Sailing Week, Newhaven & Seaford SC - August 2015 - Part 2

NSSC Sailing Week (Pm) Races 5, 6 & 7 – August 2015

(See part one of this report for Adult Pm Races 1, 2, 3 & 4)

With Thursday sea sailing cancelled (and Piddinghoe the venue for sailing and Wave boarding) It was arranged that two ‘extra’ races would be held on Friday morning and Matt Springall agreed to act as RO for the races which were combined with the Cadet races 3 & 4 – their results being extracted from the overall results.

With a shoreline start in a westerly direction and a force 2 to 3 breeze there were some 24 boats on the line. There were 4 Toppers, 3 Oppies and a Taz in the Cadet as well as Jaz in her Fireball, Bea in a Laser 4.7 and Nick in the Laser II. The adult fleet was joined by Ed Thorburn in his Dynastar Cruiser and Simon Suter crewed by Johnathon Vernon in an RS 200. With an outer lane for the Cats and the Keelboat they were quickly away up the initial beat, paced by the two Fireballs, Rupert Smith and Jazz Sayed with Laurence Venus (Streaker) quickly ahead of Alan Simmons (Streaker). With a long windward leg the Fireballs soon out-paced the Cats and Alan and John Nash were hazarded near the windward mark by Ed.T in the cruiser. Laurence continued to find clear air and at the end of the lap was a minute and a half behind Rupert but fifty seconds ahead of Alan. In turn Alan was right up with John.N – just four seconds separating them - wth Ed.T thirty five seconds astern of Alan.By the end of the second lap John and Andrew Cornish (RS 400) had climbed from eigth place to lie fourth behind third placed Laurence. Ed.T had dropped back to 9^th having been overtaken by James Clapham (Dart 18) and Dave Robertson (Hobbie). Terry Jones (Sprint 15) had also picked up a couple of places to lie tenth ahead of Penelope Duncan (Laser Radial) whilst Lizi Herne (Topper) dropped from eleventh to thirteenth behind Simon.Lap 3, the penultimate lap, saw no change among the three leaders but Alan passed John Cornish and John.N – who dropped back to 9^th and 10^th with a rigging problems. James.C and Dave.R thus moved up the fleet to lie fifth and sixth. Terry also moved into seventh place ahead of Ed.T as Simon went ahead of Penelope. Apart from Rupert and Jazz the rest of the fleet finished at the end of this lap. Jazz was almost a minute and a half behind Rupert at the end of their final lap.
With handicaps applied Laurence came out on top with Alan second, Rupert third, Jazz fourth and Lizi in fifth place.

Race 6 was held back to back with race 5 over the same course with the same culprits, Rupert and Jazz, hot off the line. By the end of the first lap John.C. crossed in third place with Dave.R fourth. Alan and Laurence had a close batlle with Laurence crossing the line fifth, just eight seconds ahead by the end of the lap.Next up, in seventh, was James.C with Ed.T behind him. John.N was not having a good race and was lying tenth, ahead of Penelope with Terry behind her.

Into lap 2 and Rupert held his lead from Jazz and John.C whilst James C moved up from seventh to lie4th ahead of Laurence and Dave.R passed Alan. Ian Johnson (Laser full rig) also climbed up the table to eigth in front of Ed.T as Terry passed Penelope as did Ed Hall (Laser Radial). Bea Cameron (Laser 4.7) finished the lap in fifteenth place ahead of Flynn Hall (Laser 4.7) and Simon.
Lap 3 had the first three places unchanged but with Laurence improving as he overtook James C to lie fourth.  Both Dave.R and Alan also overtook James.C as did Ian. John.N managed to stay ahead of Terry to finish tenth.
Handicaps were applied and the winner was found to be Laurence with Alan second, Rupert third, Jazz fourth and Ian fifth.

 After Lunch it was time for Race 7 and Laurence stayed ashore as RO - as recorder he had thereafter to dash home to sort out the week’s overall results, separate the Cadets, Fast and Slow Fleets, Pond races and Adult Morning Fun Race. The course was the same but with the sea breeze having by now picked up to a good middle force 4.

The regular bunch were first away, Rupert and Jazz in their Fireball and the Cats of Terry and James. A choice had to be made however, to keep going west or head straight out into the tide. For the Cats it was a westward heading but the dinghies were split into two groups. Rupert was first to find the windward mark and held on to the lead from Terry. By the end of the first lap James.C was lying third ahead of fourth placed Jazz, next came Dave.R and then Tim Cox (Firebll) with John.N behind him. Alan crossed the line back in tenth place behind both Ed Hall (Laser Radial)  and John.C. After this group Jo West (Laser Radial) led Bea, Penelope. John Morrison (Stealth) was in 14^th place,, Fynn Hall (Laser 4.7) was 15^th, Ricky Smith (Hunter Europa) was lying 16^th, Andy Beck (Mirror) 17^th, Trevor Quinell (Laser Full Rig) 18^th and Jo Whitehead (Laser Radial) 19^th.  Kingsly Cox (Laser Radial) retired after missing a mark and a Laser II did not finish the first lap..
Lap 2 and James.C took over the lead from Rupert who was also passed by Terry and Dave passed Jazz to lie fourth. Tim stayed 6^th ahead of John.N as Alan made ground and passed Ed.H and John.C.to lie 8^th. John.M moved up to11th passing Bea Jo West and Penelope on the way. Bea also passed Jo.West to lie 12^th. Fynn retained his 15^th place as Jo Whitehead passed Ricky. Any was next in 18^th ahead of Trevor who promptly retired.
Lap 3 and James.C still led Terry whilst Dave.R overtook Rupert. Jazz, Tim, John.N and Alan retained their relative 5th to 8^th positions as John.C and James.C  move ahead of Ed.H. Jo West gained the advantage back from Bea both ahead of Penelope and Andy gained a place ahead of Ricky to lie 17^th.

Lap 4 and the leading eight places remained as for the previous lap. John.C passed Ed.H  only to be passed himself by John.M at the back of the fleet the order also stayed the same as in the previous lap and Jo West, Bea, Penelope and Finn all ended their race
Lap 5, the penultimate Lap and although James.C still held the lead Dave.R got past Terry to cross the line in second place. Fourth home was Rupert with Jazz 5^th, Tim 6^th and John.N 7^th. Alan and John.M tied on time across the line in 8^th place with John.C10^th and Ed.H 11^th bringing up the rear.
Lap 6 was contested by only the leading four boats but the order did not change from lap 5.
With the handicaps applied it was a win for Rupert and Chris in the Fireball, Terry took second place with Alan 3^rd, John Nash 4^th, Ed Hall 5^th and Bea Cameron 6^th.

 

At the Prize Giving the overall winner of the week was Laurence Venus with Rupert Smith second and Alan Simmons third.
The Fast fleet was won by Rupert Smith with Jazz Sayed second and Terry Jones third.
Laurence took the Slow fleet Trophy with Alan Second and John Nash third
The Cadet Series was won by Jazz Sayed with Bea Cameron second and James Cuxson third.
The Pond races in the morning were won by Jazz Sayed and the afternoon ones by Bea Cameron and Alan won the only AM Adult Fun Race.

For the full detailed results follow the link to:-         http://www.nssc.org.uk/cms/index.php/sailing/club-series-results

In the end, due to the two extra races on Friday almost the complete programme was fulfilled – seven out of nine – and the conditions for these as near ideal as one can get for good sailing. There was still fun to be had on the two windy days and the campers did not have to brave too much rain during the week. It seems the evening entertainment went down well with all the participants too.

Alan.S 1700