Upon arrival the breeze was somewhat less than force 2 from the west side of the pond. The RO set a complex course within the main water - leaving the small lagoon out of the running. A small (six strong) class of Lightnings were racing in the joint meeting with the twelve Streakers.
Starting first the Streakers were away from the transit/limit marked line initially towards mark 2 as shown on the diagram below:-
The final event in the 2017 Pinnell & Bax Streaker Southern Paddle series took place
at Broxbourne SC on Saturday 16th September in light and very variable wind. 12
boats took part from as far afield as Somerset and Suffolk.
In the first race Ben
Harris, Peter Selway and Veronica Falat were the early leaders but Howard Frear
got an overlap at the 2nd mark and took the lead along the next reaching leg.
Once on the beat again Veronica managed to pick some good shifts and gradually
pulled ahead leaving a tight bunch of boats to fight for second place. The
breeze was very fitful and it was easy to get stuck in calm spots but
eventually it was Mark Langston who finished behind Veronica with Howard in
third place. After lunch the breeze was just the same but slightly shifted and the RO adjusted the course to round mark 8 in place of mark 5.
Race 2 saw Alex Reindorp, Mark
and Howard get away well. Veronica was near the back of the fleet at the first
mark but gradually overtook people and on the second lap she and Alan Simmons
caught a big port lift to take them to the front. From there, Veronica pulled
away and Alan held off the bunch behind to finish 2nd and Alex Reindorp was
3rd.
Veronica could now afford to sit out the third and final race and so
could watch from the clubhouse as a big black cloud delivered a very heavy
rainstorm on the rest of the fleet. Howard Frear took the lead early on and
took the win while Alex Reindorp beat Mark Langston to second place.
Overall Veronica was 1st, Howard 2nd and Alex and Mark tied on points,
the 3rd place going to Alex on tie-break.
Overall Results:
|
Pos
|
Sail No
|
Helm
|
Club
|
R1
|
R2
|
R3
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
1972
|
Veronica Falat
|
Waveney & Oulton Broad YC
|
1
|
1
|
(DNC 13)
|
2
|
|
2
|
1777
|
Howard Frear
|
Sutton Bingham SC
|
3
|
‑7
|
1
|
4
|
|
3
|
1953
|
Alex Reindorp
|
Chipstead SC
|
(DNF 13)
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
|
4
|
1920
|
Mark Langston
|
Beccles Amateur SC
|
2
|
‑6
|
3
|
5
|
|
5
|
1700
|
Alan Simmons
|
Lancing SC
|
‑8
|
2
|
6
|
8
|
|
6
|
1929
|
Peter Withrington
|
Burghfield SC
|
4
|
‑9
|
4
|
8
|
|
7
|
1767
|
Ben Harris
|
Up River SC
|
6
|
4
|
‑7
|
10
|
|
8
|
1707
|
Peter Selway
|
Broxbourne SC
|
5
|
‑10
|
5
|
10
|
|
9
|
1844
|
Chris Smith
|
Island Barn Reservoir SC
|
‑10
|
5
|
8
|
13
|
|
10
|
1850
|
Gerry Ledger
|
Up River SC
|
7
|
8
|
(DNF 13)
|
15
|
|
11
|
1681
|
Rupert Smith
|
Newhaven & Seaford SC
|
9
|
(DNF 13)
|
DNC 13
|
22
|
|
12
|
1940
|
Doug Horner
|
Swanage SC
|
(DNF 13)
|
DNF 13
|
DNC 13
|
26
|
Overall Southern Paddle Series
Veronica, Mark, Alex and Howard were the top 4 in the overall Southern
Paddle series with Veronica the overall winner. During the prize-giving, the draw was held to find the winner of
the Pinnell and Bax sail; every Streaker association member
competing in the series gets tickets for the draw according to the number of
races they sail in and this year the lucky winner was Chris Smith who finished
8th overall in the series.
Alan.S 1700
PS Appologies for the complete lack of Photos in this blog. Hopefully if we make it to Redoubt Saturday week (30th Sept) we can 'repair' the situation.
