Streaker Ramblings – Freeman Iceberg Races 5 & 6 – 17/11/2019

Grey overcast skies, with just a hint of blue patches, little if any breeze although the forecast was for 6 to 7 knots as we left for Piddinghoe. Little change was obvious as we arrived at the pond but there was a tiny bit of breeze from the east allowing the Ro, Ed Thorburn (assisted by Philip Clare with Barry Lowton and ‘another’ in the safety boat) to set a course as below with a ‘Committee boat ‘ start:-

Eighteen boats came to the line and first away was Penelope Duncan (Laser Radial) in mid line with Lewis Johns (Radial) next close to the pin (starboard) end. 

Next up was Laurence Venus (Hadron H2). Bill Wates (Laser full rig) attempted a Port tack start at the Committee boat end to be fourth away. The rest of the fleet was split between starboard and port tacks with Laurence, Penelope, Alan Simmons (Streaker) and Bill, having been forced to tack, holding on to Starboard with Lewis, Ed Rollestone (Laser 4.7), and Rupert Smith (Streaker) going east.

By the windward mark Laurence was out in front with Alan not far astern and by the mark off the clubhouse Rupert was up to third place with Lewis lying fourth and Bll fifth with Zoe McCaig (Laser Radial) close behind him. Within a few yards Julian Dobson (Laser full rig) had gone ahead of Bill and Zoe with Ed.R now astern of her and Michael Veale and Mike rosier (RS 200) just head of Dave Murley (Laser Radial).

After one full lap Laurence was in the lead with Alan some 30 seconds behind and Rupert ten seconds behind him, Julian was  fourth with Bill fifth.

Race 5

Posn	Class	Sail No	Lap 1	e time	Lap 2	e time	Lap 3	e time	Lap 4	e time	Posn
1	Hadron H2	138	Laurence Venus	12.25	Laurence Venus	26.38	Laurence Venus	41.43	Laurence Venus	53.07	1
2	Streaker	11700	A Simmons	12.55	R Smith	27.15	R Smith	42.06	R Smith	53.50	2
3	Streaker	168	R Smith	13.03	A Simmons	29.22	J Dobson	43.21	J Dobson	55.02	3
4	Laser	7	J Dobson	13.06	J Dobson	29.34	A Simmons	43.25	A Simmons	55.10	4
5	Laser	26	B Wates	13.35	B Wates	30.28	B Wates	45.26			5
6	Laser	179808	L Johns	13.47	M Veale	31.32	M Veale	46.34			6
7	Laser R	64200	Z McCaig	13.55	Z McCaig	31.37	Z McCaig	47.19			7
8	RS 200	582	M Veale	14.22	L Johns	31.52	L Johns	47.51			8
9	Laser R	142208	D Murley	14.52	D Hitchens	32.40	D Hitchens	48.00			9
10	Laser	122461	D Hitchens	14.55	E Rollestone	33.36	E Rollestone	48.41			10
11	Laser 4.7	207462	E Rollestone	15.00	L McCaig	34.55	D Murley	49.18			11
12	Laser R	91329	P Duncan	15.20	D Murley	35.08	T Jones	50.32			12
13	Laser R	201962	T Rollestone	15.46	T Rollestone	35.11	L McCaig	50.56			13
14	Laser R	6420	L McCaig	15.49	T Jones	36.52	T Rollestone	51.54			14
15	Comet	473	T Jones	18.17	P Duncan	37.33	P Duncan	53.09			15
16	Topper 4.2	4764	T Beck	18.22	A Beck	38.07	A Beck	Finished			16
17	Laser R	43382	R.Beal	20.04	T Beck	39.58	T Beck	Finished			17
18	Moth	3048	A Beck	23.59	R.Beal	RTD					18

With the breeze still very light and patchy – non existant in some places – Laurence held the lead in lap 2 and Rupert went ahead of Alan at the mark off the clubhouse and to pull away somewhat. Julian led Bill and closed up on Alan.

In lap 3 there were no places changes among the leading ten boats and the fourth and final lap was contested only by the leading four competitors with Laurence first, Rupert second , Julian third and Alan fourth to cross the line. With times corrected and handicaps applied the race was won by Rupert with Alan second, Julian third and Laurence fourth as shown in the table below.

R5 - 17/11/2019

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	BCE	Points
1		Scoundrel	Streaker	1681	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1128	53.50	0.00.00	1.0
2		Last Bash	Streaker	1700	Lancing SC	Alan Simmons		1128	55.10	0.01.20	2.0
3			Finn	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1051	OOD		3.0
3			Laser	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1099	55.02	0.02.35	3.0
5		Misty Blue Too	Hadron H2	138	NSSC	Laurence Venus		1037	53.07	0.03.38	4.0
6	Cadet		Laser 4.7	207462	NSSC	Ed Rollestone		1207	48.41	0.05.29	5.0
7			Laser Radial	64200	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		1145	47.19	0.06.20	6.0
8			Laser	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1099	45.26	0.06.06	7.0
9	Cadet		Laser Radial	179808	NSSC	Lewis Johns		1145	47.51	0.06.52	8.0
10			Comet	473	NSSC	Terry Jones		1207	50.32	0.07.20	9.0
11			Laser Radial	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1142	49.18	0.08.25	10.0
12			Laser	122461	NSSC	David Hitchins		1099	48.00	0.08.40	11.0
13	Cadet		Laser Radial	6420		Lucy McCaig		1145	50.56	0.09.57	12.0
14			RS 200	582	NSSC	Michael Veale	Mike Rosier	1046	46.34	0.09.08	13.0
15			Laser Radial	201962	NSSC	Toby Rollestone		1145	51.54	0.10.55	14.0
16			Laser Radial	91329	NSSC	Penelope Duncan		1145	53.09	0.12.10	15.0
17			Laser Radial	43382	NSSC	Richard Beal		1145	20.04	0.06.24	16.0
18	Cadet		Topper 4.2	4764	NSSC	Thomas Beck		1416	49.58	0.16.11	17.0
19			Moth	3048	Lancing SC	Andy Beck		1200	48.07	0.19.29	18.0

The second race of the day, race 6 of the series, was held over the same basic course but with the committee boat now at the port end of the line. The breeze was now lower than ever but just about enough to allow the fleet to cross the line at the start gun.

It is difficult to see from the photo but it is thought that Laurence was first to cross the line to weather of Rupert and with Zoe closer to the Committee boat. Alan is nowhere to be seen in the melee, behind 6420 (Lucy)? but must have been up there somewhere as he was second, after Laurence, to turn the mark off the Fisherman’s bay. 

Next around was Rupert just ahead of Julian and then came Michael followed by Zoe. Then came a ‘mob’ with Terry Jones (Comet), Penelope, Ed.R and Bill all in close order. 

The next three boats were Toby Rollstone (Laser Radial), Lucy McCaig (Laser Radial) and then Lewis with Andy Beck (Moth) and Dave Mutley (Laser Radial).

At the end of the first lap the top order as Laurence first, Alan second, Rupert third, Julian fourth and Michael fifth.

            Race 6

Posn	Class	Sail No	Lap 1	e time	Lap 2	e time	Posn
1	Hadron H2	138	Laurence Venus	10.28	Laurence Venus	26.14	1
2	Streaker	1700	A Simmons	11.56	A Simmons	28.54	2
3	Streaker	168	R Smith	12.24	R Smith	30.33	3
4	Laser	7	J Dobson	12.32	J Dobson	31.36	4
5	RS 200	582	M Veale	13.37	B Wates	33.59	5
6	Laser R	64200	Z McCaig	14.44	M Veale	35.46	6
7	Laser	122461	D Hitchens	14.58	D Hitchens	36.46	7
8	Comet	473	T Jones	15.02	Z McCaig	36.50	8
9	Laser R	91329	P Duncan	15.10	D Murley	40.52	9
10	Laser	26	B Wates	15.28	E Rollestone	41.09	10
11	Laser 4.7	207462	E Rollestone	15.33	T Rollestone	41.10	11
12	Laser R	6420	L McCaig	15.37	T Jones	41.45	12
13	Moth	3048	A Beck	15.4	A Beck	43.31	13
14	Laser R	201962	T Rollestone	15.50	L McCaig	44.66	14
15	Laser R	142208	D Murley	15.56	L Johns	45.06	15
16	Laser	179808	L Johns	16.38	P Duncan	46.28	16
17	Topper 4.2	4764	T Beck	21.15	T Beck		17
18	Laser R	43383	R Beal	DNC			18

The second, tedious, lap saw Laurence pull well away from Alan and Alan also increasing the gap between himself and third placed Rupert. Julian remained in fourth place whilst Bill overtook Michael to finish fifth.

With handicaps applied and times corrected the winner was Laurence with Alan second, Rupert third , Julian fourth and Thomas Beck (Topper 4.2) fifth.

R6 - 17/11/2019

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	BCE	Points
1		Misty Blue Too	Hadron H2	138	NSSC	Laurence Venus		1037	26.14	0.00.00	1.0
2		Last Bash	Streaker	1700	Lancing SC	Alan Simmons		1128	28.54	0.00.22	2.0
3		Scoundrel	Streaker	1681	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1128	30.33	0.02.01	3.0
3			Finn	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1051	OOD		3.0
5			Laser	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1099	31.36	0.03.48	4.0
6	Cadet		Topper 4.2	4764	NSSC	Thomas Beck		1416	21.15	0.03.20	5.0
7			Laser	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1099	33.59	0.06.11	6.0
8			Laser Radial	64200	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		1145	36.50	0.07.52	7.0
9			Laser	122461	NSSC	David Hitchins		1099	36.46	0.08.58	8.0
10	Cadet		Laser 4.7	207462	NSSC	Ed Rollestone		1207	41.09	0.10.37	9.0
11			RS 200	582	NSSC	Michael Veale	Mike Rosier	1046	35.46	0.09.18	10.0
12			Comet	473	NSSC	Terry Jones		1207	41.45	0.11.13	11.0
13			Laser Radial	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1142	40.52	0.11.59	12.0
14			Laser Radial	201962	NSSC	Toby Rollestone		1145	41.10	0.12.12	13.0
15			Moth	3048	Lancing SC	Andy Beck		1200	43.31	0.13.10	14.0
16	Cadet		Laser Radial	6420		Lucy McCaig		1145	44.46	0.15.48	15.0
17	Cadet		Laser Radial	179808	NSSC	Lewis Johns		1145	45.06	0.16.08	16.0
18			Laser Radial	91329	NSSC	Penelope Duncan		1145	46.28	0.17.30	17.0

It was a frustrating pair of races with very little breeze and what there was very variable in direction, none the less all bar one finished both races.

Please note that the results shown in this blog are the writers ‘opinion’ and may be subject to change by the NSSC Sailing Secretary including the Handicap for Andy Beck’s Moth – nothing in the NSSC club handicaps or in the RYA PY numbers!

Alan.S 1700.

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