Martin Dale Cup 2014 - RG65/Micro540 Competition
June 28th
report by Peter jackson

Well the wind was none existent when we arrived at Daventry Country Park, we put in two none permanent buoys with the electric boat and decided to set a course in the middle of the bay so we could get the best of the easterly wind if it ever came, and a course of a port turning triangle and sausage was set. 

So five skippers turned up a very select band to try and race in these conditions, we waited a good half hour to see if there would be some wind and slowly a trickle of wind appeared for racing to commence. 

Then it happened we had more wind but it lashed its way down, Grannies Gazebo was offered at the commencement of sailing and was rejected, however in hindsight it would have been a godsend. 

At about race five we changed the course to an opposite triangle and sausage with a final port turn to the finish, so brains had to be engaged to remember the course which all did but some remembered just in time. 

We stopped at eight races for refreshment and battery changes, however it was so bad we decided to be sensible and call it a day. 

Sorry no pictures of this one as the course was way out in the middle of the patch and in any case it was too wet.

The next Martin Dale Cup event is back at Daventry Country Park on Sunday 13th July 2014.

The points for the Martin Dale Cup are worked out in the following manner, 40 points for a win, 39 for second, 38 for 3rd and so on, plus for RG65 Class yachts a bonus point for every RG65 you finish ahead of, for Micro 540 class yachts there is a bonus point for every yacht you finish ahead of regardless of class.

.	Daventry Country Park							Martin Dale Cup
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.	28th June 2014							Race																																	Discards					Final
.	Pos	Name	Type	No	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Total	1	2	3	Total
.	1	Mike Ewart	RG65	36	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	6									18	3	6	0	9
.	2	Peter Jackson	Micro540	305	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	1									18	3	3	0	12
.	3	Paul Risdale	Micro540	515	1	4	4	4	2	2	3	2									22	4	4	0	14
.	4	Peter Shepherd	Micro 540	165	6	1	1	3	5	4	6	3									29	6	6	0	17
.	5	Tim Lees	RG65	93	6	6	6	5	4	5	4	6									42	6	6	0	30
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.	Micro 540					Round One																	Event																	Discards			Final
.							Pos	Name							Club							1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	1	2	Total
.	Overall Position					1	Paul Risdale							Two Islands							45	45	45	40					175	40		135
.							2	Peter Shepherd							Abington Park							43	43	41	38					165	38		127
.						3	Peter Jackson							Abington Park							35	39	43	42					159	35		124
.							4	Geoff Raygada							Abington Park							39	37	37	-					113	0		113
.							5	Trevor Thomas							Abington Park							-	41	-	-					41	0	0	41
.							=	John Simmons							Two Islands							41	-	-	-					41	0	0	41
.							7	Brian Hawkins							Two Islands							33	-	-	-					33	0	0	33
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.	RG65					Round One																	Event																	Discards			Final
.							Pos	Name							Club							1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	1	2	Total
.	Overall Position					1	Mike Ewart							Two Islands							41	-	38	41					120	0		120
.							2	Tim Lees							Abington Park							-	35	35	36					106	0		106
.							3	Alan Smedley							Emberton Park							35	-	-	-					35	0	0	35
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