Sunday morning dawned with
bright blue clear skies and a light breeze but really frosty, had to scrape the
ice off the Mini before we could set off. On arrival at the pond I was immediately
off to uncover the new boat and sort out its Kicker attachment strop which was
regrettably not present when I picked up the boat on Saturday and only became
obvious while putting all together at Piddinghoe in the afternoon. Once rigged
it was time for a spin and all seemed fine at first.
Just before the gun I
realised the the outhaul control line had pulled out of the sail Clew and was
therefore unusable. I headed back to the jetty in front of the clubhouse and
retied it, by which time the sequence had well and truly started – finished
before I could get to the line - so I was last of the eleven boat fleet to start.
Lucy McCaig (Laser Radial)
was persuaded to act as RO, assisted by Sam Briggs with Bill Wates in the
safety boat. Rupert Smith (Streaker) and
Bill Wates (Laser ) set up a committee boat start over basically the same
course as last weekend, the breeze being from the north west, along the western
shore as shown below:-
At the gun Rupert was first
across the line to windward of Thomas Harland-Smith (Laser Radial) with
Laurence Venus (Hadron H2 ) third to go.
Yours truly was last to go but heading
to the right and having to dip the stern of David Hitchens (Laser full rig) and,
nearly, Jake Briggs (Oppy).
The fleet all eventually tacked onto port to head
for the mark off the Fisherman’s Bay with Rupert making it first ahead of
Laurence. Third to round and go onto the run was Roger McCall (Laser full rig)
with David.H followed by Zoe Mcaig, Thomas and then Alan Simmons - in his newly
acquired Devoti D Zero in his first
outing on Piddinghoe.
After the leg behind the Island and on the close reach
along the south shore Laurence went ahead of Rupert and Alan began to close on
the five boats ahead of him.
At the end of the first lap the order was Laurence,
Rupert, Roger , Zoe, Thomas and Alan – see the table below for boat positons in
each lap:-
Race 5
| 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 | 6.39 | L Venus | 13.33 | L Venus | 20.06 | L Venus | 26.45 | L Venus | 33.13 | 1 |
| 2 | Streaker | 1681 | R Smith | 7.05 | R Smith | 13.59 | R Smith | 20.51 | R Smith | 27.51 | Z McCaig | 36.10 | 2 |
| 3 | Laser | 191067 | R McCall | 7.36 | R McCall | 15.02 | R McCall | 22.30 | Z McCaig | 29.23 | A Simmons | 36.13 | 3 |
| 4 | Laser Radial | 64200 | Z McCaig | 7.43 | T Harland-Smith | 15.16 | Z McCaig | 22.44 | A Simmons | 29.31 | T Harland-Smith | 36.17 | 4 |
| 5 | Laser Radial | 72341 | T Harland-Smith | 7.47 | Z McCaig | 15.23 | A Simmons | 22.47 | R McCall | 29.33 | R McCall | 36.31 | 5 |
| 6 | D Zero | 0 | A Simmons | 7.59 | A Simmons | 15.29 | T Harland-Smith | 22.49 | T Harland-Smith | 29.41 | D Hitchens | 37.15 | 6 |
| 7 | Byte CII | 2625 | G Sheridan | 8.18 | G Sheridan | 16.04 | G Sheridan | 23.29 | G Sheridan | 30.33 | G Sheridan | 37.31 | 7 |
| 8 | Laser Radial | 142208 | D Murley | 8.24 | D Hitchens | 16.10 | D Hitchens | 23.39 | D Hitchens | 30.51 | D Murley | 38.17 | 8 |
| 9 | Laser | 122461 | D Hitchens | 8.24 | D Murley | 16.16 | D Murley | 24.02 | D Murley | 31.10 | M Veale | 40.24 | 9 |
| 10 | RS200 | 582 | M Veale | 10.29 | M Veale | 18.02 | M Veale | 25.27 | M Veale | 32.59 | R Smith | DNS | 10 |
| 11 | Oppy | 5902 | J Briggs | 12.35 | J Briggs | 26.03 | J Briggs | 37.43 | J Briggs | Finished | J Briggs | 11 |
Lap 2 saw no changes of
place in the top four boats but Thomas went ahead of Zoe by 7 seconds and Alan remained sixth astern of Zoe. David.H passed Dave.M to
lie eighth and Michael Veale and Mike Rosier (RS 200) remained tenth ahead of Jake.
Lap 3 had Laurence continued to gain on Rupert with the gap now 46 seconds, with Roger behind him and Zoe
behind Roger as Alan went ahead of Thomas to lie fifth with Geoff Sheridan
(Byte CII) still holding seventh place on the water.
Lap 4 Zoe went up to third
place and Alan to fourth as they both went ahead of Roger and Thomas with no
changes in the rest of the fleet.
Lap 5 the final lap saw
Laurence cross the line ahead of Rupert a minute and fourteen seconds ahead
only to discover that he, Rupert, had not signed on. This moved Zoe up to
second with Alan still behind her by 3 seconds at the line and every one else
finished a place higher.
With handicaps applied and
times corrected Zoe was the winner of the race with Thomas second Laurence
third, Geoff fourth and Roger fifth.
R5 - 19.01.2020
Rank
|
Fleet
|
Class
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
CrewName
|
PY
|
Elapsed
|
Corrected
|
BCE
|
Points
|
1
|
Laser Radial
|
64200
|
NSSC
|
Zoe McCaig
|
1145
|
36.10
|
0.31.35
|
0.00.00
|
1.0
|
||
2
|
Cadet
|
Laser Radial
|
72341
|
NSSC
|
Thomas Harland-Smith
|
1145
|
36.17
|
0.31.41
|
0.00.07
|
2.0
|
|
3
|
Hadron H2
|
138
|
NSSC
|
Laurence Venus
|
1037
|
33.13
|
0.32.02
|
0.00.28
|
3.0
|
||
3
|
Cadet
|
Laser Radial
|
6420
|
NSSC
|
Lucy McCaig
|
1145
|
OOD
|
3.0
|
|||
5
|
BYTE CII
|
2623
|
NSSC
|
Geoff Sheridan
|
1144
|
37.31
|
0.32.48
|
0.01.23
|
4.0
|
||
6
|
Laser
|
191067
|
Pevensey
|
Roger McCall
|
1099
|
36.31
|
0.33.14
|
0.01.48
|
5.0
|
||
7
|
Laser Radial
|
142208
|
NSSC
|
Dave Murley
|
1145
|
38.17
|
0.33.26
|
0.02.07
|
6.0
|
||
8
|
Laser
|
122461
|
NSSC
|
David Hitchins
|
1099
|
37.15
|
0.33.54
|
0.02.32
|
7.0
|
||
9
|
DEVOTI D-ZERO
|
0 (224)
|
Lancing SC
|
Alan Simmons
|
1029
|
36.13
|
0.35.12
|
0.03.43
|
8.0
|
||
10
|
OPTIMIST
|
5902
|
NSSC
|
Jake Briggs
|
1655
|
37.43
|
0.37.59
|
0.06.21
|
9.0
|
||
11
|
RS 200
|
582
|
NSSC
|
Michael Veale
|
Mike Rosier
|
1046
|
40.24
|
0.38.37
|
0.07.22
|
10.0
|
|
12
|
Streaker
|
1681
|
NSSC
|
Rupert Smith
|
1128
|
DNS
|
36.0
|
It is obvious that it will
take a while for Alan to get used to his new machine but at the break between
the races he offered it to Laurence to trial who declined, saying the boom was
too low for his liking – well it is a bit - but he has obviously never tried to
sail a Europe! Rupert did have a go agreeing that the boom is low but offering
no other comment.
Race 6 was sailed with ten
boats on the water, the RS 200 not going afloat, Michael complaining of hurting
ribs – not sure if this was sustained during race 5.
At the gun it was Thomas
away first with Dave.M next but below him on starboard tack. Rupert, and
Laurence behind him decided on a port hand tack start by the committee boat
with just enough speed to get ahead of the starboard tack boats.
Alan meanwhile
had nipped across the line at the pin end and tacked off onto port down the
right hand side of the beat.
By the time they rounded the mark off the
Fisherman’s Bay Laurence was in the lead with Alan two boat lengths behind down
the off wind leg.
Rupert was on the inside of Zoe with Thomas a couple of
lengths astern down this leg.
Coming up the close reach to the finish mark, off
the club house, Laurence stayed ahead of Alan, crossing the line with a 16
second advantage with Rupert 17 seconds behind Alan. Then came Zoe ahead of
Thomas with Roger behind them. Roger was
lying sixth, Dave.M seventh, David.H eighth, Geoff ninth and Jake tenth.
See the table below for all
boat lap positions throughout the race:-
Race 6
| Posn | Class | Sail No | Lap 1 | e time | Lap 2 | e time | Lap 3 | e time | Lap 4 | e time | Lap 5 | e time | Lap 6 | e time | Posn |
| 1 | Hadron H2 | 138 | L Venus | 7.02 | L Venus | 13.07 | L Venus | 19.43 | L Venus | 25.51 | L Venus | 31.59 | L Venus | 38.27 | 1 |
| 2 | D Zero | 0 | A Simmons | 7.18 | A Simmons | 13.56 | A Simmons | 20.34 | A Simmons | 27.09 | A Simmons | 33.44 | A Simmons | 40.27 | 2 |
| 3 | Streaker | 1681 | R Smith | 7.35 | R Smith | 14.01 | R Smith | 21.11 | R Smith | 27.55 | R Smith | 34.43 | R Smith | 41.31 | 3 |
| 4 | Laser Radial | 64200 | Z McCaig | 7.44 | Z McCaig | 14.28 | Z McCaig | 21.46 | Z McCaig | 28.37 | Z McCaig | 35.31 | Z McCaig | 42.38 | 4 |
| 5 | Laser Radial | 72341 | T Harland-Smith | 7.47 | T Harland-Smith | 14.33 | T Harland-Smith | 21.58 | T Harland-Smith | 29.11 | T Harland-Smith | 36.07 | T Harland-Smith | 42.58 | 5 |
| 6 | Laser | 191067 | R McCall | 8.00 | R McCall | 15.26 | R McCall | 22.28 | R McCall | 29.30 | R McCall | 36.33 | R McCall | 43.31 | 6 |
| 7 | Laser Radial | 142208 | D Murley | 8.02 | D Murley | 15.29 | D Murley | 23.10 | G Sheridan | 29.54 | G Sheridan | 36.56 | G Sheridan | 44.02 | 7 |
| 8 | Laser | 122461 | D Hitchens | 8.23 | D Hitchens | 15.47 | D Hitchens | 24.06 | D Murley | 30.27 | D Murley | 37.48 | D Murley | 45.17 | 8 |
| 9 | Byte CII | 2625 | G Sheridan | 8.26 | G Sheridan | 15.50 | G Sheridan | 23.06 | D Hitchens | 31.20 | D Hitchens | 39.11 | D Hitchens | Finished | 9 |
| 10 | Oppy | 5902 | J Briggs | 13.13 | J Briggs | 25.30 | J Briggs | 37.03 | J Briggs | 49.22 | J Briggs | Finished | J Briggs | 10 |
Laps 2 and 3 saw no places
changes throughout the fleet.
Lap 4 again no changes among
the front six boats bur Geoff pulled ahead of Dave.M as Laurence sped away from
Alan, crossing the line a minute and eighteen seconds ahead of Alan.
Laps 5 & 6 saw no place
changing with Laurence crossing the finish line two minutes ahead of Alan and
Rupert third to cross a minute and four seconds behind him with Zoe fourth and
Thomas fifth.
After calculations had been
performed Rupert was ‘crowned’ top dog with Laurence second, Zoe third, Thomas
fourth and Geoff fifth.
R6 - 19.01.2020
Rank
|
Fleet
|
Class
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
CrewName
|
PY
|
Elapsed
|
Corrected
|
BCE
|
Points
|
1
|
Streaker
|
1681
|
NSSC
|
Rupert Smith
|
1128
|
41.31
|
0.36.48
|
0.00.00
|
1.0
|
||
2
|
Hadron H2
|
138
|
NSSC
|
Laurence Venus
|
1037
|
38.27
|
0.37.05
|
0.00.17
|
2.0
|
||
3
|
Laser Radial
|
64200
|
NSSC
|
Zoe McCaig
|
1145
|
42.38
|
0.37.14
|
0.00.29
|
3.0
|
||
3
|
Cadet
|
Laser Radial
|
6420
|
NSSC
|
Lucy McCaig
|
1145
|
OOD
|
3.0
|
|||
5
|
Cadet
|
Laser Radial
|
72341
|
NSSC
|
Thomas Harland-Smith
|
1145
|
42.58
|
0.37.32
|
0.00.49
|
4.0
|
|
6
|
BYTE CII
|
2623
|
NSSC
|
Geoff Sheridan
|
1144
|
44.02
|
0.38.29
|
0.01.56
|
5.0
|
||
7
|
DEVOTI D-ZERO
|
0 (224)
|
Lancing SC
|
Alan Simmons
|
1029
|
40.27
|
0.39.19
|
0.02.35
|
6.0
|
||
8
|
Laser Radial
|
142208
|
NSSC
|
Dave Murley
|
1145
|
45.17
|
0.39.33
|
0.03.08
|
7.0
|
||
9
|
Laser
|
191067
|
Pevensey
|
Roger McCall
|
1099
|
43.31
|
0.39.36
|
0.03.04
|
8.0
|
||
10
|
Laser
|
122461
|
NSSC
|
David Hitchins
|
1099
|
39.11
|
0.42.47
|
0.05.29
|
9.0
|
||
11
|
OPTIMIST
|
5902
|
NSSC
|
Jake Briggs
|
1655
|
49.22
|
0.44.45
|
0.08.45
|
10.0
|
A lovely day for a sail, especially for Alan’s
first race in the D Zero, with a chance to get used to an unfamiliar vessel. No nasty gusts to contend with and just the
slightest change in wind strength between the two races – a tiny tad more in
the first.
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