Streker Ramblings - Freeman Iceberg 2019 -Races 7 & 8 - 24/11/2019

Streaker Ramblings – Freeman Iceberg  Races 7 & 8 – 24.11.2019

Grey overcast skies, with tiny blue patches and no breeze worth mentioning as we set off for Piddinghoe on Sunday  last – 24^th November. The Blue sky never arrived but there was a tiny breeze from the south west, enough for the RO Phill Clare, assisted by Anna Freeman and with Penelope Duncan and Richard Beal on the safety boat, to set an X shaped course, as shown below, with a ‘Committee boat start’ over towards the east shore:-

At the Gun it was Laurence Venus in his Hadron H2 who was first away at the pin end of the line. Thomas Harland-Smith (Laser Radial) was second to cross in mid line with Ed Thorburn (Finn) third off and Alan Simmons (Streaker) next at the Committee boat end.

With a true beat to the blue mark off the clubhouse Laurence was first to turn the corner with Alan a length or so behind. Next up was Ed followed by Thomas and then Zoe McCaig (Laser Radial) with Bill Wates (Laser full rig) and then Rupert Smith (Streaker) just astern.  

By the start of the next beat, after a reach towards the Fisherman’s Bay and another back towards the east shore mark, Laurence was well in the lead with Ed just behind and Alan somewhat further back. At the end of the lap Ed had taken the lead with Alan third, Rupert fourth and Thomas fifth.

Lap 2 saw the same order in the first four boats but Rupert  had closed to within 15 seconds of Alan and Sean Beevors (Laser full rig) had gone ahead of Thomas to lie in fifth place with Julian Dobson (Laser full rig) passing Zoe to lie seventh and Mike rosier (Laser Radial) dropping back to lie fourteenth behind Dave Hitchens (Laser full rig), Terry Jones (Comet), Tim Cox (Topper), and Dave Murley (Laser Radial).

On the Run in lap 4 Rupert went ahead of Alan to cross the finish line third, behind Ed and Laurence. Thomas lost out on this lap too dropping well down the fleet to finish twelfth.

For the relative position of all boats throughout the race see the table below:-

Race 7

Posn	Class	Sail No	Lap 1	e time	Lap 2	e time	Lap 3	e time	Lap 4	e time	Posn
1	Finn	595	Ed Thorburn	11.17	Ed Thorburn	20.29	Ed Thorburn	30.35	Ed Thorburn	43.11	1
2	Hadron H2	138	L  Venus	11.23	L Venus	21.01	L Venus	32.11	L Venus	43.51	2
3	Streaker	1700	A Simmons	12.30	A Simmons	22.44	A Simmons	36.20	R Smith	49.17	3
4	Streaker	168	R Smith	12.59	R Smith	22.59	R Smith	37.12	A Simmons	50.58	4
5	Laser R	72341	T Harland-Smith	13.27	Sean Beevors	23.06	Sean Beevors	37.43	Sean Beevors	52.00	5
6	Laser	46237	Sean Beevors	13.56	T Harland-Smith	23.37	T Harland-Smith	42.04	J Dobson		6
7	Laser R	64200	Z McCaig	14.16	J Dobson	24.08	J Dobson	42.57	Z McCaig		7
8	Laser	7	J Dobson	14.29	Z McCaig	25.37	Z McCaig	43.19	D Hitchens		8
9	Laser	26	B Wates	14.56	B Wates	25.52	B Wates	43.46	T Jones		9
10	Laser	122461	D Hitchens	15.29	D Hitchens	27.17	D Hitchens	44.45	B Wates		10
11	Comet	473	T Jones	16.15	T Jones	29.17	T Jones	46.12	D Murley		11
12	Laser R	61663	M Rosier	16.26	T Cox	30.30	T Cox	47.46	T Harland-Smith		12
13	Topper	41179	T Cox	17.47	D Murley	31.54	M Rosier	48.2	M Rosier		13
14	Laser R	142208	D Murley	17.48	M Rosier	32.34	D Murley	49.40	T Cox		14

 With times corrected (and handicaps applied) the winner was Ed with Laurence second, Rupert third, Alan fourth and Tim fifth.

7 - 24/11/2019

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	Points
1			Finn	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1051	0.43.11	4	0.41.05	1.0
2		Misty Blue Too	Hadron H2	138	NSSC	Laurence Venus		1037	0.43.51	4	0.42.17	2.0
3		Scoundrel	Streaker	1681	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1128	0.49.17	4	0.43.41	3.0
3			Laser Radial	91329	NSSC	Penelope Duncan		1145	OOD			3.0
3			Laser Radial	43382	NSSC	Richard Beal		1145	OOD			3.0
6		Last Bash	Streaker	1700	Lancing SC	Alan Simmons		1128	0.50.58	4	0.45.11	4.0
7			Topper	41179	NSSC	Tim Cox		1363	0.47.46	3	0.46.44	5.0
8			Laser	46237	NSSC	Sean Beevors		1099	0.52.00	4	0.47.19	6.0
9	Cadet		Laser Radial	72341	NSSC	Thomas Harland-Smith		1145	0.42.04	3	0.48.59	7.0
10			Laser Radial	64200	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		1145	0.43.19	3	0.50.26	8.0
11			Comet	473	NSSC	Terry Jones		1207	0.46.12	3	0.51.02	9.0
12			Laser	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1099	0.42.57	3	0.52.06	10.0
13			Laser	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1099	0.43.46	3	0.53.06	11.0
14			Laser	122461	NSSC	David Hitchins		1099	0.44.45	3	0.54.18	12.0
15			Laser Radial	61663	NSSC	Mike Rosier		1145	0.48.20	3	0.56.17	13.0
16			Laser Radial	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1145	0.49.40	3	0.57.50	14.0

 

Race 8 was held over the same course, with again a Committee boat start. The breeze was, if anything, lighter than in Race 7 with big holes. See the shot and reflections there in of the boats below – before the second start.

Laurence was, yet again, first away. Ed attempted a port tack, port end start but it did not come off. Rupert also got a good start with Alan somewhere back in the pack but still rounding the clubhouse mark in fifth place behind Thomas, with Ed some way back in sixth place.

By the end of the  first lap Laurence crossed the line seven seconds ahead of Rupert with Ed now up to third and Alan to fourth with Julian fifth.

By the end of the second lap the first three places were unchanged but both Sean and Julian had gone ahead of Alan and Thomas moved up to lie eighth behind Bill but ahead of Zoe with Terry, Dave.H, Dave.M, Mike and lastly Tim.

Lap 4 saw Ed pass Rupert  to lie second and with Thomas go back ahead of Zoe to lie eighth with no other place changes lower down the fleet.

Lap 5 sailed by the leading nine boats saw Laurence cross the line still ahead of Ed with no further place changes.

Race 8

Posn	Class	Sail No	Lap 1	e time	Lap 2	e time	Lap 3	e time	Lap 4	e time	lap 5	e time	Posn
1	Hadron H2	138	L  Venus	13.32	L Venus	22.12	L Venus	28.55	L Venus	35.25	L Venus	42.08	1
2	Streaker	168	R Smith	13.39	R Smith	22.43	R Smith	29.52	Ed Thorburn	36.37	Ed Thorburn	43.17	2
3	Finn	595	Ed Thorburn	15.27	Ed Thorburn	23.33	Ed Thorburn	30.06	R Smith	37.03	R Smith	43.25	3
4	Streaker	1700	A Simmons	15.52	Sean Beevors	25.04	Sean Beevors	32.11	Sean Beevors	39.09	Sean Beevors	45.27	4
5	Laser	7	J Dobson	16.00	J Dobson	25.05	J Dobson	32.32	J Dobson	39.37	J Dobson	46.17	5
6	Laser	46237	Sean Beevors	16.19	A Simmons	25.17	A Simmons	32.37	A Simmons	39.58	A Simmons	46.52	6
7	Laser	26	B Wates	16.42	B Wates	25.29	B Wates	33.28	B Wates	40.5	B Wates	47.28	7
8	Laser R	64200	Z McCaig	16.49	T Harland-Smith	25.51	Z McCaig	33.35	T Harland-Smith	40.59	T Harland-Smith	47.4	8
9	Laser R	72341	T Harland-Smith	16.55	Z McCaig	26.09	T Harland-Smith	33.43	Z McCaig	41.19	Z McCaig	48.04	9
10	Comet	473	T Jones	17.33	T Jones	26.55	T Jones	34.39	T Jones	42.37	D Hitchens	finished	10
11	Laser	122461	D Hitchens	17.38	D Hitchens	27.02	D Murley	35.22	D Hitchens	42.58	T Jones	Finished	11
12	Laser R	142208	D Murley	18.16	D Murley	27.28	D Hitchens	35.30	D Murley	43.34	D Murley	Finished	12
13	Laser R	61663	M Rosier	19.19	M Rosier	28.45	M Rosier	36.25	M Rosier	43.59	M Rosier	Finished	13
14	Topper	41179	T Cox	19.42	T Cox	29.41	T Cox	39.15	T Cox	48.34	T Cox	Finished	14

With handicaps applied and times corrected Rupert was the winner with Laurence second, Ed third, Sean fourthand Alan fifth.

8 - 24/11/2019

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	Points
1		Scoundrel	Streaker	1681	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1128	0.43.25	5	0.38.29	1.0
2		Misty Blue Too	Hadron H2	138	NSSC	Laurence Venus		1037	0.42.08	5	0.40.38	2.0
3			Finn	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1051	0.43.17	5	0.41.11	3.0
3			Laser Radial	91329	NSSC	Penelope Duncan		1145	OOD			3.0
3			Laser Radial	43382	NSSC	Richard Beal		1145	OOD			3.0
6			Laser	46237	NSSC	Sean Beevors		1099	0.45.27	5	0.41.21	4.0
7		Last Bash	Streaker	1700	Lancing SC	Alan Simmons		1128	0.46.52	5	0.41.33	5.0
8	Cadet		Laser Radial	72341	NSSC	Thomas Harland-Smith		1145	0.47.40	5	0.41.38	6.0
9			Laser Radial	64200	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		1145	0.48.04	5	0.41.59	7.0
10			Laser	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1099	0.46.17	5	0.42.07	8.0
11			Laser	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1099	0.47.28	5	0.43.11	9.0
12			Comet	473	NSSC	Terry Jones		1207	0.42.37	4	0.44.08	10.0
13			Topper	41179	NSSC	Tim Cox		1363	0.48.34	4	0.44.32	11.0
14			Laser Radial	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1145	0.43.34	4	0.47.34	12.0
15			Laser Radial	61663	NSSC	Mike Rosier		1145	0.43.59	4	0.48.01	13.0
16			Laser	122461	NSSC	David Hitchins		1099	0.42.58	4	0.48.52	14.0

Another light breeze pair of races, lots of windless patches and some drastic direction changes making a very challenging days sailing – I won’t call it racing!

For the overall results of the Series to date go to the NSSC web site and find the results page - http://www.nssc.org.uk/cms/images/nsscdocs/results/2019/2019icebergr8.htm

Alan.S 1700

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