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I have been sailing at Gurnard open events for 40 yearsor more, and people have heard me have the oddmoan or two about knowing which buoy is the rightone. Well this yearthe Sport,s Nationals was perfectin everyway, we had a coloured course card with only a few buoys that could be used and most of the time had big orange marks.. Steve Cole set good course's that took 60 to 70 minutes and could be watched from the shore. Steve could not resist on Saturday morning when the Solent was flat with a good wind sending us once across to the other side and then we had a fantastic reach all the way back across the solent that was worth the entrant fee on its own. We had good evening entertainment and raised over £80 for the RNLI. So in two years time come to Gurnard , you wont be sorry.

Thank you Erling and Alex for your kind comments.

Those of you who ventured out on Saturday afternoon may have noticed a camera boat following us around. There is a bit of footage on this website.
http://www.cowes.co.uk/cb/zone?p=story2 ... d=2820;cp=#

It takes a bit to load and our footage is about three quarters of the way in.

As we don't yet have a report the following are the results I gleened of the Gurnard Web site
Cheers
Bob
Rank Class Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Nett
1 Sprint Sport 1952 R Leather GSC 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 5.0 3.0 1.0 5.0
2 Sprint Sport 1990 L Guster GSC dnf 5.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 12.0
3 Sprint Sport 1974 C Blenkinsop GSC 4.0 7.0 2.0 4.0 1.0 5.0 6.0 16.0
4 Sprint Sport 1905 D Lloyd SBSC 2.0 2.0 5.0 6.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 16.0
5 Sprint Sport 1226 T Gall CSC 5.0 3.0 9.0 dnf 6.0 2.0 2.0 18.0
6 Sprint Sport 1938 K Dutch SSC 3.0 4.0 8.0 3.0 3.0 dnf 16.0 21.0
7 Sprint Sport 1923 E Low GSC 11.0 9.0 3.0 5.0 10.0 6.0 5.0 28.0
8 Sprint Sport 2007 E Holmberg ShSC 8.0 6.0 12.0 8.0 11.0 13.0 8.0 41.0
9 Sprint Sport 1914 R Gall CSC 10.0 14.0 11.0 7.0 13.0 8.0 21.0 49.0
10 Sprint Sport 1458 D Wright GSC ocs 11.0 14.0 dnf 8.0 12.0 7.0 52.0
11 Sprint Sport 1220 M Scott GSC 15.0 10.0 10.0 9.0 dnf 10.0 22.0 54.0
12 Sprint Sport 205 S Heaton NDSC 7.0 17.0 15.0 13.0 7.0 26.0 14.0 56.0
13 Sprint Sport 1526 R Way NDSC 13.0 12.0 7.0 dsq dnf 15.0 13.0 60.0
14 Sprint Sport 1295 C Murphy GSC 9.0 20.0 23.0 12.0 9.0 21.0 10.0 60.0
15 Sprint Sport 1963 D Casale QMSC dsq 19.0 6.0 10.0 dnf 11.0 24.0 70.0
16 Sprint Sport 1825 G Love CSC 6.0 8.0 dnf dnf dnf 16.0 11.0 71.0
17 Sprint Sport 1441 P J GSC dnf 16.0 16.0 17.0 14.0 17.0 9.0 72.0
18 Sprint Sport 1638 A Maddison NDSC 16.0 15.0 24.0 dns dns 9.0 12.0 76.0
19 Sprint Sport 1951 M Palmer-Head NDSC 12.0 13.0 dns dns dns 7.0 15.0 77.0
20 Sprint Sport 1365 D Kingsland GSC 17.0 18.0 20.0 dnf 12.0 14.0 20.0 81.0
21 Sprint Sport 1424 K Heason NDSC 21.0 22.0 13.0 11.0 dnf 22.0 25.0 89.0
22 Sprint Sport 1357 M Fisher GSC 19.0 25.0 21.0 16.0 dnf 18.0 19.0 93.0
23 Sprint Sport 1529 T Wyeth GSC 18.0 21.0 18.0 14.0 dsq 25.0 26.0 96.0
24 Sprint Sport 1351 R England CSC 14.0 dnf dnf dns dns 23.0 17.0 114.0
25 Sp-rint Sport 1347 D Morris GSC dnf 24.0 19.0 dnf dnf 20.0 23.0 116.0
26 Sprint Sport 1711 D Warren NDSC dsq 23.0 22.0 15.0 dnf dnf dnf 120.0
27 Sprint Sport 1908 G Wood GrSC 20.0 dnf 17.0 dns dns 24.0 dnf 121.0
28 Sprint Sport 1976 M Rainer NDSC dnf dns dns dns dns 19.0 18.0 127.0
29 Sprint Sport 1800 A Varnava QMSC dns dns dns dnf dns dns DNC 150.0

Interesting that they report the results of 7 races & yet the Notice of Race only advertises 6. I guess the race report will explain it in due course.

Hmmm...

More fun for the youngsters - more pain for the oldies!

Good to hear from you again, Bob!

Is there any truth in the rumour that Erling got
hooked up with a windsurfer on one of the starts at the Sport Nationals,
apparently the windsurfers boom was stuck on Erling's bow?
Are you going to give us the low-down, Erling?

I heard the same rumour; do you think he’ll get it untangled in time to make Seasalter?

I'v sent the boat to Steve Sawford to get it removed as he's the expert at geting unwanted Gurnard waste off.