The final day Ramsgate Week results have just arrived here they are.
It was a day for the Europeans in the IRC Class 1 fleet, with foreign boats winning all three of the races sailed in very close and competitive sailing.
The first race was won by Belgium boat, Alegria, with a one second lead on the local boat, Icom Assassin, once corrected time had been taken into consideration. Third place went to another Belgium boat, Oxygen.
The next race was won by the French IMX 38, Milo, with Alegria second and the local First 45, Carronade taking third place.
The final race for Vattenfall Ramsgate Week was won with a four second lead by Axel De Cock's Oxygen, with Alegria second and Milo third. There was only an eleven second gap between the first and the third boat, with only three minutes between the entire fleet.
Phillipe Boureois' Marine Diffusion Dunkerque led the way throughout the first race in the IRC Class 2 fleet, taking line honours to win the race. The Impala 28 Reaction took second place, with Medway boat Big Zipper taking third place.
The second race started in a slightly lighter breeze. Once again, Marine Diffusion Dunkerque established a convincing lead, but was beaten on handicap by Paul Glover and Malcolm Flory's Volante, who had a two second lead. Peter Pearson and Barry Smith's Scallywag II took third place.
The Belgium Grand Soleil 40, Alegria, were the historical winners of the coveted Gold Cup, awarded to the overall winner from all three races. This is the first time the cup has been awarded to a foreign boat, since it was first presented in 1903. Congratulations to the Carl Sabbe and his crew.
Conditions were the same as yesterday; force 4 to 5, south westerly, with a short, steep sea. The Race Officer set the course down to Deal Bank with a dog leg from West Goodwin to Deal Dolphin. As usual the start, Lance Stevens' Grand Soleil 50, Sydney II powered away and was first to round Stonar with Surprise, Toucan, Jazz, Sunbird and Rush following. These positions stayed largely the same through the rest of the race. The fleet enjoyed a marvellous sail in the sunshine.
Watch out for a final round up and results coming soon.
Michael in twenty years the Pulmanite will all look the same colour
ReplyDeleteDon having looked at the quality of the repairs I don’t think they will last long enough for the surgical appliance pink to wear off.
ReplyDeleteMichael,
ReplyDeleteThere was a notice in the park prior to these repairs, apologising for the waterfall being off. I can't remember the exact wording, but it was something to the effect that they were having some special mortar made up for the rock repairs.
TDC planning department tends to be quite hot on people using the correct mortar for repairs to listed buildings, so with a bit of luck TDC may have got this right for their own work.
The pink is a bit hard on the eye, but as Don says, the mortar will probably change over time.
I'm less certain about the rock appearance though. From your photos, the repairs don't look as 'craggy' as the original rocks. However, I believe the Pulhams were masters of this artform - so this might not be that easy to immitate.
One thing that is of a major concern to those of use living in this part of town is what plans TDC might have for the trees in Albion Place gardens. There is apparently a potential problem of root damage to the Pulhanite rocks. However, quite a lot of trees have been cut down so far - and not always those nearest to the rocks.
We are still waiting to see if any other trees are cut down, and whether anything will be planted in the bare areas of earth.
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