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Marconi TT

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:51 am
by Erling
I see the Marconi TT event is very travel friendly, and its worth the trip just for the round the islands race on the Sunday.

Re: Marconi TT

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:36 pm
by WaveyDavey
A little less than 2 weeks to go and we're looking forward to hosting another TT at Marconi. We'll do our best to lay on the perfect wind this year :)

Registration opens on the Saturday at 10am, briefing at 11am and race 1 scheduled to start at 12 noon, with races 2 and 3 to follow. There's a 2 course meal, bar and free camping on Saturday night. Race 4 (round the islands) is on Sunday, followed by prize giving and, with a bit of luck, home in time for tea. Full details over on the events page.

If anyone would like to know more about the round-the-islands race planned for Sunday, this link should open a view of the course in Google maps
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid= ... 1,0.132093

See you there.
David

Re: Marconi TT

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:51 pm
by WaveyDavey
4 days until the Marconi TT and the forecast looks promising. According to Windguru strong winds later this week will fall back to SW 4-5 on Saturday and SW 3-4 on Sunday:

http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=8658

If that forecast holds true then Saturday should be a good blast with relatively flat water thanks to the ebbing tide and cross-offshore SW wind moving together. A repeat of the drifter we endured at the last Marconi TT looks unlikely. Fingers crossed.

David

Re: Marconi TT

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:23 am
by WaveyDavey
One day to go and it looks like we're in for some excellent sailing. Forecast is for dry, sunny and warm weather with plenty of wind. Probably a good idea to eat 3 shredded wheat for breakfast on Saturday.

Hope you can make it.

Re: Marconi TT

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:48 pm
by WaveyDavey
An excellent weekend's racing. Thanks to everyone who made the event happen (I just turned up on the day to race, and did a few results) and to all the competitors who travelled to join the local Marconi SC boats.

A write-up and results will be provided shortly. Congratulations to Kevin Kirby on a well earned victory.

In the meantime, there's 230 photos from the Saturday racing on the Marconi SC facebook page. Go to http://en-gb.facebook.com/marconisailingclub/photos and click the link from there.

Re: Marconi TT

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:02 pm
by Steve Willis
Great photos Dave - good to see 1923 back in action again, looks like a great weekend (and as blustery as we had at SSC).

Steve

Re: Marconi TT

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:22 am
by Keith
Excellent weekends sailing - big thanks to Marconi for the slick organisation of the racing and the reassuring presence of the rescue crews. Well done Fenella and the team.

cheers Keith 1840