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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
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 Posted - 18 November 2006 : 7:04:22 PM
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Fridayt nights twilighter at Manly saw a good breeze from the South which quickly died and turned into a drifting run to the finish in the dark. We started strongly but by the top mark with the breeze dying were were being eaten up by all the lightwights. However as the race turned into a drifter we sailed low while and everyone else sailed high and we subsequently overtook a few at the finish and ended up in the top third of the fleet in conditions which do not suit the Hagar.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 24 November 2006 : 9:03:18 PM
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This evenings twilight race at Manly was an unhappy affair due to the fuel pump not working and causing us to miss the start by at least two minutes. It was a moderate north easter breeze in which the old Hagar normally performs well. We found ourselved in the back of the fleet and came through to finish about mid-fleet. We ended up sailing off and then back onto the mooring. Andy eventually rigged up our spare electic motor pump and when it was installed the motor started and performed easily. Most likely a rubber diafram has gone in the boats pump.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 26 November 2006 : 5:33:26 PM
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This Sundays race at North Harbour saw a strong south easterly which gusted up to 20 knots but was generally between 10 to 15 knots. We struggled in the number three jib which was ok at times but also under powered at times. We were, as normal about two minutes late and the other starters were over the horizon. We slowly reeled in the old 27 footer up the last work but the leading yacht was gone. We ended up second and about ten minutes behind the winner. We were two crew short but handled the small kite well and she handled well off the wind.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 01 December 2006 : 10:47:24 PM
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This evenings twilighter race at Manly was a cracker and while Sydney, and particularly the west sweltered from heat and practically no wind, on the harbour we were having a beaut noreaster up to 20 plus knots at times. We got away slowly and had a square run to the YA marks south of the sow & pigs reef then across to Taylors Bay. By this time it was piping in at over 20 knots and we were only three up and with the number two header and the full mainsail. We tacked out of the harbour and into the sound with Rod taking the helm off me. We then wound her up and sailed away from the leading bunch of yachts who elected to sail towards middle harbour while we sailed towards North Head and into a very nice lift. When the other yachts came back we had stollen the lead. It was then easy to keep the bulk of the fleet below us, however the Mum 30 which is moored in our bay and was racing for the first time against us came through like a packet of salts and blitzed all comers. We held off most and came a good close fifth surrounded by the big boys.
This was an excellent result as the finishers from 1 to 4 are heavily penalised on handicap and we should escape. It was a good sail!!
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 02 December 2006 : 6:03:33 PM
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Unfortunatly for the next two weeks we will only be sailing in the twilighters. This is because tomorrow I have my eldest daughters 21st and Rod will also be there and the following Sunday one of our other skippers has his daughters wedding. The good news is that my brother has been sailing with us on Sundays and as an experienced skiff skipper he should make a good hand on the Hagar.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 09 December 2006 : 07:43:25 AM
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Last night at Manly we had a full crew and gave away Old Pete to make up the numbers on the Mum 30 who needs more crew. The race was light and patchy, however, following some alterations to the rig by Rod & Pete over the past few weeks the old Hagar performed really well and in this race which was a longer course and suits the bigger yachts and last night the light weights we found that we had improved pointing ability as well as better off the wind speed. We were sixth across the line for which we were well please, out of a mixed fleet of 36 odd yachts.
The Mum 30 again blew them off the water, winning easily, after having been blown out of last weeks race for allegedly broken the start.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 12 December 2006 : 4:26:42 PM
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This coming weekend sees the Hagar racing Friday night twilighter at Manly and again at North Harbour for a Club Race on Sunday. We will be short handed and anyone in the vescinity is welcome to join us for some hard racing.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 16 December 2006 : 10:38:09 AM
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Last night was the last twilighter for this year at Manly YC. It was sailed in dull & overcast conditions and with a fairly patchy southerly blowing. There were only about seventeen starters with all the fair weather sailers staying at home. We had only three of us aboard and could have used two or three more bodies on the rail.
The Hagar was in her number three header and although we sailed in the full main, up the first work we should have had at least one reef. We were about fourth around the top mark and then it was a run to the wing mark, then a reach and finally a square run to the finish. At times were were becalmed under headlands. We came fifth across the line and were pleased with the result and will receive no handicap penalty.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 18 December 2006 : 10:23:49 AM
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The Sundays' race at North Harbour SC saw a disappointing roll-up with only my Brother & myself available to race. John shanghyed his two youngest sons as ballest and we started about ten minutes late. I had to use the binoculars to find the rest of the fleet to determine which course we were on. Due top the lack of experience aboard we used the number two jib and left the kites alone. It was a very light South-easter moving to the north east and became a sailing parade. We managed to overtake only one boat as we are last to start. A good day for the new crew in very light and comfortable conditions.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 31 December 2006 : 5:48:56 PM
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This Sunday afternoon we had a visit from the Bossie II which sailed down from Pittwater this morning and with family and friends picked up here in Sydney motored off southwards to the awaiting carnage of another New Years Eve fireworks on the water.
Hope you survived OK Keith.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 06 January 2007 : 12:47:19 PM
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Last nights twiligher at MYC saw a 15 to 20 knot noreaster. We ended up with only Rod, Pete, Rods son & myself wit two no show crews. Rod nominated the number three header and we were off on the same handicap as the past few weeks. The limit boat in the fleet is an E24, she is the "Blu-e", has a black hull and goes off at 5.55pm. She also looks like she was sporting some new rags last night. The result was good for being forst home by a long way. We found ourselves under canvased going down the run and should have been in the number two header. Although we sailed well and went the correct way for the course we finished about 12th over the line with a number of larger boats getting through us at the finish. We also had a problem with the new main halliard which slipped through the clutch and is too fine and slippery. We ended up tieing it down.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 15 January 2007 : 9:32:36 PM
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Here are the Results of the Big Boat fleet:
Heat One: 1. Hagar, then 2. Rhumline, then 3. Scotch Most, then 4. Kiota, then Swan Song.
Heat Two: 1. Hagar, 2.Scotch Most, 3.Rhumline.
Heat Three:1. Hagar, 2.Scotch Mist, 3 Rhumline.
Heat Four: 1. Hagar, 2.Scotch Mist, 3.Rhumline
Heat Five: 1. Rhumline, 2.Hagar, 3.Scotch Mist
Heat Six: 1. Rhumline, 2.Scotch Mist,3.Hagar.
The final results were:
1. Hagar
2. Rhumline
3. Scotch Mist.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 17 January 2007 : 3:41:31 PM
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The Nationals saw some interesting results and while all the back slapping has been taking place amoung the E26 sailors, it is interesting to note that there was daylight between the HaulnCoal and the rest of the fleet.
Also of note is the fact that the old Hagar did the fastest times in two of the heats as compared to the other classes. Both Rod & I were pleasantly surprised that even with the old original sails and only lightish conditions we were quicker around the track the gun 26ers in the first heat.
What was outstanding was the quickest time in one of the short Saturday races when we did not fly a kite, but simply poled out the jib off the wind. In this third heat both Scotch Mist & the Rhumline were close behind us.
One of our crew at the Nationals have not races in over twelve months & two not for 18 months. And so we are looking at further developments, improvements and alterations on the Hagar as well as some new sails.
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Colin Cole
Helmsman
Australia
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Posted - 17 January 2007 : 7:28:35 PM
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Yes much to my "disbeleif and chargrin" the old barge ass boys did just as Copey says - their times were great and I for one got a little shock - as we went gunho ie all the gear up in the heavy stuff and they still beat us!
I guess that old adage is true - waterline length rules! Well done guys and yes when you invest in some new Doyle sails you are going to be unbeatable - "Don't we all know" :) |
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 17 January 2007 : 8:41:57 PM
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Thanks for that Colin. We can only hope that we are not just trail blazing by ourselves, but other E30s' will come out of the closet so to speak and race seriously. The problem being that they are such a comfortable and cheap cruising yachts. However when you upgrade to Cat 4 and race then the craft appreciates in value and saleability.
At this time we have decided not to race in the MYC offshore races over the Australia Day weekend which had three legs up the coast and popping into Pittwater, Newcastle & one other. The SWMBO'eds are giving some grief. However we are planning and scheming to go to the Easter Regatta up at Lake Macquarie and Rod & I will hopefully organise to take up our two sons for some of the races.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 20 January 2007 : 09:16:09 AM
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Last night it was business as usual at the MYC for the Hagar. We went off on our unchanged handicap since before Christmas just ahead of the medium and larger yachts with all the smalls in frount of us. There have been some changes with adjustments for last weeks race, which we missed.
The course was also incorrect this evening. We went off on a square run and then there was a long reach. The final beat to the finish was in a strong northerly which was very gusty and there were many yachts which were being knocked over and rounding up. One yacht did an involentery 360 degree turn. We had only one boat pass us, an Adams 12, and we spent the rest of the work passing the smaller yachts. We finished either fifth or sixth in a fleet of about 30 yachts.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 22 January 2007 : 02:42:40 AM
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Sundays' club race at North Harbour saw a poor attendance of yachts with only two starters. The breeze was a wild and swinging northerly which had us continually guessing on where it was going to come from next. Although we had the kite set-up to hoist on the deck with the wind doing strange things and with us quickly running down our one opponent with the number three jib poled out we ended up not carrying the kite at all. Up the last work from Taylors Bay to Manly we walked away from the opposition to win bay about twenty minutes. It was a most unusual set of conditions with one of the biggest run-out tides of about two metres which was running against an strong 20 to 26 knot northerly wind.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 23 January 2007 : 10:04:06 AM
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There is no Twilight Race at the MYC this Friday night due to their off shore races up the coast. Having got a third on Handicap last year we would have liked to have had another shot as there are three races with overnight ports of call at Pittwater, Newcastle & Port Stephens. Unfortunatly the boat is not ready and neither are of SWMBODs'so its a weekend in the garden with a Club Race on Sunday.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 26 January 2007 : 9:53:40 PM
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A Happy Australia Day to all the Endeavour Yachties! We had a great afternoon at North Harbour SC with a BBQ luncheon and with the tide in the kids were canoeing around the bay. My own morning was a most unpleasant one, having completely torn out a toe nail while running around our pool and garden. The second toe from the left on my left foot was torn out cleanly. Buggar!!! & Ouch!!! So I've spent the rest of the day with the foot up and consuming large amounts of liquid anasthetic.
Now Rod and I have been discussing the performances of the Big Boats at the Gosford Nationals, and while the two Mark 2 E30s' are cruisers the E28 & the E27 were very competitive. The Rhumline has always been a quick boat having beaten us last year and are the bench mark. The E28, Scotch Mist was also very quick this time and are much quicker than last year. In fact the S.Mist was as quick at times or even quicker than us, especially in the heavy stuff upwind on Saturday but were let down at times by crew work oof the breeze. Also of interest is the fact that the only boat of the three top boats with exotic sails was the Rhumline. Both the S.Mist & Hagar are using older dacron working sails. This was shown up in the light races on the Sunday when the Rhumline skipped away, but with their owner skipper watching we suspect the crew lifted their act!
We will be racing tomorrow at North Harbour and for the rest of the Friday night Twilighter Races at Manly YC.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 29 January 2007 : 2:18:07 PM
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Yesterday saw us out on the harbour racing in a Noth Harbour handicap event. Our competitor, the "Saint Maybee" is a 27 foot canoue ended timber yacht which is very fast downwind and pays for this speed when she has to go into the breeze. It's owner is unfortunatley the Club Handicapper and after the big win we had over them last week he took five minutes off us. He also had his bottom cleaned during the week. He did us by just four minutes. We gave him a 30 odd minute start.
On the last work to the finish off the obolisk point is where we passed the "Vega". She looked good with a smaller headsail and the traditional tall narrow mainsail.
This Friday we resume our twilighter races with the Manly YC.
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SAILING REPORTS ON '30's
