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Clyde Cruising Club
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Suite 101
The Pentagon Centre
36 Washington Street
Glasgow G3 8AZ
Tel: 0141 221 2774
Fax: 0141 221 2775
email:hazel@clyde.org
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CCC INFORMATION
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Established in 1909, and has now grown to 2,200 members. CCC organises racing
and cruising events, has a dinghy training section, supports disabled sailing, and publishes
Sailing Directions for most of the Scottish coast...
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Tarbert Scottish Seriess 1999
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Friday Press Report
Victories were made under the cover of darkness in the opening race of the
Silver Jubilee Tarbert Scottish Series, the 60-85 mile passage from Gourock to
Tarbert when the winds reached a peak of 20 knots.
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Gourock Start - Photo by Ronald Cowan
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The starts and finishes were plagued by light winds, and long calm spells
made all the more miserable by steady rain. With the early light northerly
breeze finally allowing an escape from the Clyde to be made under spinnaker
progress to the southernmost turning marks - DZ off the Heads of Ayr for the
bigger boats - was generally quick on a reach which became increasingly shy
as the mark was approached. Nigel Bramwell's Sydney 47 Hawk made the pace,
working through the fleet to lead from the outermost turn and Hawk was first to
cross the finish line at 0831hrs to collect the Tarbert Shield. Hawk dropped to
third on corrected time as frequent Scottish Series visitor Tony de Mulder in his
Yorkshire based Dubois 37 Victric 4
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Victric 4, Winner of IRC Class 0 overnight race
Photo by Ronald Cowan
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made clear his intentions of maintaining his regular top three position in
Class 0 with a comprehensive 45 minute victory.
Keith Lawrence's BH36 Playback made a slow start and trailed the leading
pack until they picked up extra breeze by sticking close to the Bute shore
as the race left the Largs channel. After overhauling the leaders including
sister-ships Local Hero (Geoffrey Howison) and Bateleur (Chris Bonar)
Lawrence's crew maintained their concentration and stayed out of the
stickiest calms to win Class 1. Identically liveried Sigma 33s Lilt and Pepsi,
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Pepsi - Photo by Ronald Cowan
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both owned by Fort William hotelier Alan Milton, shared the honours in the
opening and closing stages of the Sigma offshore race. Pepsi, skippered by Milton
with regular class winner Jon Fitzgerald as tactician, sneaked away through the
hours of darkness to win after early leader Lilt skippered by Bill Mackay encountered
spinnaker problems when their halliard jumped its sheave. For those who lacked the
pace to finish with the last of the morning breeze, it proved a long slow and wet
day. By mid afternoon only 60 boats of the 150 boats competing in the offshore race
had finished. Racing for all of the 215 boats entered in 14 classes continues until
Tuesday with two races planned for tomorrow(Saturday).
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Waiting for the wind! - Photo by Ronald Cowan
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