The Streaker Open Meeting at Bough Beech Sailing Club was held jointly with a meeting for Finn and Supernovas on Saturday 7th April 2018.On arrival at the club there was but a tiny breeze - force 1 or less - as the sixteen boat Streaker fleet rigged. The Race Officer set a course of a rectangular form with the start from a committee boat to the north west of the club - as shown below. The Streaker fleet was last to start after the Finns and the Supernovas, with a round the ends rule for premature starters.
Yours truly only sailed in the first race, just managing to finish in 14th place and then whilst waiting for the second race I capsized. That would not have been too bad but the boat went turtle and although I managed to get it back upright I was unable to get back aboard due to my buoyancy aid catching on the gunwhale. After a short while the safety boat appeared and I was helped back on board. My dry suit had not been fully zipped and with a couple of pounds of water in each boot I decided to call it a day, went ashore and went to change only to find that the drysuit zip had jammed. After several attempts I had to pull the zip apart - later at home it took best part of an hour to get the zip back together and working with the addition of a bit of greasing.
Consequently I did not see the start of the second race and stayed only for the start of the last race after lunch. The report below is therefore taken, with kind permission, from that written by the event winner Doug Horner of Swanage. Photos include herein are largely those taken by Bett.S but with a couple taken by Doug. to see the video he took during the last race, when he did not sail, please follow the link to https://youtu.be/VMbiaPmvNsE
Race report by Dough Horner:-
A
good turnout of 16 boats arrived at Bough Beech for the 2nd round of the
Streaker Southern Paddle series and plenty of breeze turned up too.
In Race one, a trio of the more experienced pond sailors, Alex Reindorp and Paul Grace from Chipstead and James Dawes from Redditch all stormed to the front and fought each other round the first mark and down the proceeding run. Mark Langston and Brenda Hoult made the most gain down the first run, closing in on the leading three boats.
In Race one, a trio of the more experienced pond sailors, Alex Reindorp and Paul Grace from Chipstead and James Dawes from Redditch all stormed to the front and fought each other round the first mark and down the proceeding run. Mark Langston and Brenda Hoult made the most gain down the first run, closing in on the leading three boats.
Up the next beat there was constant place changing between Alex, Paul and
James, with James holding the lead around the windward mark and doing everthing
he could downwind to maintain the few boat lengths lead that he'd
made.
On the final lap Doug Horner appeared toward the front after recovering from an
abysmal start and somehow took the lead just before the line whilst James held
onto 2nd place keeping Paul and Alex behind him.
Result - Race 1
SailNo
|
HelmName
|
CrewName
|
Place
|
Points
| |
1
|
1940
|
Doug
Horner
|
1
|
1.0
| |
2
|
1985
|
James
Dawes
|
2
|
2.0
| |
3
|
1887
|
Paul Grace
|
3
|
3.0
| |
4
|
1953
|
Alex
Reindorp
|
4
|
4.0
| |
5
|
1920
|
Mark
Langston
|
5
|
5.0
| |
6
|
1681
|
Rupert
Smith
|
6
|
6.0
| |
7
|
2102
|
Duncan
McDonald
|
7
|
7.0
| |
8
|
1975
|
Brenda
Hoult
|
8
|
8.0
| |
9
|
1844
|
Chris
Smith
|
9
|
9.0
| |
10
|
1941
|
Sandra
Hill
|
10
|
10.0
| |
11
|
1620
|
Noel
West
|
11
|
11.0
| |
12
|
1905
|
P
Halldron
|
12
|
12.0
| |
13
|
1958
|
Simon
Herrington
|
13
|
13.0
| |
14
|
1700
|
Alan
Simmons
|
14
|
14.0
| |
15
|
1611
|
Ceri
Thomas
|
15
|
15.0
| |
16
|
1568
|
Jon
Blankley
|
DSQ
|
17.0
|
Race 2 was a different affair with much less place changing. Doug Horner took an early lead with Brenda Hoult inches away from his transom at all times and not giving him any slack to get away. Paul and Alex again were towards the front, leading the rest of the fleet around the course but Doug and Brenda never out of first and second.
Doug and Brenda were in clearly
defined roles for the remainder of the race with Doug on the defence trying to
hold on to the lead, and Brenda on the attack looking for any opportunity to
overtake and so it remained to the finish line. Behind however, James
Dawes had worked his way up to Alex and Paul and managed to slip past them both
into 3rd place on the finish line.
Result - Race 2
Rank
|
SailNo
|
HelmName
|
CrewName
|
Place
|
Points
|
1
|
1940
|
Doug Horner
|
1
|
1.0
| |
2
|
1975
|
Brenda Hoult
|
2
|
2.0
| |
3
|
1985
|
James Dawes
|
3
|
3.0
| |
4
|
1887
|
Paul Grace
|
4
|
4.0
| |
5
|
1953
|
Alex Reindorp
|
5
|
5.0
| |
6
|
1681
|
Rupert Smith
|
6
|
6.0
| |
7
|
2102
|
Duncan McDonald
|
7
|
7.0
| |
8
|
1905
|
P Halldron
|
8
|
8.0
| |
9
|
1620
|
Noel West
|
9
|
9.0
| |
10
|
1844
|
Chris Smith
|
10
|
10.0
| |
11
|
1958
|
Simon Herrington
|
11
|
11.0
| |
12
|
1611
|
Ceri Thomas
|
12
|
12.0
| |
13
|
1941
|
Sandra Hill
|
13
|
13.0
| |
14
|
1920
|
Mark Langston
|
RET
|
17.0
| |
14
|
1700
|
Alan Simmons
|
DNS
|
17.0
| |
14
|
1568
|
Jon Blankley
|
DNF
|
17.0
|
After
lunch the wind had settled a little for race 3 and a few sailors hard retired
for the day after 2 hard races earlier.
Several capsizes and lots of place changing saw Brenda in the lead with Duncan McDonald and Paul forging their way to the front and Rupert Smith only a few boat lengths behind. An early capsize for James Dawes put him out of the running for the race win but he fought throughout the whole race picking off sailor after sailor as the laps went on.
Duncan finally managed to get into the lead briefly but just before the finish line Brenda took the victory on the line crossing just in front of him.
Result - Race 3
Rank
|
SailNo
|
HelmName
|
CrewName
|
Place
|
Points
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
1975
|
Brenda
Hoult
|
1
|
1.0
| |
2
|
2102
|
Duncan McDonald
|
2
|
2.0
| |
3
|
1681
|
Rupert Smith
|
3
|
3.0
| |
4
|
1887
|
Paul
|
4
|
4.0
| |
5
|
1844
|
Chris Smith
|
5
|
5.0
| |
6
|
1985
|
James Dawes
|
6
|
6.0
| |
7
|
1905
|
P Halldron
|
7
|
7.0
| |
8
|
1611
|
Ceri Thomas
|
8
|
8.0
| |
9
|
1958
|
Simon Herrington
|
9
|
9.0
| |
10
|
1940
|
Doug Horner
|
DNS
|
15.0
| |
10
|
1953
|
Alex Reindorp
|
DNS
|
15.0
| |
10
|
1620
|
Noel West
|
DNS
|
15.0
| |
10
|
1941
|
Sandra Hill
|
DNS
|
15.0
| |
10
|
1700
|
Alan Simmons
|
DNS
|
15.0
|
In the end Doug Horner won the Bough Beech open with two 1st places, Brenda was
in second counting a 1st and a 2nd and James Dawes had done enough to hold onto
3rd place overall.
Results
:-
Rank
|
SailNo
|
Helm
Name
|
Club
|
Race 1
07/04/2018 11:00 |
Race 2
07/04/2018 11:45 |
Race 3
07/04/2018 14:00 |
Total
|
Nett
|
1st
|
1940
|
Doug Horner
|
Swanage
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
(15.0 DNS)
|
17.0
|
2.0
|
2nd
|
1975
|
Brenda Hoult
|
Hayling
Island
|
(8.0)
|
2.0
|
1.0
|
11.0
|
3.0
|
3rd
|
1985
|
James Dawes
|
Redditch
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
(6.0)
|
11.0
|
5.0
|
4th
|
1887
|
Paul Grace
|
Chipstead
|
3.0
|
(4.0)
|
4.0
|
11.0
|
7.0
|
5th
|
2102
|
Duncan McDonald
|
NSSC
|
(7.0)
|
7.0
|
2.0
|
16.0
|
9.0
|
6th
|
1681
|
Rupert Smith
|
NSSC
|
(6.0)
|
6.0
|
3.0
|
15.0
|
9.0
|
7th
|
1953
|
Alex Reindorp
|
Chipstead
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
(15.0 DNS)
|
24.0
|
9.0
|
8th
|
1844
|
Chris Smith
|
Island Barn
|
9.0
|
(10.0)
|
5.0
|
24.0
|
14.0
|
9th
|
1905
|
P Halldron
|
Downs
|
(12.0)
|
8.0
|
7.0
|
27.0
|
15.0
|
10th
|
1611
|
Ceri Thomas
|
Broadstairs
|
(15.0)
|
12.0
|
8.0
|
35.0
|
20.0
|
11th
|
1958
|
Simon Herrington
|
Downs
|
(13.0)
|
11.0
|
9.0
|
33.0
|
20.0
|
12th
|
1620
|
Noel West
|
NSSC
|
11.0
|
9.0
|
(15.0 DNS)
|
35.0
|
20.0
|
13th
|
1920
|
Mark Langston
|
Beccles
|
5.0
|
(17.0 RET)
|
17.0 DNC
|
39.0
|
22.0
|
14th
|
1941
|
Sandra Hill
|
Bough Beech
|
10.0
|
13.0
|
(15.0 DNS)
|
38.0
|
23.0
|
15th
|
1700
|
Alan Simmons
|
Lancing
|
14.0
|
(17.0 DNS)
|
15.0 DNS
|
46.0
|
29.0
|
16th
|
1568
|
Jon Blankley
|
Beccles
|
(17.0 DSQ)
|
17.0 DNF
|
17.0 DNC
|
51.0
|
34.0
|
The next round of the Southern Paddle series is at Burghfield on the 21st of April.
Alan.S 1700
PS. Sorry about race 3 results - I cannot get the program to position it at far left.
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