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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
 Posted - 15 January 2008 : 6:46:54 PM
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Now that the dust has settled following the nationals it is time to review performances as well as where we are at.
Unfortunately there was a disappointing number of E27, E28 & E30's at this event, with only one craft representing each class.
I felt that the performances of the craft who did attend was however good with the benchmark being the E26's as a comparison.
While the E24 having their own private revolution with the outstanding performance of Drumaresq making everyone sit up and take notice.
Hagar performed well with only two new sails added to the very old set. Our new big number one was only used once in the long passage race and we should have gone down to a number two or three as we finished in 20 plus knots. The new number 2/3 is actually a sail given to us off a Mumm30 and was good in the heavy stuff but the glue seams failed at the end of race 4 and we were forced to use the old number two.
Our mainsail is really blown out and is passed it's used by date, being made of a soft cruising dacron sail cloth. The kites are still OK but we could use a bigger number one.
Our five first placings did not reflect the competition given to us from Rhumline, the E27 which was very competitive in the lighter breezes while in the heavier stuff we had more height and power upwind.
The E28 was in fact a cruiser, but sailed very well and won the event overall on Handicap.
We were pleased with the racing against the E26's and while we only won one race, Heat 1, for boat speed around the same course, we were within eleven seconds in two of the other races and behind by 57 & 71 seconds in other two races.
We feel that with some new rags as well as a bit of racing practice we can do the E26’s in the mid to stronger wind range, while we will always struggle in the light winds.
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tallships
Main Sheet Hand
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Posted - 16 January 2008 : 09:26:33 AM
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Chris
As the closest e26 to you for much of the regatta I must say we were impressed with your performance. A good point about the lack of participants, I wonder if we have an insider in NSW Waterways who may be able to access the details of e27, e28 & e30 registered.
Pat Marsh
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Pat Marsh
e26 "Up Spirits"
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 16 January 2008 : 10:18:33 AM
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Thanks for that Pat, you guys seemed to be emjoyng yourselves and were difficult to pass downwind with your poled out jib working well in the big run in race five. Your bowperson was looking good!
Chris. |
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Go Flow
Helmsman
Australia
751 Posts |
Posted - 16 January 2008 : 10:28:14 AM
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Hi Chris,
You might consider opening the E27+ races to former Endeavour Association members/owners who have graduated to similar or larger designs. e.g Half Ton types. I could name quite a few here on the lake including myself that would be interested. This would strengthen the Association membership and improve competition in the E27+ devision.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 16 January 2008 : 1:09:32 PM
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Adrian, you should have purchased another Endeavour yacht. The E32 "Pegasus" was a great cruiser as are the Mark 2 E30's. However I cannot see the association opening up races to all and sundry.
And we already sail every Friday as well as in the offshore division at Manly in mixed fleets of half tonner and larger.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 16 January 2008 : 2:41:19 PM
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Spoke with John Anderson & then Rod and we will be sailing back on Saturday morning or with the E24 on Friday night from Lake Macquarie to Sydney Harbour. Depending upon crew availablity.
I have no doubt that Lake Macquarie would have to be one of the best places to race yachts. Have sailed and one a few skiff regattas from Belmont 16's.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 26 January 2008 : 5:31:03 PM
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The Hagar returned from Lake Macquarie last Saturday without much fuss although it was very bumpy and with a following north easterly. From Pittwater the breeze dropped out and we motored the rest of the way home into Sydney Harbour.
During the week Rod had the main re-cut and flattened and last night we sailed the Manly Twilighter race with just Rod, his 12 year old son and myself in a 10 knot East North Easterly.
We sailed with the old big jib. The boat performed really well and with a poor handicap penalty we surprised ourselves by starting with and behind a lot of the 30 plus footer yachts and passed as well as holding off all the bigger yachts. We finished about tenth out of thirty odd yachts.
The flatter main seemed to work really well and so we are looking forward to the race at North Harbour tomorrow with the E24.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 27 January 2008 : 7:20:23 PM
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Today we sailed in a moderate north easterly with the North Harbour fleet, but without Dumaresq which is still up at Lake Macquarie having a trailer modified to transport her.
Aboard the Hagar we we without most of our crew with a family & friends filling the gaps of Pete, Andy & Ian who are all unavailable.
We sailed conservatively and were well back in the fleet today at the finish.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 02 February 2008 : 10:34:58 AM
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Last nights twilighter at Manly saw us racing in a southerly which was up to about 15 knots at times. We sailed well, possibly too well and finished fourth across the line and it was close with two others. We were impeded by a huge ocean liner coming out of the harbour which crossed our bow in the sound and forced us to duck around her stern as she then slowed and dropped off the Pilot.
The most satisfying part was our downwind boat speed which seems to have improved since we had the mainsail re-cut flatter. Is this possible?
We will loose at least two minutes off our handicap which will place us back among the 35 footer plus. There is no race at North Harbour this weekend.
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4Seasons
Helmsman
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Posted - 02 February 2008 : 10:44:06 PM
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| Not 30s news but who cares....sailed Kytan in short handed race today with Greg as crew ,6 to 8 knot east to nor east and won convincingly from a north shore 27 and a tasman 26,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,that helps with the healing process.............E.H PS..using the OLD main |
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 04 February 2008 : 3:32:48 PM
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Last week I received a CD from Lake Macquarie of the photos taken from the committee boat of the Endeavour Nationals. It was a well spent $12.00 with a good Range of photos of all of the yachts.
I was particularly interested in the photos of Hagar and her rivals, Rhumline & the Final Fling. It was interesting to note that both the Rhumline as well as our sails on the Hagar are in poor shape, particularly the mains and in comparison the Final Flings’ sails looked new, with no creases or sagging.
There was also a big difference in the sails of the E26’s.
Chris.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 09 February 2008 : 07:13:02 AM
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Last night the Hager missed sailing in the Manly Twilighter race. I had to attend a business meeting and Rod could not pull together a crew with all of the regulars unavailable. We race this Sunday at North Harbour.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 12 February 2008 : 5:14:50 PM
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The weekends racing at North Harbour was to say the least disappointing for the Hagar. Firstly there were only two starters, with the E24 now packed up and ready to head off to the wind west to steal back the National Cup.
And secondly there was a combination of no starters and reported sickness keeping away the rest of boats.
On the water it was shaping up to be a good race between Hagar and the Swanson 31, however with a combination of poor sail selection and ever changing conditions we were well beaten by the Old Fox David after he had fixed the leaks and completely repainted his boat.
We are looking forward to Friday nights encounter with the Manly twilighter fleet.
With no word of an Endeavour Easter Regatta we are planing to race in the Manly to Pittwater race with Manly YC.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 17 February 2008 : 08:37:52 AM
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Friday nights twilight race with the Manly YC saw a dying south easterly and with a twenty minute handicap we started back with the big boys. After loosing some ground at the beginning due to entanglements with bigger boats we caught the pack at the top mark where there was a crush of yachts. We negotiated the mark and the crush and went off on port away from the rest and ran deeper then came back and while loosing several positions made it up again with a good angle to the finish. We finished at the back of the middle section of the fleet.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 23 February 2008 : 12:29:56 PM
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Last nights twilighter race at Manly saw a major change with a beautiful sunny, warm evening and with a 14 to 16 knot north-easterly pipping down the harbour it was a great nights sailing. Hagar went off on a 19 minute handicap, which we thought and history has shown is too much. However we picked the right angle downwind and passed a lot of the bigger boats who went off in front of us. We must have taken six or more off the wind and reached across to the Chowder Bay mark and commenced reeling in the rest of the fleet. We took three other yachts on the final tack and were second over the line out of about 35 yachts.
Of note were two points: we had the big old jib with full main as well as, three one hundred kilos gunnel bums on the rails which combined to keep the boat powered up.
Our handicap will now be the biggest we have ever had being blown out to 25 minutes, and so our twilighter racing is now really over for this year.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 25 February 2008 : 04:09:37 AM
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Yesterday's race at the North Harbour SC saw a breese which started in the west and with bullets coming out of the south west up tp almost twenty knots early in the race. However the breeze lightened and swung through almost 180 degrees as we finished in a north easterly. While we were handicaped out of the race, we were still the fasted by about ten minutes to the 31 foot Cavalier. It was a testing race and we benefited from the changes in wind direction.
On the way home from the club we dropped bye and saw the Drumesque boys taking down their new mast which they had just completed rigging. The boat was up on a trailer and all tied down to leave for the wild west this morning. Good luck to Stuart and the boys.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 28 February 2008 : 5:19:54 PM
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As suspected the goody goody two shoe handicapper at the Manly YC has put us back an additional six minutes in the fleet and tomorrow night the Hagar will be off at 6.25pm at the back of the big boat fleet and only just in front of the gun boats.
However the good news is that it is going to blow!
Hagar weather!!
There is no race at North Harbour this weekend.
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4Seasons
Helmsman
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Posted - 28 February 2008 : 8:56:44 PM
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| Chris, I would have thought that there would be no shortage of BLOW with you on board ,,,,,doncha know E.H |
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 29 February 2008 : 9:52:58 PM
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This evenings race at Manly was looking like a big breeze with 15 to 20 knots and practically all of the fleet were reefed down. Rod put one reef in the main and we carried the new 2/3 kevlar. We started at 6.25pm and quickly reeling in a number of boats. Unfortunately the Hagar syndrome came into affect and there were a lot or retirements to boats which we pasted. Towards the top mark the breeze eased and we all shook out our reefed mainsails and sailed downwind. We are unsure where we actually finished, perhaps about eight, but the fleet size was small with all the fair-weather sailors not appearing.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2008 : 3:23:52 PM
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When looking up our results on the Manly YC Twilight results we find that we broke our starting time and were relegated to last position and given no handicap allowance for next week.
Bummer! We go off again on 25 minutes.
Next Sundays race has been cancelled due to the bloody stink boat races and so we will be racing the Ladies Day Harbour Tour the following week.
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SAILING REPORTS ON '30's
