News 2012 002

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15th May2013

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(2012 Continued)

Silver Salver & RNLI Races

On a rather wet, misty and miserable evening, coincidentally Friday 13th July, a commendable group of stalwart sailors turned out for the delayed Silver Salver races combined with the RNLI pennant races. Despite the persistent rain there was good racing and the winners of the Silver Salver and RNLI pennants were: Mersey Mylne ‘Mercator’, International Etchells ‘Invader’ and International Squib ‘Tar Baby’. RMYC were pleased to entertain representatives of the RNLI New Brighton Station and to present them with a cheque.

RMYC Commodore and RNLI New Brighton Station representatives

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New International Etchells yacht on the Mersey

It was good to see the - new to RMYC - International Etchells yacht ‘Ragtime’ in her first race on the Mersey last Wednesday evening (in June). Bought as a replacement for ‘Roc’ by her syndicate, after she was lost from the moorings in 2011 in stormy weather. ‘Ragtime ‘ joins the other ten International Etchells in the RMYC fleet.

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Mersey Mylne Experiment

John and Peter Smith have made various adjustments to their Mersey Mylne ‘Mercator’ over the winter in the interests of better sailing and easier handling, in particular the spinnaker rig. So, for this season she is out of Class for race purposes, but will compete in order to compare her performance with the other Mylnes. It will be interesting for all Mylne sailors to see how their rig adjustments work.

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FRUSTRATING TIMES

Two Regatta days this weekend, West Cheshire SC on Saturday and Wallasey YC on Sunday. The weather on Saturday was atrocious 25 knot winds and rain for hours. No sailing from RMYC because of the conditions. Saturday looking hopeful, but it was not to be. The exact opposite, absolutely no wind. With an 0700 muster at the Club House this was doubly frustrating. But, ever hopeful, we all went out to the moorings and when a zephyr of wind did arrive an Etchell and a Mylne tested the possibilities. After drifting on the still strong ebb tide, the Boatman in the new and faster RIB chased after them and brought them back to the moorings. The art of placing towed boats in exactly the right place for them to pick up their moorings was very ably and skilfully demonstrated by the RMYC boatman. Huge disappointment all round that we couldn’t go sailing, but boat maintenance was undertaken so it wasn’t a complete waste of time. Apologies to WCSC and WYC for our not being able to compete, we look forward to welcoming them next weekend for the RMYC Mersey Regatta when hopefully good sailing weather may appear.