction and tide time. Its normally 20 minutes to the sailing area again depending on conditions. The western Solent is a great place to sail and the club is amazingly friendly. Good catering as well. Barry D 26 Jul 10 12:41
Whats the closest camp site to the club? Happy Camper 28 Jul 10 19:34
Have a look at the following link to google maps, there are a couple of campsites relatively near by. The Club is situated on Bath Road as a reference point.

Forecast is looking good. There were 3 merlins out last night for the wednesday evening race, all looking forward to venturing out with more boats this weekend!

See also http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?rlz=1T4SVEC_enGB385GB385&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=closest+campsite+to+lymington&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=campsite+to&hnear=Lymington&ei=NS9RTKb0HqGy0gTMhOHzAg&sa=X&oi=local_group&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CCIQtgMwAA

 29 Jul 10 10:19
Lou, What is the entry fee for Sunday only? and What time will the club be open Sunday morning? Going to have to leave early to get there in time! 29 Jul 10 11:27
The club is open from 8am on sunday, entry fees amended today after some negotiation and the late entry fee has been dropped, so it is £30.00 for 2 days and £15 for one day.

See also http://www.rlymyc.org.uk/racing/documents/EF_RLymYC_MerlinRocket2010KT.pdf

 29 Jul 10 18:55
http://www.rlymyc.org.uk/racing/Results/MerlinRocketsOverall.html

See also http://www.rlymyc.org.uk/racing/Results/MerlinRocketsOverall.html

 Results 02 Aug 10 10:17
OK I've worked out the ST results for Sunday only. Assuming races 4 to 6. I have removed two boats who only completed on the Sat, i.e. not entered for the ST on Sun. If I hear no comments will assume this is correct and publish the ST overall.

Rank Sail No Helm Crew R4 R5 R6 Total
1 3703 Richard Whitworth Olly Turner 2 1 1 2
2 3610 Richard Dee Chris Gould 1 3 2 3
3 370 Ben Hollis Matt Calvert 4 2 5 6
4 3702 Duncan Salmon Ian Garwood 3 4 3 6
5 3583 Chris Martin Ben Hewdon 5 5 4 9
6 3555 Tim Harridge Ben Harridge 8 7 6 13
7 3571 Andy Jones Maddie Jones 10 6 7 13
8 3563 Paul Hollis Richard Eliott 6 8 9 14
9 3604 Stuart Gurney K. Tuchscherer 11 10 8 18
10 3645 Jeremy Deacon Joanne Deacon 9 11 10 19
11 3683 Mark Barwell Louise Johnson 7 15 15 22
12 2997 Jonathan Steward Nick Yannakoyrgos 12 12 11 23
13 3606 Ian Sanderson Emma Vaughton 15 9 15 24
14 3371 Paul Dean Nicki Della Porta 13 13 12 25


Thanks, Ross		 04 Aug 10 13:56
They Look right to me Ross. 04 Aug 10 15:27
3604 retired from the first race. If that makes a difference:-> :-> 04 Aug 10 15:48
What were the conditions like? Pip 04 Aug 10 15:49
Lymington have 3604 finishing 11th out of 13 finishers in race 4. Is that incorrect? Not really for me to amend the results.... 04 Aug 10 15:50
Doing the maths on moving 12th and 13th up a place won't seem to impact on the results thankfully so we can ignore that I believe 04 Aug 10 15:52
Pip - Conditions were fab. Started off fairly light, but got windier as the races went on which meant for some excellent three sail reaches in the last race.

It was a lovely place to sail, and made more spectcular by the massive racing yachts sailing through our course (from Cowes Week) they were fab to look at, although I am sure I should have been concentrating on what I was doing?!		 Mrs 3645 04 Aug 10 16:50
It was cracking! Need more people next time though - it's well worth the trip! Tim 04 Aug 10 16:56
Here Here!! We will be back next year for certain, I might even check the tide tables!! 04 Aug 10 16:58
Great venue and very well organised, race officer was straight down to business, even started the first race on time even though some of us had not reached the start area (fair play just as it should be) no hanging about between races, and a great smell of coffee from the committee boat ! Ian 05 Aug 10 06:44
Have to say that I did miss a mark out on the first race on Sunday - which was pointed out to me - hadn't looked at any instructions! I'm used to 3 marks not 4. Thought that if we arrived at the first mark in the lead, we would wait and overtake later.

I did go back to the Committee boat and told them that I had retired - and they acknowledged

It will have a massive effect on my overall Silver Tiller results for this year.		 06 Aug 10 07:59
The latest ST results have been updated. I see there is not much crew-swapping this year, meaning the definition of the ST as a "helms competition" is losing strength.

See also http://www.merlinrocket.co.uk/reports/silver_tiller_after_14_events.htm

 10 Aug 10 10:58

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