More entries - but no change on leaderboard

It's been a busy few days on the Island Trial course. Starting on Saturday 18th May and counting to Monday, we've had four boats giving the course a go.

Conditions were not ideal on any of the days, with winds blowing 13-18kts from the W and with HW at midday, but that didn't stop the various sailors.

Dermot Lynch and Ciaran O’Boyle were first to put down a time in an RS400 early on Saturday morning. They didn't get the best of wind but laid down a respectable time. Later on Saturday, Paul Keane and Will Nesbitt gave it another go in Lasers.  With one only just missing the 1-hour mark, it's now clear that Lasers can go quite a bit faster. 45 minutes should be achievable. Then, on Monday Atilla Vedo gave it a go in another Laser and put down another solid time.  See the leaderboard for latest times

One thing that's interesting is the importance of sustained speed.  A Moth makes a Laser look stopped when it flies past, but the video below is an overlay of the leading Moth and Laser tracks.  Fascinating stuff. Blue track is the Moth and Red the Laser.



It's clear that the Moths really need to avoid crashing, because the Laser will just keep going. It's a real "hare and tortoise" moment. In this case the hare did beat the tortoise, but not by very much.

If a Laser - or any "normal" dinghy - gets a good reaching course both ways then Moths will have to sustain 18 knots both ways...and not crash at all. Can they do it?