Sunday
dawned Grey and overcast with just tiny breaks in the cloud as we arrived at
Piddinghoe. The breeze was about a top force three and coming from the northern
corner – Fisherman’s bay area. Ed Thorburn, RO for the day, set a similar
course to last week’s except that this time we had Committee Boat starts from a
line to a mark set halfway down the south side of the pond. The first leg was a
beat to the mark up by the Fisherman’s bay and then a run back southwards, along
the west side, to a mark off the
clubhouse. From this there was a close reach along the south side to a mark in
the south east corner followed by another windward leg to a mark midway along
the east side. The final leg was a broad reach across the pond back to the
start mark.
For
the 11.00am race some 17 boats were afloat and the bias in the line split the
fleet in two, some by the pin end mark and the others by the committee boat. Of
the group at the pin end Bill Wates (Laser full rig) should have been first
away but he stalled on the line just to wind ward of Laurence Venus (Streaker)
and ahead of Alan Simmons (Streaker). Bill drifted into both but Laurence managed
to get free just to weather of Rupert Smith (Laser Radial) with Chris Turner
(Byte CII) just below him.
At
the other end of the line Darren Field and crew Louise Currell (Vago) were just
ahead but to leeward of Steve Duncan (Laser full rig). These two headed for the
shore but then, after tacking, had to duck under just about all the rest of the
fleet. By the windward mark, Laurence was several lengths ahead of Alan with Rupert
next in line and then Darren and
Louise. The next group were Chris Turner, Tim Cox (Laser Radial) and Michael
Veale and Mike Rosier (RS 200).By the end of the first lap Laurence was out in front some 20 seconds ahead of Alan with Rupert lying 3rd and Darren 4th and Tim close on his heels. Chris was next in6th with the two Michaels 7th and Julian Dobson (Laser full rig) 8th. Steve was lying 9th ahead of Bill and then Graham Hardy (Laser full rig) was tying with Terry Jones (Laser full rig). John Smith (Laser full rig) brought up the tail of the faster boats at 13th ahead of Eddie Lansley (Topper), Dave Murley (Pico), Josh Smith (Topper) and lastly at 17th Colin Cryer (Otter).
By the end of the second lap, Darren had managed to pass Alan and sit in second place whilst Steve had climbed three places to 6th. Julian also gained a place overtaking the two Michaels whilst Chris dropped four places to 10th and Bill lost three to 13th with John also passing him. There were no changes at the back amongst the slower boats.
At
the end of lap 3 Laurence was still unchallenged at the front, some 60 seconds
ahead of Darren who was followed by Alan, Rupert and Steve – who had overtaken
Tim. Julian was 7th, then Chris – having pulled past the two
Michaels - with Graham having lost a place now in 10th, then Terry,
John, Bill, Eddie, Dave, Josh and Colin.
Lap
4 saw Steve gain two to 3rd place overtaking both Rupert and Alan, next
were Tim at 6th, Julian 7th and Michael at 8th.
Chris meanwhile dropped from 8th to 12th having, it seems, done some
exploring on the island! Graham and Terry
each gained a place to 9th and 10th and Bill went up the
board to 11th. John dropped
back one to 13th.Eddie still led the slower boats at 14th,
ahead of Dave and Josh whilst Colin had already been finished at the end of the
previous lap.In the final lap Laurence crossed the line in first place with Daren coming home second, Steve third and Tim sneaked in 4th, just one second ahead of Alan. Julian overhauled Rupert to finish 6th some 20 seconds ahead. The middle group had unchanged places but John gained a place to 12th ahead of Chris who brought up the rear in 13th . With the handicaps applied the top order was Laurence 1st, Alan 2nd, Tim 3rd and Dave 4th.
Race
two of the day began, over the same course, at noon, with Darren first across
the line a little to leeward of the pin end. Behind him but to weather it was
Laurence who was next off but in clear air which allowed him to pull up to
windward. Then came a group of three, Steve with Rupert down to leeward and Alan
to weather but a bit behind. It turned out, however, that Darren had been a bit
previous, was over the line and had to return to start correctly. Yet again
Laurence was first around the windward mark but he was closely pursued by Steve
and also Alan with Tim just behind them.
By
the end of the first run, along the west side, and on arrival at the mark just
off the clubhouse it was Laurence who just managed to turn ahead of Alan who
had scraped, inside Steve. Not far astern of these three Tim was being
challenged by Rupert with a gaggle of full rig Lasers behind them. Laurence
pulled ahead on the next close reach – there was just enough breeze to be able
to plane if one sailed high enough at the start of this leg. Alan held off
Steve on this and the following windward leg but was passed by him on the next
broad reach, to gain 2nd place at the end of the lap. Graham pulled
through to take 4th spot ahead of Tim, Bill and Rupert. Terry was
lying 8th, the two Michaels 9th, Darren 10th
and John11th. Dave was lying 12th in front of Eddie then Josh and
Colin. Charlie Rigg sailing a Topper (not having participated in the first race
of the day) brought up the rear in 16th place. Chris did not sail
the Byte, having had an appointment with Lunch?Lap 2 saw Laurence still ahead but closely pursued by Steve – just 14 second adrift – this in spite of Steve falling out of the boat (missed the toe straps) on the reach down the south side - and Alan staying some 15 seconds ahead of Tim. Rupert had pulled up from 7th to 5th but Darren had shot up the board to lie 6th and Terry had gained a place to 7th. Bill had dropped back two places to lie 8th and John climbed up from 11th to 9th. Graham lost out heavily with a six place drop to 10th and the two Michaels dropped a couple of places to 11th. Eddie clawed past Dave back into 12th and Josh stayed ahead of Colin and Charlie. Charlie’s race finished on this lap.
For lap 3 there were no places changes amongst the top six runners. Bill got a place back by passing Terry to go 7th whilst Terry also lost a place to John. There were no further recorded changes to 11th place and below.
In lap 4 the order remained Laurence 1st then Steve, Alan, Tim at the top. Darren gained a place passing Rupert to go 5th but there were no place changes below this. Josh and Colin finished at the end of this lap.
For lap 5 there were no places recorded as having changed in the top eight but Graham pulled up on to 9th ahead of Terry who in turn was ahead of Michael, Eddie and Dave. That was the end of the race for the last three mentioned above.
The final lap, lap 6, saw Laurence cross the line in first place with Steve in second and Tim third having just overtaken Alan (yet again) with Darren 5th ahead of Rupert, then Bill, John, Graham and finally Terry. With the handicaps applied the winners were Laurence 1st, Alan 2nd, Tim 3rd and Steve 4th.
The
conditions were not easy with lots of shifts and strength variation and quite a
bit of windward work plus lots of downwind. This resulted in a fair bit of
place changing and passing not to mention the odd capsize. In spite of the grey
start the sun soon came out to play and then went home after the racing
finished. .All in all a very pleasant morning’s sail.
Results
:-
R7
Posn | Boat | Class | SailNo | Club | HelmName | CrewName | Elapsed | BCE | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mistyblue | Streaker | 1706 | NSSC | Laurence Venus | 37.36 | 0.00.00 | 1.0 | |
2 | Last Bash | Streaker | 1700 | Lancing SC | Alan Simmons | 39.22 | 0.01.46 | 2.0 | |
3 | Finn | 595 | NSSC | Ed Thorburn | OOD | 3.0 | |||
3 | Laser Radial | 16 | NSSC | Tim Cox | 39.21 | 0.02.46 | 3.0 | ||
3 | Laser | NSSC | Yves Horent | OOD | 3.0 | ||||
3 | Laser Radial | NSSC | Anne Bush | OOD | 3.0 | ||||
7 | Pico 2 | 2072 | NSSC | David Murley | 37.45 | 0.02.51 | 4.0 | ||
8 | Topper | 6 | Eddie Lensley | 37.30 | 0.03.06 | 5.0 | |||
9 | Laser Radial | 163443 | NSSC | Rupert Smith | 39.57 | 0.03.22 | 6.0 | ||
10 | Frayed Knot | Laser | 203084 | NSSC | Steve Duncan | 39.05 | 0.03.29 | 7.0 | |
11 | Bob | Vago | 808 | NSSC | Darren Field | Louise Currell | 38.45 | 0.03.54 | 8.0 |
12 | Laser | 7 | NSSC | Julian Dobson | 39.38 | 0.04.02 | 9.0 | ||
13 | Bandit | Byte C11 | 2941 | NSSC | Chris Turner | 42.23 | 0.04.51 | 10.0 | |
14 | Laser | 163443 | NSSC | Graham Hardy | 40.35 | 0.04.59 | 11.0 | ||
15 | Laser | 30678 | NSSC | Terry Jones | 40.59 | 0.05.23 | 12.0 | ||
16 | Laser | 133416 | NSSC | Bill Wates | 41.12 | 0.05.36 | 13.0 | ||
17 | Hot Toddy | RS 200 | 582 | NSSC | Micheal Veale | Mike Rosier | 39.58 | 0.05.29 | 14.0 |
18 | Laser | 177611 | NSSC | John Smith | 42.14 | 0.06.38 | 15.0 | ||
19 | Topper | 4 | NSSC | Josh Smith | 44.03 | 0.09.39 | 16.0 | ||
20 | Otter | 981 | NSSC | Colin Cryer | 39.28 | 0.12.15 | 17.0 |
R8
Posn | Boat | Class | SailNo | Club | HelmName | CrewName | Elapsed | BCE | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mistyblue | Streaker | 1706 | NSSC | Laurence Venus | 43.53 | 0.00.00 | 1.0 | |
2 | Last Bash | Streaker | 1700 | Lancing SC | Alan Simmons | 45.43 | 0.01.50 | 2.0 | |
3 | Finn | 595 | NSSC | Ed Thorburn | OOD | 3.0 | |||
3 | Laser Radial | 16 | NSSC | Tim Cox | 45.22 | 0.02.40 | 3.0 | ||
3 | Laser | NSSC | Yves Horent | OOD | 3.0 | ||||
3 | Laser Radial | NSSC | Anne Bush | OOD | 3.0 | ||||
7 | Frayed Knot | Laser | 203084 | NSSC | Steve Duncan | 45.10 | 0.03.37 | 4.0 | |
8 | Laser Radial | 163443 | NSSC | Rupert Smith | 47.06 | 0.04.24 | 5.0 | ||
9 | Bob | Vago | 808 | NSSC | Darren Field | Louise Currell | 46.37 | 0.05.57 | 6.0 |
10 | Laser | 133416 | NSSC | Bill Wates | 47.51 | 0.06.18 | 7.5 | ||
10 | Topper | 6 | Eddie Lensley | 48.10 | 0.06.20 | 7.5 | |||
12 | Pico 2 | 2072 | NSSC | David Murley | 49.50 | 0.07.24 | 9.0 | ||
13 | Laser | 177611 | NSSC | John Smith | 49.12 | 0.07.39 | 10.0 | ||
14 | Laser | 163443 | NSSC | Graham Hardy | 49.20 | 0.07.47 | 11.0 | ||
15 | Laser | 30678 | NSSC | Terry Jones | 49.43 | 0.08.10 | 12.0 | ||
16 | Topper | 4 | NSSC | Josh Smith | 41.26 | 0.07.58 | 13.0 | ||
17 | Hot Toddy | RS 200 | 582 | NSSC | Micheal Veale | Mike Rosier | 43.20 | 0.09.47 | 14.0 |
18 | Otter | 981 | NSSC | Colin Cryer | 50.46 | 0.15.28 | 15.0 | ||
19 | Topper | 37585 (297) | NSSC | Charlie Rigg | 48.06 | 0.23.00 | 16.0 |
Alan.S 1700