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Eastbourne Sovereign
Preparations
for the Nationals have been going well, and good news
about the number of pre-entered boats. It’s all building
up to be a great event.
The local
700 sailors have been putting in some extra practice,
trying to squeeze every little advantage out of sailing
at their home venue.
Andy Peake
has been sailing with us since the start of the season,
encouraged by his good consistency at Stokes Bay, though
he has just taken delivery of a new boat only last week,
if it all works okay and he can sort out the inevitable
gremlins with a new boat he should go well.
Local legend
Alex Koukourakis certainly is fast enough, though he
knows as we all do that consistency is not his forte,
though he has been working on this aspect and with a
little luck Alex could be a serious challenger,
especially if it’s a windy event. Alex was showing me
his new unbreakable tiller extension last Sunday.
There’s no such thing mate, your just not trying hard
enough
Dave Geal
has taken delivery of not only a new 700 but also a 1720
sports boat as well, so he has been doing a bit of both,
dinghy’s and big boat sailing, a broken rack last
weekend certainly has not assisted him in preparing, nor
has a damaged hand. Dave though is a big event sailor,
great result at Garda (windy) and La Rochelle (light)
proves he certainly has ability as well as great local
knowledge.
Mark Tanner,
new to 700’s last year and on the learning curve, though
improvement has been rapid, he will gain a lot from this
event.
Even Andy
Irons has been down to the club practicing, Andy knows
Eastbourne well from other classes and we know he will
be competing at the front end of the fleet.
We might
even get him to join!
We have had
a couple of meetings of all those helping with the
event, from the Race Officer to those helping on the
beach, and I am happy that we have a good team in place.
The normal
suspects that help most of the time are in the right
jobs.
Our
Committee boat for the event has changed to a bigger
boat; this one has all the electronic gizmos and even a
“Loo” on board, the reason for the change is that we can
now free up another boat for cover and mark laying.
The
programme for this four day event looks like its going
to be a busy time for all.
Eating,
drinking and racing, now for me its that last thing that
always gets in the way of a really great time, but I am
an 800 sailor, you know, that’s the same as a 700 but
with someone else to blame. and go in and pull the kite
down when its windy and keep the boat upright whilst
your flailing around in the sea whilst still hooked on.
Were all
looking forward to the Nationals. Look forward to
meeting you all.
Mick
Whitmore. Commodore
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