Freeman Iceberg Races 5 & 6 - 17/11/2024

 

Freeman Iceberg Races 5 & 6 -17/112/2024

Blue skies with a bit of whiteish clouds and a gentle breeze as we left for Piddinghoe on Sunday morning 17/11/2024, though it was not too warm. On arrival several boats were beginning to rig and a change into the Dry Suit was called for.

Laurence Venus was once again RO for race 5 & 6 and he was assisted by Connie Sturt with Rupert Smith and Clive Muir in the safety boat. Laurence set an ‘M’ shape course with the start from the bank close to the Hansa launching area on the south bank and the finish line from the jetty by the clubhouse - as below:-

Photos by Elizabeth (Betty) Simmons

At the gun it was Alan Simmons (Streaker) first across the line nearer to the south bank than the rest of the fleet. Second away was  Andy Hamilton (Laser full rig) to weather and Geoff Sheridan (Byte CII) third away. The next three were Mark Ramsay (Supernova) to weather of Zoe McCaig (Laser Radial) and Red Sheridan (Oppy). Ed Thorburn was well back from the line but ended up first up the initial short beat to the mark off the clubhouse. Mark was second to round that mark with Alan following.

The Hansa fleet (5 boats) set off a minute after the main fleet with Jazz Turner (848) well to windward of the rest, near the pin end of the line. Next away was Isaac Hughes (32) followed by  Adam Billany (28), Jane Thompson and Bea Brammah (12) and lastly Anna McNaughton and Niall Macmenemin (65).

Back with the main fleet Ed was in the lead on the run approaching the mark in the middle of the pond with Mark second, Alan third, Geoff fourth with Zoe having the inside water from Andy Hamilton (Laser full rig) with the rest of the fleet strung out behind.

Following the beat towards the mark off the Fisherman’s bay Ed began to pull away in the lead from Mark who had Alan not far astern. Next along this leg was Zoe who had pulled ahead of Andy with Geoff behind him.

This order remained unchanged  on most of  the beat up the south shore. Alan went ahead of Mark  by 8 seconds at the finish line with Zoe 26 seconds later. Then came Andy.H and Geoff, followed by Ewan Hamilton (Laser 4.7). Carolyn Turner (Laser Radial) on her first outing this year, with Jo Bruggenwerth (Laser Radial) , Andy Beck (Lightning) and Dave Murley in 11^th place. Darrel Top (Laser Radial) was next to finish the first lap with David Hitchens (Laser radial) behind him, 13^th. Jazz was next to cross the line  with Red Sheridan behind her and Jake astern of him. Next came Adam in 18^th place  with Rachel Baker (Laser 4.7) 19^th. then Anna with Jane in 20th position.

Lap 2 and Ed led from Mark now ahead of Alan by 17 seconds and Zoe 59 seconds aft. Geoff went ahead of Andy.H to lie 5^th as Jo  passed Carolyn and Ewan dropped back behind her to lie 9^th.  David.H  gained three places passing Andy.B, David.M  and Darrel. Jazz remained in 14^th place but Red dropped back to 17^th behind Isaac and Adam. Jake also lost ground to lie18th but still ahead of Rachel. Anna and Jane remained in 20^th and 21^st place.

Lap 3 There were no place changes in the leading first four boats but Zoe closed the gap on Alan by 8 seconds. Andy.H went up to lie 5^th having past Geoff as Jo was dropped to 9^th behind Carolyn and Ewan. Dave.M went back ahead of Dave.H as Andy.B retained his 12^th place. Darrel, Jazz and Isaac remained as in lap 2 with Rachel climbing up to 16^th with Jane behind her and up to 187^th with Jake still 18^th.  Adam dropped down the list to lie20th behind |Anna and Niall with Red as tailender.

Lap 4 Ed was still well in the lead from Mark but there were no place changes in the top six with Carolyn dropping back to lie 11^th,. as Ewan moved up to 7^th with Jo, Dave.M and David.H each moving up a place. Andy.B was next in 12^th with Jazz behind him having passed Darrel. Rachel was 15^th with Adam behind her, then Red, Isaac and Jake. Anna and Jane had finished at the end of Lap 3 and Ewan,Andy.B, Darrel, Jazz, Isaac, Jake and Adam were finished here.

Lap 5 was sailed by the leading 11 boats with Ed crossing the line in first place ahead of Mark ,a minute and 50 seconds ahead. Alan was third to finish a minute and 38 seconds later. Zoe was fourth and Andy.H fifth. With handicaps applied the winner of the Race 5 was Jazz with Adam next and Red in third place.

Race 5 - 17/11/24

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Finish	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	Points
1	Menagerie	Violet	Hansa 303 s/h	848	NSSC	Jazz Turner		1580		47.15	4	0.37.23	1.0
2	Menagerie	Pheobe	Hansa 303 s/h	28	NSSC	Adam Billany		1580		49.32	4	0.39.11	2.0
3	Menagerie	Sea Horse	Optimist	614	NSSC	Red Sheridan		1628		51.22	4	0.39.26	3.0
4	Laser Hull	Bruce	LASER RADIAL	146162	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		1154		46.56	5	0.40.40	4.0
5	Laser Hull	Saxon	OK	2239	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1100		OOD			4.5
6	Menagerie		Finn	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1047		42.36	5	0.40.41	5.0
7	Menagerie	TFB	Streaker	1832	Lancing	Alan Simmons		1124		45.54	5	0.40.50	6.0
8	Menagerie		Hansa 303 s/h	32	NSSC	Isac Hughes		1580		51.49	4	0.41.00	7.0
9	Menagerie		Supernova	526	NSSC	Mark Ramsay		1075		44.16	5	0.41.11	8.0
10	Menagerie	Mothers Ruin	Byte CII	3394	NSSC	Geoff Sheridan		1132		47.46	5	0.42.12	9.0
11	Laser Hull		LASER 4.7	197705	NSSC	Ewan Hamilton		1213		41.12	4	0.42.27	10.0
12	Laser Hull		LASER	142221	NSSC	Andy Hamilton		1102		47.11	5	0.42.49	11.0
13	Laser Hull		LASER 4.7	207462	NSSC	Rachel Baker		1213		52.19	5	0.43.08	12.0
14	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	122461	NSSC	David Hitchins		1154		51.01	5	0.44.13	13.5
14	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1154		51.02	5	0.44.13	13.5
16	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	166421	NSSC	Jo Bruggenwirth		1154		51.22	5	0.44.31	15.5
16	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	158365	NSSC	Carolyn Turner		1154		51.22	5	0.44.31	15.5
18	Menagerie		Hansa 303 s/h	2277	NSSC	Chris Hobday		1580		43.43	3	0.46.07	17.0
19	Menagerie		Hansa 303	12	NSSC	Jane Thompson	Bea Brammah	1630		46.40	3	0.47.43	18.0
20	Menagerie	Blitz	Lightning 368	225	NSSC	Andrew Beck		1160		44.28	4	0.47.55	19.0
21	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	217834	NSSC	Darrel Topp		1154		48.06	4	0.52.06	20.0
22	Menagerie		Hansa 303	65	NSSC	Anna McNaughton	Niall McMenemin	1630		51.45	3	0.52.55	21.0
23	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	81	NSSC	Jake Briggs		1154		54.21	4	0.58.52	22.0
24	Menagerie		Slipper		NSSC	Connie Sturt		1416		OOD			23.0
24	Laser Hull		LASER	?	NSSC	Clive Muir		1102		OOD			23.0

Race 6 was held over the same course as Race 5. 

At the Gun it was Andy.H first across the line with Ed second and Carolyn third to go. Alan was fourth with Mark next with Zoe, Jo and Ewan close behind. 

The leaders quickly tacked onto port with Ed rounding the windward mark ahead of Alan and then Andy.H, all setting off on the run towards the mark in the middle of the pond. 

On the next leg, towards the mark off the Fisherman’s bay, Ed was in the lead with Mark second and Alan & Andy.H vying for third position. At the mark Alan fell over in the boat, hit it having to do his turns, allowing several following boats to get ahead.

At the line at the end of Lap 1 Ed was in the lead from Mark with Zoe third, David.H fourth, Andy.H 5th, Ewan sixth and Alan 7th. Geoff was lying eight, Jo ninth, Darrel tenth, Rachel eleventh, Carolyn twelfth, Andy.B thirteenth, Dave.M fourteenth, Jazz fifteenth, Red sixteenth, Adam seventeenth, Isaac eighteenth, Anna nineteenth, Chris twentieth, Jane twenty first with Jake not competing in this race.

Lap 2 Saw Ed in the lead from Mark with Zoe 3rd and Alan back up to 4th with Geoff, climbing up behind him and ahead of Andy.H and then Ewan behind him. Jo also gained a place to lie 8th with David H dropping down to 9th place. Dave.M gained four places to hold 10th place. Andy.B also went up the order by two places to go ahead of Carolyn who was then ahead of Jazz, herself up two places and in front of Red. Darrel dropped well down the order to lie 16th with Adam behind him and Isaac next in 18th. Chris went ahead of Anna with Jane still in 21st place.

Lap 3 With Ed still out front now a minute and 57 seconds ahead of Zoe who had passed Mark and Alan behind him by 45 seconds. Andy.H went back ahead of Geoff with Ewan still in 7th place. Behind the next six places remained unchanged from Lap 2. Darrel went up to lie 14th going ahead of Rachel and Red with Adam and Isaac as before.  Jane gained two places to lie ahead of Anna with Chris dropping down to 21st.

Lap 4 Had Ed leading Mark with Zoe just 3 seconds astern and Alan still 4th 29 seconds astern of her. Geoff had gone back ahead of Andy.H with Ewan next in 7th place. Dave.M was now 8th having passed Jo and David.H. behind them Andy.B, Carolyn, Jazz and Darrel retained their positions as in Lap 3. Behind them Adam was now 15th ahead of Rachel, Red and Isaac. Anna passed Jane who was still ahead of Chris. Isaac, Anna, Chris and Jane were finished here.

Lap 5 Ed still leading Mark by 3 minutes 20 seconds with Zoe six seconds behind and Alan 4th a bit further back. With no places changing in the next eight boats  as Darrel went ahead of Jazz to lie 13th and there were no place changes in the next five boats with Chris overtaking Jane. Darrel, Rachel, Carolyn, Andy.B, Jazz, Red and Adam were finished here.

Lap 6 And Ed was un-challengable in first place with Mark next, Zoe 3rd, Geoff 4th and Andy.H  5th as Alan dropped back to 6th place. Jo was next having passed Ewan and Dave.M leaving David.H to finish 10th and last.

Lap 7 was sailed only by Ed.

With Handicaps applied the winner of the race was Ewan with Jazz 2nd, Red 3rd, Adam 4th and Ed and Zoe tying or 5th place – see the full results below.

Results (provisional):-

 

Race 6 - 17/11/24

 

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Finish	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	Points
1	Laser Hull		LASER 4.7	197705	NSSC	Ewan Hamilton		1213		47.55	6	0.40.19	1.0
2	Menagerie	Violet	Hansa 303 s/h	848	NSSC	Jazz Turner		1580		47.58	5	0.42.30	2.0
3	Menagerie	Sea Horse	Optimist	614	NSSC	Red Sheridan		1628		50.24	5	0.43.20	3.0
4	Menagerie	Pheobe	Hansa 303 s/h	28	NSSC	Adam Billany		1580		49.00	5	0.43.25	4.0
5	Laser Hull	Saxon	OK	2239	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1100		OOD			4.5
6	Menagerie		Finn	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1047		46.59	7	0.44.52	5.5
6	Laser Hull	Bruce	LASER RADIAL	146162	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		1154		44.23	6	0.44.52	5.5
8	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	166421	NSSC	Jo Bruggenwirth		1154		46.59	6	0.47.30	7.0
9	Menagerie	Mothers Ruin	Byte CII	3394	NSSC	Geoff Sheridan		1132		46.30	6	0.47.55	8.0
10	Menagerie		Supernova	526	NSSC	Mark Ramsay		1075		44.10	6	0.47.56	9.0
11	Menagerie	TFB	Streaker	1832	Lancing	Alan Simmons		1124		46.55	6	0.48.42	10.0
12	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1154		48.31	6	0.49.03	11.0
13	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	122461	NSSC	David Hitchins		1154		48.37	6	0.49.09	12.0
14	Laser Hull		LASER	142221	NSSC	Andy Hamilton		1102		46.34	6	0.49.18	13.0
15	Menagerie	Blitz	Lightning 368	225	NSSC	Andrew Beck		1160		41.26	5	0.50.00	14.0
16	Menagerie		Hansa 303 s/h	32	NSSC	Isac Hughes		1580		45.32	4	0.50.26	15.0
17	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	158365	NSSC	Carolyn Turner		1154		41.36	5	0.50.28	16.0
18	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	217834	NSSC	Darrel Topp		1154		41.52	5	0.50.47	17.0
19	Menagerie		Hansa 303	65	NSSC	Anna McNaughton	Niall McMenemin	1630		48.21	4	0.51.55	18.0
20	Menagerie		Hansa 303	12	NSSC	Jane Thompson	Bea Brammah	1630		48.36	4	0.52.11	19.0
21	Menagerie		Hansa 303 s/h	2277	NSSC	Chris Hobday		1580		49.47	4	0.55.08	20.0
22	Laser Hull		LASER 4.7	207462	NSSC	Rachel Baker		1213		49.17	5	0.56.53	21.0
23	Menagerie		Slipper		NSSC	Connie Sturt		1416		OOD			22.0
23	Laser Hull		LASER	?	NSSC	Clive Muir		1102		OOD			22.0

A bit more breeze than last week but not a lot making for some close racing with places gained or lost in a blink of the eye. Again the ‘slow’ boats won all the honors showing the ever increasing skills of the youngsters.

Alan.S 1832.

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