A
Profile of the top 20 Sonatas this year.
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Blues Breaker |
The single most
successful World Series Champion of all time. Best weight for weight sailors
on the division lead by Tom Savage AKA St. Tom by his hand-reared free-range
crew of Simon- tactics, Matt Dam - helm, Rebecca- girl, and Tom Jnr - cabin
boy, Sarah - another slightly bigger girl. Rebecca Sails lasers to The tip of
Enigmatic is
the watchword – one day I may get a glimpse of what makes these
crew so successful….. |
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Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra aka BSO. |
Have not got a
clue - mainly cabinet ministers masquerading as sailors - you’ve see this
kind of thing before and it's not funny. BSO have not yet tuned their boat
for racing.... |
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Nancy (thigh
boots). |
The all girl
post ironic entry that have lots of fun ashore and add glamour to the sport. |
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Flatulence,
Windy, Bottyburp,
and Windbreak. |
The wind
section - Solid hard working yachties, the backbone of the series, puttin
away pies and "all day breakfast" from dawn till dusk - probably
related to John Prescott. NB rules only allow one toilet per boat so keep
upwind of theses critters. The wind section tends to do best in heavy air as
long as it has no lumps in it so the topsides are not slippery. |
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A piano! |
- The
bridesmaids loosing the bouquet of cherries tossed at them each week. Usually
second in fleet. Man with 3 names AKA Steve Linley-Shaw - owner and main sponsor
of World Sailing in Torbay and owner of 2 Duck Islands: Mike (you’re toast)
Inness - foredeck, wave watcher, polo waiter, architect of all victories,
joker, toast maker extraordinaire: Robin (chucker) Smith - I would not put
this man in charge of a bunch of kids - navigator, funny man, boat speed and
trim - likes to lighten the boat by throwing things off it: Peter ( the bullet)
Chrystie - tictacs, boffin, helm, keeper of two hats, comedian, race report
manager - Peter explains where they went wrong after the race: Jane Silver -
miss lovely adds glamour to every occasion and civilizes the crew - "French
lessons" a speciality and not innuendo. |
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Mozart's
flute |
- Probably the
most classic sonata but he never does very well in the Worlds. |
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Brahms n Liszt |
- More dross
from Parliament: do we honesty care what these chumps do as long as they
don't create chaos on the start line: maybe they should invite us to vote for
them - again |
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String section,
Fiddler and Harpic |
- Light weight apprentices
- only get near the front in a drifting match when the gifted crews give up. |
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Simply Alto |
- Owner Chris
(the coote) Coote - no won knows where he got his nickname but if you look at
the shape of his head..... Was known as Simply but was Alto added for musical
effect. Crewed by a bunch of ragamuffin ne’er-do-wells including the slightly
barmy Mark (hobbsy) |
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Frank |
There are 3
franks – quite honestly that is 2 too many. |
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The oddly named
Melody, Sandra, Tifino, Twin Ms Brahms
and Le French entry "R" |
Are all private
entries -especially the Frenchman. R does surprisingly
well and occasionally give Alot Simply a fright from astern. |
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Blue Nun,
ToyataYaris 1.4i and Carling Black Label |
Have the
fanciest spinnakers with beautiful artwork - it is rumoured that they are in receipt
of commercial sponsorship but we have not yet found the source. Never go to the
club after racing - back to a hanger to learn more sailing drills till the
early light - give away their beer leg vouchers when they win - an odd bunch.
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