Fast reaching during the Hadron H2 Solent Trophy at Warsash © Keith Callaghan
With the relaxation of COVID lockdown regulations from May 17th, the scene was set for the long-awaited first 2021 open meeting of the Hadron H2 class, in conjunction with their close cousins, the Hadron H1s.
The venue, Warsash Sailing Club, has a special resonance for the H2s as it was the location of their first National Championships, in 2017, when every H2 then built was present. The 2021 event proved just as popular, as the entry of 18 made it the largest H2 open meeting to date.
The event was to span 3 days, with Friday (21 May) being an on-water training day, run by our National Champion, Ian Sanderson. But the weather gods have been somewhat belligerent of late and the forecast looked truly ominous, with the strongest winds in the entire northern hemisphere due to slam into the Solent on the Friday. Sure enough, winds exceeding 50 knots were recorded locally, so Ian rapidly devised
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Despite a pessimistic forecast, the fleet was released on time for racing to start at midday. The wind, unfortunately however, did not want to play ball, resulting in every wind direction in different areas of the course. After waiting patiently for the wind to stabilise, the race committee decided to send the fleet ashore for a postponement, giving everyone time to find some lunch before racing began. After a short wait, a southerly sea breeze filled in and racing commenced.
The first race was characterised by a long port tack and a wind bend to the left. Tom Morris and Guy Filmore managed to cleanly cross the fleet on port from the bias pin end and demonstrated impressive pace to pull away from the boats around them. Due to the long port tack and pin bias, the committee end boats tacked early onto port, giving Tom and Guy a decisive lead as the wind curved to the left.
DOZENS of Dorset s beaches will be cleaned up with the return of a popular community drive this year - and volunteers are now being urged to sign up to help. The Great Dorset Beach Clean annually attracts hundreds of volunteer litter pickers to help keep the county s beaches clean, but it had to be cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Delighted organisers have announced the 31st annual event will return over the weekend of May 22 and 23, with beach cleans at 21 locations lined up. Litter Free Coast and Sea is running the event in partnership with Clean Jurassic Coast. Organisations and community groups, including Dorset Wildlife Trust, National Trust and Leave Only Footprints, will be involved in running the cleans.
Canberra must face up to its responsibilities
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QUARANTINE AND THE TRAVEL BAN
Canberra must face up to its responsibilities
The Commonwealth government can’t ignore its duty to provide effective, purpose-built quarantine facilities throughout Australia (“Shifting pandemic politics brings PM to the table”,
The Age, 1/5).
Like national defence, quarantine is ultimately a Commonwealth responsibility. We face potential aggression from foreign countries as a nation, not as individual states and territories. Any proposal to fund separate armies, navies and air forces would be laughed at as ludicrous. Defence is up to the Commonwealth. Neither in a pandemic should the states and territories have to scrabble to find money for quara
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