{"id":1028,"date":"2016-08-03T13:04:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T12:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2016-08-03T13:04:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T12:04:17","slug":"mid-summer-regatta-2016-we-have-a-winner-and-lots-of-great-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/?p=1028","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Summer Regatta 2016: We have a winner (and lots of great photos)!"},"content":{"rendered":"

With this year’s Mid-Summer Regatta seeing the introduction of three new events,\u00a0there had been a lot of\u00a0excitement leading up to one of the biggest events on CSC’s Summer\u00a0calendar, and I think everyone that took part would agree that it was\u00a0well worth the wait.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0double hander\u00a0<\/strong>race saw 8 two-person crews take to the lake in a mixture of Comet Duo, Enterprise, Heron and Firebird dinghies, and after 5 closely contested laps Robert and Dirk\u00a0showed that they had almost telepathic team-working skills, sailing the club Firebird into first place.<\/p>\n

The second race saw seven Comets competing in our first\u00a0official Comet class<\/strong> race. The first few laps saw several members vying for first place, but\u00a0as\u00a0the race continued,\u00a0Valeria broke away from the pack and never looked back, taking a well deserved win.<\/p>\n

After lunch (a big thanks to everyone that donated something!)\u00a0more of our novice and family members had arrived ready to join the festivities and it was time for CSC’s inaugural Pico Tag<\/strong> race. With 6 teams of 3 selected and\u00a0tactics decided, the horn\u00a0blew the first members\u00a0were off!\u00a0Two legs complete, there was still everything to play for as\u00a0Dirk arrived back at the Jetty for Team\u00a03, followed just a few boat lengths later by Arthur for Team 2, but despite his best efforts, Neil just couldn’t quite catch Valeria,\u00a0and\u00a0all Team 2 could do was watch as she placed her hand on the Jetty, securing first place for Team 3.<\/p>\n

And with novice and family events continuing well into the evening, a fantastic day had by all.<\/p>\n

A massive thanks to Kathy and Ian for agreeing to be our DO and ADO for the day.<\/p>\n

Top 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/th>\nName<\/th>\nDouble<\/th>\nComet<\/th>\nPico Tag<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nValeria<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nRobert<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nDirk<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Photos<\/h2>\n\n\t\t