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Birmingham Footy Open 19th July 2014
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1st Phil Tyler
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2nd Peter Shepherd
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3rd David Wilkinson
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Jacky Pearson's watercolours. Painted during racing
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Commodore BrianCommodore Morris









      Are we about to have a power struggle?



RG65 Racing 1st July 2014
Pictures thanks again to Harry Butler

RG65 Racing 3rd June 2014
Pictures thanks to Harry Butler

Footy Racing 27th May 2014
Pictures thanks to Harry Butler
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RG65 racing 6th May 2014

The unfortunate result of John Meredith's boat losing control and having an encounter with the weir and dam.
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The unfortunate result of John Meredith's boat losing control and having an encounter with the weir and dam.

Footy Racing 22nd April
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Don't forget to signal when turning left
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08 definitely jumped this one
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Start
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Crosswind leg

Micro Magic Racing 15th April
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Pictures thanks to Don Stokes (with his video camera)
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Windward mark, not much movement.
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Flat water. The waves are from a power boat further down the lake.
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Some movement now.

IOM Racing 8th April
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Pictures thanks to Harry Butler (with Graham's posh camera)
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Your race officers, Mark and Sid.
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38 jumped the start?
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Graham's TS2. The winner
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Concentration
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Tea break repairs
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Maneuvering at the start.
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Fleet well spaced. Windward end.
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Robin's Widget. Second
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Relaxation
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Tears or just rain Robin?
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Good start.
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Exciting racing
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Clive tried a No.3 for a couple of races
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Adjudication (and windblown Roger)
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Graham, winner

RG65 racing 1st April
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Pictures thanks to Don Stokes
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Scappy start. The buoys are there somewhere.
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Mark's nice Sparrow 65
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Better start.
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Robin beats Alan (race 5)
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Windward mark.
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It must be tea break

Footy racing 25th March
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The Course
The course
Robin
Robin (aka Hawkeye) watching the line
40 clear
40 well clear
Wimps corner
Sheltering from the rain (Wimps Corner)
Fairly tidy start
Fairly tidy start
Windward leg
Windward leg
Leeward mark
Leeward mark
Braver ones
Braver ones recycling supermarket bags.
All clear
All clear
Windward mark
Windward mark
Closer finish
One of the closer finishes
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Graham & Mark buoy retrieval. A great job.

Micro Magic race day March 18th. Racing cancelled due to high wind but here is Adam Foley's new MM (put together the previous night!) braving the elements carrying a "D" rig. It shipped very little water.
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Pictures thanks to Dave Peters' iPhone

We start 2014 with a plea to members for a whip round to satisfy our Commodore's unrequited thirst.
(He might settle for a cup of John's tea and a biscuit)
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