Streaker Ramblings - Freeman Iceberg Races 3 & 4 - 14.11.2021

 

Freeman Iceberg – Races 3 & 4

For races 3 & 4 – starting after the Remembrance Sunday two minutes silence – were, as last week, to have Committee Boat starts with the wind coming from the north east.

This and the other photos herein curtesy of Bett Simmons, click to enlarge.

Today’s RO was Rupert Smith, assisted again by Connie Sturt and with Thomas Harland Smith in the safety boat. The course Rupert set was a figure of eight with a gate on the laps after the first one as shown below.

At the gun it was Duncan McDonald (Streaker – NSSC) who was first away with Ed Rolestone (Laser 4.7 – NSSC) behind but to leeward and then Ed Thorburn (Finn – NSSC). Bill Waites (Laser full rig – NSSC) was next with Sean Beevers (Laser full rig – NSSC) next to go. At the pin end of the line a nice hole opened up allowing Alan Simmons (DZero – Lancing) to start in clear air and to windward of the rest of the fleet. Unfortunately although he arrived first at the mark he had forgotten that it was to be taken to port and when he tacked he was on the outside of a raft of boats rounding and as a result went almost to the back of the fleet and a good way behind.

 

 

It was a long course, comparatively, with plenty of windward and off-wind legs with a good bit of places changing early on in the race. At the end of the first lap the order was Duncan 1^st, Ed.T 2^nd, Michael Veale and Mike Rosier (RS 200 – NSSC) 3^rd, Ed R 4^th, Sean Beevers (Laser – NSSC) 5^th, Lewis Johns (Laser – NSSC) 6^th, Alan 7^th, Bill 8^th, Julian Dobson (Laser – NSSC) 9^th, David Hitchens (Laser _ NSSC) 10^th, Andy Beck (Int Moth – NSSC) 11^th and Thomas Beck (Topper – NSSC) 12^th and last on the water.

Lap 2 saw Ed.T edge in front of Duncan with Sean just astern of him. Alan pulled up to lie 4^th just ahead of Lewis with Ed.R behind him. Julian rose to 7^th place as Michel fell back to 8^th and Bill dropped to 9^th. The back three, David, Andy and Thomas.B remained in the positions they held in the first lap. 

Lap 3 Had Ed.T hold his lead at the front of the fleet with Duncan just 19 seconds behind but still ahead of Sean. Ed.R went ahead of Alan into 4^th place, then followed Lewis in 6^th with Julian behind him. Bill got ahead of Michael to lie 8^th and again no changes among the trailing three boats.

Lap 4 Ed pilled out to lead Duncan by a minute and 36 seconds with 3^rd placed Sean astern and Ed.R behind him. Lewis went ahead of Alan to lie 5^th. Julian remained in 7^th place as Michael moved ahead of Bill. No further changes occurred in the next three positions but both Andy.B  and Thomas.B finished at the end of the lap.

Lap 5, the final lap, saw Ed.T cross the line in 1^st place followed by Duncan, now two minutes and some ahead. Alan squeezed up to third place ahead of Sean with Lewis still 5^th and Ed.R dropping back to 6^th behind Lewis. Next came Julian and then Bill who had gone ahead of Michael with David last to finish in10th place.

With the handicaps applied the winner of race 3 was Ducan McDonald with Ed Rolestone 2^nd, Ed.Thorburn 3^rd,Thomas Beck 4^th and Sean Beevers 5^th.

Results – un-approved.           Race 3 - 14/11/2021

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	BCE	Points
1	Menagerie	Chops	STREAKER	2102	NSSC	Duncan McDonald		1128	38.43	0.00.00	1.0
2	Laser Hull		LASER 4.7	207462	NSSC	Ed Rollestone		1208	41.54	0.00.26	2.0
3	Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049	36.27	0.00.27	3.0
4	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	72341	NSSC	Thmas Harland-S［ith		1147	OOD		4.0
4	Menagerie	Scoundrel	STREAKER	1681	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1128	OOD		4.0
4	Menagerie		TOPPER	47124	NSSC	Thomas Beck		1365	40.53	0.03.24	4.0
4			Skipper 12		NSSC	Connie Sturt		1416	OOD		4.0
8	Laser Hull		LASER	46737	NSSC	Sean Beevers		1100	41.12	0.03.27	5.0
9	Laser Hull		LASER	179808	NSSC	Lewis Johns		1100	41.18	0.03.33	6.0
10	Laser Hull		LASER	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1100	42.00	0.04.15	7.0
11	Laser Hull		LASER	26	NSSC	Bill Waites		1100	42.32	0.04.47	8.0
12	Menagerie		DEVOTI D-ZERO	224	Lancing	Alan Simmons		1029	41.03	0.05.44	9.0
13	Laser Hull		LASER	12243`	NSSC	David Hitchens		1100	44.12	0.06.27	10.0
14	Menagerie	Hot Toddy	RS 200		NSSC	Michael Veale	Mike Rosier	1046	43.09	0.07.15	11.0
15	Menagerie		Int Moth (Non-foiling)	3605	NSSC	Andy Beck		980	36.21	0.09.26	12.0

With a wind shift occurring Rupert reset his course for race 4, the Committee Boat was repositioned with the start line from the boat to the mark just off the clubhouse with the windward mark off the middle of the east bank – third mark in the previous course - as below:-

Duncan started by the C.B with Sean next to go further up the line and then Ed.T nearer to the middle of the line. Just before the start gun Alan, going back to the non-course side of the line, hooked up his centre board on the Committee Boat anchor line and came to a halt. By the time he freed himself and started properly he was next to last across the line.

 

Duncan was first to the windward mark with Ed.T 2^nd to round and followed by Sean. By the end of lap 1 the order was Sean just 1 second ahead of Duncan, then Ed.T. Lewis was 4^th across the line with Ed.R 5^th. Michael 6^th, Julian 7^th, Alan 8^th, Bill 9^th, Andy 10^th, David 11^th and Thomas.B 12^th

Lap 2 saw Ed.T into the lead with Duncan astern and Sean in 3^rd place. There were no place changes down the fleet to Bill in 9^th but David pulled back one place to lie 10^th ahead of Andy and Thomas.B.

Lap 3 had the top three boats in the same sequence with Michael getting ahead of Lewis and Ed.R to lie 4^th. Next came Ed R in 6^th and still ahead of Alan. Bill gained a place to lie 8^th ahead of David whilst Julian dropped back to lie 10^th with Andy and Thomas.B astern.

Lap 4 and Duncan went ahead of Ed.T by 49 seconds, Sean held onto 3^rd place as Lewis passed Michael into 4th place. Alan gained a couple of place to lie in 5^th place just 1 second in front of Ed.R. as Michael fell back to lie 7^th with no further place changes behind him.

Lap 5 saw Duncan still ahead of Ed.T in top spot with no further changes in the order behind him. Not quite sure where or when but Andy fell out of his Moth.

Lap 6 – the final lap had Ed.T going back into the lead and crossing the line 28 seconds ahead of Duncan, Sean was 3^rd and Lewis 4^th. Alan was 5^th as Michael went ahead of Ed.R. Behind them David overtook Bill to cross in 8and 8^th place. Next came Julian and last, Andy and Thomas having finished at the end of the previous lap.

With handicaps applied the winner off the race was Duncan McDonald, with Ed Rolestone 2^nd, Ed.Thorburn 3^rd, Thomas Beck 4^th and Lewis Johns 5th

Results – un-approved.           Race 4 - 14/11/2021

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	BCE	Points
1	Menagerie	Chops	STREAKER	2102	NSSC	Duncan McDonald		1128	47.33	0.00.00	1.0
2	Laser Hull		LASER 4.7	207462	NSSC	Ed Rollestone		1208	51.26	0.00.31	2.0
3	Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049	46.01	0.01.48	3.0
4	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	72341	NSSC	Thmas Harland-S［ith		1147	OOD		4.0
4	Menagerie	Scoundrel	STREAKER	1681	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1128	OOD		4.0
9	Menagerie		TOPPER	47124	NSSC	Thomas Beck		1365	53.26	0.05.29	6.0
4			Skipper 12		NSSC	Connie Sturt		1416	OOD		4.0
4	Laser Hull		LASER	46737	NSSC	Sean Beevers		1100	48.28	0.02.06	4.0
8	Laser Hull		LASER	179808	NSSC	Lewis Johns		1100	48.38	0.02.16	5.0
12	Laser Hull		LASER	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1100	52.30	0.06.08	9.0
11	Laser Hull		LASER	26	NSSC	Bill Waites		1100	52.06	0.05.44	8.0
13	Menagerie		DEVOTI D-ZERO	224	Lancing	Alan Simmons		1029	49.30	0.06.07	10.0
10	Laser Hull		LASER	12243`	NSSC	David Hitchens		1100	51.54	0.05.32	7.0
14	Menagerie	Hot Toddy	RS 200		NSSC	Michael Veale	Mike Rosier	1046	51.24	0.07.18	11.0
15	Menagerie		Int Moth (Non-foiling)	3605	NSSC	Andy Beck		980	48.01	0.13.35	12.0

 

Another nice day’s sailing with slightly stronger breezes than last week – a good force 4 to 5 at times – cloudy with odd breaks and fairly warm (above average for the time of year). The Streaker took the honours in both races and the Finn stayed up there but with the Laser 4.7 in the mix. The forecast for next Sunday looks like more of the same – at present – watch that space.

PS. After the first Races in the Freeman Iceberg series on Sunday 7th Nov and when I got home I realised that I had lost my black (Maker not recalled) Buoyancy Jacket. I don't think my name is in/on it but it has a 'crutch strap' that Bett added to stop it rising - if in the water. Would anyone finding it (or having picked it up) please leave it in the changing room on a wall hook by the men’s shower entry. Thanks in anticipation.

PPS. Several times I have attempted to post Photos (the winter series etc) with a short comment on the 'Home’ page of the NSSC Facebook page. The system seems to have accepted my post but the next time I view the home page they have vanished. There is a catch, because they are still on the web site, you just have to find them. Below the Club Name and heading picture is a line of links/commands - 'Home, About, Photos, Events and More’. The last of these, More, when clicked gives two options, click on the second (Community) and 'Lo and Behold' there they all are. I add this comment as I hope to give notice and the weekly reports (Streaker Ramblings) for the coming 2021 Winter series.

Alan Simmons