The Race belonged to Dolphin Play Wednesday Wonders Summer Series Race 5 (31 Oct 2018)

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1 wind speed (knots) wind direction (degrees) The Race belonged to Dolphin Play Wednesday Wonders Summer Series Race 5 (31 Oct 218) DOLPHIN PLAY (John Brennan) led race 5 from start to finish and was never really challenged. She started minutes 17 seconds before any other yacht and finished 1 minute 2 seconds ahead of her closest rival. A great result for a yacht that didn t make the podium in the winter series. The wind speed averaged about knots for the afternoon which was the lowest of the series so far. It was enough to take the 4 yacht fleet around the 9.8 nautical mile course 24 in what was the slowest race of the series. However, it was a tight finish with all 4 yachts finishing within 17 minutes 7 seconds of each other. WW Summer Series Race 5 Wind Speed & Direction Wind Speed Wind Gusts Wind Direction PIZAZZ (P Martyn & R Kemp) won Start of the Day with the third perfect start of the series. Following DOLPHIN PLAY across the finish line was MARIBEL (Graham Frazer) with SALTSHAKER (Ken Gayler) finishing 3 rd. For the second successive week ESPRIT (Garry Anderson) recorded the fastest elapsed time - 1:41:27. This race brought a change to the top of the series aggregate. THE SECRETARY (George Shaw) remains on top but MARIBEL moves into 2 nd place whilst CASSANDRA of MELBOURNE (Bob Reeves) slips into 3 rd place. At this stage of the series CASSANDRA and SALTSHAKER are equal on points at the top of the table in the contest for the Shebessa Shield (awarded to the boat having the lowest combined score based on their placings in the winter and summer series.)

2 This was the 3 rd race this series for DOLPHIN PLAY and produced her best result by far. She started minutes 17 seconds before anyone else. At the first rounding of SYC 4 she still held a lead of 9 minutes seconds and was first across the finish line at 15:5:2 with a lead of 1 minute 2 seconds. DOLPHIN PLAY had her best start of the series when she was only 5 seconds late for her -5 minute handicap. She has had the slowest elapsed time of the fleet in 2 of her 3 races but was able to finish 1 place better in this race. DOLPHIN PLAY started the series 31 st in the aggregate. She was 2 th after race 4 and this win moves her into the aggregate top ten at 1 th place. MARIBEL has made a good start to the series. She recorded a 5 th place in her first race (race 3); a 25 th in race 4; and, now a second in race 5. She was only 1 second late for her 2 minute handicap when she started from th place. After sailing the first 4 legs of the course in 77 minutes 2 seconds she had moved into 4 th place at the first rounding of SYC 4. Her last 3 legs of the course were sailed in 5 minutes 25 seconds and she improved her position by a further 2 places. MARIBEL started the race 24 minutes 5 seconds behind DOLPHIN PLAY but finished 1minute 2 seconds after her when she crossed the finish line at 15:57:52. This 2 nd place gave MARIBEL a big lift in the aggregate taking her from 21 st to 2 nd place. The Jarken 925 SALTSHAKER has completed all 4 races held this series. She has had mixed results with two top ten finishes, a 2 th and a 21 st place. SALTSHAKER started this race from 7 th place only 4 seconds late for her 21 minute handicap. After overtaking VIVE LA VIE (Mark Sutherland) during the first 4 legs of the race SALTSHAKER found herself in th place rounding SYC 4 for the first time. It took her 49 minutes 53 seconds to complete the final 3 legs of the course and she crossed the finish line at 15:59:32 1 minute 4 seconds behind MARIBEL. SALTSHAKER moves from 1 th to 4 th in the aggregate.

3 DOLPHIN PLAY MIDNIGHT MAGIC VIVE LA VIE PIPPA WILLARIE MARIBEL SALTSHAKER CASSANDRA MELBOURNE BON VIVANT LUSCIOUS SURI FOGGY DEW PIZAZZ SUMMER WIND MAGIC ARABESQUE MYUNA III ROLLER COASTER SECOND NATURE VANTAGE RAZZLE DAZZLE BABYDOLL HOT CHIPPS UPBEAT FUN AND GAMES PRIMO WHITE POINTER ARCH DE TRIOMPHE ULUWATU WHITE NOISE BLUE TACK VINDALOO THE SECRETARY INSX BARNSTORMER WIND SPEED ALIBI CONQUEST ESPRIT WICKED With a perfect start PIZAZZ became the fourth different winner of start of the day. The median time of seconds was the highest this series. Starting too soon proved costly for both ROLLER COASTER (Geoffrey Simpson) and WHITE POINTER (Tom Raft). They started 1 and 8 seconds too soon respectively which cost them 17 and 12 places at the finish line. y a c h t WW Summer Series Race 5 Start of the Day PIZAZZ MARIBEL UPBEAT ARCH DE TRIOMPHE ARABESQUE BLUE TACK SALTSHAKER FOGGY DEW DOLPHIN PLAY VINDALOO SECOND NATURE PRIMO THE SECRETARY BON VIVANT INSX ULUWATU WHITE NOISE BABYDOLL BARNSTORMER WICKED LUSCIOUS VIVE LA VIE ALIBI MYUNA III WIND SPEED CONQUEST SUMMER WIND CASSANDRA MELBOURNE PIPPA WILLARIE ESPRIT FUN AND GAMES HOT CHIPPS MAGIC SURI VANTAGE RAZZLE DAZZLE MIDNIGHT MAGIC ROLLER COASTER WHITE POINTER time (seconds) WW Summer Series Race 5 Position at Start & Finish The 4 yacht fleet started 57 minutes seconds apart. Were 33 minutes 53 seconds apart at the first rounding of SYC 4 and finished within 17 minutes 7 seconds of each other. The first third of the fleet across the finish line included 5 early starters, from mid fleet and 2 late starters. start finish Linear (finish)

4 y a c h t WW Summer Series Race 5 Elapsed Time ESPRIT WICKED CONQUEST ALIBI THE SECRETARY BARNSTORMER ULUWATU WHITE NOISE INSX UPBEAT PRIMO WIND SPEED FUN AND GAMES BLUE TACK VINDALOO BABYDOLL HOT CHIPPS SECOND NATURE VANTAGE ARCH DE TRIOMPHE ARABESQUE WHITE POINTER RAZZLE DAZZLE MYUNA III BON VIVANT SUMMER WIND ROLLER COASTER MARIBEL SALTSHAKER FOGGY DEW MAGIC PIZAZZ CASSANDRA LUSCIOUS SURI WILLARIE PIPPA MIDNIGHT MAGIC DOLPHIN PLAY VIVE LA VIE time (hh:mm:ss) :: 1:55:12 3:5:24 1:41:27 1:45:33 1:45:49 1:4:58 1:47:8 1:48:7 1:5:27 1:5:58 1:51:21 1:52:14 1:52:58 1:53:18 1:53:35 1:54:2 1:55:48 1:57:18 1:57:24 1:58:24 1:58:42 2:1:33 2:2:31 2:3:15 2:4:39 2:5:2 2:5:57 2:7:21 2:7:4 2:7:52 2:8:32 2:9:49 2:1:37 2:1:55 2:13:23 2:14: 2:1:4 2:23:47 2:2:49 2:29:4 2:31:2 2:32:25 The median elapsed time of the race was 2:2:2 the longest of the series. ESPRIT has now recorded the fastest time in 2 races whilst WICKED (Mike Welsh) has the fastest in the other 2 races. Although FOGGY DEW (Joe O Grady) and CONQUEST (Paul Jacka) crossed the finish line at the same time their elapsed times of 1:45:49 and 2:9:49 were quite different. All 12 entrants in the Century Class Summer Series contested the first race of the race series. It was won by DOLPHIN PLAY, with SALSHAKER 2 nd and BON VIVANT (Russell Keays) 3 rd. Century Class Summer Series Result Race 1 PLACE YACHT MAKE SKIPPER ELAPSED FINISH H CAP 1 DOLPHIN PLAY TRITON John Brennan 2:31:2 15:5:2 -:5: 2 SALTSHAKER JARKAN Ken Gayler 2:8:32 15:59:32 :21: 3 BON VIVANT S8 Russell Keays 2:5:57 15:59:57 :24: 4 FUN AND GAMES LIDGARD Alan Edwards 1:53:35 1:1:35 :38: 5 WILLARIE TRITON Graeme Kaufman 2:23:47 1:2:47 :9: THE SECRETARY J BOAT George Shaw 1:47:8 1:3:8 :4: 7 ARABESQUE FARR Albert Doggett 2:2:31 1:3:31 :31: 8 CASSANDRA MELBOURNE MOTTLE Bob Reeves 2:13:23 1:4:23 :21: 9 MIDNIGHT MAGIC EAST COAST Bernadette Moore 2:29:4 1:4:4 :5: 1 PIPPA TRITON Jeffrey Woolhouse 2:2:49 1:5:49 :9: RAZZLE DAZZLE SWARBRICK Andrew Stopp 2:4:39 1:7:39 :33: 12 MAGIC S&S Phil Spry-Bailey 2:1:37 1:9:37 :29:

5 About 47% of the course was downwind giving the crews chance to ponder. There were also times when the crew had to become more active.

6 (Above) BLUE TACK finished 33 rd whilst BABYDOLL (left) started & finished ahead of HOT CHIPPS. Not the best result for either ARC DE TRIOMPHE (left) or MAGIC (right) who finished 35 th and 4 th. Starting 1 second too soon proved costly for ROLLER COASTER (left) who finished 19 th. Not much breeze but ESPRIT found plenty of white caps.

7 A Real Wednesday Wonder A big week for Wednesday Wonder sailor Les Browne who celebrated his 9 th (yes nine zero) birthday! He must like being out on the water. Les and his crew sailed WINDSPEED in 19 out of 21 races in the winter series and is off to a flying start in the summer series sailing 4 out of 4 races. In addition Les maintains his skill level sailing Saturday Division 2 races. Proving it s never too late Les waited until he was about 8 before he got WINDSPEED. This has inspired a young 5 year old in the club who s now considering a new yacht. Photos by Bruce Parry & Graham Furness