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PY Numbers

Leigh & Lowton PY Numbers 2013

  Race data from our various handicap series has been input to the RYA website and their systems have analysed the data and produced suggested PNs for classes at L&LSC. Basically, the RYA compute the average corrected time for a race and then for each class within it. This shows what change in each class handicap would be needed for their average corrected times to all be the same. Poor performers (outside 20%) are automatically excluded before class handicaps are...

Open Meeting Reports / PY Numbers / Racing Results

Winter PY Performance

Below is the data extracted from the RYA PYS website which does the PY returns for the club and also our local handicaps. The website calculates the performance of each sailor in each race and assigns the “sailed to PY” rating. To pull the data together the “sailed to PY” has been averaged to give each Crew there average PY for the Winter Series. Crews which done 8 races or more over the winter are shown below Asymmetric Fleet The...

News Item / Open Meeting Reports

MSDS RS200 Open & RS400 Winter Championships

Paul Plested’s RS400 Pics & RS200 Pics. Mike Baldwins Pics.  Results What a great weekend we have all had at the open meetings. Light and testing winds both Saturday and Sunday. 16 RS200’s and 15 RS400’s competed, from all over the country. Furthest travelled was Russell and June Collister from the Isle of Man and James and Anne Gardner form Hayling Island. Entries also from Notts County and Scaling Dam. Thanks to everyone for making the effort to come along. The sailing finished after the...

Open Meeting Reports / Winter Series

A wild finale to the 2013 GJW Tipsy Icicle

Results  There was no shortage of wind for the final weekend of the GJW Direct Insurance (GJW) sponsored Tipsy Icicle Winter Series but due to the strong wind there was a shortage of competitors as many voted to stay ashore and watch the fun and games unfold.  As the sailors arrived they were greeted by a very cold easterly Force 5 wind gusting 6 with a very high wind chill factor.  The first race went ahead on time but with...

Open Meeting Reports / Winter Series

Penultimate GJW Tipsy Icicle 2013 – Results & Gallery

Results & gallery now available for the penultimate GJW Tipsy Icicle 2013. As the competitors look forward to the last week end of GJW Direct Insurance sponsored Tipsy Icicle Winter Series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club there is still everything to sail for in some of the fleets. Week 9 of the series and a total of 169 boats have taken to the water during this series.  This weekend saw a few new faces join us as 72 boats took...

Open Meeting Reports / Winter Series

Week 8 Report, Results & Gallery – GJW Direct Insurance sponsored Tipsy Icicle Winter Series

Results Having been spolit for some weeks now by strong westerly and easterly winds and beats using the lenght of the Flash the 64 boats that that took part in week 8 of the GJW Direct Insurance sponsored Tipsy Icicle Winter Series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club were greeted by a very cold, shifty, gusty and patchy northerly force 2 – 3 which resulted in shorter beats across the Flash and some ‘snakes & ladders’ sailing.  This weekend there were 4 boats joining us for the first time in...

Juniors

LLSC 29ers shine at Rutland

This year’s Noble Marine 29er Winter Championships saw 40 29ers at Draycote Water Sailing Club for a weekend of light and shifty, but also sunny conditions. Leigh & Lowton’s Curtis Means and Jamie Catchpole finished 8th, Abigail Croft and Jenny Cant 9th and James Grummett and Daniel Budden finished 30th. The full report can be viewed on Y&Y http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/168024/Noble-Marine-29er-Winter-Championships

Juniors / Training

Junior / Youth Events Calendar – 2013

Junior/Youth Events Calendar – 2013 April Friday 19th April – 7.00pm start – Start up session for Intermediates and Advanced Group May Wednesday 1st May – 7.00pm start – Introduction to beginners Friday nights and camps – “parents training”, followed by dinner at the club (approx. £4 per person) Friday 3rd May – 7.00pm start – Friday nights beginners start – RYA 1 & 2 training; sign up with Fiona White [email protected]. Sunday 12th May – 12.00 start – Junior Race Series...

Open Meeting Reports / Winter Series

GJW Tipsy Week 7 – 67 boats on the water which included 12 boats joining us for the first time in the series

Results Week 7 in the GJW Direct Insurance sponsored Tipsy Icicle Winter Series at Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club welcomed back the Topper and Laser sailors who were missing last weekend due to squad/training commitments as well as some old and new faces.  All were greeted by bright sunshine and a gusty F2-4 ESE wind.  This weekend there were 67 boats on the water which included 12 boats joining us for the first time in the series taking the total...