Elford MumBum 2025 Races 9 & 10

 

Elford NumBum 2025 – 02/02/2025

Blue skies with the odd patch of white cloud and the very faintest of Breeze as we let for Piddinghoe Sunday morning (2^nd Feb).

On arrival the skies were still blue and there was a heavy frost, froze one fingers whilst unpacking the Streaker.

Dave Hitchens was RO, assisted by Mark Ramsay and with Andy Hamilton in the safety boat. David set a course, clockwise around the pond, as shown below, with the start from the small jetty to the north of the clubhouse and a short beat to the mark in the south west corner – which was the finish mark. The breeze had filled in a bit , from the south,  once all the boats were afloat but it was still quite light and fickle in strength and direction.

Photos by Bett Simmons

At the gun it was Pete Henderson (Laser Radial) at the shore end of the line who was first away with Red Sheridan (Oppy) next. Alan Simmons (Streaker) was third across the line toward the pin end and then Michael Veale and Mike Rosier (RS 200) fourth away even closer to the pin.

Michael was first to the mark in the corner closely followed by Alan and then Matt Springall (Laser full rig) setting off on the, then, reach to the mark in the south east corner and south of the Island. Matt and Ed Thorburn (Finn) went ahead of Alan on the run along the east shore with Zoe McCaig (Laser Radial) fifth, Pete 6^th and Andy Beck (Lightning) 7^th. The next group was led by Nick Hart (Laser full rig) then Julian Dobson (Laser full rig) and Geoff Sheridan (Byte CII) all of whom passed Andy.B on this leg.

After a short reach across the pond to the mark off the Fisherman’s Bay there was a longish beat back to the finish line and Ed and Matt had pulled out head of Michael and Alan. 

Zoe was 5^th across the line with Nick 6^th, Geoff 7^th,  Julian 8^th, Pete 9^th, Jo Bruggenwirth (Laser Radial) 10^th, Dave Parkyns (Laser Radial)11^th,Andy.B 12^th, Carolyn Turner (Laser Radial) 13^th. Red 14^th, Jane Thompson and Bea Brammah (Hansa) 15^th and Calvin Laidlaw and Simon Moles (Hansa) 16^th.

Lap 2 saw the leading three boats, Ed, Matt and Michael, in unchanged position as Nick got past Alan who still led Zoe, with Geoff, Julian, Pete and Jo next in that order. Andy.B went ahead of Dave to lie 11th with no place changes behind.

Lap 3 Ed was now well out ahead of Matt (by 54 seconds at the line) with Nick next having overtaken Michael.  Alan and Zoe were in 5^th and 6^th place at the line with just 1 second between them. Julian went ahead, briefly, of Geoff with Pete, Jo and Andy.B next. Carolyn went in front of Dave to cross in 12^th place with the last three in unchanged order.

Lap 4 and Matt closed up the gap behind Ed to 16 seconds with Nick closing in on Matt – 27 seconds adrift. Michael was 15 seconds later. Alan was 5^th still just 1 second ahead of Zoe. Geoff went back ahead of Julian to cross the line 10 seconds in front, behind them there were no further place changes with the two Hansas being finished.

Lap 5 saw Ed pulling back his lead crossing the line to 41 seconds ahead of Matt and with Nick 21 seconds later. Michael, Alan and Zoe – with still only 1 second between them, were still 4^th, 5^th and 6^th respectively. Geoff lost 7th place back to Julian by 9 seconds and the order behind remained unchanged and Red and Dave being finished.

Lap 6 Ed crossed the line first having increased his lead to 1 minute 17 seconds ahead of Matt. Nick was next 22 seconds later with Michael 4th 33 seconds later. Alan crossed in 5^th place 20 seconds later with Zoe 14 seconds later. Julian and Geoff were next to finish with Jo having passed  Pete and with Andy and then Carolyn behind them.

Lap 7 was sailed solely by Ed.

With handicaps applied and calculations completed the winner of the race was Red, with Zoe 2^nd, Matt 3^rd, Nick 4^th and Alan 5^th – see full results below:-

Results (Provisional):-

Race 9 - 02/02/2025

Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	BCE	Points
Menagerie	Seahorse	OPTIMIST	4769	NSSC	Red Sheridan		1628	46.03	0.00.00	1.0
Laser Hull	Bruce	LASER RADIAL	46	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		1154	39.46	0.00.36	2.0
Laser Hull		LASER	207006	NSSC	Matt Springall		1102	38.17	0.00.53	3.0
Laser Hull		LASER	158687	NSSC	Nick Hart		1102	38.39	0.01.15	4.0
Menagerie	TFB	STREAKER	1832	Lancing	Alan Simmons		1124	39.32	0.01.23	5.0
Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049	43.08	0.01.36	6.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	1644421	NSSC	Jo Bruggenworth		1154	41.47	0.02.37	7.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	43382	NSSC	Pete Henderson		1154	41.54	0.02.44	8.0
Menagerie	Mothers Ruin	BYTE CII	3394	NSSC	Geoff Sheridan		1132	41.26	0.03.01	9.0
Menagerie	Blitz	LIGHTNING 368	225	NSSC	Andy Beck		1160	42.28	0.03.06	10.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	122461	NSSC	David Hitchens		1154	OOD		10.5
Menagerie		HANSA	12	NSSC	Jane Thompson	Bea Brammah	1630	40.02	0.03.09	11.0
Menagerie	Hot Toddy	RS 200	582	NSSC	Michael Veale	Mike Rosier	1046	39.12	0.03.42	12.0
Laser Hull		LASER	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1102	41.19	0.03.55	13.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	158365	NSSC	Carolyn Turner		1154	43.30	0.04.20	14.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	2063	NSSC	Dave Parkyns		1154	38.03	0.05.24	15.0
Menagerie		HANSA	32	NSSC	Simon Moles	Calvin Laidlaw	1630	43.44	0.06.51	16.0
Menagerie		SUPERNOVA	526	NSSC	Mark Ramsay		1077	OOD		18.8
Menagerie	Saxon	OK	2239	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1100	DNC		31.0
Menagerie	Phoebe	HANSA s/h	28	NSSC	Adam Billany		1580	DNC		31.0
Menagerie	Violet	HANSA s/h	848	NSSC	Jazz Turner		1580	DNC		31.0
Menagerie		LASER RADIAL	46237	NSSC	Sean Beevers		1154	DNC		31.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1154	DNC		31.0
Menagerie		HANSA s/h	848	NSSC	Louise Carr		1580	DNC		31.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1147	DNC		31.0
Menagerie		RS AERO 5	1561	NSSC	Ed Rollestone		1141	DNC		31.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	217834	NSSC	Darrel Topp		1154	DNC		31.0
Menagerie		HANSA s/h	2277	NSSC	Chris Hobday		1580	DNC		31.0
Menagerie		TOPPER	8177	NSSC	Lorien Howard McDonald		1369	DNC		31.0
Laser Hull		LASER 4.7	142221	NSSC	Andy Hamilton		1213	OOD		31.0

 

Race 10 was to be sailed over the same course with no marks being re-positioned but with the breeze a trifle lighter and more shifty.

At the gun Matt, in mid line, was first to cross with Geoff nearer to the pin end and the Ed nearer to the shore – should have been the favoured end  Alan had started near the pin end of the line and whilst the earlier starters found themselves in a totally flat wind patch, he was able to make the corner mark with ease and rounded ahead of the rest of the fleet and set off down the south shore.

Geoff was next to round with Matt behind him and Ed behind Matt.

 Alan led the fleet along the run off the east bank with Geoff behind and Matt 3rd ahead of Nick and Ed.  Jo was behind Ed with Zoe, Pete and Red next. 

Back at the mark in the south east corner there was a gaggle of seven boats, led by Julian with Dave, Andy, Michael and Carolyn just ahead of the Hansas.

On the beat along the west bank, from the Fisherman’s Bay, Matt and then Nick both went ahead of Alan who managed to stay ahead of Ed with Geoff now closing in. 6th to cross the line was Jo with Zoe behind her and Julian behind Zoe. Pete was in 10th place ahead of \Michael, Andy, Dave, Carolyn, Red, Calvin and Jane.

Lap 2 Matt held the lead by 2 seconds from Ed who had passed Nick with Alan now 4th and Geoff 5th. Zoe moved up to lie 6th with Julian and then Pete 8th behind her as Jo dropped back to lie 9th. Michael remained in 10th place as Carolyn went up to 11th and Andy dropped back to 12th still ahead of Dave and with the last three places unchanged.

Lap 3 Ed took the lead from Matt crossing the line 32 seconds in front. Nick still held 3rd place ahead of Geoff and Zoe who had both overtaken Alan. Julian was still 7th with Michael now up behind him, the latter having gone ahead of Pete and Jo. With Carolyn still 11th, and Andy and Dave behind her, Calvin moved up to lie 14th ahead of Red and Jane, these last three being finished here.

Lap 4 Ed continued to hold the lead from Matt, to 11 seconds, with Nick and Geoff behind him. Alan re-passed Zoe to cross the line 5th – 14 seconds in front. Julian and Michael held their positions as in lap 3 with Jo re-passing Pete. Carolyn, Andy and Dave also stayed as in lap 3.

Lap 5 Ed led the fleet, now 1 minute 50 seconds ahead of Matt with Nick still 3rd 1 minute 40 seconds later. Geoff was 4th across the finish line with Alan5th and Zoe 6th just 6 seconds later. Michael gained a place ahead of 8th placed Julian. Carolyn meanwhile had passed Jo and Pete with Andy bringing up the rear in 2th place. All but Ed were finished here.

Lap 6 sailed solely by Ed.

With handicaps applied and calculations completed the winner of the race was Matt with Ed second, Geoff third, Nick fourth and Zoe 5th. See results below.

Results (Provisional) :-

Race 10 - 02/02/2025

Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	BCE	Points
Laser Hull		LASER	207006	NSSC	Matt Springall		1102	37.55	0.00.00	1.0
Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049	43.57	0.00.38	2.0
Menagerie	Mothers Ruin	BYTE CII	3394	NSSC	Geoff Sheridan		1132	40.21	0.01.24	3.0
Laser Hull		LASER	158687	NSSC	Nick Hart		1102	39.35	0.01.40	4.0
Laser Hull	Bruce	LASER RADIAL	46	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		1154	41.59	0.02.17	5.0
Menagerie	TFB	STREAKER	1832	Lancing	Alan Simmons		1124	41.53	0.03.13	6.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	158365	NSSC	Carolyn Turner		1154	43.04	0.03.22	7.0
Menagerie		HANSA	32	NSSC	Simon Moles	Calvin Laidlaw	1630	36.58	0.03.19	8.0
Menagerie	Seahorse	OPTIMIST	4769	NSSC	Red Sheridan		1628	36.59	0.03.22	9.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	1644421	NSSC	Jo Bruggenworth		1154	43.50	0.04.08	10.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	122461	NSSC	David Hitchens		1154	OOD		10.5
Menagerie		HANSA	12	NSSC	Jane Thompson	Bea Brammah	1630	37.28	0.03.49	11.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	43382	NSSC	Pete Henderson		1154	44.19	0.04.37	12.0
Laser Hull		LASER	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1102	42.23	0.04.28	13.0
Menagerie	Blitz	LIGHTNING 368	225	NSSC	Andy Beck		1160	45.15	0.05.20	14.0
Menagerie	Hot Toddy	RS 200	582	NSSC	Michael Veale	Mike Rosier	1046	42.03	0.06.04	15.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	2063	NSSC	Dave Parkyns		1154	39.52	0.08.06	16.0
Laser Hull		LASER 4.7	142221	NSSC	Andy Hamilton		1213	OCS		17.0
Menagerie		SUPERNOVA	526	NSSC	Mark Ramsay		1077	OOD		18.8
Menagerie	Saxon	OK	2239	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1100	DNC		31.0
Menagerie	Phoebe	HANSA s/h	28	NSSC	Adam Billany		1580	DNC		31.0
Menagerie	Violet	HANSA s/h	848	NSSC	Jazz Turner		1580	DNC		31.0
Menagerie		LASER RADIAL	46237	NSSC	Sean Beevers		1154	DNC		31.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1154	DNC		31.0
Menagerie		HANSA s/h	848	NSSC	Louise Carr		1580	DNC		31.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1147	DNC		31.0
Menagerie		RS AERO 5	1561	NSSC	Ed Rollestone		1141	DNC		31.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	217834	NSSC	Darrel Topp		1154	DNC		31.0
Menagerie		HANSA s/h	2277	NSSC	Chris Hobday		1580	DNC		31.0
Menagerie		TOPPER	8177	NSSC	Lorien Howard McDonald		1369	DNC		31.0

 

Light and Shifty breezes throughout both races made or interesting racing with several close tussles taking place. The leg along the south bank was particularly trying as the breeze, especially in race 10, shifted from a close fetch to a tight beat and back again to a fetch. Alan was quite pleased with both of his starts putting him in second place or in the lead to the first mark and down the south bank, unfortunately he soon lost out.

Alan.S 1832