Freeman Iceberg Races 3 & 4 -12/11/2023

Freeman Iceberg 2023 Races 3 & 4 - Sunday 12.11.2023.

Grey Skies, Dry and windless as we left home in Hove this Sunday morning Remembrance Sunday. On arrival at Piddinghoe it was still dry but there was a whisper of breeze.  Laurence Venus as RO, aided by Jupp with Sean Beevers and J Lenton in the safety boat , set an ‘X’ shaped course – as below – with the start adjacent to the clubhouse and a mark off the upper west jetty. After the two minutes remembrance silence race 3 was stated at 11.10, the breeze having begun to fill in a little. 

  

At the gun It was Ed Thorburn (Finn) first to cross the line close to the clubhouse shore. Second to start was new entry Mark Ramsay (Supernova)  with Andy Beck (Lightening)  third and Matt Springall (Laser full rig) fourth away. 

                                        Photos by Bett Simmons

At the first windward mark Ed was around in the front of the fleet, followed by Matt.S and then Dave Murley (Laser Radial) with Mark behind and Alan Simmons (Streaker) astern in fifth place. 

There followed a long off-wind leg to a mark midway along the east shore. With the next leg a beat to a mark on the far side of the Island in the south east corner. It was here, in the last tacks to the mark, that Alan went ahead of Dave.

The penultimate leg was another off-wind sail to a mark off the Fisherman’s Bay. At the end of the lap the order was Ed, followed by Matt, then Alan, having snuck ahead of Mark with Julian having also passed Dave. 

Andy was in 7^th position with Tim Cox(Topper) astern. Next came Jo Bruggenworth in 9^th place, Jazz Turner (Hansa), Will Apps (RS Quba), Pete Henderson (Pico), Will Russell (Miracle) and lastly Bea Bromah (Hansa) 14^th.

Lap 2 saw no place changes among the leading five but Alan continued to vie for third place with Mark crossing the line 21 seconds ahead. Andy pulled ahead of Dave in 8th place. as Tim followed up in 9th. The order behind remained unchanged with Bea having been finished at the end of the lap.

Lap 3 Ed led the fleet with Matt 2^ND, Alan 3^rd – still ahead of Mark by just 18 seconds, Julian5th, Andy 6^th, Dave 7^th,Jo 8^th having passed Tim, Will 10^th having overtaken Jazz, Pete 12^th, Will Russell 13^th.

Lap 4 Matt was still 2^nd behind Ed by 2 minutes 27 seconds. Alan was 31 seconds ahead of Mark with Julian still astern of him. Andy in 6^th place with Dave 7^th and last, all the others having been finished at the end of lap 3.

Lap 5 had Ed sailing round on his own.

With the handicaps applied and times corrected the winner of race 3 was Matt with Jazz 2^nd, Ed 3^rd, Alan 4^th and Tim 5^th.

Results:-                                  Race 3 - 12/11/2023

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Finish	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	BCE	Points
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	200706	NSSC	Matt Sprigall		1150		38.39	4	0.42.01	0.00.00	1.0
Menagerie		HANSA	Blue Hull	NSSC	Jazz Turner		1580		40.16	3	0.42.29	0.00.26	2.0
Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049		47.32	5	0.45.19	0.03.28	3.0
Menagerie	The Final Bash	STREAKER	1832	LANCING	Alan Simmons		1128		41.03	4	0.45.29	0.03.08	4.0
Menagerie		TOPPER	44941	NSSC	Tim Cox		1365		38.07	3	0.46.32	0.03.43	5.0
Laser Hull	Icterus	LASER	46237	NSSC	Sean Beevers		1101		OOD				5.0
Laser Hull		LASER	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1101		42.06	4	0.47.48	0.05.06	6.0
Menagerie		LIGHTNING 368	225	NSSC	Andy Beck		1160		44.34	4	0.48.01	0.05.35	7.0
Menagerie		SUPERNOVA	526	NSSC	Mark Ramsay		1075		41.34	4	0.48.20	0.05.26	8.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1150		45.22	4	0.49.19	0.06.43	9.0
Menagerie		RS QUBA	No No	NSSC	Will Apps		1260		39.12	3	0.51.51	0.07.26	10.0
Menagerie		PICO	No No	NSSC	Pete Henderson		1330		42.42	3	0.53.31	0.09.11	11.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	166421	NSSC	Jom Bruggenworth		1150		37.12	3	0.53.55	0.08.13	12.0
Menagerie		HANSA	2277	NSSC	Bea Brass		1580		38.06	2	1.00.17	0.11.33	13.0
Menagerie		MIRACLE	2649	NSSC	Will Russell		1194		48.23	3	1.07.32	0.18.17	14.0

Race 4 was sailed over the same course, with the same start and finish lines.

At the gun Tim was first to cross the line with Jazz astern and Ed further down the line. The next three boats were Mark, Alan and Julian in that order. It depended upon how soon one tacked - to reach the windward mark. Those who took the plunge early did best as those nearer the shore lost the breeze. 

Thus after Ed who turned the mark first it was Julian next to go with Alan just ahead of Tim and Mark and then Matt. 

On the downwind leg Mark  passed Tim with Matt left behind but overtaking Tim before the mark midway along the east shore. 

By the time they reached the mark off the south end of the Island Alan had caught up and passed Julian only to lose that position by the time they reached the mark off the Fisherman’s Bay. By the time the fleet began crossing the line at the end of the lap Ed was out in front with Julian 2^nd, 10 seconds ahead of Alan 3^rd, Matt 4^th 18 second behind, Mark 5^th just 1 second astern. Dave was in 6^th place, Jo 7^th, Tim 8^th, Andy 9^th, Will Apps 10^th, Jazz 11^th,Will.R 12^th, Bea 13^th and Pete 14^th.

Lap 2 was led by Ed with Julian still second. Mark was now up to 3^rd place having overtaken Alan whilst Matt  was still 7 seconds further back. Dave then Jo came next with Andy now ahead of Tim and then Will.A. Jazz was in 11^th place ahead of Will.R and Pete and lastly Bea. Jazz, Will.R, Pete and Bea were finished here.

Lap 3 – the final lap saw no change in the front three - Ed, Julian and Mark.  After a small matter of opinion on water for the mark, saw Matt get ahead of Alan - who did turns just in case - crossing the line 8 seconds in front.

With the calcs done the winner of the race was Jazz with Ed second, Tim third, Julian fourth and Matt fifth.

Results:-

Race 4 - 12/11/2023

Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place

Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	BCE	Points
Menagerie		HANSA	Red Hull	NSSC	Jazz Turner		1580	30.03	2	0.28.32	0.00.00	1.0
Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049	30.37	3	0.29.11	0.00.41	2.0
Menagerie		TOPPER	44941	NSSC	Tim Cox		1365	39.54	3	0.29.14	0.00.58	3.0
Laser Hull		LASER	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1100	32.54	3	0.29.55	0.01.31	4.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	200706	NSSC	Matt Sprigall		1147	34.35	3	0.30.09	0.01.52	5.0
Menagerie	The Final Bash	STREAKER	1832	LANCING	Alan Simmons		1128	34.43	3	0.30.47	0.02.32	6.0
Menagerie		RS QUBA	No No	NSSC	Will Apps		1260	39.25	3	0.31.17	0.03.28	7.0
Menagerie		SUPERNOVA	526	NSSC	Mark Ramsay		1075	33.48	3	0.31.27	0.03.08	8.0
Menagerie		LIGHTNING 368	225	NSSC	Andy Beck		1170	38.29	3	0.32.54	0.05.06	9.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	166421	NSSC	Jo Bruggenworth		1147	37.50	3	0.32.59	0.05.07	10.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1147	38.04	3	0.33.11	0.05.21	11.0
Menagerie		HANSA	2277	NSSC	Bea		1580	35.36	2	0.33.48	0.05.33	12.0
Menagerie		MIRACLE	2649	NSSC	Will Rowell		1194	30.38	2	0.38.29	0.07.55	13.0
Menagerie		PICO	No No	NSSC	Pete Henderson		1330	34.42	2	0.39.08	0.09.24	14.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	146421	NSSC	Zoe McCiag		1147	DNC				20.0
Menagerie		OPTIMIST	21	NSSC	Beatrice Brammah		1655	DNC				20.0
Laser Hull	Icterus	LASER	46237	NSSC	Sean Beevor		1100	DNC				20.0
Menagerie	Hot Toddy	RS 200	582	NSSC	Michael Veale	Mike Rosier	1046	DNC				20.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1147	DNC				20.0

Two nice races, dull skies but dry  and with a light breeze every one enjoyed the morning, what is more nobody fell in the water.

Alan Simmons

PS. Those observant of my readers may spot that the first few photos are over printed with the date 11/11/2023 I do not know the reason for this error but they were definitely taken on 12/11/2023.

PPS. Space on this blog only allows for a limited number of photos, my record holds many more for 12/11/2023. Should anyone like to see shots of their boat (with or without others) then email me at 'alan.simmons1001@virginmedia.com' with your name and boat details and I will attempt to send you some shots.