SEHMYC - South Eastern Hills Model Yacht Club - Paris Creek SA 

This was our scheduled Marblehead/10 Rater points day. And the wind, she fairly blew.

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We only had a small turn up on the day and it was decided to start everyone off together. As a result we have corrected times for the M/10 fleet and the general fleet.

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Of the Marbleheads, John Lykke and Bob Watson flew under the conditions. Unfortunately John Lykke had to leave early and only four races were run.

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Congratulations to John on winning Line Honours AND Corrected Time, both on countback. All other things being equal, the rules say that the winner is decided by the result of the last race. You don't have to be dead to be stiff do you, Bob?

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In the general fleet Bob Watson came out on top. Towards the end of the day he was running his C rig which bore a strange resemblance to the two piece bathing costumes that are popular today. Well done Bob.

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Philip Scapens put up a great struggle with his IOM, finally cracking it for a first in the seventh race.

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John Lykke just had too many DNS/DNF to get better than third in the fleet. Bad luck John. If racing had been called off at the end of race six you would have been one point behind Philip. If it had ended after race five you'd have been in second place. Life's full of Vesta siuations.

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Bob Dare tried his IOM before swapping back to the Focus. The IOM doesn't sail too well when it is laying on its' side.

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One race was enough for Brian. Early in race two he lost his rudder control and Aries worked its' way onto Eastern Island and his rigging played 'cat's in the cradle' with a gum tree. There's something about that end of the dam that eats Brian's rudders.

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A consolation win for Philip Scapens. He beat Bob Watson on corrected time. Then again, Philip was sailing off of a corrected time factor that had not been updated for a looooong time. Check your new on Philip and sweat it out for the next time Mr Magoo races. You had managed to slide down to 0.70 somehow.

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John Lykke, Bob Dare and Brian Pennifold retained their places from line honours.

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