Streaker Ramblings - Freeman Iceberg Races 5 & 6 - 19/11/2016

 

Clear blue skies, just the slightest hint of a breeze as we left Hove for Piddinghoe on Sunday morning, 19^th November 2017.On arrival at the pond the car park was full – it was some form of Angling competition as far as one could make out with nearly every spot on the east bank occupied. There was a good turnout of Dinghies , some 20 boats entered for the two races.

The RO, Simon Suter (assisted by Toby Rollestone and with Dave Murley and Andy Beck in the safety boat) had a couple of goes to set up the course as the breeze swung through 30 degrees or so. It eventually settled from the north, north east – approximately from the direction of the Fisherman’s Bay – so that he was able to set a line from close to the north end of the clubhouse, as shown below:-

 

 

It was a fairly long line and the entire fleet came in from the direction of the island on starboard tack. Chris Turner (Laser full rig- NSSC) led the pack and was first to tack onto port when about half way along the line. Laurence Venus (Streaker - NSSC) was next to tack off just ahead of Alan Simmons (Streaker – Lancing) who had been forced to stay on starboard until Ian Johnson (Laser Radial) had headed off eastwards. Paul Ryan (Laser full rig – Hardway SC) had also tacked off lower down the line but in clear air.

 

At the mark off the Fisherman’s Bay it was Laurence who rounded with Chris next then Paul and fourthly Alan. This was the order at the end of the first lap with Noel West (Streaker – NSSC) fifth and Rupert Smith (Streaker –NSSC) sixth. Tiger Cox (Laser Radial – NSSC) was in seventh place with Bill Wates (Laser Radial – NSSC) eighth, Julian Dobson (Laser full rig – NSSC) ninth,  Michael Veale crewed by Mike Rosier (RS 200 – NSSC) tenth. Zoe McCaig (Laser Radial – NSSC) eleventh, Geoff Sheridan (Byte – NSSC) twelfth, Ian Johnson (Laser Radial – NSSC) thirteenth, Lucy McCiag (Laser Radial – NSSC) fourteenth, Ed Rollestone (Oppie – NSSC) fifteenth, Katie (Topper – NSSC) sixteenth, Jazz Turner (Slipper – NSSC) seventeenth, Stephen Hamilton (Otter – NSSC) eighteenth, Thomas Beck (Oppie – NSSC) nineteenth, and Elena Beck (Oppie – NSSC) twentieth.

 

Lap 2 had Laurence still out in front and pulling away from second placed Paul as Alan went to 3rd place ahead of Chris and Rupert also passed Chris and Noel to lie 4^th. Julian went ahead of Tiger and Bill to lie 7^th with Michael also gaining two places to lie 8^th. There were no other place changes lower down the fleet with Elena bringing up the rear as she and Stephen and Thomas all finished at the end of the lap. Katie failed to finish.

 

Lap 3 saw Laurence pull further ahead of Paul who in turn stretched the gap from Alan. Julian shot up the fleet to lie 4^th and ahead of Rupert as Chris dropped to 8^th and Michael slipped in astern of Rupert. Noel dropped back to 7^th. Zoe went ahead of Bill to lie 10^th with the only change behind them being Jazz moving up to 16^th.

Lap 4 Laurence crossed the line 2 minutes ahead of Paul with Alan a minute and a half further back. Julian held off a late challenge from Rupert and Noel re-passed Michael to finish 6^th  with Tiger 8^th and Bill and Zoe crossing the finish line together as joint ninth. Geoff was next to finish with Chris going back almost to the slipway before he realised he had not finished . Ian was last home13th as Lucy failed to finish.

 

Race 6 commenced with the start at 11.45 over the same course, with a slight adjustment of the mark off the east shore which was moved a little further behind the Island. At the gun Noel was first to cross in mid line with Laurence a length to windward and Chris half a length to windward of Laurence. Rupert was next away somewhat closer to the clubhouse end of the line. Michael, Paul and Alan made a hash of the start and were the last to get underway with only the Opiies still behind them. The Oppies also made a mess of the start, missing out the outer mark. The race officer manage to get them to re-start properly but that was nearly 4 and a half minutes later that the main fleet – their finishing times were adjusted in the results.

Noel was first to the windward mark off the Fisherman’s Bay just ahead of Laurence but three legs later Laurence took the lead with Chris crossing the line 3^rd. Rupert was next to cross the line with Julian just behind in 5^th place. Paul, Alan and Zoe all completed the lap on the same finishing time with Michael next ahead of Geoff. Ian crossed the line in 11^th place ahead of Bill with Lucy 13^th and Stephen 14^th.  Next came Stephen, then Jazz and Katie next at 16^th . Even with his late start Ed crossed the line in 17^th place ahead of the Laser 2 (Plumpton College) with Elena19th and Thomas 20^th.

 

Lap 2 and Laurence continued to lead Noel, opening the gap to about a minute. Rupert went past Chris to lie 3^rd with Julian, Paul and Alan in unchanged positions. Michael went to 8^th passing Zoe on the way with Geoff next and  Bill passing Ian to lie 11^th with just 3 seconds separating them on the line. Katie went up to 14^th as she passed Stephen and Jazz. There were no place changes in the last  four boat positions.

 

Lap 3 had Laurence now 3 minutes ahead of second placed Noel as Rupert fell back a few seconds and Chris dropped behind Paul  lie to 7^th as Alan passed him and Paul to lie 5th behind Julian. There were no place changes among Michael, Zoe, Geoff and Bill but Lucy gained a place ahead of Ian to lie 12^th. There were no positional changes further down the order except that the Laser 2 moved up to 17^th, the Oppies having finished at the end of the previous lap.

Lap 4 had Laurence still well out in the lead, crossing the line some two and a half minutes in front of Rupert who had pulled up past Noel. Paul went ahead of Julian and Alan who in turn passed Julian to finish 5^th, there were no place changes behind the first six.

Lap 5 had only Laurence to sail round the pond, having been so far ahead of the competition.

 

Results:-                                                        Race 5 - 19.11.17

Rank	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	H'Cap	Elapsed	BCE	Points
1	Mistyblue	Streaker	1706	NSSC	Laurence Venus		1132	37.46	0.00.00	1.0
2	Skimmer	Oppie 'c'	2530	NSSC	Ed Rollestone		1665	44.03	0.02.23	2.0
3	Night Boat	Laser	156163/49864	Hardway	Paul Ryan		1097	39.45	0.03.09	3.0
3		Laser	183234	NSSC	Andrew Beck		1097	OOD		3.0
3		Laser Radial	142208	NSSC	David Murley		1139	OOD		3.0
3		Laser	red 7	NSSC	Simon Suter		1097	OOD		3.0
7	Last Bash	Streaker	1700	Lancing S C	Alan Simmons		1132	41.19	0.03.33	4.0
8	Scoundrel	Streaker	1681	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1132	42.20	0.04.34	5.0
9		Laser	7/176670	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1097	42.01	0.05.25	6.0
10		Streaker	1620	NSSC	Noel West		1132	43.49	0.06.03	7.0
11		Byte	671	NSSC	Geoff Sheridan		1190	46.24	0.06.42	8.0
12		Laser Radial	8	NSSC	Tiger Cox		1139	45.56	0.07.56	9.0
13		Laser Radial	26/133416	NSSC	Bill Wates		1139	46.07	0.08.07	10.5
13		Laser Radial	64200	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		1139	46.07	0.08.07	10.5
15		Laser Radial	158365	NSSC	Chris Turner		1139	46.57	0.08.57	12.0
16		Laser Radial	7757	NSSC	Ian Johnson		1139	47.38	0.09.38	13.0
17		Oppie 'c'	5641	NSSC	Thomas Beck		1665	34.52	0.07.06	14.0
18	Hot Toddy	RS 200	582	NSSC	Micheal Veale	Mike Rosier	1047	44.27	0.09.31	15.0
19	Smart	Slipper	53	NSSC	Jazz Turner		1385	46.25	0.11.46	16.0
20		Otter		NSSC	Stephen Hamilton		1272	32.29	0.11.16	17.0
21		Oppie 'c'	5940	NSSC	ELena Beck		1665	45.56	0.18.10	18.0
22		Topper 'c'	45139	NSSC	Katie Trollope		1347	DNF		21.0
22		Laser 4.7	138161	NSSC	Lucy McCaig		1200	DNF		21.0

Race 6 - 19.11.17

 

Rank	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	H'Cap	Elapsed	BCE	Points
1	Mistyblue	Streaker	1706	NSSC	Laurence Venus		1132	53.17	0.00.00	1.0
2	Scoundrel	Streaker	1681	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1132	45.49	0.03.11	2.0
3		Laser	183234	NSSC	Andrew Beck		1097	OOD		3.0
3		Laser Radial	142208	NSSC	David Murley		1139	OOD		3.0
3		Laser	red 7	NSSC	Simon Suter		1097	OOD		3.0
3		Streaker	1620	NSSC	Noel West		1132	45.55	0.03.17	3.0
7	Last Bash	Streaker	1700	Lancing S C	Alan Simmons		1132	46.43	0.04.05	4.0
8		Laser Radial	158365	NSSC	Chris Turner		1139	47.43	0.04.50	5.0
9	Night Boat	Laser	156163/49864		Paul Ryan		1097	46.23	0.05.04	6.0
10		Laser	7/176670	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1097	46.52	0.05.33	7.0
11		Byte	671	NSSC	Geoff Sheridan		1190	52.47	0.07.58	8.0
12		Laser Radial	64200	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		1139	51.55	0.09.02	9.0
13	Hot Toddy	RS 200	582	NSSC	Micheal Veale	Mike Rosier	1047	49.16	0.09.50	10.0
14		Topper 'c'	45139	NSSC	Katie Trollope		1347	48.25	0.10.22	11.0
15		Laser Radial	26/133416	NSSC	Bill Wates		1139	55.16	0.12.23	12.0
16	Skimmer	Oppie 'c'	2530	NSSC	Ed Rollestone		1665	41.15	0.09.54	13.0
17		Laser 4.7	138161	NSSC	Lucy McCaig		1200	60.41	0.15.30	14.0
18		Laser Radial	7757	NSSC	Ian Johnson		1139	44.13	0.12.03	15.0
19		Oppie 'c'	5940	NSSC	ELena Beck		1665	43.07	0.11.46	16.0
20	Smart	Slipper	53	NSSC	Jazz Turner		1385	55.08	0.16.01	17.0
21		Otter		NSSC	Stephen Hamilton		1272	52.59	0.17.04	18.0
22		Oppie 'c'	5641	NSSC	Thomas Beck		1665	52.20	0.20.59	19.0
23		Laser 2	4157	NSSC			1065	56.04	0.25.59	20.0

 
What a contrast from the previous week’s conditions with these  two races just a nice gentle breeze, giving all the chance to compete, not just the big, fit, agile ones. The start lines did get a bit crowded this time but the courses soon sorted out the running orders. There  were some very close battles with multiple boats crossing the finish lines on identical times.

Alan.S 1700

PS. It is with great sadness that we have to report the death, after a long illness, of Darren Field. Darren was a long time member of NSSC and a regular supporter of the Piddinghoe Winter Series Racing – search the NSSC web site for any further information.