Freeman Iceberg - Races 7 & 8 - 27/11/2022

 

Photos by Bett Simmons

On leaving Hove this morning it was Grey, Raining and Misty and  Breezeless. As we approached the top of King George V1 Avenue the cloud base was down to zero feet. It felt as though it might be difficult to see the far side of the pond. As it turned out the cloud began to lift and by the time we were on the A27 approaching Kingston all was clear. The next problem was with big puddles, half way across the road on the approach to the village, mid-way through the village and on way down to Piddinghoe. On arrival at the pond there was hardly any puff but a trickle did come in from the South in time for the start.

Dave Hitchens (Laser 122467) was RO, assisted by Julian Dobson (Laser 7) with P Knipe and R Lowison in the safety boat. A course was set as a trapezoid around the shores of the Pond, as shown below, with the start from the small pier to the north of the clubhouse and a finish from the clubhouse jetty.

At the gun, Dave Murley(Laser Radial) was first to cross the line, at the pin end, for the short beat to the first mark. Alan Simmons (Streaker) was next away and then Ed Thorburn(Finn) between the two. Ed soon tacked towards the clubhouse shortly tacking back and rounding the mark ahead of Alan with Dave third to get onto the reach. From the small fleet the next pair were Bill Wates (Laser Radial) and lastly Darrel Top (Laser full rig). 

Down the reach Ed began to pull ahead of Alan and Bill began to close in on Dave but with Darrel struggling in the light wind. By the end of the first lap Ed was first to cross the line with Alan 2^nd 45 seconds astern, Bill 3rd a minute and eight seconds further back. Dave was 4^th and Darrel 5^th.

Lap 2 had Ed well out in front, a minute and 20 seconds ahead of Alan. Bill was in third place 22 seconds ahead of Dave with Darrel nearly a lap behind.

Lap 3 and there were no place changes within the fleet. Ed pulled further ahead of Alan to cross the line five minutes in front. Bill and Dave continued to have a battle with Bill leading him across the line by just one second at their finish. Darrel however gave up and did not finish the lap.

Lap 4 the final lap for Ed and Alan, Ed crossed the line 6 minutes ahead. With the results, having had handicaps applied, the race win went to Ed Thorburn with Alan Simmons second, Bill Wates third and Dave Murley fourth.

Race 7 - 27/11/2022

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	BCE	Points
1	Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049	37.50	4	0.36.04	0.00.00	1.0
2	Menagerie	The Final Bash	STREAKER	1832	LANCING	Alan Simmons		1128	44.05	4	0.39.05	0.03.24	2.0
3	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1147	35.57	3	0.41.47	0.04.55	3.0
4	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1147	35.58	3	0.41.49	0.04.56	4.0
5	Laser Hull		LASER	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1100	OOD				4.5
5	Laser Hull		LASER	122461	NSSC	David Hitchens		1100	OOD				4.5
7	Laser Hull		LASER	217834	NSSC	Darrel Top		1100	DNF				22.0

Race 8 started at 11.40 with Ed first to cross the line and Alan next closer to the shore end of the line. Bill was next to go followed by Dave and then Darrel. Ed made it to the turning mark just ahead of Alan with Bill next, ahead of Dave, and with Darrel as tail ender again. 

Ed pulled out ahead of Alan down the reach and then along the east shore but the latter made up a little on the long beat from the mark off the Fisherman’s bay, crossing the finish line 37 seconds behind. Bill was next 52 seconds after Alan with Dave13 seconds behind him and Darrel in the rear.

Lap 2 saw no place changes from the order in lap1as Ed crossed the line now 55 seconds ahead of Alan as the latter also pulled away from Bill, now a minute and 17 seconds ahead. Bill was not closely challenged by Dave, now 29 seconds behind.

Lap 3 again saw no positional changes but with Ed continuing to make ground on Alan who in turn increased the gap between himself and Bill. Bill also pulled away from Dave.

Lap 4, as in the previous lap, saw no place changes and Ed crossed the line to finish ahead of Alan with Bill third, Dave fourth and Darrel 5^th and being finished.

Lap 5, the final lap saw Ed finish 3 minutes 55 second ahead of Alan with Bill third, well in front of Dave.

With Handicaps applied and calcs made the winner of the race was, once again, Ed Thorburn with Alan Simmons 2^nd, Bill Wates 3^rd, Dave Murley 4^th and Darrel Top 5^th.

 

 

Race 8 - 27/11/2022

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	BCE	Points
1	Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049	37.16	5	0.35.32	0.00.00	1.0
2	Menagerie	The Final Bash	STREAKER	1832	LANCING	Alan Simmons		1128	41.11	5	0.36.31	0.01.07	2.0
3	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1147	44.27	5	0.38.45	0.03.42	3.0
4	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1147	45.42	5	0.39.51	0.04.57	4.0
5	Laser Hull		LASER	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1100	OOD				4.5
5	Laser Hull		LASER	122461	NSSC	David Hitchens		1100	OOD				4.5
7	Laser Hull		LASER	217834	NSSC	Darrel Top		1100	40.24	4	0.45.55	0.09.08	5.0

 

There was a triffle of breeze but with big holes making luck, in not falling into them, play a large part. Once again the XCWeather forecast was not correct. I believe that the Pond has its own weather system and I repeat turn up and see what is really happening on the day.

Alan.S 1832