Nominees
for the 2014 Captain Hook Award to be chosen at the Christmas Party.
Submissions
welcome
Spring Series….May 20th
…….The Cummings – KT Web of Chaos
With about 30 seconds before the start,
Mark and Evelyn are lining up to leeward of KT. They’re calling for
KT to come up repeatedly who they claim is very slow to do so. Peter
and Nicole are a boat length or more back hoping for a hole to open
up. Mark starts to bear off down the line to build some speed and a
good deal shouting begins as the two boats as they separate. Peter &
Nicole accelerate nicely into the widening gap for a clean start.
Mark discovers he is towing KT who’s mainsheet was mysteriously
wrapped around the end of Mark’s tiller. He casts it off by throwing
directly into P&N’s path where it wraps snugly around the bow.
Nicole backs the main to stop the boat but KT’s Laser draws tight to
the fireball and basically starts to climb aboard. Both boats
shackled by KT’s mainsheet start sailing backwards but the sheet just
won’t come and KT won’t undo the knot in the end of his mainsheet.
Finally Peter & Nicole propel KT forward with enough force and
break the unhappy union.
Summer Series….June
something….The Plop Finish
Leigh sailing with Rob T…..Jay and
Peter RC. Leigh driving and coming first to the finish line. Just as
the bow reaches the line “#$@^&*” The boat stops suddenly and
we hear Leigh say “Are you alright”, the only reply from the Rob
who is neither visible to us nor any longer in the boat is “are we
over?”. Rob climbs back into the boat with the broken trapeze wire
and they manage not to foul anyone as they drift backwards away from
the committee.
Thunder and Lightening
Race night……Barbara to report on
those who danced with lightning bolts.
Sept 14 CBSA Sailor Sabotages
major Melges Regatta and Stains the Club’s Reputation
Robin out for a Solo Sunday sail.
Sparkling sunshine, southerly breeze, perfect visibility. He’s quite
pleased with himself as he zips along with his big blue spinnaker.
He’s not the only sailboat out enjoying the tremendous summer we’ve
had this year. There is in fact a major Melges Regatta going on. To
Robin surprise he discovers that he has drifted into an RVYC race
course as the two lead Melges in a fleet of about ten boats approach
the windward mark. In an effort to minimize the chaos he is about to
create he attempts to takes evasive action. Unfortunately that
resultsed in his wiping out directly infront of them who had to crash
tack to avoid splinters carbon fibre. Word spreads throughout the bay
to be on guard of that unpredictable CBSA sailor with the blue and
red chute.