Streaker Ramblings
Race 13 & 13 – 18.02.2018
There were
predominantly Blue skies with patches of grey and white cloud and with a gentle
breeze when leaving Hove for Piddinghoe. On arrival conditions were similar
with the light breeze coming from the south west over the car park.
The Race
Officer, Zoe McCaig assisted by Emma Briggs set a course with the start from a
laid back line from the ‘Playhouse’ jetty to a mark off the west bank. The line
turned out to be a trifle short for the seventeen boats signed on for the first
race with just a short leg to the ‘windward mark in the south west corner as
can be seen below.
At the gun
it was Duncan McDonald (Streaker – NSSC) who was first away at the shore end of
the linewith Alan Simmons (Streaker – Lancing) second away. Just a tad behind
but to weather Laurence Venus (Streaker – NSSC) was third to cross the line and
first to the turning mark with Alan just behind.
Next to
round were Michael Veale and Mike Rosier (RS200 – NSSC), Chris Foster (Laser
full rig – Lancing) then Duncan with Roger McCall (Pevensey) a little astern.
The leg down the south shore was a beat which occasionally freed off a little.
Laurence
turned the south east mark in the lead followed by Alan along the run behind
the Island with Michael hoisting his gennaker to quickly pass Alan. On the
following broad reach Michael headed for the correct mark, off the Fisherman’s
Bay, unlike Laurence who had to harden up half way along the leg and lose some
of this lead.
On the
subsequent beat toward the mark off the north side of the Island Michael took
the lead and Duncan went ahead of Alan with Chris not far astern and Ed
Thorburn (Finn – NSSC) was also closing in. Up the last windward leg of the lap
the three Streakers were just 5 seconds apart, Alan and Duncan crossing at the
same time, with Michael 14 seconds ahead.
Ed.T was fifth to cross the line with Chris
next home. Roger crossed in seventh place with Dave Murley (Lasee Radial –NSSC)
next and then Bill Wates (Laser full rig – NSSC) in ninth position.
Brandon Rudd sailing single handed in a Laser
II (Plumpton Coll) was in tenth place ahead of Geoff Sheridan (Byte – NSSC) and
with Penelope Duncan (Laser Radial – NSSC) next. Richard Beal (Laser Radial –
NSSC) was thirteenth to finish the lap ahead of Lucy McCaig and Millie Swallow
(Feva – NSSC). Terry Jones (Comet – NSSC) held fifteenth place ahead of the two
youngsters Ed Rollestone and Thomas Beck (NSSC) in their first full race in a
Cadet dinghy with Connie Sturt bringing up the tail in her Slipper (NSSC).
Lap 3 and
Ed.T took over the lead passing Michael and Laurence to cross the line 10
seconds in front. In this lap the battle between Chris and Duncan continued
with Chris retaining fourth place this time around. Roger snuck up on Alan and
went ahead with Bill, Dave and Brandon in unchanged places. Penelope overtook
Geoff to lie eleventh and Terry stayed in thirteenth spot as Richard went ahead
of Lucy with no change at the back for Ed.R and Connie.
Lap 4 Saw
Laurence passing Ed.T and Michael to take the lead as Duncan also passed Chris.
There were no place changes further down the fleet from positions held in lap
3.
Lap 5 and Ed.T
regained the lead from Laurence with Chris now up to third and ahead of
Michael.and Duncan. Roger was still sixth ahead of Alan, Bill, Dave, Brandon, Penelope
and Geoff as Lucy went ahead of Terry and Richard with Ed.R fifteenth.
Lap 6 the penultimate
lap had Ed.T holding the lead from Laurence by a minute and a half with Chris
still third and the next nine placings remained unchanged.
Lap 7 was sailed
solely by Ed.T all the rest having finished at the end of lap 6.
With handicaps
applied the winner was Laurence with Duncan second, Chris third and Alan
fourth.
Results:-
R13 - 18.02.2018
Rank
|
Class
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
CrewName
|
PY
|
Elapsed
|
BCE
|
Points
|
1
|
Streaker
|
1706
|
NSSC
|
Laurence
Venus
|
1132
|
34.57
|
0.00.00
|
1.0
|
|
2
|
Streaker
|
1934
|
NSSC
|
Duncan
McDonald
|
1132
|
35.14
|
0.00.17
|
2.0
|
|
3
|
Laser
|
171864
|
Lancing
|
Chris
Foster
|
1097
|
35.01
|
0.01.09
|
3.0
|
|
4
|
Streaker
|
1700
|
Lancing
|
Alan
Simmons
|
1132
|
36.13
|
0.01.16
|
4.0
|
|
5
|
Finn
|
595
|
NSSC
|
Ed
Thorburn
|
1045
|
39.02
|
0.01.24
|
5.0
|
|
6
|
Laser
Radial
|
142208
|
NSSC
|
Dave
Murley
|
1139
|
36.53
|
0.01.43
|
6.0
|
|
7
|
Laser
|
191067
|
Pevensey
SC
|
Roger
McCall
|
1097
|
36.09
|
0.02.17
|
7.0
|
|
8
|
Laser
|
133416
|
NSSC
|
Bill
Wates
|
1097
|
36.43
|
0.02.51
|
8.0
|
|
9
|
Byte
(Orig Rig)
|
672
|
NSSC
|
Geoff
Sheridan
|
1190
|
39.51
|
0.03.07
|
9.0
|
|
10
|
Cadet
|
9319
|
NSSC
|
Ed
Rollestone
|
Thomas
Beck
|
1428
|
40.00
|
0.03.16
|
10.0
|
11
|
Laser
Radial
|
81
|
NSSC
|
Penelope
Duncan
|
1139
|
39.16
|
0.04.06
|
11.0
|
|
12
|
Feva
|
6327
|
NSSC
|
Lucy
McCaig
|
Millie
Swallow
|
1240
|
36.06
|
0.04.12
|
12.0
|
13
|
Comet
|
473
|
NSSC
|
Terry
Jones
|
1204
|
35.28
|
0.04.29
|
13.0
|
|
14
|
Laser
II
|
10098
|
PLumpton
College
|
Brandon
Rudd
|
1065
|
38.01
|
0.05.08
|
14.0
|
|
15
|
Laser
Radial
|
43382
|
NSSC
|
Richard
Beal
|
1139
|
35.49
|
0.06.31
|
15.0
|
|
16
|
RS200
|
582
|
NSSC
|
Michael
Veale
|
Mike
Rosier
|
1047
|
35.11
|
0.08.15
|
16.0
|
17
|
Slipper
|
58
|
NSSC
|
Connie
Sturt
|
1385
|
39.03
|
0.24.48
|
17.0
|
The second race was
sailed over the same course in a very slightly reduced breeze at the top end of
force 3. The breeze had had a few puffs into force four in the first race.
At the gun there was
almost complete mayhem as Roger was over the line near the shore and going back
to the correct side with Duncan attempting to cross at that end too. It was
little better at the pin end with Penelope next away but with Geoff and then
Laurence below her.
Duncan squeezed through followed by Chris and
then Roger still on starboard tack. Alan found a hole to windward of the Lucy
close up to the pin end of the line and at least had clear air. Laurence
meanwhile had Michael to weather and Terry dead ahead, also on starboard.
Duncan rounded the
weather mark with a good lead with Chris next and Penelope third to turn with
Alan fourth in the order and off onto the long windward leg to the mark in the
south east corner of the pond. Laurence finally extricated himself and round
just after but to weather of Geoff but with Bill ahead of him. Ed.T had also
been caught up in the general melee and was about eighth and just ahead of
Michael.
At the end of the lap
the order settled to Duncan lading Chris by 7 seconds with Alan third, Laurence
fourth and Ed.T fifth. Michael was in sixth place with Dave seventh, Penelope
eighth and Bill ninth. The miscreant Roger was only able to take a tenth place
with Ian Johnson (Laser Radial; - NSSC), having arrived too late for the first
race, holding eleventh spot. Brandon was twelfth, Geoff thirteenth, Richard
fourteenth and Terry fifteenth. Lucy was in sixteenth position ahead of Ed.R
and Connie.
Lap 2 and Duncan held
off the challenge from Chris even pulling away to cross 24 seconds in front.
Ed.T went ahead of Alan and Laurence as Michael retained sixth place. Roger
gained from Dave, Penelope and Bill to lie seventh a minute behind Michael. Dave
dropped back to fourteenth as Brandon went up to eleventh, Geoff to twelfth,
and Richard to thirteenth. Terry, Lucy and Connie remained in the same order as
in the previous lap.
Lap 3 saw Chris close
in on Duncan to lie 11 seconds astern at the line with Ed.T a further 5 seconds
behind. Alan retained fourth place having a right royal tussle with Laurence with
Michael just behind this pair in sixth place. Bill stayed ahead of Ian as these
two passed Penelope and Geoff went ahead of Brandon. Dave clawed back a place
to lie fourteenth just ahead – 1 second – of Terry with Lucy, Ed.R and Connie
in unchanged order.
Lap 4 and Ed.T went
into the lead ahead of Duncan, albeit by 6 seconds, also passing Chris. Alan held off further challenges from Laurence
but still held onto fourth place. Michael also stayed ahead, in sixth place, of
Roger with a slightly smaller lead. Bill retained eighth place as Penelope
overtook Ian and Geoff dropped back to lie thirteenth behind Brandon and Dave.
Terry made a gain going ahead of Richard as Lucy led Ed.T home to their finish.
Lap 5 Ed.T extended
his lead over Duncan to 36 seconds as Chris held onto third place. Alan and
Laurence, with Michael also in the picture, continued their scrap right up to
the line with Alan crossing 5 seconds ahead of the pair who could not be
separated on times. Roger and Bill, seventh and eighth, still stayed in the
same relative positions as Ian swept ahead of Penelope . The order, lower down
the fleet, remained unchanged from the previous lap.
Lap 6 and it was left
for Ed.T to complete the ‘lap of honour, all others having already finished the
race.
With Handicaps
applied the winner was declared as Duncan with Chris second, Alan third and
Laurence fourth.
Results:
R14 - 18.02.2018
Rank
|
Class
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
CrewName
|
PY
|
Elapsed
|
BCE
|
Points
|
1
|
Streaker
|
1934
|
NSSC
|
Duncan
McDonald
|
1132
|
31.29
|
0.00.00
|
1.0
|
|
2
|
Laser
|
171864
|
Lancing
|
Chris
Foster
|
1097
|
31.34
|
0.01.03
|
2.0
|
|
3
|
Streaker
|
1700
|
Lancing
|
Alan
Simmons
|
1132
|
32.59
|
0.01.30
|
3.0
|
|
4
|
Streaker
|
1706
|
NSSC
|
Laurence
Venus
|
1132
|
33.04
|
0.01.35
|
4.0
|
|
5
|
Finn
|
595
|
NSSC
|
Ed
Thorburn
|
1045
|
37.08
|
0.02.15
|
5.0
|
|
6
|
Byte
(Orig Rig)
|
672
|
NSSC
|
Geoff
Sheridan
|
1190
|
36.56
|
0.03.50
|
6.0
|
|
7
|
Comet
|
473
|
NSSC
|
Terry
Jones
|
1204
|
37.52
|
0.04.23
|
7.0
|
|
8
|
Laser
|
191067
|
Pevensey
SC
|
Roger
McCall
|
1097
|
34.32
|
0.04.01
|
8.0
|
|
9
|
RS200
|
582
|
NSSC
|
Michael
Veale
|
Mike
Rosier
|
1047
|
33.04
|
0.03.57
|
9.0
|
10
|
Laser
|
133416
|
NSSC
|
Bill
Wates
|
1097
|
34.41
|
0.04.10
|
10.0
|
|
11
|
Laser
Radial
|
7757
|
NSSC
|
Ian
Johnson
|
1139
|
36.04
|
0.04.23
|
11.0
|
|
12
|
Laser
Radial
|
81
|
NSSC
|
Penelope
Duncan
|
1139
|
36.15
|
0.04.34
|
12.0
|
|
13
|
Laser
Radial
|
142208
|
NSSC
|
Dave
Murley
|
1139
|
36.33
|
0.04.52
|
13.0
|
|
14
|
Laser
Radial
|
43382
|
NSSC
|
Richard
Beal
|
1139
|
38.17
|
0.06.36
|
14.0
|
|
15
|
Laser
II
|
10098
|
PLumpton
College
|
Brandon
Rudd
|
1065
|
36.26
|
0.06.49
|
15.0
|
|
16
|
Feva
|
6327
|
NSSC
|
Lucy
McCaig
|
Millie
Swallow
|
1240
|
34.35
|
0.07.00
|
16.0
|
17
|
Cadet
|
9319
|
NSSC
|
Ed
Rollestone
|
Thomas
Beck
|
1428
|
44.07
|
0.12.21
|
17.0
|
1A8
|
Slipper
|
58
|
NSSC
|
Connie
Sturt
|
1385
|
37.16
|
0.14.09
|
18.0
|
Some very close ‘battles’ in both races
providing some excitement and entertaining racing in very pleasant conditions.
Not too energetic but down to a lot of tactical racing.
Alan.S1700
Next Sunday, 25h Feb, is the final race of
the series , starting at 11.00 am to determine the final placings and Prize giving
which follows.
Please refer to the official results on the
NSSC Web site which may differ in detail from this report :-http://www.nssc.org.uk/cms/images/nsscdocs/results/2018/2018elfnum12.htm
.
PS. If anyone would like copies of any of the
Photo files used in this, or any previous blog please contact me at alan.simmons63@ntlworld.com.
Likewise I provide Richard Beal with a full photo record of (nearly ) all races
in this the Elford Numbum series and last year’s Freeman Iceberg series which
get displayed at the clubhouse at the Buckle.
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