Has anybody been in contact with Hayling who can shed some preliminary light?

Results are on the Hayling Website - www.hisc.co.uk.
Sunday was cancelled due to too much wind.
Monday very warm and light winds.

Here we go again.... day 3 of our 60 year old class National championships with 78 attendees and not a single whisper to the outside world as to what is going on. Perhaps the first update  might be out in about 2 weeks. Not good!

Perhaps you'd like to do it?
However I don't suppose the sponsor is too chuffed about the lack of exposure! 
But then maybe they look on it as charity?

I'm sorry, but this is all we've got at present.

Dont listen to the miserable jokers Mags they are only winding you up!

Results are readily available on HISC site for starters.

What time will the results be up?

After they have actually sailed the race

No s**t sherlock

Let's not forget that those at the Championship are there either to compete to win (after all it is about finding a National Champion) or enjoying a holiday, rather than focusing on writing press reports. As nice as it would be to see daily reports, is it fair on those who are there to give up their time for those who are not!

Perhaps ring a friend. Hopefully most of us will have one out of the many competitors. Mind you if you keep bothering them maybe they won't be friends for long!

P*** off I wasn't moaning!

Sorry, wrong person! Meant Read All About It

No worries, I'm just over-enthusiastic but I'm stuck behind a computer, waiting for my new carbon, humming

"I'm thinking about my carbon, when you gonna bring it, when you gonna bring it?"  to the tune of the new White Stripes single......

Sorry chaps. Don't want to sound like i am whinging.Last thing I would want to do. I am a firm believer in promoting/exposing our class as much as possible through whatever channels, Y&Y etc.. If other classes can get their reports to Y&Y PDQ then why can't we? I appreciate it is voluntary to write the reports, I have previously served on the Committee for several years so I know all about voluntary work and how time consuming it can be!! 

It's all very well jumping on the HISC website and seeing a list of participants but for an outsider who shows an interest in the class looking in it will mean diddly squat.

The point I am trying to make is  for the class to survive you need members and the only way apart from attracting new blood through club exposure is coverage on the net, spreading the word what a first class boat we sail. If we miss this and other  opportunities then this memorable event will come and go without involving a captive audience and potential newcomers.

I would be quite happy to serve on the committee again as publicity officer, but for now the position remains filled.

We need an events coordinator though   ;o)

Mags

I am sure that Jennie King drew up a rosta at the beginning of the season of report writers and the event that was to be covered? I don't think everyone adhered to it though!

As for the champs, surely as part of the preperations there would have been a designated person to write the reports.

Going back to what I said in an earlier thread, and for all you sherlocks out there my identity will be exposed, except for you Mags as you can see who I am, if I was a sponsor I would be pretty pissed off by now having not got atleast the coverage I had envisaged!

I don't want to moan about moaners, (People love to find any reason to talk not do.) but.. if instead of moaning you lifted the results from the HISC web site in text and or HTML and simply fwded it to Y&Y, Sailing.com; Scuttlebut; YBW etc etc job done. In far less time than it took you to moan!!!! The sponsor will not be inpressed if they do not get their coverage! It's sponsorship not charity.

Here we are not rocket or even Merlin Rocket Science is it! This is not big enough to show it but it was a perfect word doc before I pasted it!
      Merlin Rocket National Championships 2005 

      Preliminary Results After two races 15th August – no discards

      Vintage/Classic Fleet  -  
      1 		 	  		 3353 Guy Winder     
      2 		Passing Cloud   	1079   John Harris   Sara Warren     
      3 		Penelope   		3271   James Mant   Peter Forster     
      4 					578 	Jonathon Reubin     
      5   					2976
      6 		L`Enchanteur		2248    Florence Piriou   Anne Marchina  
      7 		Kate 			1	 Mervyn Allen   Lora Stock     

      Modern Fleet  -       
      1 					3662   David Winder   Jilly Blake     
      2 		 Rong Number   	3573   Glenn Truswell   Paul Davies     
      3 		Time and Tide   	3652   John Bell   Graham Williamson     
      4 		 Ministry of Pleasure  3634   Phil King   Linton Jenkins     
      5 		 Loosed Canon  	 3655   Tom Stewart   Chris Downham     
      6 		 Delirium   		 3637   Richard Whitworth   Elena Bremer     
      7 		 Batto   		 3658   Dave Dobrijevic   Rachel Cooper     
      8 		 Wild Card   		 3656   Rob Wilder   Andy Service     
      9 		 Moist   		 3643   William Warren   Tom Perkins      
      10 		 Millie   		  3649  Steve Cockerill   Mary Cooper     
      11 					  3647  Andy Davies   Matt Mee     
      12		 Business as Usual     3626   Mike Calvert  Jane Calvert     
      13 		Golden Snitch 2   	  3616   Alan Warren   Liam Dempsey     
      14 		Gangsta Paradise      3539   Dan Alsop   Jennie King     
      15 		Zeno  			  3659   Julian Parry   Pippa Taylor     
      16 		Smart Tart  		  3640   Pat Blake   Alex Jackson     
      17 		Zero Gravity 		  3629   Simon Blake   Linton Jenkins     
      18 		Poached Salmon        3644   Duncan Salmon   Ian Garwood     
      19 		Jupiter  		   3651   Colin Brockbank   Martin Hughes     
      20 					   3582   Chris Lewns   Jane Beaumont

Is that really right that No 2018 had a 3rd in the 1st race, a 1st place in the 3rd race (and a 32 discard to get rid of!!)  and is lying 5th overall!!!!   This is the sail number I see  but the boat number is what?   This must be great news for all us old guys if this is the boat number too!!!  Having done a bit of research this seems to be Krakatoa restored recently and featured in a magazine as far as  I recall so even better news for the restoration squad.  Come on the oldies!!!!

have you SEEN Krakatoa - she is no oldie even if her sail number is. very pretty.

How are the "Beaver Patol" going?  They popped in a great capsize @ Harlow to finish last?  Has the comeback been a success?

What's with the PY numbers too, WTF is that all about?

How is the Wild Card (Brand spanking new supa dupa one-string Winder thing) a lower number than PK's EZ-Roller?

So many questions from one so young.....

The results on the HISC website are for the Holt Plate I would imagine.  Each helm is given a PY based on their respective ability, the idea being that the middle order batters have a trophy to aim for.

Yesterday's race results are as follows:
1 Phil King
2 Richard Whitworth
3 Dave Winder
4 Glen Truswell

Ta!

It seems very unfair that Andrew Harris has a Holt Plate handicap of 1080?  What on earth did he do to deserve this?

Given the others on 1080, seems very fair to me.  Perhaps he should simply pull his finger out and sail to his handicap as a certain Mr Wilder has !!

Arrived home from 60th Anniversary Dinner at 3.30am very tired but glad to have gone. A gathering of the great and the good and a host of our Class Champions from over the years were presented with a momento and record of their success. Tales were told, strong was taken (Dandy Ralby lead from the front on the wine wave with Table 9 winning by one bottle of Sambuka and no caualties)and much chatting. As ever there is never enough time and the dratted bar closed - perhaps this new fangled 24 hours opening will lead to the end of this early closing nonsense.
With no yottin' sunday due to strong breeze and the fleet not getting ashore until 7pm on Monday after two races perhaps it is not surprising that press reports are a bit slow!!

are the  results on the HISC web site Holt Plate handicap Results? They don't seem to track with those published after two days in any way!
I only ask!

See above

I should read it all thnks!

Thanks to you for trying to keep us in the picture! AND Scotty drove home after that?

The website was very confusing this morning - thanks for clarifying the weird positions!  Wobbler Winder is still winning - good news.

I've emailed their (HISC) webmaster to ask them to post the other results too!

Wish they were all as efficient as our Mags.....

If only they were; MAGS is a marvel.Every class needs a MAGS not many have one. He should be distilled and bottled and the class should club together to give him that Carbon Mast and new rig NOW!!!!

Steady on Ancient Geek - if he goes out sailing who is going to do the housework on the site!!!   Seriously I think the website is great - it works, is informative and surely that's what it is all about.  Now Mags - plaudits coming from all directions!!

Have just realised that if Mags is as good as we believe then next year no boat will be required - he'll just walk on the water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If he overtakes me without a crew I'll protest him.

Ooh crikey guys, now i'm blushing!
Address to send donations for carbon mast can be found in the yearbook...

Check the following link from HISC and they might update it to include race 4 tonight.

To save your blushes (and donations!), they have updated their site with race 4.

Here are some pics up to Tuesday - I will add captions later - if I ever have time. See you later this afternoon

Somebody must know who won, put us out of our misery!

PK winner despite retiring in last race.
DW Second I believe , failed to get the result needed, think he was 6th but required 4th
GT 3rd

It would be great to get a breakdown of gear that the top six were using, ie Hull/builder/design, foils, mast/boom, sails

Do you mean equipment (GEAR?) or the herbal tobacco of their choice?

Have not seen a thank you to the organisers yet!