Sunday, 14 June 2009 - Mr Ewan Mackay

In an effort to get more people on the water and racing the Clyde Sonar Fleet in conjunction with the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club have organised a series of 1 day events of fun informal racing. The second of which was on Saturday. The idea is to keep the racing informal, no race instructions, just a quick briefing at the start of the day, a windward - leeward course, with a start/finish line in the middle. And coaching for the slower boats as requested. Keep the races short and run as many races as possible in an afternoon.

 
With the briefing set a 11:00 and the racing to start as soon as all the boats where on the water, everybody turned up for the briefing however a slight lethargy gripped the racers as it was a glassy flat calm. However with a little cajoling and the fact that the Bar was not open, we got them going.

 A tow out to the racing area and short wait paid off and a light breeze filled, allowing a course to be laid and the racing to get underway.  In a very gentle breeze, ASBOat showed good pace in the first race, taking the lead at the first windward mark, and going on to take the race win, with Grouse in close second. This was to be the story for most of the day with ASBOat taking the wins in race 2 and 3 with Grouse in second. However in the final race of the day, the story changed. The breeze had built to at least 4 or 5 knots and the sun was shining, the weather was perfect and Grouse took advantage of the increasing wind, taking the win in race 4 with  ASBOat in second.   

 The Clyde Sonar Association would like to thank Jean Mackay, Douglas Forester and Colin Craig running the committee boat and helping to arrange the event.

 Our next event is the Scottish Sonar Championships in 3 weeks on the 4/5^th July.

 
1^st ASBOat – G.Whyte

2^nd Grouse – L.Pender

3^rd Prelude – G.Manual