Streaker Ramblings - Freeman Iceberg Races 7 & 8 - 27/11/2016

Not too bad a forecast as we left home for the Pond and the breeze at 160 Poplar was noticeable but light. The sky was overcast and grey with little sign of a break. On arrival at the pond there was a difficulty as no one present had the latest combination for the compound keys. Fortunately within a minute or so Ed Thorburn arrived and he did have the numbers. By the time of the start some sixteen seniors had signed on and nine Cadets had also.

Laurence Venus took on the mantle of RO again as no one had signed on to do the task and with a wind from the north he set a course with the first leg a beat towards a mark just off the Fisherman’s Bay. There were quite a few fishermen in the area and along the east bank. The breeze was by now a good force 3.

 

 

 

 

 

Seniors Race 7

First to cross the line at the shore end was Tiger Cox (Topper) on port tack with dad Tim Cox (Laser Radial) on starboard very close by. At the pin end Geoff Sheridan (Byte-original rig) was also quickly away and in mid line Jonty Freeman (with dad John crewing the Mirror) set off on port tack but clearing the rest of the fleet. Ed Thorburn (Finn) was not far behind this group but quickly passed them all to round the windward mark in the lead. Alan Simmons (Streaker) had been closer to the pin end when the gun went and tacked off towards the middle of the pond in clear air, was able then to choose when to head back for the mark and rounded in second place. Third to round the mark at the end of the first windward leg were Michael Veale and Mike Rosier in the RS200.

By the end of the first lap the order had been established with Ed in the lead, Alan 2^nd, Michael 3^rd, Tim 4^th, Bill Wates (Laser full rig) 5^th, Zoe McCaig (Laser Radial) 6^th, Julian Dobson (Laser full rig) and Dave Murley (Laser Radial) equal 7^th , Bill Giles (Solution) 9^th, Tiger 10^th, Terry Jones (Laser full rig) 11^th, Penelope Duncan (Laser Radial)12^th, Richard Beal (Laser Raidal) 13^th, Geoff 14^th, Jonty 15^th and Simon Suter (Laser full rig) 16^th.

In lap two Ed extended his lead ahead of Alan, Michael closed the gap a little. There were no positional changes in the first six boats but Julian got away from Dave with Terry passing Tiger as did Penelope briefly. Jonty crossed the line, now behind Simon in 16^th place.

Lap 3 and still no place changes in the top eight boats with Alan still holding off challenges from Michael. Terry managed to get past Bill.G to lie 9^th and Tiger got past Penelope  as Geoff overtook Richard.

Lap 4 with the leading three boats still in the same order but Zoe just sneaked ahead of Bill.W to lie 5^th and Dave went ahead of Julian to lie 7^th. There were no place changes further down the fleet.

Lap 5 and as the breeze increased slightly Michael was at last able to get ahead of Alan. Tim was still fourth with Zoe and Bill crossing the line alongside one another for fifth place. Julian once again went ahead of Dave and Bill.G pulled back ahead of Terry. There were no further place changes.

Lap 6 the final lap and Ed crossed the line in the lead about three and a half minutes ahead of Michael who was a minute ahead of Alan. Tim came home 4^th close behind Alan and Zoe was just three seconds ahead of Bill.W. Julian was 7^th, Dave 8^th, Bill.G 9th and Terry 10^th.

With the handicaps applied the winner was Tiger with Ed 2^nd and Alan 3^rd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seniors R7

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Class	H Cap	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	Elapsed	BCE	Points
Topper	1341	41129	NSSC	Tiger Cox		40.20	0.00.00	1.0
Finn	1042	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		40.13	0.02.36	2.0
Streaker	1137	1700	Lancing S C	Alan Simmons		44.48	0.03.46	3.0
Laser Radial	1136	8	NSSC	Tim Cox		44.52	0.03.52	4.0
Laser Radial	1136	64200	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		45.32	0.04.32	5.0
Laser Radial	1136	142208	NSSC	David Murley		46.04	0.05.04	6.0
Laser	1095	26/133416	NSSC	Bill Wates		45.35	0.06.04	7.0
RS 200	1047	582	NSSC	Micheal Veale	Mike Rosier	43.44	0.05.57	8.0
Laser	1095	7/176670	NSSC	Julian Dobson		45.49	0.06.18	9.0
Solution	1090	398	NSSC	Bill Giles		46.30	0.07.10	10.0
Laser	1095	30678	NSSC	Terry Jones		46.48	0.07.17	11.0
Miror	1383	6275	NSSC	Jonty Freeman	John Freeman	39.37	0.06.20	12.0
Laser Radial	1136	81	NSSC	Penelope Duncan		41.01	0.06.51	13.0
Byte (origl)	1148	671	NSSC	Geoff Sheridan		42.38	0.08.06	14.0
Laser Radial	1136	43382	NSSC	Richard Beal		42.48	0.08.38	15.0
Laser	1095	7	NSSC	Simon Suter		43.29	0.10.33	16.0

 

 

Seniors Race 8

Regretably the Battery in Bett’s camera failed in the countdown to the start of the second race of the day and by the time she had put the spare in place the boats were already off on the first leg of the course. Ed had had a slightly better start than in race 7 and was soon around the windward mark in the lead. Alan had started nearer the shore end of the line and also made good progress to the windward mark rounding again in second place with Michael a little astern. By the end of the lap the order settled down to Ed 1^st, Alan 2^nd, Michael 3^rd, Tim 4^th, Bill.G 5^th, Terry 6^th  Zoe 7^th, Dave 8^th, Bill.W 9^th, Tiger 10^th, Richard 11^th, Simon 12^th, Geoff 13^th Penelope 14^th and Jonty 15^th – Julian did not sail in this race.

Lap 2 had Ed out in front with Michael passing Alan and pulling away, next came Tim and then Bill.G, next up was Zoe having passed Terry. Bill W. caught up with Dave as they crossed the line simultaneously in 7^th place. Terry had dropped back and crossed at the same moment as Tiger. Richard retained 11^th place as It was all change behind him as Penelope climbed up to 12^th ahead of Geoff who had Simon drop behind him with Jonty bringing up the rear.

Lap 3 saw Bill.G pass Tim briefly as the leading three places remained unchanged. Zoe continued to lead Bill.W and Terry gained places to lie 7^th ahead of Dave and Tiger. Behind him the order remained as in the previous lap with the exception that Simon retired.

Lap 4 and it was still Ed, Michael and Alan as the leading group with Tim gaining 4^th place back from Bill.G and with Zoe still behind him in 6^th place. Bill.W dropped back behind Terry and Dave with the field behind staying in the same order.

Lap 5 and no change in the leading six boat’s positions but with Terry retiring Dave went up to 7^th and then no further changes down the fleet.

Lap 6 was contested by just eight boats with Ed crossing the finish line a minute and a half ahead of Michael who was nearly four minutes ahead of Alan and Tim just a further six seconds astern. Bill.G, was 5^th, Zoe 6^th, Dave 7^th and Bill.W 8^th and last.

With the handicaps applied the winner was yet again Tiger , Ed 2^nd and Alan 3^rd.

Seniors R8

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Class	H Cap	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	Elapsed	BCE	Points
Topper	1341	41129	NSSC	Tiger Cox		39.28	0.00.00	1.0
Finn	1042	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		39.09	0.02.21	2.0
Streaker	1137	1700	Lancing S C	Alan Simmons		42.57	0.02.48	3.0
Laser Radial	1136	8	NSSC	Tim Cox		43.08	0.03.01	4.0
RS 200	1047	582	NSSC	Micheal Veale	Mike Rosier	40.37	0.03.38	5.0
Laser Radial	1136	64200	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		44.12	0.04.05	6.0
Laser Radial	1136	142208	NSSC	David Murley		44.23	0.04.16	7.0
Solution	1090	398	NSSC	Bill Giles		43.58	0.05.28	8.0
Laser	1095	26/133416	NSSC	Bill Wates		45.14	0.06.34	9.0
Miror	1383	6275	NSSC	Jonty Freeman	John Freeman	39.06	0.06.32	10.0
Byte (origl)	1148	671	NSSC	Geoff Sheridan		41.51	0.08.04	11.0
Laser Radial	1136	43382	NSSC	Richard Beal		41.33	0.08.07	12.0
Laser Radial	1136	81	NSSC	Penelope Duncan		41.51	0.08.25	13.0
Laser	1095	30678	NSSC	Terry Jones		DNF		16.0
Laser	1095	7	NSSC	Simon Suter		DNF		16.0

 

Cadets Race 7

 

Maddi Quinn (Topper) was first across the line at the shore end with Charlie Rigg (Topper) heading towards her on Starboard and with Lucy McCaig (Topper) at the outer end of the line and shortly tacking onto starboard. Roan Briggs (Topper) was well back, in fact behind both of the Oppies – George and Harry Quinn. By the end of the first lap the order was Charlie 1^st, Lucy 2^nd, Roan 3^rd and Maddi 4^th. Harry led his brother George to lie 5^th with Alexander Danks (Peco s/h) bringing up the tail end.

The positions in the subsequent laps remained unchanged throughout the race to the finish line after four laps for the Toppers. After the handicaps were applied Charlie was the winner with Lucy second and Roan third. Harry and George both beat sister Maddi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cadets R7

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Class	H'cap	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	Elapsed	BCE	Points
Topper 'c'	1341	27531	NSSC	Charlie Riggs		36.18	0.00.00	1.0
Topper 'c'	1341	26949	NSSC	Lucy McCaig		36.39	0.00.21	2.0
Topper 'c'	1341	14/7	NSSC	Roan Briggs		37.35	0.01.17	3.0
Oppie 'c'	1665	5538	NSSC	Harry Quinn		35.24	0.01.36	4.5
Oppie 'c'	1665	5536	NSSC	George Quinn		35.24	0.01.36	4.5
Topper 'c'	1341	8	NSSC	Maddi Quinn		40.00	0.03.42	6.0
Gull 'c'	1363	2511 S/H	NSSC	Bruno Baker		30.55	0.12.28	7.0

 

Cadets Race 8

 

 

At the gun it was Roan, at the shore end of the line, who was first away. Maddi in the middle of the line was next and Charlie third to cross. Lucy was well back from the line as was George and Harry was nowhere in sight. By the end of the first lap the order was Roan 1^st, Lucy 2^nd, Maddi 3^rd, Charlie 4^th, Jazz Sayed (Windsurfer) 5^th, Harry 6^th, and George 7^th. Alexander did not finish the lap as neither did Bruno Baker (Gull).

Lap 2 saw Roan still in the lead from Lucy as Charlie went ahead of Maddi and both Harry and George passed Jazz.

Lap 3 saw no change in order of the main pack but Jazz dropped to 7^th and last and finished, along with the two Opies.

Lap 4 and the finishing order was as in the previous lap Roan, Lucy, Charlie and Maddi.

With handicapping completed the result was a win for Roan with Lucy next then Charlie. Next was Harry ahead of Maddi with George 6^th and Jazz 7^th.

 

Cadets R8

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Class	H'cap	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	Elapsed	BCE	Points
Topper 'c'	1341	14/7	NSSC	Roan Briggs		33.49	0.00.00	1.0
Topper 'c'	1341	26949	NSSC	Lucy McCaig		34.16	0.00.27	2.0
Topper 'c'	1341	27531	NSSC	Charlie Riggs		34.28	0.00.39	3.0
Oppie 'c'	1665	5538	NSSC	Harry Quinn		33.50	0.02.21	4.0
Topper 'c'	1341	8	NSSC	Maddi Quinn		37.18	0.03.29	5.0
Oppie 'c'	1665	5536	NSSC	George Quinn		37.18	0.05.49	6.0
Windsurfer 'c'	1080		1080	Jazz Sayed		42.14	0.21.48	7.0

In the second race of the day (for both Cadets and Seniors) the wind gradually increased to a good top end force 4 and swung further to the east. This meant that the second windward leg started with a beat towards the Island but that is was no longer possible to pass to the north of the Island and that a tack was necessary to head northwards. The increased strength meant marginal planeing conditions along the south side of the pond.

Alan.S 1700.