Race ReportsClose shave between Redeye and Andiamo(by Philippe de Manny)Red alert for Redeye (by Eileen Sze)Waglan Race 10By Philippe de Manny, photos by Philippe de Manny and Eileen SzeOn 10 March, <strong>the</strong> last race of <strong>the</strong>Waglan <strong>2013</strong> series took place,completing ano<strong>the</strong>r great seasonof racing down south. Jebsen Marine,our sponsor for <strong>the</strong> year, gave generoussupport to this ever-more popular sailingevent. Jebsen Marine certainly will carryon next year as sponsor of a new seriesof island and geometric races.On this beautiful sunny Marchmorning, 25 boats were on <strong>the</strong> entrylist, with five potential division B boats.The wea<strong>the</strong>r forecast sadly predicteda day with no wind, which for a sailingrace clearly is not ideal. After <strong>the</strong> habitualconsultation of sailors during breakfast,two similar short courses for bothdivisions were chosen, taking <strong>the</strong> fleetfrom Deep Water Bay to south Lammaand back.On <strong>the</strong> way out, wind checks proved<strong>the</strong> wea<strong>the</strong>r forecast right for once,and no wind was to be found within<strong>the</strong> normal starting area, making itobvious that if wind was to be found itwould be outside Round Island. Even<strong>the</strong>re, between 9:50 and 10:45, <strong>the</strong>anemometer recorded a wind average of3 knots, too little to start a race.Race Officer Philippe de Manny andhis newly appointed Assistant RaceOfficer Eileen Sze were pessimisticabout having a race and had <strong>the</strong>postponement and cancelling flagsready. Suddenly, just before raising<strong>the</strong>se flags, a light breeze was felt and4-knot winds appeared on <strong>the</strong> screen of<strong>the</strong> wind-speed recorder.Jumping <strong>the</strong> guns, so to speak, <strong>the</strong>decision to send <strong>the</strong> fleet was taken,flags changed and <strong>the</strong> fleet was “enroute” for a long, hot and slow race.On <strong>the</strong> way to Chesterman buoy, itwas still a struggle for <strong>the</strong> fleet to getmoving, and it took most of <strong>the</strong> fleet overone hour to round <strong>the</strong> buoy. After <strong>the</strong>start, <strong>the</strong> committee boat was stationedat <strong>the</strong> same mark, monitoring <strong>the</strong> windand looking at shortening <strong>the</strong> race on<strong>the</strong> way back. A chase boat was sent toSouth Lamma to lay <strong>the</strong> ABC roundingmark and get ready to shorten <strong>the</strong> race<strong>the</strong>re, if necessary. By noon <strong>the</strong> windpicked up slightly, getting <strong>the</strong> boatsmoving and avoiding <strong>the</strong> shortening of<strong>the</strong> race at Lamma at least for <strong>the</strong> fasterDivision A yachts. RO Philippe on <strong>the</strong>chase boat off Lamma was constantlychecking wind conditions with <strong>the</strong>committee boat at Chesterman. The ROdecided to shorten <strong>the</strong> Division A boats<strong>the</strong>re to ensure a full finish, while divisionB boats were set to finish at Lamma.On <strong>the</strong> fun-fact file for <strong>the</strong> race,Philippe called <strong>the</strong> committee boat onchannel 72 of <strong>the</strong> VHF, asking <strong>the</strong>mto change to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Club</strong> channel in orderto communicate. This was muchcommentedupon during <strong>the</strong> prize-givingby some sailors, who said that <strong>the</strong>ywere hoping for <strong>the</strong> committee boat toconfirm <strong>the</strong> Channel and thus to reveal to<strong>the</strong> whole fleet this well-guarded secret.Unfortunately for <strong>the</strong>m <strong>the</strong> secret channelremained undisclosed.Results were swiftly produced byEileen Sze and posted on <strong>the</strong> website <strong>the</strong>same evening, a great improvement fromprevious races, when sometimes it took afew days for uploading by <strong>the</strong> computerilliteratePhilippe.P.20
Waglan 2012/13 SeriesSponsored by Jebsen Marine<strong>Aberdeen</strong> <strong>Boat</strong> <strong>Club</strong> Waglan Race 1010 March Course: 30PlaceIRC RACE RESULTSStart Time: 11:00YachtCorrectedTime1 FG3 1:50:222 Kei Lun 1:51:423 JeNa PaBe (Ben Chong) 1:51:594 Salona 41 1:52:235 Elektra 1:52:556 Andiamo 1:54:057 Blackjack 1:55:028 Intrigue 1:56:479 Redeye 1:59:2610 Avant Garde 2:03:2411 The Farr Side 2:09:57PlaceHKPN RACE RESULTSDIVISION AStart Time: 11:00YachtCorrectedTime1 JeNa PaBe (Ben Chong) 1:54:502 FG3 1:57:263 Jailbreaker (Michael Tsui) 1:59:574 Salona 41 2:04:235 Kei Lun 2:05:526 Andiamo 2:06:177 Blackjack 2:09:448 May 13th (Lonny Chan) 2:10:569 Avant Garde 2:11:3510 Redeye 2:12:1711 Chasse Spleen 2:13:2812 Intrigue 2:14:3813 White Crane 2:14:4714 The Farr Side 2:16:2215 Javelin (Kenny Yim) 2:16:3216 Elektra 2:20:33PlaceRACE RESULTS J/80Place Yacht Elapsed Time1 FG3 1:55:122 JeNa PaBe (Ben Chong) 1:56:543 Jailbreaker (Michael Tsui) 1:58:454 Javelin (Kenny Yim) 2:06:595 May 13th (Lonny Chen) 2:09:06HKPN RACE RESULTSDIVISION BCourse: 45Start Time: 11:10YachtCorrectedTime1 Nervous Breakdown 1:41:442 Zephyr 1:55:523 Aquarius DNF4 Vega DNFThe slow start (by Philippe de Manny)FG3 (by Eileen Sze)Close encounter between Elektra and Red Eye (by Eileen Sze)P.21
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