Footy Fun Day
Clevedon & District Model Boat Club
Sunday 8th July

With the British weather threatening, and a now full lake, the scene was set for a day of fun at Clevedon’s marine lake.

A small selection of sailors from the South West including Chris Jackson, David Wilkinson, Mike and myself from the Clevedon club, set out to sail a few fun races around some of the scale obstacles, including scale navigation buoys and a Lighthouse!

To make things interesting, the lighthouse was anchored at only one end, and in the fluky shifty wind associated with high tide, its movements caught some of the sailors out, including me.

After a few technical issues with his Swing rig equipped Duck, Mike swapped to my spare boat (a Razor 3) borrowing one of David’s extremely well made rigs. David was sailing his Iambus 2, whilst I was sailing my Ranger. Chris Jackson was sailing a Charles Detriche design.

A total of 10 races were held, with a change of course after lunch to liven things up. Racing was generally quite close, with a lot being determined by the start, reading the shifty wind, and avoiding the lighthouse.
Congratulations to David for his outright victory, though there was a lot of close sailing with several skippers changing places on the finishing beat, and 1 race declared a tie... because there was nothing in it.

I hope everyone enjoyed the day as much as I did, and I look forward to seeing more of you next time

Scott

Skipper	Type	Sail No	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Total
David Wilkinson	Iambus 2	46	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	14
Scott Wallis	Ranger	47	3	3	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	3	19
Chris Jackson	Detriche ?		2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	25
Mike	Duck/ Razor 3		4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	39