Streaker Ramblings - Burghfield SC - 24th May 2014

Wet, Wet and even more wet as we left Hove to head for Burghfield SC, near Theale, at 07.30 on Saturday. On arrival it was still raining although only gently, still enough to soak one to the skin unless wearing a good rain mack. The meeting was organised with the Streakers sharing the event with an OK juniors event.

The fleet of 13 Streakers, one more had ‘signed on’ but failed to reach the start line at the north end of the lake, arrived at the line for the start of the first race.

The RO set the course with the first leg eastwards and then a long broad reach towards the clubhouse at the south end of the water and then a second beat to the east and finally another reach back to the start mark.

 

 

The line was biased to the port end but of  those who started early at the port end, Nick Carter (Burghfield), Yvette Marshal Burghfield and Howard Frear (Sutton Bingham) only Howard profited. It was Graham Butler (Frensham Pond), who started near the committee boat and soon tacked off who took the lead. This leg sorted out the leaders for the first lap with Graham first and then Howard, with Mike Hobin (west Oxfordshire third, Ian Bradley (Ouse ASC) fourth, Veronica Falat (Waveney & Oulton Broad) fifth and Matt Whitfiled (Tamworth) 6^th. whilst  Lying seventh was Yvette, eighth was Alan Simmons (Lancing), Ian Whitfield (Tamworth) ninth, Alex Reindorp (Chipsted) tenth, Peter Whitington (Burghfield) eleventh, Nick Carter (Burghfield) twelth and Peter Russel (Burghfield) thirteenth.

The wind was a good top end force four with gust in excess of mid force five and variable in direction. By the end of the second lap the leader board stood as Graham still in front with Mike and Ian.B in third place. Howard had dropped back a place to lie 4^th whilst Veronica was still in 5^th position. Matt still maintained his 6^th place whilst Alex had gained three places to lie 7^th. Alan came in next still at 8^th just ahead of Ian.W. Peter.W was still 11^th and Nick remained in 12^th with Peter.R bringing up the tail.

Lap 3 (the final lap) saw Mike take the lead from Ian.B who had in turn passed Graham dropping him to 3^rd. Howard remained in 4^th whilst Veronica held on to her 5^th spot. Matt held on to a consistant 6^th and Alex remained at 7^th.Ian.W finally overtook Alan to lie 8^th. Peter.W also pulled up a place to finish 10^th ahead of Yvette, then Peter.R who overtook Nick.

After lunch the course was adjusted slightly, to suit a small change in the wind direction, with the first windward mark now lying behind the most northerly island  and the bottom mark closer to the clubhouse. The strength of the breeze had also decreased slightly and it was Ian.B who soon took the lead having tacked off to starboard early on in the first leg with Mike close behind and Howard also in contention. By the end of the lap this order prevailed with Graham lying 4th and Veronica 5^th. Next came Ian.W, then Alex, Peter.W was in 8^th place ahead of Matt and then Alan. Yvette was 11^th, Peter.R 12^th and Nick 13^th.

 

By the end of the second lap Mike had taken the lead from Ian.B whilst Howard was still 3^rd and Veronica had passed Graham to lie 4^th. Alex had also picked up a place to 6^th passing Ian.W on the way. Yvette had made great gains to lie 8^th overtaking Matt and Alan on the way. Peter.R pulled up one place to lie 11^th whilst Peter.w dropped back two to lie 12th and Nick was still at the rear at 13^th.

The final lap saw Mike retain his lead with Veronica  passing Ian.B and Howard also losing a place to finish 4^th. 5^th place went to Graham with Alex retaining his 6^th place. Yvette took another scalp to lie 7^th and Matt also gained a place to 8^th. Ian.W gained two to finish 9^th behind his son with Alan remaining consistently 10^th, the remaining three back places stayed unchanged.

Race 3, held over an unchanged course but in a  lighter breeze still was led from the start by Howard who pulled out a good initial gap from Mike. By the end of the first lap the order was Howard, Mike, Veronica , Graham, Ian.B and Alan. Matt held 7^th place ahead of Peter.W with Ian.W next up in 9^th followed by Yvette. Peter.R was 11^th, Alex not having sailed and Nick retiring.

Lap 2, the final lap, saw Howard reaining his lead over Mike with Graham pulling back a place into 3^rd passing Veronica on the way. Ian.B was 5^th with Alan maintaining his 6^th placed position. Matt likewise retained 7^th place with Yvette pulling through Ian.W and Peter.W whilst Peter.R remained at the back.

With the results assembled the meeting was won by Mike Hobin ahead of Howard Frear and with Ian Bradley taking third spot.

Overall Results.

Rank	Class	SailNo	HelmName	Club	R1	R2	R3	Total	Nett
1st	STREAKER	1814	Mike Hobin	West Oxfordshire SC	1	1	(2)	4	2
2nd	STREAKER	1777	Howard Frear	Sutton Bingham	(4)	4	1	9	5
3rd	STREAKER	1626	Ian Bradley	Ouse Amateur SC	2	3	(5)	10	5
4th	STREAKER	1654	Veronica Falat	Waveney & Oulton Broad YC	(5)	2	4	11	6
5th	STREAKER	1760	Graham Butler	Frensham Pond SC	3	(5)	3	11	6
6th	STREAKER	1446	Matt Whitfield	Tamworth SC	6	(8)	7	21	13
7th	STREAKER	1819	Alex Reindorp	Chipstead SC	7	6	(15 DNC)	28	13
8th	STREAKER	1700	Alan Simmons	Lancing SC	9	(10)	6	25	15
9th	STREAKER	1710	Yvette Marshall	Burghfield SC	(11)	7	8	26	15
10th	STREAKER	1548	Ian Whitfield	Tamworth SC	8	(9)	9	26	17
11th	STREAKER	1875	Peter Withrington	Burghfield SC	10	(12)	10	32	20
12th	STREAKER	1565	Peter Russell	Burghfield SC	(12)	11	11	34	22
13th	STREAKER	1828	Nick Carter	Burghfield SC	13	13	(15 DNF)	41	26
14th	STREAKER	1701	Ken Hydon	Burghfield SC	(15 DNS)	15 DNC	15 DNC	45	30

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PS. This blog is a little late due to 8 races over the rest of the Bank Holiday weekend on the sea at Lancing SC- and Tuesday off to recover!