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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Symantec Visual Page 1.0.2"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;CHARSET=iso-8859-1"> <TITLE>Speedweek '98!</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <P> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="120"><IMG SRC="AYRSbk5.gif" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="916" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH="569" VALIGN="TOP"> <CENTER> <P><A NAME="top"></A><IMG SRC="butterfly.jpg" WIDTH="319" HEIGHT="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" ALT="Butterfly.jpg" BORDER="0" HSPACE="20"><BR> <FONT SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">Twin-winged "Butterfly" leaving the beach. With a bit of luck, we'll<BR> publish a synopsis on this boat soon. Watch this space!</FONT></P> </CENTER> <P><FONT SIZE="6" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif"><B>Speedweek '98 in Progress!<BR> </B></FONT></P> <P><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">Here's how it is shaping up, to date:</P> <P><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">Sunday, 3 October; first day. Winds are generally light, with the strongest bits --just over 10 kts--bracketing the lunchtime closure of the course (Mr. Murphy's attending, as ever!). Lots of sorting out boats and boards, with a total of some 37 runs in, James Paine (sail #1) with far and away the most runs in for the day, shows the fastest run recorded, at 13.58 kts. Chris Evans (#33) and Bob Quinton (#2) and Torix Bennett (#101) come 2nd-4th for the day.</P> <P><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">Here are the </FONT><A HREF="result1003.gif"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">computer readouts for all runs on 3 October</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">. And here is the </FONT><A HREF="windplot.html#1003"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">wind plot</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">, for the day.</P> <P><IMG SRC="seaspi.jpg" WIDTH="249" HEIGHT="175" ALIGN="LEFT" ALT="Seaspider planing triscaph" BORDER="0" HSPACE="15"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">Monday, 4 October. The competitors were up and running on time, the officials the same. A bit more wind today; average windspeed about 11 kts (versus 7, yesterday), with the strongest gusts at 17. Lots of runs today, showing some 154 total runs logged (Well done, timing group!)</P> <P><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">Fastest for the day was the sailboarder Stacey Vass (#47, photo below), logging a highest of 23.77, in 19 runs. Second was M. Leborgne (#112) at 21.40, #5 (sorry, the name is missing), with 20.80, and an amazing showing from Torix Bennett on Sea Spider (at left), with a high of 20.80 kts after 19 runs for the day. This is an amazing feat for an experimental boat, showing some 1.3--1.5 times windspeed, sustained. Well done!</P> <P><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">Once again, here are the </FONT><A HREF="result1004.gif"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">complete computer readouts</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">. And the hour-by-hour </FONT><A HREF="windplot.html#1004"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">wind plot</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif"> for the day.<BR clear = "left"> <IMG SRC="stacey.jpg" WIDTH="276" HEIGHT="197" ALIGN="RIGHT" ALT="Stacey Vass, at speed" BORDER="0" HSPACE="15" VSPACE="5"></P> <P><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif"><BR> <BR> </FONT><A HREF="day3on.html"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">Next day</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif"> </FONT><A HREF="gallery1.html"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">| More photos </FONT></A><A HREF="#top"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">| Top<BR> </FONT></A><A HREF="http://www.peterw.demon.co.uk/speedweek/index.html"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif">Peter Wilkinson's Speedweek pages, Schedule, etc.</A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>