Streaker Ramblings - Freeman Iceberg Races 9 & 10 - 01.12.13

Grey and overcast once again on the trip down to Piddinghoe for Races 9 & 10. There was just the merest of hint of breeze upon leaving Hove and little more on arrival at the pond. The horizon to the south on approaching the village showed a line of bright orangy sky but it did not break during the racing.

Bill Giles, the day’s RO, set a course with a committee boat start and a mark midway along the south side. The first leg was a beat to a mark off the Fisherman’s Bay – in the northeast corner – leaving it to starboard and then with a reach to the mark midway along the eastern shore. From there it was behind the island to the mark at the south eastern corner and then back to the start mark from there it was back around the north side of the island, into the corner and then back up to the mark off the clubhouse before another windward leg back to Fisherman’s Bay.
A light breeze, just about force 2, had developed by the time for the start and some twenty boats went afloat. The line was a bit biased and it paid to start at the pin end.

First across by the pin was Alex Millls-Barton (Laser full rig) with Alan Simmons (Streaker) close behind. Further down the line Chris Turner (Byte CII) was also quick of the line but somewhat down wind and with Rupert Smith (Laser Radial) about level with Alan. Laurence Venus (Streaker) was a good two lengths behind Alan over the line but had a serious lift along the west side and then tack for and round it well ahead with only Alex ahead. The rest of the fleet having started in the committee boat half of the line got rather strung out but coming up the south side for the first time it was Chris behind Alan, then Julian Dobson (Laser full rig), Rupert, Graham Hardy (Laser full rig) and Yves Horent (Laser full rig). The next group around the south eastern mark were Bill Wates, Steve Duncan, Terry Jones and John Smith (all full rig Lasers) with Zoe McCaig (Laser Radial) at the back.

After the return trip around the Island the order at the end of lap one was Alex 1^st, Laurence 2^nd, Alan 3^rd, Chris 4^th, Julian 5^th, Rupert 6^th, Yves 7^th, Graham 8^th, Michael Veale and Mike Rosier (RS200) 9^th, Steve 10^th, Bill 11^th, Terry 12^th, John 13^th,

Zoe 14^th, Tim Cox (Laser Radial) 15^th, Dave Murley (Pico) 16^th, Josh Smith (Topper) 17^th, Aiden Murley (Topper) 18^th, Colin Cryer (Otter0 19^th and Charlie Riggs (Topper) 20^th.

Lap two saw no place changes for the leading three boats but Julian overtook Chris to go 4^th and Rupert dropped back two places. The two Mikes and Steve got past Graham whilst Tim climbed up past John and Zoe. The tail end order was Dave 16^th, Aiden, Charlie and Colin. Josh was finished at the end of the first lap and only Dave of this group went on for the final lap. For lap 3 the leading five held the same positions but the two Mikes climbed up another two places to 6^th at the finish. Yves dropped back horrendously to 11^th (four places), Steve gained one place as did Graham and Bill but the next group stayed as in the previous lap. With the handicaps applied Laurence was the winner, Alan was second, Alex third and Chris fourth.

Race 10 (the second of the day) was held over the same course with a more evenly balanced start line. It was a bit crowded down by the committee boat and Rupert pushed it a bit too far ending up with his bow over at the gun. At the far end Yves was away first with Chris up above Steve who in turn was above Terry.

Alex started in mid line and found a nice big gap opening up for him in which to ‘power’ away. The breeze for this race had dropped off quite a bit from the first race of the day and it was almost drifting conditions. Alan started at the committee boat end some length and a half ahead of Laurence but was blanketed by the rest to windward. By the end of the windward leg Alex was out in front with Steve behind then Chris, Julian and John. The next group to the mark (at the Fisherman’s Bay) included Laurence – who managed to clip the mark by catching its warp, pulling it onto his boat – the two Mikes, Yves, Alan and Graham. There was yet another gaggle just behind including Bill, Rupert and Tim.

By the time Laurence found some clear water and did his turns Yves had passed him and Alan was alongside but the order changed after the mid - east - side mark whence it was a dead run to the south east corner. On the next trip back past the north side of the Island Alan managed to stop briefly on the east edge but was able to gybe out of the mud and restart sailing. By the end of the first lap the order was Alex 1st, Chris 2^nd, Steve 3^rd, Julian 4^th, Laurence 5^th, Yves 6^th, Alan 7^th, the two Mikes 8^th, John 9^th, Graham 10^th, Terry 11^th, Rupert 12^th, Tim 13^th, Bill 14^th, Simon Hudson & Bill (RS200), Zoe 16^th, Dave 17^th, Colin 18^th, Josh 19^th, Charlie 20^th.

Lap two, in continuing dropping breeze, Alex led the way home from Chris and Steve and saw Laurence gain another place up to 4^th pushing Julian down to 5^th. Meanwhile Rupert went up to 11^th, Tim to 12^th and Bill to 13^th all overtaking Terry.
After the handicap had been applied Alex was top dog with Chris following, Laurence took third Steve was fourth and Alan fifth.
It was a pity that the breeze died off for the second race, certainly not helpful to the slow boats, and that the sun did not appear until later in the day but generally it was a nice little sail.

In the overall results Alan is at the top of the leader board with Rupert second and Chris tied on points with him with Steve lying fourth – for full results follow this link :-

http://www.nssc.org.uk/cms/images/nsscdocs/results/2013/wsfio2013e.htm

Alan.S 1700

PS. Double click Pictures to enlarge.

Sunday's Results:_

R9

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Posn	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	Elapsed	BCE	Points
1	Mistyblue	Streaker	1706	NSSC	Laurence Venus		34.05	0.00.00	1.0
2	Last Bash	Streaker	1700	Lancing SC	Alan Simmons		34.57	0.00.52	2.0
3		Laser	203084A	NSSC	Alex Mills-Barton		33.40	0.01.24	3.0
4	Bandit	Byte C11	2941	NSSC	Chris Turner		36.20	0.02.19	4.0
5		Laser	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		35.16	0.03.00	5.0
6		Laser Radial	7757	NSSC	Rupert Smith		38.32	0.05.22	6.0
7	Frayed Knot	Laser	203084	NSSC	Steve Duncan		38.34	0.06.18	7.0
8		Laser	163443	NSSC	Graham Hardy		38.36	0.06.20	8.0
9		Laser	174910	NSSC	Yves Horent		39.10	0.06.54	9.0
10	Hot Toddy	RS 200	582	NSSC	Micheal Veale	Mike Rosier	38.05	0.06.49	10.0
11		Laser	133416	NSSC	Bill Wates		39.35	0.07.19	11.0
12		Laser Radial	16	NSSC	Tim Cox		42.30	0.09.20	12.0
13		Laser	30678	NSSC	Terry Jones		42.00	0.09.44	13.0
14		Laser	177611	NSSC	John Smith		42.50	0.10.34	14.0
15		Laser Radial	64200	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		48.10	0.15.00	15.0
16		Topper	15	NSSC	Aiden Murley		41.11	0.15.12	16.0
17		Pico 2	2072	NSSC	David Murley		64.35	0.25.02	17.0
18		Topper	11	NSSC	Charlie Rigg		42.44	0.16.45	18.0
19		Otter	981	NSSC	Colin Cryer		46.42	0.19.17	19.0
20		Topper	4	NSSC	Josh Smith		23.40	0.10.40	20.0

R10

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Posn	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	Elapsed	BCE	Points
1		Laser	203084A	NSSC	Alex Mills-Barton		29.46	0.00.00	1.0
2	Bandit	Byte C11	2941	NSSC	Chris Turner		33.30	0.02.07	2.0
3	Mistyblue	Streaker	1706	NSSC	Laurence Venus		34.10	0.02.44	3.0
4	Frayed Knot	Laser	203084	NSSC	Steve Duncan		34.00	0.04.14	4.0
5	Last Bash	Streaker	1700	Lancing SC	Alan Simmons		36.05	0.04.39	5.0
6		Laser	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		34.40	0.04.54	6.0
7		Laser	174910	NSSC	Yves Horent		34.44	0.04.58	7.0
8	Hot Toddy	RS 200	582	NSSC	Micheal Veale	Mike Rosier	38.20	0.09.30	8.0
9		Laser	177611	NSSC	John Smith		39.56	0.10.10	9.0
10		Laser	163443	NSSC	Graham Hardy		40.46	0.11.00	10.0
11		Pico 2	2072	NSSC	David Murley		25.08	0.06.54	11.0
12		Laser Radial	7757	NSSC	Rupert Smith		42.10	0.11.35	12.0
13		Otter	981	NSSC	Colin Cryer		26.11	0.07.13	13.0
14		Laser Radial	16	NSSC	Tim Cox		42.40	0.12.05	14.0
15		RS 200	402	NSSC	Simon Hudson	Bill Hudson	21.10	0.06.45	15.0
16		Laser	133416	NSSC	Bill Wates		44.30	0.14.44	16.0
17		Laser	30678	NSSC	Terry Jones		44.39	0.14.53	17.0
18		Laser Radial	64200	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		23.33	0.08.15	18.0
19		Topper	4	NSSC	Josh Smith		32.08	0.14.09	19.0
20		Topper	11	NSSC	Charlie Rigg		32.32	0.14.33	20.0