Elford NumBum 2025 Races 13 & 14 - 16/02/2025

Elford NumBum Races 13 & 14 – 16/2/2025

A cool but light breeze with an overcast sky upon leaving Hove for Piddinghoe. On arrival it was discovered that the breeze was a bit on the fresh side and the writer was not convinced that he wanted to sail/race in those conditions. However he persevered and changed ready for the event, races 13 & 14.

Mark Ramsay was RO for the day, assisted by Rachel Baker and with Darrel Topp and Jake Briggs in the safety boat.

With a fresh breeze from the north east he set a simple course around the outside of the Pond with the start by the first slipway (from the pond gates) and the finish from the clubhouse, as shown below:-

Photographs by Bett Simmons

Eleven boats made it onto the water for the first race, it would have been a dozen but Geoff Sheridan (Byte CII) had some problems and did not launch until two thirds of the way through race.

At the gun Ed Thorburn (Finn) was first away close to the shore with Rupert Smith (OK)

near the pin end, Pete Henderson (Laser Radial) near the south bank and Alan Simmons (Streaker) fourth just behind him with Ed now on starboard just clearing him. Bill Wates (Laser Radial) was next to go and then James Oliver (Laser full rig) last of the ‘fast fleet’ to start. 

A minute later the Hansa fleet started with Jazz Turner (Hansa s/h) leading Adam Billany (Hansa s/h) but closer to the south bank. Third away were Niall and Anna (Hansa), next came Jane and Bea (Hansa) with Issac (Hansa) last to cross the line.

At the front of the ‘fast’ boats Ed led from Rupert with Pete astern at the mark in the south east corner. Bill Wates (Laser Radial) went ahead of Alan to round fourth with James still in the back seat. By the end of the first lap the order was Ed 1^st, Rupert 2^nd, Pete 3^rd, Bill 4^th, Alan 5^th and James 6^th and soon to also pass Alan. Alan had had to reach over his stern, soon after launching to get his rudder full down. As a result his gloves filled with pond water and he had to remove them. Thereafter he quickly found his fingers frozen and was unable to hold his mainsheet properly.

The Hansa fleet was led by Jazz just 2 seconds ahead of Adam with Niall 3^rd, Jane 4^th and Issac 5^th.

Lap 2 saw Ed Still ahead with Pete 34 second behind and 10 seconds ahead of Rupert. James was in 4^th place ahead of Bill with Alan 6^th. Among the Hansa Jazz was 33 seconds ahead of Adam. Issac was next, ahead of Niall and lastly Jane.

Lap 3 Ed was in front with Rupert now back in second place ahead of Pete with James 3th, Bill 5^th and Alan, still stuggling in 6^th place. But deciding to finish here and retire ashore to try to get his fingers back to life – which cup of hot coffee to hold did little to help. Among the Hansas Jazz still led and the rest of the order was as in lap 2.

Lap 4 had Rupert still astern of Ed by now 50 seconds and Pete a further 50 seconds later. James was still ahead of 5^th placed Bill. There was no change of place among the Hansas as Niall was finished.

Lap 5 Ed led Rupert who was being hunted down by James who had overtaken Pete and Bill was last man standing. Among the Hansa there were no place changes but Jazz pulled away from Adam to cross the line 25 seconds ahead and Jane was finished.

Lap 6 saw no place changes among the ‘fast’ boats with Ed now 56 seconds ahead of Rupert. In the Hansa fleet Jazz continued to lead as Issac was finished here.

Lap 7 Ed extended his lead over Rupert to one minute and 31 seconds with James ahead of Pete and Bill in the rear. Jazz and Adam were finished at the end of this lap, the end of the race for the Hansas.

Lap 8 with Ed still in the lead were no place changes with Pete and Bill finished at the end of the lap.

Lap 9 Just three boats were still sailing and it was Ed first to cross the line a minute and 50 seconds in front of Rupert.

With handicap applied and Calcs made the winner of the race was Jazz with Adam 2^nd, Issac 3^rd, Pete 4^th and Rupert 5^th. See results below:-

Results (Provisional)

Race 13 - 16/02/2025                                   

Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	BCE	Points
Menagerie	Violet	HANSA s/h	848	NSSC	Jazz Turner		1580	48.38	0.00.00	1.0
Menagerie	Phoebe	HANSA s/h	28	NSSC	Adam Billany		1580	48.52	0.00.14	2.0
Menagerie		HANSA	2277	NSSC	Isacc	Simons Moles	1630	45.25	0.02.25	3.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	43382	NSSC	Pete Henderson		1154	45.17	0.04.41	4.0
Menagerie	Saxon	OK	2239	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1100	48.35	0.05.03	5.0
Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049	46.45	0.05.14	6.0
Laser Hull		LASER	215645	NSSC	James Oliver		1102	49.45	0.06.08	7.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1147	46.44	0.06.23	8.0
Menagerie		HANSA	12	NSSC	Jane Thompson	Bea Brammah	1630	44.07	0.08.17	9.0
Menagerie		HANSA	228	NSSC	Anna McNaughton	Nial MacMenamin	1630	34.113	0.07.13	10.0
Menagerie	TFB	STREAKER	1832	Lancing	Alan Simmons		1124	RET		11.0
Menagerie		SUPERNOVA	526	NSSC	Mark Ramsay		1077	OOD		27.5
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	217834	NSSC	Darrel Topp		1154	OOD		32.5
Menagerie	Mothers Ruin	BYTE CII	3394	NSSC	Geoff Sheridan		1132	DNC		38.0
Menagerie	Seahorse	OPTIMIST	4769	NSSC	Red Sheridan		1628	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull	Bruce	LASER RADIAL	46	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		1154	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	1644421	NSSC	Jo Bruggenworth		1154	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1102	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	122461	NSSC	David Hitchens		1154	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1154	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	2063	NSSC	Dave Parkyns		1154	DNC		38.0
Menagerie	Blitz	LIGHTNING 368	225	NSSC	Andy Beck		1160	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	158365	NSSC	Carolyn Turner		1154	DNC		38.0
Menagerie		HANSA	32	NSSC	Simon Moles	Calvin Laidlaw	1630	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER	207006	NSSC	Matt Springall		1102	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER	158687	NSSC	Nick Hart		1102	DNC		38.0
Menagerie		LASER RADIAL	46237	NSSC	Sean Beevers		1154	DNC		38.0
Menagerie	Hot Toddy	RS 200	582	NSSC	Michael Veale	Mike Rosier	1046	DNC		38.0
Menagerie		HANSA s/h	848	NSSC	Louise Carr		1580	DNC		38.0
Menagerie		RS AERO 5	1561	NSSC	Ed Rollestone		1141	DNC		38.0
Menagerie		HANSA s/h	2277	NSSC	Chris Hobday		1580	DNC		38.0
Menagerie		TOPPER	8177	NSSC	Lorien Howard McDonald		1369	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER 4.7	142221	NSSC	Andy Hamilton		1213	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL		NSSC	Tim Cox		1154	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL		NSSC	Mike Rosier		1154	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	81	NSSC	Jake Briggs		1154	OOD		38.0
				NSSC	Rachel Baker			OOD		38.0

Race 14 started at 11.50 over the same course by then the Sun had come out to play. At the gun Ed near the south shore led over the line with Rupert at the pin end second to go and Geoff right on Ed's tail. Pete and Bill were just a fraction later with James last to go as the Hansas started - Jazz leading Adam cross the line with Jane and then Niall next. Issac was a good bit behind the other four.

Lap 1 saw Ed lead across the line11 seconds ahead of Rupert with Geoff third. Bill was fourth, James 5thand Pete 6th – Alan did not participate in this race. In the Hansas Jazz was first  (7th o/all) 3 seconds ahead of Adam with Niall third, Jane fourth, Issac fifth. Jazz and Adam having a right royal battle, as were Jane and Issac with just 6 seconds separating them.

Lap 2 Ed increased his lead over Rupert to 24 seconds with James now in third place ahead of Geoff. Bill dropped a place to lie fifth with Pete behind him. Jazz still seventh was now 28 seconds ahead of Adam.  Niall held ninth place with Issac behind him, having passed Jane.

Lap 3 Ed continued to stretch ahead of second place Rupert with Geoff back to third as James dropped back to lie fifth behind fourth placed Bill. Pete remained in sixth place. Jazz was still having a tussle with Adam leading him over the line by 11 seconds. Niall and Issac followed this pair as Issac finished and Jane retired.

Lap 4 Rupert was by then, in second place, 40 seconds behind the leader Ed. Bill moved ahead of Geoff in third place with James still fifth ahead of Pete. Adam sneaked across the lie 3 seconds ahead of, now, eighth placed Jazz with Niall astern.

Lap 5 The top three places remained as in lap 4 with James back up in fourth place now ahead of Geoff and Pete still sixth. Jazz won the fight back to lie 7th ahead of Adam by 10 seconds and Niall brought up the rear of the fleet and being finished here.

Lap 6 Ed and then Rupert led the leet with James going ahead of Bill to lie third. Geoff remained in fifth place ahead of Pete. Jazz still seventh was by then 25 seconds ahead of Adam. The last pair were finished here.

Lap 7 Saw no place changes in the fast boats from lap 6 with Ed first over the line ahead of Rupert and James unable to catch the pair. James, Geoff, Bill and Pete finished at the end of this lap.

Lap 8 With just two still sailing Ed crossed the line two minutes and 41 seconds ahead of Rupert.

With calculations done and Handicaps having been applied the winner of the race was Jazz with Adam in 2nd place, Ed 3rd, Rupert 4th and Anna 5th. See results below :-

Results (Provisional):-

Race 14 - 16/02/2025

Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	BCE	Points
Menagerie	Violet	HANSA s/h	848	NSSC	Jazz Turner		1580	38.13	0.00.00	1.0
Menagerie	Phoebe	HANSA s/h	28	NSSC	Adam Billany		1580	38.38	0.00.25	2.0
Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049	35.20	0.01.30	3.0
Menagerie	Saxon	OK	2239	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1100	37.41	0.02.12	4.0
Menagerie		HANSA	228	NSSC	Anna McNaughton	Nial MacMenamin	1630	35.39	0.02.48	5.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1147	35.23	0.03.01	6.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	43382	NSSC	Pete Henderson		1154	36.29	0.03.55	7.0
Laser Hull		LASER	215645	NSSC	James Oliver		1102	35.06	0.04.00	8.0
Menagerie	Mothers Ruin	BYTE CII	3394	NSSC	Geoff Sheridan		1132	36.34	0.04.37	9.0
Menagerie		HANSA	2277	NSSC	Isacc	Simons Moles	1630	23.18	0.03.35	10.0
Menagerie		HANSA	12	NSSC	Jane Thompson	Bea Brammah	1630	DNF		11.0
Menagerie		SUPERNOVA	526	NSSC	Mark Ramsay		1077	OOD		27.5
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	217834	NSSC	Darrel Topp		1154	OOD		32.5
Menagerie	TFB	STREAKER	1832	Lancing	Alan Simmons		1124	DNC		38.0
Menagerie	Seahorse	OPTIMIST	4769	NSSC	Red Sheridan		1628	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull	Bruce	LASER RADIAL	46	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		1154	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	1644421	NSSC	Jo Bruggenworth		1154	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1102	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	122461	NSSC	David Hitchens		1154	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1154	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	2063	NSSC	Dave Parkyns		1154	DNC		38.0
Menagerie	Blitz	LIGHTNING 368	225	NSSC	Andy Beck		1160	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	158365	NSSC	Carolyn Turner		1154	DNC		38.0
Menagerie		HANSA	32	NSSC	Simon Moles	Calvin Laidlaw	1630	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER	207006	NSSC	Matt Springall		1102	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER	158687	NSSC	Nick Hart		1102	DNC		38.0
Menagerie		LASER RADIAL	46237	NSSC	Sean Beevers		1154	DNC		38.0
Menagerie	Hot Toddy	RS 200	582	NSSC	Michael Veale	Mike Rosier	1046	DNC		38.0
Menagerie		HANSA s/h	848	NSSC	Louise Carr		1580	DNC		38.0
Menagerie		RS AERO 5	1561	NSSC	Ed Rollestone		1141	DNC		38.0
Menagerie		HANSA s/h	2277	NSSC	Chris Hobday		1580	DNC		38.0
Menagerie		TOPPER	8177	NSSC	Lorien Howard McDonald		1369	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER 4.7	142221	NSSC	Andy Hamilton		1213	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL		NSSC	Tim Cox		1154	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL		NSSC	Mike Rosier		1154	DNC		38.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	81	NSSC	Jake Briggs		1154	OOD		38.0
				NSSC	Rachel Baker			OOD		38.0

The Breeze was ‘fresh’ although not overwhelming but it was bitterly cold with it, hence the writers early retirement. In both races there was a fair bit of overtaking/passing among the ‘fast’ boats but nothing to compare with the Hansa fleet's close battles especially among the two leaders. Apart from cold hands and feet all seemed to enjoy the extra bit of wind, compared to earlier races.

The outlook for next Sunday for Race 15, and the rerun of Race 1, looks a bit fresh at present. The Prize giving for the NumBum Series is projected to take place on Sunday 2nd March, after the Duncan Dash races – according to the notice on WhatsApp – keep your eyes open concerning that.

Alan has been publishing this blog/report now since 2010, and before that under the heading of Piddinghoe Ponders (although he can no longer find any on line details of that) and feels that it is about time someone else took over this roll to produce something similar.

He is happy to provide full details entailed in the task, creating MS Excel spread sheets from the lap sheets, drawing the course maps with MS Paint and using ‘Sailwave’ to work out the results. He can also offer advice on where and when to take the photos (that Bett does now) to input to the, initially MS Word written reports before colating this and Posting on a web site.

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