Freeman Iceberg 2022 - Races 3 & 4 - 13th Nov 2022

 Freeman Iceberg Races 3 & 4 – 13^th Nov 2022.

Sunday morning, Remembrance Sunday, dawned bright, Sunny and dry. The forecast for Piddinghoe, on XCWeather was for 9 knots but on arrival at the pond there was barely a puff blowing. It did fill in a little just before the two minutes silence was held in front of the clubhouse.

Ed Rollestone, as RO, and Lewis Johns as ARO (with Alistair Fortune and an-other in the safety boat) set a similar course to that last week - a simple straight Trapezoid, initially with a committee boat start, changed to a windward start from midway along the south shore when the breeze eventually filled in.

Race 3, of the 2022 Freeman Iceberg series,  started at 11.15 and at the gun Sean Beevor (Laser full rig) was first across the line with Alan Simmons (Streaker) next, to windward, with Ed Thorburn (Finn) third to cross followed by Thomas Beck (Topper) fourth to go.

Sean was first to arrive at the windward mark, south of the Island with Alan close behind and the Ed.T. Along the run behind the Island Ed.T went ahead of Alan and closed in on Sean then to pass him on the following reach to finish the first lap in pole position in 5 minutes 35 seconds with Sean 2^nd and Alan 3^rd. In 4^th place was David Hitchens (Laser full Rig), with Michael Veale and Mike Rosier (RS 200) 5th, Dave Murley (Laser Radial) 6th, Julian Dobson (Laser full rig) 7^th,Terry Jones (Laser full rig) 8^th, Bill Waites (Laser Radial) 9^th, Thomas Beck (Topper) 10^th, Andy Beck (Moth, Classic) 11^th, Jo Brulgenwith (Laser full rig) 12^th, Darrel Top (Laser full rig) 13^th, Colin Cryer (Laser Radial) 14^th and Judd Bramah (Topaz) 15^th.

Lap 2 saw no place changes among the leading three dinghies but Michael.V pulled ahead of David Hitchens and Julian moved ahead of Dave .M.  Bill.W moved up to 8^th with Andy.B astern of him and Thomas.B behind him in 10^th. Terry.J dropped down the fleet to lie 11^th but there were no changes behind him.

Lap 3 saw Ed.T continue to lead the fleet with Sean behind him, now by 36 seconds, as Michael.V overtook Alan, being able to fly his Gennaker on all of the three legs to gain 3^rd place. David.H held onto 5^th place with no changes in the next four position. Terry.J went back ahead of Thomas.B but with no further changes behind him.

Lap 4 Ed was still in the lead now 43 seconds ahead of Sean with Michael.V still 3^rd ahead of Alan. There were no place changes in the next two boats but Dave.M dropped right back to 14^th and Terry went up to lie 9^th behind Andy.B wit Darrel.T with Darrel.B in to10th place having gone ahead of Jo.  Colin.C and Judd.B remaining in 13^th and 15^th respectively.

Lap 5 With Ed still in the lead by 46 seconds Michael.V was still holding off Alan.S by 62 seconds David.H was passed by Julian.D to take 5^th place. Bill.W held onto 7^th place with Andy.B still behind him as Darrel.J got ahead Terry.J and Dave.M pulled back to 12^th behind Jo.B. Thomas.B dropped to 13^th as Colin.C dropped down the places to cross the line 14^th, Judd.B having already finished at the end of the previous lap.

Lap 6.saw no places changes among the top 4 boats from the previous lap but David.H went back ahead of Julian.D to lie 5^th with Andy.B behind him. The remainder of the fleet had already been finished.

Lap 7 had just the top 4 boats still racing but the order remained as for lap 5, Ed.T, Sean.B Michael.V and Alan.S respectively. Ed.T obviously found a little extra bit of puff crossing the line nearly 5 minutes ahead of Sean.B

With handicaps applied and calculations carried out Ed.T was the winner of the race with Sean. 2^nd, Alan.S 3^rd, David.H 4^th and Julian.D 5^th. As in the table below:-

Race 3 - 13/11/2022

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Finish	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	BCE	Points
1	Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049		43.21	7	0.41.20	0.00.00	1.0
2	Laser Hull	Icterus	LASER	46237	NSSC	Sean Beevor		1100		48.17	7	0.43.54	0.02.50	2.0
3	Laser Hull		LASER	179808	NSSC	Lewis Johns		1100		OOD				2.5
4	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	139199	NSSC	Colin Cryer		1147		50.42	7	0.44.12	0.03.18	3.0
5	Menagerie	The Final Bash	STREAKER	1832	LANCING	Alan Simmons		1128		50.01	7	0.44.20	0.03.24	4.0
6	Laser Hull		LASER	122461	NSSC	David Hitchens		1100		42.53	6	0.45.29	0.03.55	5.0
7	Laser Hull		LASER	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1100		43.05	6	0.45.42	0.04.07	6.0
8	Menagerie	Hot Toddy	RS 200	582	NSSC	Michael Veale	Mike Rosier	1046		49.02	7	0.46.53	0.05.48	7.0
9	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1147		48.34	6	0.49.24	0.07.56	8.0
10	Menagerie		TOPPER	47124	NSSC	Thomas Beck		1365		49.43	5	0.50.59	0.09.25	9.0
11	Menagerie		Clasic Moth	3605	NSSC	Andy Beck		1145		50.13	6	0.51.10	0.09.40	10.0
12	Laser Hull		LASER	217834	NSSC	Darrel Top		1100		43.50	5	0.55.47	0.11.22	11.0
13	Laser Hull		LASER	48154	NSSC	Terry Jones		1100		47.03	5	0.59.53	0.14.35	12.0
14	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1147		49.17	5	1.00.09	0.15.26	13.0
15	Laser Hull		LASER	164421	NSSC	Jo Brulgenlwith		1100		48.13	5	1.01.22	0.15.45	14.0
16	Menagerie		TOPAZ	No No	NSSC	Judd Bramah		1150		48.00	4	1.13.03	0.20.51	15.0
17	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	207462	NSSC	Ed Rollestone		1147		OOD				20.0
17	Laser Hull		LASER	85185	NSSC	Alastair Fortune		1100		OOD				20.0

Race 4 was held over the same course with the wind in a similar direction and wind speed – force 2-3 ish.

At the gun the same three boats led off the line, Sean.B at the pin end, Alan.s to windward of him and Ed.T nearest to the south shore. Thomas.B was fourth to cross the line with Michael.V downwind.

Sean.B was too low , as was Ed.T allowing Alan to round the mark off the south of the Island in pole position. It was not long however before Ed.T passed Alan.S to take the lead that he was to hold for the rest of the race. At the end of Lap 1 the order was Ed.T 1^st, Alan.S 2^nd, Michael.V 3^rd, Sean.B 4^th, J>ulian.D 5^th, David.H 6^th, Andy.B 7^th, Bill.W 8^th, Dave.M 9^th, Thomas.B 10thj, Jo.B 11^th, Darrel. 12^th, Terry Jones 13^th and Judd.B 14^th. Colin C did not participate in this race.

Lap 2  The order of the first three boats was unchanged but with Julian.D getting ahead of Sean.B to lie in 4^th place. There were no place changes in the next four but Darrel moved up the order to, lie 10^th ahead of Jo.B as Thomas.B slipped back to lie 13^th.

Lap 3 saw Ed.T leading Michael.V who had managed to squeeze past Alan.S as Sean.B went up to 4^th place ahead of Julian.D.  David.H held onto 6^th place ahead of Andy.B as Bill.W plummeted down to 12^th allowing Dave.M into 8^th place. Terry.|J also found a spurt to lie 9th ahead of Jo.B and Thomas .B. Darrel.T also took a tumble dropping to 13^th ahead of Judd.B.

Lap 4 Ed.T was still in the lead but Alan.S managed to retake second place ahead of Michael.V – these two were nip and tuck through the race. Behind them Sean.B, Julian.D and 7^th.David.H retained their relative positions. Meanwhile BillW made a comeback and went ahead of Andy.B to lie 7th. Dave.M dropped back astern of Jo.B to lie10th with Terry.J dropping with him. Thomas.B also lost a place to cross the line 12^th but ahead of Darrel.T and Judd.B.

Lap5  Ed.T and Alan.S still held on at the front as Sean.B went ahead of Michael.V to lie 3^rd. there were no place changes between the next five as Terry.J gained a place astern of Jo.B with Thomas.B 11^th, Dave.M , Darrel.T and Judd.B had finished at the end of the previous lap.

Lap 6 The final lap saw Ed.T cross the line two and a half minutes ahead of Alan.S who had held off a late challenge by 3^rd placed Sean.B.  Julian.D was next to finish in 4^th place ahead of Michael.V . Dave.H was next to finish 7^th and last.

With the Calculations finished the winner of the race was Ed.T with Alan.S 2^nd Sean.B 3^rd, Julian.D 4^th and Davvid.H 5^th – as in the table below:-

Race 4 - 13/11/2022

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Finish	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	BCE	Points
1	Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049		34.44	6	0.33.07	0.00.00	1.0
2	Menagerie	The Final Bash	STREAKER	1832	LANCING	Alan Simmons		1128		37.25	6	0.33.10	0.00.04	2.0
3	Laser Hull		LASER	179808	NSSC	Lewis Johns		1100		OOD				2.5
4	Laser Hull	Icterus	LASER	46237	NSSC	Sean Beevor		1100		37.29	6	0.34.05	0.01.04	3.0
5	Laser Hull		LASER	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1100		37.31	6	0.34.06	0.01.06	4.0
6	Laser Hull		LASER	122461	NSSC	David Hitchens		1100		38.27	6	0.34.57	0.02.02	5.0
7	Menagerie	Hot Toddy	RS 200	582	NSSC	Michael Veale	Mike Rosier	1046		37.30	6	0.35.51	0.02.52	6.0
8	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1147		35.18	5	0.36.56	0.03.39	7.0
9	Menagerie		TOPPER	47124	NSSC	Thomas Beck		1358		42.20	5	0.37.24	0.04.52	8.0
10	Menagerie		Clasic Moth	3605	NSSC	Andy Beck		1145		36.44	5	0.38.30	0.05.08	9.0
11	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1147		30.47	4	0.40.15	0.05.28	10.0
12	Laser Hull		LASER	164421	NSSC	Jo Brulgenlwith		1100		37.29	5	0.40.53	0.07.08	11.0
13	Laser Hull		LASER	48154	NSSC	Terry Jones		1100		38.29	5	0.41.59	0.08.08	12.0
14	Menagerie		TOPAZ	No No	NSSC	Judd Bramish		1251		41.48	4	0.50.07	0.14.11	13.0
15	Laser Hull		LASER	217834	NSSC	Darrel Top		1100		37.42	4	0.51.25	0.13.25	14.0
16	Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	207462	NSSC	Ed Rollestone		1147		OOD				20.0
16	Laser Hull		LASER	85185	NSSC	Alastair Fortune		1100		OOD				20.0

A Grand Day for a sail, some would have liked more breeze, but for yours truly it was ideal and if I may say so, two very good results for my Streaker. The lack of breeze on the long windward legs was quite taxing for all, hence a lot of place changing. The forcast  (XCWeather)  for next Sunday looks a bit up and down but certainly more wind than today’s – keep your eyes peeled but turn up anyway.

Can I make a small appeal, please sign on for the racing but make sure that you use Capital Letters and that these are clearly readable, thanks in anticipation.

Alan.S 1832.  

PS. The Results shown on these blogs are my calcs, go to the NSSC web site for the offical ones.