Lago di Garda was true to form - from the outset the winds blew
fair and strong. The training days just before the Championship
started were testament to what was to come: 20 - 25 knots of
wind and a warm 30o centigrade - just awesome.
On the first day of racing (Thursday 12 July 2001), one of the
Team Control boats: Pete Barton, fresh from his honeymoon (a
little more sober than on his wedding day) and his cute usher
crew, Simon
Knatchbull, shared
the lead with current
UK Grand Slam
leaders Luke
McEwan and Emma
Evans from SP
Systems.
Going into the 4th and last day the points were very close through
out the fleet notably:
" One point separated first and second - Pete/Simon and Dougie/
Hils
" Third and fourth were on equal points - Luke/Emma and Pete/
Lisa
" Two points separated fifth and sixth - Alan/Rob and Mervyn/
Paul
A battle to the end.
As predicted Race 9
turned into a match race
with ace team racer Pete
and Simon sailing Doug
and Hils down the fleet.
Luke and Emma
convincingly winning the
race and putting pressure
on Pete and Lisa.
Unfortunately,
testing launching
facilities (which
caused more anxiety
than the racing
In race 10 the roles were
itself) led to a few
reversed with Pete and
boats not making the
Lisa sneaking a win and
start of the first
Doug and Hils coming
race - one casualty
2nd.
was Mark (I don't
have a mattress to
With the wind conditions
sleep on) Richards
easing to 10 -12 knots, a
and Sam Hoyland
black flag flying and a
from Whitegrove.
port bias start line - it was
However on day 2,
all on for an exciting
despite a holed boat Rob & Alan jumping the waves (and possibly going for the hoist?) finale. First and second
and bent mast they
© Ocean Images/Laser were on equal points
showed their true
(assuming 3 drops). Doug
colours by getting a
and Hils powered out of
5th in race 4 and a 3rd in race 6.
the start to lead around the first 2 laps. At this point Pete and Simon
shrewdly escaped Doug and Hils' cover to close the gap to within 2
However it was Douglas (now employed) Baker and Hilary (I
boat lengths at the last top mark. On the last run down, Pete and
am very glad) Suttton from Preferred IT who dominated the 2nd
Simon managed to snatch the Championship.
day of racing with 2 firsts.
Racing gets no better than this!
Day 3 promised some light relief to the sore muscles, blistered
hands and bruised bodies as the day started a little overcast, but
On behalf of the fleet we would like to give a big thank you to:
alas the cloud lifted and the breeze just pumped in and kept
" Pietro Negri, Sandy McPhail and Richard Gibson for all the hard
building until finally the O.D. was able to finish his wine and
work and support they give our class;
lay a course! Again Pete and Simon from Team Control showed
" Pete Harrison and Susan Winter for organising the event;
they were certainly in "control" with 2 bullets for good measure.
" Charlotte Scott, Juliette Richards and Sue MacBroon for
'cultivating' the next generation of Laser 4000/5000 crews!
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Thursday and Before ..............
Peter Lindley
(5000)
Simon Knatchbull
John Archer
Pete Scott
Mark Cam
Broke kicker and decided to beach
the boat at Torbole, rather than try to
sail back to Riva. Was helped by
some German tourists who lent Peter
and his crew their bus pass to get
back to Riva to collect a car/trailer.
Booked onto the early morning flight the
day before racing starts, Simon is running
a little late. Unfortunately, he gets stuck in
roadworks and misses the turning to the
airport, meaning that he has to drive 15
miles further up the motorway to turn
round. On finally getting to the airport,
Simon has to decide whether to go to the
short-term carpark, next to the terminal,
or to save money by going to the longterm carpark. Suffice to say that any
money saved on parking was spent many
times over when Simon had to book
himself onto the evening flight!
Another man who likes to save money!
Turned up at Riva with no
accommodation booked, but equipped
with a tent. As a student, thought he
shouldn’t bother paying a campsite fee,
so pitched the tent in the middle of the
park next to the club. Got woken up quite
early - when the automatic sprinklers
came on!!
Decided to sail with Mark Cam with
boat set up for normal crew - ie rack
8/4 weights - instead of a more
judicious setting (eg rack 1!). Result ?
boat hits wave, boat stops, Mark and
mast keep going.
Despite desperate attempts to flag down
an attractive blonde German windsurfer,
DS Cam had more success with his
Italian colleagues, and was brought back
to shore following the above incident by
the local police boat (complete with
flashing blue light!)
Our esteemed Chairman naming and shaming!!!
pic : Tony Kilby
Andy & Dave
Richards (5000)
Have won every 5k event for 18 months.
Turned up late to this one - rigged boat,
got out on the water. First hoist spinnaker rigged wrong!!
4000 Race
Committee
Set a finish line that was so short it had to
be crossed in single file (if you managed
to actually hit the line in the 25+ knots of
breeze!)
Derek Bretherton
Was so excited to be in Italy, that he
decided to tip the taxi driver from the
airport rather heavily - leaving £250 worth
of Lire on the backseat in a plastic bag!!
Roger Lewis (5k)
Broke his mast - took it down in the boat
park, and managed to drop it on his
carbon tiller extension, breaking that!
Tony Ainsworth
Minor incident of losing a 4000 off the
back of the big trailer in the middle of a
French motorway!
Richard Gibson
Managed to get an 8th in one race while
hanging around near the committee boat
having abandonned the race - sat hoveto, not necessarily paying full attention, as
he drifts across the (very short!) finish
line!
Ronnie Millar
For breaking 2 masts in 2 days!
Now can you tell
the difference ??
pic : Tony Kilby
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key : “Ladies & Gentlemen,
we have a winner!”
Pete Scott wears his
Duckhams shirt with
pride ........
Friday ..............
Adrian Jones
Peter
Barton
Mark Cam
Sales Director of Laser came out to watch the
racing - managed to fall out of the RIB!
..... while Ed tries hard,
but can only deliver a
pale imitation!
“Forgiven, but not forgotten”! This
performance qualifies by virtue of the fact
that Garda was the 2nd part of Peter and
Amanda’s honeymoon. Despite having a
full-on stag weekend in Amsterdam, Pete
clearly hadn’t got it all out of his system,
and decided to go for a quick half the night
before the wedding. Unfortunately, the
quick half turned into a full lock-in, resulting
in Pete throwing up before the ceremony,
after the ceremony, and during the
reception!
(i) Sat out by the race course for 1½ hours
waiting for the race to start - 5 minutes before
the start he noticed his shrouds were
connected to the lowers D-ring, and vice versa.
(ii) Got up at the restaurant to visit the gents walked straight into a plate glass window!
(iii) Having successfully pieced together his
trolley after it fell apart on the way to Quiberon,
Mark was confident that it would last the course
at Garda. Unfortunately, one of the locals
discharged a gun near the boat park, at which
point, one of Mark’s tyres spontaneously
exploded!
Sue Mac
Forgot where the brake pedal was on her
beautiful TVR, so had to use a wall to stop the
car instead.
Mark & Bruce
New to 4000 fleet - didn’t manage to quite
finish within the time limit, so finished the first 4
lap race and had to drop the spinnaker, turn
straight round and start the 2nd race.
pics : Tony Kilby
Pete Nicholas
(i) Went for a port tack flyer on the start and found he had plenty of room .....
after he had pushed all the starboard
tack boats out of the way!
(ii) Did it again, and hit Sandy, making
him capsize
“In control”?? ..... mmmmm, I think not!!
Diederik Boulters Capsized to windward on the startline managed to get mast round Ronnie’s spinnaker
halyard, and as they both bore away, Diederik
capsized on top of Ronnie.
Mark Cotgrove
Fell out of the boat in all 3 races!!
Andy & Dave
Richards
Broke 3 inch chunk off bottom of centreboard
while launching.
The “He woz
Robbed”
Award
... must
surely go to
Mark Cam how could he
possibly not
win with 3
nominations
in one day!!
A rare shot of Mark Cotgrove IN the boat!
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Saturday ..............
Pete Barton
Had 2 drinks finished for him by his new wife in
the bar last night!
4000 Race
Officer
Complaining that we were being slow getting
off the shore; then took 2 hours to actually start
a race.
Ponsfords
Driving to Garda, had heard that the Mont
Blanc tunnel is now open. Insisted on driving
all the way up the winding road to the tunnel
entrance, past at least 10 signs saying the
tunnel was closed, before finally turning round
to go through an open tunnel!
Charlotte & Ed
strut their stuff to
the funky live
music by the
harbour
pic : Derek Bretherton
Katrina Percy Spotted Rob & Alan capsized near the
& Susanna
start line - carried on sailing past them,
Bickford
having a good laugh ..... on port tack.
Failed to notice the starboard tack boat,
that they rammed, breaking the u-bolt off
the bow and writing off the day’s racing!
Simon Scammell
(5000)
Managed to break his collarbone while on the
race course. Rescue boat brought him to
shore, and sought a 5000 helm to bring the
boat back with Dave. ..... Found Katrina in the
bar (resting after her day’s sailing had come to
an abrupt end!) ..... well, she’d only had 3 pints,
so was perfectly capable of sailing the 5k!
Camera Boat/
Pete Harrison
Lot of abuse going from one to the other .... say
no more!!
CC
Walking through the dinghy park, when her
companion pointed out a pair of crusty black
knickers. CC’s comment ? ... “oh, they’re
mine!!”
tall story ? .... don’t quite
recognise this version of the
truth ? ..... think I’ve been making
nominations up since returning
from Garda ? It’s entirely possible,
as I’ve been relying on Ian Gotts’
written account of events ....... to
say Ian’s writing is difficult to read
would be an understatement, so
apologies to anyone whose story is
forever recorded in a slightly
different light, or to anyone whose
name is wrong!!
Tony and CC, with their new logos (....and, we assume, with their knickers on!)
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© Ocean Images/Laser
POS SAIL NO SPONSOR
CREW
CLUB
1
GBR-4523 Control Software Peter Barton
HELM
Simon Knatchbull
Royal Lymington
2
2
5
3
1
1
1
2
17
3
1
13
2
GBR-4552 Preferred IT
Hilary Sutton
Hayling Island
5
3
1
1
DSQ
2
2
1
23
2
2
14
3
GBR-4477 Control Software Pete Nicholas
Lisa Nicholas
Dalgety Bay
1
4
4
4
2
4
3
1
3
22
4
GBR-4138 SP Systems
Luke McEwen
Emma Evans
Locks
3
1
2
7
4
4
7
5
1
6
11
26
5
ESP-4423
Alan Hilman
Rob Andrews
RYA
4
11
6
2
3
8
4
8
11
5
DNF
40
6
GBR-4266
Mervyn Hughes
Paul Robinson
Datchet
6
6
3
19
5
6
3
12
8
4
DNF
41
7
GBR-4610 Yachting Life
Sandy McPhail
Andrew Marshall
Dalgety Bay
9
5
8
6
10
5
10
9
10
13
4
56
8
GBR-4611 Control Software Mark Cotgrove
Ian Gotts
Hayling Island
7
8
7
9
18
10
8
15
6
20
6
61
9
GBR-4505
Russell Mead
Phil Hildyard
Royal Southern
19
10
12
23
6
7
9
6
18
22
DNF
88
10
GBR-4144
Andy Gould
Ruairidh Mackenzie
Emsworth
15
7
25
12
7
38
16
14
16
10
8
89
11
GBR-4514 Whitegrove
Mark Richards
Sam Hoyland
Weston
DNF
9
14
5
20
3
15
20
31
12
DSQ
98
12
GBR 4429
Chris Owen
Scott Craham
Largs
24
22
16
10
14
21
6
23
35
7
10
106
13
GBR-4460
Craig Hepplewhite
Ben Schooling
Helensburgh
12
14
15
16
9
17
31
7
21
18
21
108
14
GBR-4484
Henry Bawes
John Mucklow
RTYC
13
DNF 28
14
15
22
41
10
5
25
5
109
15
GBR-4499 Trident
Jethro Gebhard
Jessie Gebhard
Derwent
9
22
35
9
14
18
36
17
17
121
16
GBR-4373
Charlie Coulbom
Tom Peters
RYA
10
DNF 18
29
11
DNF 19
33
9
8
19
123
17
GBR-4445 Inspired Events
Tony Kilby
CC Summerhayes
DWSC
23
19
11
11
DNF
19
24
43
9
125
18
GBR-4600 ACS
Derek Bretherton
Carole Lovesey
Grafham
RDG
13
31
13
22
7
16
7
127
19
GBR-4498 Trident
David Gebhard
Jackie Gebhard
Derwent
DNF
31
19
27
17
12
29
11
27
15
13
141
20
GBR-4504
Robert Hooker
Bruce McFarlane
Derwent
18
16
20
17
23
11
11
32
40
40
27
143
21
SUI-4011
Ralf Plaenkers
Isaline Marcel
CW
30
24
21
18
5
13
28
19
16
144
22
GBR-4240
Mark Cam
Susan Winter
RAF
14
21
23
24
8
18
38
35
13
24
24
145
23
GBR-4572
Pete Harrison
Andy Macintyre
Stokes Bay
20
12
24
26
13
13
21
21
25 DNF DNF
149
24
ITA-4513
Luca Bacci
Sergio Ghezzi
CV Como
21
27
17
20
34
14
12
17
29
44
23
151
25
ITA-4367
Georgia Tulli
Michele Perlo
CV Como
28
DNF 41
28
27
15
20
28
12
9
15
154
26
NED-4575
Judith van der Akker
Rob van der Akker
R&ZV Naarden
11
DNF 12 DNF
21
26
24
27
30
32
14
165
27
ITA-4548
Duccio Colombi
Paolo Pagliano
16
22
43
15
33
22
165
28
GBR-4539
Pete Scott
Pippa Bickerton
Vela Club
17
18 22 DNF DNF
Campione
United Hospitals DNF DNF 29 36
25
39
26
25
2
11
12
166
29
GR-4201
Katrina Percy
Susanna Bickford
Hayling Island
8
17
27
8
12
DNF DNF DNF 20
27
DSQ
176
30
GBR-4264
Christina Summerhayes Kevin Balnard
Bembrugh
16
26
30
38
DNF
21
25
181
Doug Baker
R1
DNF
R2 R3 R4
15
R5
R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 POINTS
DNF RET
20
13
DNF DNF DNF
DNF DNF
34
18
26
19
Pete and Simon (left) snatched victory
from Doug and Hils (below) on the last
gybe of the last race!
© Ocean Images/Laser
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Info :
"
"
See more pics at Lasersailing.com
(pulse)
The website address for the Italian
video is www.slidebox.it (if it ever
gets constructed!!)
POS SAIL NO SPONSOR
HELM
CREW
CLUB
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
31
ITA-4210
Roberto Caresani
Pietro Negri
CV Como
DNF
29
10
40
DNF
32
GBR-4591 MGT
Ronald Millar
Gillian Hooton
Dalgety Bay
22
23
32
37
19
33
GBR-4612 Lasersailing.com Richard Gibson
Will Sayer
Orford
26
15
29
19
23
34
GBR-4595
Joost Steltonpool
Jetski Roodvolts
Royal Corinthian
50
25
24
27
35
GBR-4468
Jerry Collyer
Liz Collyer
Datchet
DNF DNF
46
21
32
36
GBR-4052
Nick Alp
Jo Morrison
Oxford
DNF
33
33
37
ITA-4474
Marcello Mignone
Gianluca Ghiringhelli UVM
38
41
38
ITA-4384
Paolo Rampulla
Francesco Filippi
LNI-Milano
25
30
40
DNF
39
GBR-4517
Chris Stevens
Andy Kaiser
Lancing
26
20
37
31
40
GBR-4543
Will Gatehouse
Rachel Frands
Royal Lymington DNF DNF
44
32
31
29
42
44
41
GBR-4184
S Davies
A Parry
Shoreham
DNF DNF
48
39
28
42
35
31
42
GBR-4313
Ed Parsons
Simon Gerdrarb
Hayling Island
DNF DNF
42
30
36
43
GBR-4532
Diederik Boulters
Chris Perry
Stokes Bay
DNF
28
43
43
DNF
35
39
36
44
ITA-4434
Laura Strommer
Michele Gandolfi
YC Domaso
29
DNF
47
42
DNF
30
36
45
ITA-4112
Silvio Benedetti
Francesco Podini
YCD
DNF DNF OCS DNF DNF
43
46
GBR-4593
Andrew Hyman
V Ridler
Datchet
DNF DNF
39
47
ITA-4538
Anna Ferrari
Luca Barbarito
YC Domaso
DNF DNF
51
48
GBR-4342
Simon Thomas
Lucy Estcourt
Oxford
DNF DNF
35
49
ITA-4439
Gianluca Roncoroni Emanuele Ghielmetti AVC
50
GBR-4308
Sarah Kemp
William Knight
Grafham
51
GBR-4413
Peter Kirkby
Chris Clarke
Datchet
52
GBR-4416
Carl Sullivan
Matthew Greenwood Stokes Bay
DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF
53
GBR-4452
Bruce Kemp
Mark Smith
Grafham
DNF
54
ITA-4385
Fabio Cattaneo
Roberto Beltrame
CV Como
DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF
44
33
55
GBR-4080
John Archer
Nicholas Burt
Dambusters
DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF
33
56
GBR-4405
Mike Brown
Jeremy Taylor
Southwold
DNF DNF
Editor’s “I don’t want to get bol*?*ked” disclaimer : the above results were taken from the Fraglia Vela
Riva club website, and are believed to be correct at the time of publication. However, these results have
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DNF DNF
31
25
33
DNF DNF
27
DNF
34
45
32
49
36
41
26
35
183
4
23
32
192
29
34
31
28
200
27
39
22
28
26
204
28
25
16
14
41
37
214
16
25
30
24
26
37
DNF
220
26
24 DNF 34
45
29
30
267
30
DNF DNF 40
49
38
20
272
DNF DNF DNF DNF 38
36
31
276
37
34
34
283
43
46
29
293
DNF DNF DNF 32
30
18
302
39
45
41
304
47
42
39
39
304
28
22
44
14
DSQ
322
DNF DNF
23
17
3
DNF DNF DNF
31
44
30
33
DNF
33
324
DNF
36
37
42
46
42
43
332
DNF DNF
32
40
46
48
48
40
346
40
43
38
52
DSQ
38
358
37
34 DNF DNF DNF
35
DNF DNF DNF DNF
DNF DNF
R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 POINTS
33
DNF DNF
DNF
360
35
42
374
47
36
375
45 DNF DNF
DNF
380
37
DNF
DNF
392
32 DNF DNF DNF
DNF
407
DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF
DNF
435
34
DNF
DNF DNF DNF DNF 47
37
41
45
DNF 46
41
51
50
been re-entered, so should not be viewed as official, and may contain inputting errors (cos it was very very
late when I did it!!!). In the case of any query, please refer to the official results.
Roll of
Honour
Big fat bravery awards to all the
following for going out sailing
when they really didn’t need to :
Õ
Õ
Õ
Õ
Õ
V - broken toe, twisted knee, and
bruises that needed antibiotics on her
return to the UK
Charlotte - went out in Force 6 winds
while 5 months pregnant, with a
harness that cut her in two!
Sandy & Andrew showing off their tans
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5k Pippa - damaged foot
Joost & Jetski
and some
shopping
all those inexperienced in 4ks or
sailing at all who went out every day in
very challenging conditions
pic : Ed Parsons
and me - broken fingernail
With very different conditions at the 2 EuroCup events so far, few
people have achieved consistent results at the front of the fleet.
Quiberon
Garda
Total Points
1= Alan & Rob
3
5
8
1= Luke & Emma
4
4
8
3= Mark & Ian
1
8
9
3= Pete & Lisa
6
3
9
7
11
18
17
1
18
18
2
19
Above - what the
5= Mark & Sam
tourist board
would like us to
think launching 5= Pete & Simon
was like.
7 Doug & Hilary
Left - what it was
really like.
pic : Ed Parsons
8
Ralf & Isaline
2
21
23
9
Derek & Carole
9
18
27
24
7
31
10 Sandy & Andrew
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NB : The above results are not official, and include no discard.
Bit more glam than the bar at Datchet, I guess!
pic : Ed Parsons
Derek, Phil and I get down
to the (very!) serious
business of socialising
pic : Tony Kilby
How sensible was this ?
70% of the 4000 and 5000 fleet
travelling home on the Sunday
night in a small plane in a big
thunderstorm ?? Sounds a good
way to wipe out Laser’s profits!!
A word from our sponsors - not sure why
Derek is sniffing my shoulder, but we
reckon we hit that wave badly, and that’s
why I’m adopting the famous bandy leg/
sway body pose!! (I’m sure there couldn’t
be any other explanation .. could there ?!)
© Ocean Images/Laser
NEXT-UP : The Nationals!!
Don’t miss out on the last leg of this year’s
EuroCup - your chance to improve on your
results to date (or just to get pissed for
another week in a different location!).
See www.mayflowersc.org.uk (the “What’s
New” tab) for entry form.
Accommodation : try Tourist Info on 01752 266030 / 304849 or e-mail on
[email protected]
OR university accom - contact Caroline
Hodson on 01752 - 232061
([email protected]); website www.
plymouth.ac.uk/holidays
A lot less bandiness from Pete and Lisa
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Thanks a lot to everyone who helped with pics, words, techie stuff and entertainment.
Editor : Carole Lovesey e-mail : [email protected] tel : (home) 020 7228 7118
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(mob) 07973 205755
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membership, the different crews don't have to be a member of the association to compete in events.
Name: ................................................................................................... Please tick for the chosen
Address: ............................................................................................... membership type
.............................................................................................................
Full (£20)
...................................................... Post Code: ....................................
Flexible (£30)
Home Tel: ..................................... Work Tel: .....................................
Associate (£10)
E-Mail: ................................................................................................
Membership runs Jan-Dec.
Sail Number: ...................... Sailing Club: ..........................................
After October, 1 year’s fee
gives membership to end of
following year
Please ensure that you enclose a cheque (payable to UK District Laser 4000 Class Association)
Any queries - please contact our Membership Secretary : [email protected]
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