Small friendly sailing club, based at Upper Tamar Lake, with dinghy racing, cruising and a busy social programme
20th September 2015 gallery images
With the Race Officer using the far side of Start Line 2, Roger Heasman pulls out a substantial lead in the first few seconds of the midday Gosling Shield race
Even though the use of Start Line 2 meant that it was further to the windward mark at Dam Green (and therefore longer for the fleet to sort itself out), there are still plenty of tightly packed boats jostling for position as they round the mark
The far side of the lake still has sufficient wind to ruffle the water, but where the westerly wind is sheltered by the trees nearer the Cornwall bank, the lake is sufficiently mirror-like to produce attractive reflections of the sails. Here Jane Chadney and Nathan Pollard have got the asymmetric spinnaker pulling well, at the tail-end of a quintet of boats led by Steve Axford and Roger Heasman
More comfortable standing….. Nicky Buckett looks ahead whilst Brian Pollard trims the jib
A tactical conundrum: do you go for the windward end of the line, so that you’re not blanketed by boats, but where the wind is fluky and patchy (like Jane Anderson in the foreground) – or stay out in the middle of the lake (where Adam Hilton is away quickly), where there’s more wind but you run the risk of dirty air from other boats….
The two Streakers locked together as they glide downwind
Nathan Pollard concentrating at the helm, whilst Jane Chadney tends the spinnaker
Follow my leader round Dam Green: Vicki’s Topper leads Geoff Floyds Solo, just ahead of Toby and Ellie in the Bosun and John Savage’s Solo
