RACE1 KER 11.3

"Cowes Week 2001 - Day Seven"
- Dick Johnson. 10th August, 2001.

Just for a change the wind decided to start the day with speeds in single figures, but like every other day this week, it came back with a vengeance at the end of racing, topping out at over 23 knots at Egypt Point. Like every other day too, the Solent wind against tide chop cut up rough, flinging small boats and large about with abandon.

The Island Sailing Club were running the racing today and as their premier trophy, the Rocking Chair, was up for grabs for Classes 0 and 1, they decided that they should send their victims on a marathon, all the way to the West and round Bridge, the buoy best known as the stepping off point for the passage to Cherbourg. Slightly red faces were seen on the Platform of the Royal Yacht Squadron when the wind died instead of building around lunch time and it looked as though there might be a very late finish to the day – and it was fireworks night and all.

Luckily, though the wind came back from the forecast direction in time to clear the worried frowns, the interim period did cause some major changes in positions and some previous front runners saw the day out nearer to the back of the fleet.

It was to be a day of the small boats in the combined Class 0 and Class 1 for the Rocking Chair – you do get to sit in it at the ISC, but they give you a more handy model to take home – with the two Ker 11.3ms I-Site, David Brown and On a High, Michael S White with Phil Crebbin at the helm, leading home on handicap from James Richardson’s Farr 40 Barking Mad.




		THE ROCKING CHAIR TROPHY, COWES WEEK. "Cowes Week 2001 - Day Seven" - Dick Johnson. 10th August, 2001. Just for a change the wind decided to start the day with speeds in single figures, but like every other day this week, it came back with a vengeance at the end of racing, topping out at over 23 knots at Egypt Point. Like every other day too, the Solent wind against tide chop cut up rough, flinging small boats and large about with abandon. The Island Sailing Club were running the racing today and as their premier trophy, the Rocking Chair, was up for grabs for Classes 0 and 1, they decided that they should send their victims on a marathon, all the way to the West and round Bridge, the buoy best known as the stepping off point for the passage to Cherbourg. Slightly red faces were seen on the Platform of the Royal Yacht Squadron when the wind died instead of building around lunch time and it looked as though there might be a very late finish to the day – and it was fireworks night and all. Luckily, though the wind came back from the forecast direction in time to clear the worried frowns, the interim period did cause some major changes in positions and some previous front runners saw the day out nearer to the back of the fleet. It was to be a day of the small boats in the combined Class 0 and Class 1 for the Rocking Chair – you do get to sit in it at the ISC, but they give you a more handy model to take home – with the two Ker 11.3ms I-Site, David Brown and On a High, Michael S White with Phil Crebbin at the helm, leading home on handicap from James Richardson’s Farr 40 Barking Mad.