Tuesday 24 November 2015

Streaker Ramblings – Freeman Iceberg Races 7 & 8 - 22nd Nov 2015



Bright and  sunny with high white, flat, cloud as we left Hove for Piddinghoe. There was no noticeable breeze and it was freezing cold. On uncovering the boat it was discovered that the bailer had not been open and the whole aft cockpit area was full of water and 5mm thick ice.
After rigging, a light breeze began to fill in from the northwest, the Fisherman’s bay area and the RO, Dave Murley, was able to set up a course – round the outside of nearly all the marks – except the one in the southwest corner near the clubhouse.

 
    
The Novices/cadets had a separate start in advance of the main fleet, as in previous weeks and five minutes later the main fleet came to the line.
 

First away was Laurence Venus (Streaker), a good length clear of Alan Simmons (Streaker) who in turn was in turn half a length in front of Rupert Smith (Streaker). Behind this batch Jo West (Laser full rig) was next to go ahead of Louise Currell (Byte CII) and then Michael Veale and Mike Rosier (RS 200). Laurence was first to round the windward mark, with Alan just ahead of Rupert, who then powered past him on the subsequent reach. By the end of the lap Laurence had a lead of 30 seconds over Rupert with Alan 10 seconds further behind. Fourth to round was Jo West with Michael behind her and Bill Giles (Solution) sixth. Then came Bill Wates (Laser full rig), Louise, Jamie Smith (Laser 4.7) and Penelope Duncan (Laser Radial) in tenth. Chas Humphries(laser full rig) was eleventh with Jo Whitehead (Laser Radial) astern of him and Penny Springall (Laser 4.7) leading Andy Beck (Mirror) in last – 14th – place.
Lap 2, without a real beating leg, saw no change of order in the entire fleet and it was not until the 3rd lap when Penelope passed Louise to lie 8th.
Lap 4 was not a lot more eventfull, with Laurence still in front of Rupert and Alan and continuing to pull away, until Michael gained a place in passing Jo West.. Chas also passed Louise to lie 9th.
Lap 5 saw no further place changes and it was not until lap 6 when Penny passed Jo Whitehead to lie 12th, Andy having finished at the end of his 5th lap.
 
Lap 7, the final lap and again the only change was when Jo Whitehead got back in front of Penny. Thus Laurence finished first some 50 seconds ahead of Rupert with Alan a further minute and a half adrift. Michael was next and Jo West behind him but ahead of Bill.G. After the handicaps were applied the results were as shown below – which also incorporate the cadet results.
R7
Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place
Class
SailNo
Club
HelmName
CrewName
PY
Finish
Elapsed
Laps
Corrected
BCE
Points
STREAKER
1706
NSSC
Laurence Venus
 
1138
 
33.21
8
0.29.18
0.00.00
1.0
STREAKER
1681
NSSC
Rupert Smith
 
1138
 
34.11
8
0.30.02
0.00.50
2.0
STREAKER
1700
Lancing SC
Alan Simmons
 
1138
 
35.37
8
0.31.18
0.02.16
3.0
LASER RADIAL
142208
NSSC
Dave Murley
 
1135
 
OOD
 
 
 
3.0
 
 
NSSC
Emma Briggs
 
 
 
OOD
 
 
 
3.0
TOPPER
11
NSSC
Jazz Sayed (c)
 
1340
 
38.31
7
0.32.51
0.04.09
4.0
LASER
61724
SHOREHAM
Jo West
 
1091
 
36.40
8
0.33.36
0.04.42
5.0
LASER
133416(26)
NSSC
Bill Wates
 
1091
 
36.45
8
0.33.41
0.04.47
6.0
LASER RADIAL
81
NSSC
Penelope Duncan
 
1135
 
33.32
7
0.33.46
0.04.26
7.0
SOLUTION
398
NSSC
Bill Giles
 
1090
 
32.20
7
0.33.54
0.04.23
8.0
LASER 4.7
2063
NSSC
Jamie Smith (c)
 
1195
 
35.29
7
0.33.56
0.04.50
9.0
RS 200
582
NSSC
Michael Veale
Mike Rosier
1047
 
35.40
8
0.34.04
0.04.59
10.0
BYTE CII
2941
NSSC
Louise Currell
 
1150
 
34.43
7
0.34.30
0.05.14
11.0
LASER 4.7
153670
NSSC
Penny Springall
 
1195
 
36.52
7
0.35.15
0.06.13
12.0
TOPPER
27531
NSSC
Charlie Rigg (c)
 
1340
 
41.45
7
0.35.36
0.07.23
13.0
LASER
138183
NSSC
Chas Humphries
 
1091
 
34.01
7
0.35.38
0.06.02
14.0
LASER RADIAL
1979
NSSC
Jo Whitehaed
 
1135
 
35.36
7
0.35.51
0.06.30
15.0
TOPPER
No No
NSSC
Natasha Stonestreet (c)
 
1340
 
42.07
7
0.35.55
0.07.45
16.0
TOPPER
15693
NSSC
Toby Wride (c)
 
1340
 
39.03
6
0.38.51
0.09.36
17.0
MIRROR
22130
Lancing SC
Andy Beck
Thomas Beck
1385
 
39.22
5
0.45.29
0.14.00
18.0
OPPIE
2387
NSSC
Bea West (c)
 
1665
 
DNF
3
 
 
22.0
TOPPER
3
NSSC
Will Strutt (c)
 
1340
 
DNF
3
 
 
22.0
OPPIE
3938
NSSC
Thomas Beck
 
1665
 
DNF
3
 
 
22.0
 
After a short break for ‘coffee’ the second race of the day, race 8, was set in motion over the same course – the cadets having started ahead of the main fleet. In this race Jazz Sayed (Topper) joined the main fleet.
 

At the Gun, for the main fleet, first to cross was Jazz, not far above the pin mark, with Michael below her but moving faster. Next to go was Rupert with Laurence astern but slightly further upwind and with Alan behind these two. Rupert continued inshore before tacking onto port as Laurence had to duck under Michel’s stern after tacking. Alan also dipped behind Bill.W to try to  get further upwind before setting off to the windward mark. Michael then found himself in clear air and rounded the winward mark well out in front. Laurence found more breeze down below the lay line and after a quick tack was second to round followed closely by Rupert with Alan also close to hand. By the end of the lap the order was established with Michael leading, Laurence second, Rupert third and Alan fourth. Next up was Bill.W followed by Bill.G just 3 seconds behind. Louise was seventh just seven seconds aft and Chas another six seconds behind her. Lying ninth was Jamie just head of Penelope with Penny behind her and Jazz leading 13th placed Andy in the mirror. Neither of the two Jo’s were on the water for this race.
Lap 2 was lead by Michael with the three Streakers, Laurence, Rupert and Alan behind but Bill.G went ahead of Bill.W. Jazz passed Penny to lie 11th with Andy as the tailender.
Lap 3 and Michael was still in the lead from Laurence but Alan snatched third place from Rupert to lead him by eight seconds over the line. The order down the fleet remained the same as in lap 2.
 
Lap 4 and the only change was as Bill.G overtook Rupert to lie 5th.
Lap 5 saw Rupert retake 4th place from Bill.G but there were no other positional changes.
Lap 6 and Bill.G once again passed Rupert, and Bill.W also passed him, as Laurence overtook Michael who had lead the fleet until then. This was also the final lap for Andy in the Mirror.
Lap 7 saw Laurence extend away from Michael to lead him by 15 seconds across the line as Rupert clawed back his fifth place from Bill.W.
 
Lap 8, the final lap was lead by Laurence from Michael and Alan came to a sticky end as Bill.G caught him on starboard just after he had tack to clear the north bank – and tack again. The complaint was that Alan had not tacked soon enough to prevent Bill from changing course and requested a 720 degree turn. Alan complies but in doing so let Bill.G, Rupert and Bill.W to pass him. Louise, Chas and Penelope were the last three to finish as Jazz, Jamie and Penny had finished the lap before. With Handicaps applied Laurence was the winner with Rupert second, Jazz third and Alan fourth. Michael having lead for most of the race however was placed eigth.
R8
Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place
Class
SailNo
Club
HelmName
CrewName
PY
Finish
Elapsed
Laps
Corrected
BCE
Points
STREAKER
1706
NSSC
Laurence Venus
 
1138
 
34.32
8
0.30.21
0.00.00
1.0
STREAKER
1681
NSSC
Rupert Smith
 
1138
 
36.17
8
0.31.53
0.01.45
2.0
LASER RADIAL
142208
NSSC
Dave Murley
 
1135
 
OOD
 
 
 
3.0
 
 
NSSC
Emma Briggs
 
 
 
OOD
 
 
 
3.0
TOPPER
11
NSSC
Jazz Sayed (c)
 
1340
 
37.27
7
0.31.56
0.01.52
3.0
STREAKER
1700
Lancing SC
Alan Simmons
 
1138
 
36.48
8
0.32.20
0.02.16
4.0
SOLUTION
398
NSSC
Bill Giles
 
1090
 
36.03
8
0.33.04
0.02.58
5.0
BYTE CII
2941
NSSC
Louise Currell
 
1150
 
38.06
8
0.33.08
0.03.12
6.0
LASER
133416(26)
NSSC
Bill Wates
 
1091
 
36.21
8
0.33.19
0.03.15
7.0
RS 200
582
NSSC
Michael Veale
Mike Rosier
1047
 
35.12
8
0.33.37
0.03.26
8.0
LASER 4.7
2063
NSSC
Jamie Smith (c)
 
1195
 
35.22
7
0.33.49
0.03.38
9.0
LASER RADIAL
81
NSSC
Penelope Duncan
 
1135
 
38.56
8
0.34.18
0.04.29
10.0
TOPPER
27531
NSSC
Charlie Rigg (c)
 
1340
 
11.41
2
0.34.53
0.01.31
11.0
LASER
138183
NSSC
Chas Humphries
 
1091
 
38.08
8
0.34.57
0.05.02
12.0
LASER 4.7
153670
NSSC
Penny Springall
 
1195
 
37.55
7
0.36.16
0.06.11
13.0
TOPPER
No No
NSSC
Natasha Stonestreet (c)
 
1340
 
12.43
2
0.37.58
0.02.33
14.0
MIRROR
22130
Lancing SC
Andy Beck
Thomas Beck
1385
 
39.37
6
0.38.08
0.08.06
15.0
TOPPER
15693
NSSC
Toby Wride (c)
 
1340
 
12.48
2
0.38.13
0.02.38
16.0
 
For the overall results of the series so far and for the cadet results follow this link to the NSSC results page:- http://www.nssc.org.uk/cms/index.php/sailing/club-series-results
Laurence has a commanding lead in the overall series to date from Rupert with Alan lying third.
Alan.S 1700