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SERIES C 2021

Wednesday, May 26th, 2021

Racing Thur 10/06/21

This was the final race day in Series C. Two boats retired in race 2. Congratulations to Keith and Mateo L who win the series. The second race was for the Brian Frazer shield so congratulations to Aidan for that also. Maith Thú!

Racing Tue 08/06/21

I didn’t see this race tonight but can gather the following from the ODs notes. Race one went well enough with Kevin T very close to the GPs and pulling back a place on Handicap. The wind must have dropped and only two boats completed the course.

Racing Thur 27/05/21

Bill J in the Laser tonight. Ken and Davy L was in close competition with Keith and Mateo L with honours even. Anton H and Joy W trying to stay ahead of Aidan O D

Racing Tue 25/05/21

And so SERIES C starts tonight. Racing tonight under threatening dark clouds. A good but variable F3 + breeze and sunshine. A classic doesn’t know what its going to do Culmore evening. Racing in Culmore bay. A start line by the slipway, Gilmores, Harts, Power station, back through the line, X2. Anton H and Joy W were late to get rigged and late to start in race one but made up good time and got back into it. Keith L and Alex L were sailing exceptionally well in very tricky reaching conditions. They were ably assisted on shore by roadie Mattheo L. A secret ingredient I would hazard! Many thanks as always to Liam H and Peter F who jointly run the whole operation with great ease, grace, assurance and a new road sign. James P H and Alan T were DSQ in race 1.

Boats getting packed up after racing on Tue 25/05/21. Photo credit by Sean McCafferty with thanks.

  25/05/21 27/05/21 08/06/21 10/06/21   Points
Series C R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6          
Keith L/Mateo L 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 5     15
James P H/Alan T DSQ 2 8 7 1 5 1 1     25
Ken L/Peter L 2 3 1 2 3 2 6 6     25
Bill J/Karen 4 5 5 5 6 6 3 2     36
Anton H/Joy W 3 4 3 4 6 6 6 6     38
Aidan O D 7 7 4 3 6 6 6 6     45
Kevin T 7 7 6 7 4 5 4 5     45

Series D

Monday, May 24th, 2021

Racing Sat 26/06/21

Close racing today between Anton H and Joy W and Bill J and Barry McN. Congratulations to Keith and Mateo L who win the series.

Racing Sat 12/06/21

Nice course today down to Faughan and Conniborrow. Keith and Mateo L out front closely chased by the rest in race 1. Aidan O D joined for the second race and Bill J and Joe McC retired. Aidan established an early lead and defended it all the way home.

Racing Sat 05/06/21

I wasn’t there to see this race but note the following: Race 1 was long with finishing times all around the hour mark. Race two was shorter with finishing between 36 and 50 minutes. Keith and Mateo L sailing very well. Great to see Barry McN sailing again. He has been awarded an LFYC Handicap of 1185. The Foyle Festival Cup was sailed today in the second race so congratulations Keith and Mateo L!

Racing Sat 29/05/21

Racing in Culmore Bay in very light winds. Great to see Aoife H sailing again with Anton H, on a visit from Scotland. One race only and that was shortened.

Racing Sat 22/05/21

Racing in Culmore Bay in nice but variable wind and sunshine. Great to see Keith L and Sons out in their GP. Going very well. Good close racing all over the course with several lead changes and calls for Starboard and Water being hailed. The reach from Gilmores to Harts was extremely marginal with no real benefit for the spinakers being gained. This stretch of the course suited the Lasers which love the close reach. The second race was for the Dingy Regatta prize. Congratulations to James P H and Alan T who won it.

  25/05/21 27/05/21 08/06/21 10/06/21 26/06/21 Points
Series C R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6          
Keith L/Mateo L 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 5 1 1 17
James P H/Alan T DSQ 2 8 7 1 5 1 1 7 8 40
Ken L/Peter L 2 3 1 2 3 2 6 6 7 8 40
Bill J/Karen 4 5 5 5 6 6 3 2 3 2 41
Anton H/Joy W 3 4 3 4 6 6 6 6 2 3 43
Aidan O D 7 7 4 3 6 6 6 6 7 8 60
Kevin T 7 7 6 7 4 5 4 5 4 5 54
David T/son 7 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 5 8 66
Ciaran M/Eva/Ben 7 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 66
Colm F 7 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 4 64

Series B

Saturday, May 8th, 2021

Thu 13/05/21

Light winds caused just one race tonight. Tonights racing also concludes Series B: Congratulations to James P H and Alan T who win the series.

Tue 11/05/21

Sailing today in Culmore Bay. Karen (Joys sister) was sailing with Bill J. Great to see her back sailing. Light winds, Harts, Gilmores, Power station, x2. Anton H and Joy W crashed into the back of Bill J and Karen in a competitive mark rounding. No damage! Joy W said it serves them right for being in front. Well done to James P H and Alan T who had two aces.

Thursday 29/04/21

Sailing today in contrast to Tuesday night was in very light winds. Race 1 took 41 minutes. Actually after Tuesday, the light winds were welcome! The course tonight was Perch, Faughan, Conniborrow, Leonards x2. Well done to James P H and Alan T who took both wins. Are they going to win everything this year? Certainly going very well!

27/04/21

Sailing today started in very strong winds and big sea which gradually built up eventually making it impossible to race. Well done to James P H/Alan T who were the only boat to complete the course. Anton H and Joy W managed a burning reach across the bay near the clubhouse on the way home. Nice. The second race was abandoned.

  26/04/21 29/04/21 11/05/21 13/05/21   Points
Series B R1   R2 R3 R4 R5 R6      
James P H/Alan T 1   1 1 1 1 1       6
Bill J/Keith L/Karen 6   2 2 5 2 3       20
Anton H/Joy W 6   3 3 3 3 2       20
Kevin T 7   6 6 3 5 5       32
George G 7   5 5 6 5 5       33
Barry McN 6   6 6 6 5 5       34
James H Snr 6   6 6 6 5 5       34

Sailing resumes – SERIES A

Saturday, May 8th, 2021

Sat 15/05/21

Welcome back to Ken L and Davy L, great to see them back out again after lockdown. Straight outta lockdown they won the first race. Nice going! Great to see Barry McN out sailing in the club laser. He is doing very well especially considering that the boat leaks and is gradually sinking – and its not even that gradual! Series A concludes today with James P H and Alan T taking a second series win!

08/05/21

Racing today at 5.30pm. Course Perch, Harts, Faughan, Conniborrow, Leonards X2. At least that was the course but n fact both races were cut short. In race one Bill J/Joe McC broke the rudder extension just as they were crossing the start line and retired. That left just two boats and the race was cut short to facilitate a quick restart. Bill J/Joe McC got fixed up and relaunched and Kevin T also launched. Light winds but steady enough. All was going well till the Faughan mark. Winds dropped then changed direction then changed back before doing a 180, leading to a total bafflement for all boats. Two boats retired. The race was shortened. Winds then picked up nicely. All in a days fun!

01/05/21

Even on Labour day the work in the port goes on. A large ship coming into port delayed sailing from the original 10.00am start to 12.00. This meant that the tide was ebbing. The wind was light so we managed just one race. Good to see Yann out sailing in his 420. Bright but cold, sailing in Culmore bay.

24/04/21

And so the sailing 2021 season gets started (a little later than originally planned as Coronavirus gradually gets beaten back, worth the wait!)

Thanks to James P H for putting together a pretty packed schedule for 2021. Day 1 of the season got of to a great start in nice sunshine and a good breeze. Good luck to James H Snr in his new Laser, launched today. Welcome back to Barry McN sailing in the club Laser.

James P H and Alan T were uncatchable today with two good wins.

Special thanks to Big Peter F and Liam H who once again put on the gear to provide OD duties and Safety Boat cover. You could see that Big Pete loves it as he explained the course for the fifteenth time. Great to be back folks!

  24/04/21 01/05/21 08/05/21 15/05/21   Points
Series A R1 R2 R3   R4 R5          
James P H/Alan T 1 1 1   5 6 2 1     17
Anton H/Joy W 8 6 3   2 1 4 3     27
Ken L/Davy L 7   6 6 6 5 1 2     33
Aidan O D 2 4 2   5 6 7 7     33
Bill J/James J 4 2 4   4 5 7 7     33
Kevin T 3 5 7   5 2 7 7     36
George G 7 7 5   1 5 6 6     37
Barry McN 6 8 7   5 6 3 4     39
James H Snr 5 3 7   5 6 7 7     40

Summary of 2020 Sailing

Tuesday, April 20th, 2021

2020 was the year of Coronavirus rather than Sailing. Nonetheless we did manage a to sail Series A, B and C. We also sailied a friendly series in “bubble groups”.

We had a great but different Culmore regatta with fewer visiting sailors and spectators than we might normally host. The regatta co-incided with the launch of a Kevin Lynchs new Foyle Punt. Barra Best and the BBC made a nice TV programme about the event. Honestly, it cheered everyone up!

Friendly Series
(17 races)
1. Aidan O D
2. Bill J/Joe McC/James J
3. James P H/Alan T

Series A
(6 races)
1. Anton H/Joy W
2. James P H/Alan T J
3. George G

Series B
(7 races)
1. Anton H/Joy W
2. Aidan O D
3. Kevin T

Series C
(4 races)
1. Aidan O D
2. George G
3. Bill J/Joe McC/James J

2020 archive

Tuesday, April 20th, 2021

Day

Date

Start

time

Series

No
of races

High
water

Sat

14/03/20

930

A

2

1049

All sailing cancelled due to Coronavirus 21/03 – 23/06/20

tue

23/06/20

1900

Fr

2

2209

sat

27/06/20

1200

Fr

2

1222

Sat

04/07/20

1900

Fr

2

2012

tue

07/07/20

1900

Fr

2

2216

Sat

11/07/20

1130

Fr

2

1245

Sat

28/07/20

1800

Fr

2

1929

Tue

21/07/20

1900

Fr

2

2120

Thur

23/07/20

1900

Fr

2

2243

Sat

25/07/20

1030

Fr

2

1203

Sat

01/08/20

1800

A

2

1925

Tue

04/08/20

1900

A

2

2122

Sat

08/08/20

1000

A

2

1124

Sat

15/08/20

1700

A

2

1837

Tue

18/08/20

1900

B

2

2028

Thur

20/08/20

1900

B

2

2143

Sat

22/08/20

0930

B

2

1052

Sat

29/08/20

All day

Culmore Regatta

1830

Sat

05/09/20

0900

B+ Foyle Festival Cup

2

1017

Sat

12/09/20

1600

B +Brian Fraser Cup

2

1720

Sat

19/09/20

0900

C

2

954

Sat

26/09/20

1500

C

2

1712

Sat

03/10/20

0900

Cancelled

2

917

Sat

10/10/20

1400

Cancelled

2

1514

Sat

17/10/20

0900

Cancelled

2

841

Sat

24/10/20

1400

Cancelled

2

1527

sat

31/10/20

1500

D cancelled

2

2031

Sat

07/11/20

1000

D cancelled

2

1116

Sat

14/11/20

1500

D cancelled

2

940

Sat

21/11/20

1100

D cancelled

2

1224

Sat

28/11/20

1500

D + Hot Toddy cancelled

2

1833

Races start on time: The time of the race start indicated is the time of the five minute gun. It is up to sailors and crew to be on the water and in the proximity of start line. The OD (depends who it is, take your chances) will (probably) not wait!

Rescue Coxwain: Liam Harrigan (unless stated)
OD: Peter Fallon Snr (unless stated)

2019 Race reports (archive)
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2012 Race reports (archive),
2011 Race reports (archive),
2010 Race reports (archive)

 

 

Series C 2020

Sunday, October 18th, 2020
  19/09/20 26/09/20       Points
Series C R1   R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7      
Aidan O D 2 1 1 1             5
Kevin T 4 3 4 4             15
Bill J/Joe McC 3 2 3 2             10
George G 1 4 6 3             14
Keith L/Son 6 6 2 6             20

Racing Sat 19/09/20

Sailing today took 48 mins for race 1 and 24 mins for race 2. I didn’t see the race but looking at these times I would guess there were two laps in race 1 and just 1 lap in race 2 (or else the wind picked up significantly). George G sailing very well in the Solo.

Racing Sat 26/09/20

Good to see Keith L and Son sailing today and doing very well. Today marked the end of Series C – cut short by the outbreak of the second wave of CoronaVirus. Congratulations to Aidan O D who takes the win for Series C. I fear the Coronavirus may also put an end to the season but we shall wait and see.

Series B 2020

Monday, August 24th, 2020
  18/08/20 21/08/20 05/09/20  12/09/20   Points
Series B R1   R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7      
Anton H/Joy W 4   4 2 1 1 1 1     14
Aidan O D 2   1 1 5 5 4 4     22
Kevin T 6   3 3 3 3 2 2     22
Bill J/Joe McC 7   2 4 2 2 4 4     25
George G 1   6 6 5 5 4 4     31
James P H/Alan T 3   6 6 5 5 4 4     33

Racing 12/09/20

A dull afternoon with a storm looming. After some thought the OD decided to try and get in two quick races. 16min and 14 min. With just two boats sailing today the races went well and we got in just before the storm. Congratulations to Anton H and Joy W who won Series B. The second race today was for the Brian Fraser Cup. Congratulations to Anton and Joy for the win. Thanks to Liam H and Peter F for rescue cover and OD duties.

Racing 05/09/20

9am sailing in fine weather. Sailing this morning from a start line at Leonards mark to a mark near the Power Station then down to Conniborrow and across to Faughan.  Anton H and Joy W over the line in R1 but made a good recovery. Light winds in the first race contrasted with a good breeze in second race. The second race was a double for Series B and for the Foyle Festival Cup. Congratulations to Anton H and Joy W who won it in close race with Bill J and Joe McC. Many thanks to Liam H and Peter F for rescue cover and OD duties.

Racing 22/08/20

Great racing today in F3-5. Sailing a zig zag course in Culmore bay and down river to Faughan and Conniborrow Farm. A big Russian coal boat arrived between race one and two delaying things a bit. She had a pretty nasty looking ice breaker on the bow so we decided to let them carry on and dock. Anton H and Joy W going well in Race 2. Bill J and Joe McC went for a brief swim on a tight spinnaker reach across the bay but recovered well. Aidan O D far ahead and going very well in the laser.

Racing 20/08/20

No racing today due to strong winds.

Race 1 18/08/20

Racing today in light winds. We only managed one lap of one race. Anton H and Jack H got away to a great start but lost out on downwind.

 

Racing cautiously restarts

Tuesday, July 28th, 2020

LFYC club racing will cautiously restart on Sat 01/08/20.

A newly revised schedule has been put in place. Details here.

Some new procedures for safe sailing have been put in place particularly in the boatyard and the changing rooms and clubhouse. Please take note of the new signage and take appropriate good care.

Depending on the course of the pandemic we may reverse this decision to race so please keep monitoring the website and social media channels.

The Culmore Regatta will go ahead and several other special prize events have been included in the schedule. So keep safe and enjoy the racing.

 

 

The Friendly season

Monday, July 20th, 2020

There has, of course, been a long pause in sailing activities caused by the Coronavirus. However we are now pleased to mention that sailing has now cautiously restarted, but not full racing – at least not yet.

An informal series of friendly racing has started. In this series, which runs as per the original race schedule, there is a start gun and positions are recorded but no LFYC or handicap are applied. The friendly racing is being hosted because 1. because sailing but not racing is a bit boring and might even be impossible, 2. because some boats are not sailing at all with crew and helm still cocooning, 3. because the normal crew/helm teams are still socially distancing, 4. general prudent precautionary measures

In the boatyard we are observing social distancing and the changing rooms are limited to two people per room. Many thanks to Liam H and Peter F for Rescue cover and OD duties.

Thanks to Peter F for the drone photo

r1 r2 r3 r4 r5 r6 r7 r8 r9 r10 r11 r12 r13 r14 r15 r16 r17
Cumulative
Aidan O D 6 6 3 3 4 1 1 1 6 6 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 48
Bill J/James J/Joe McC 4 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 5 5 2 1 3 4 4 48
James P H/Alan T 1 2 1 1 6 6 6 6 1 1 5 5 1 4 5 1 2 54
Anton H 3 3 5 5 1 3 2 3 6 6 5 5 4 3 4 3 3 64
Kevin T 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 5 6 6 2 2 6 5 2 6 6 70
Alan T 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 99
Joe McC 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 100
Tues 23/06/2020 Friendly Racing Season
R1 R2
James P H/Alan T 1 1
Kevin T 2 4
Bill J 4 2
Anton H 3 3
Sat 30/06/20 R3 R4
James P H/Alan T 1 1
Bill J/James J 2 2
Aidan O D 3 3
Kevin T 4 4
Anton H 5 5
Yann (solo) DNC DNC
Sat 04/07/20
R5 R6
Anton H 1 3
Aidan O D 4 1
Bill J 3 2
Kevin T 2 4
Tue 07/07/20 R7 R8
Aidan O D 1 1
Bill J 3 2
Anton H 2 3
Kevin T 4 DNC
Sat 11/07/20 R9 R10
James H 1 1
Alan T 3 5
Bill J 2 2
Joe McC 4 5
Sat 18/07/20 R11 R12
Aidan O D 1 1
Kevin T 2 2
Tue 21/07/20 R13
James P H/Alan T 1
Bill J/James J 2
Aidan O D 3
Anton H 4
Kevin T 6 dnc
Thur 23/07/20  R14  R15
James P H 4 5
Bill J/Joe McC 1 3
Aidan O D 2 1
Anton H 3 4
Kevin T 5 2
sat 25/07/20  R16 R17
James P H/Alan T 1 2
Bill J/Mateo L 4 4
Aidan O D 2 1
Anton H 3 3