Elford NumBum Races 11 & 12 - 11/2/2024

 

Elford NumBum 2024 – 11/2/2024

Overcast with high grey cloud, just a hint of a breeze and just after some heavy rain as we left home for Piddinghoe. After passing through Kingston there was an excess of water on the roads, half way across at some places, showing how heavy the rain had been. On arrival at the Pond several boats were already rigged on the south shore.

Ed Thorburn was RO, initially without an ARO (John Freeman stepped in to help) with Alisdair (Fortune?) in the safety boat crewed by John ?. With the breeze from the north west Ed set an ‘M’ shaped course as below:- 

                                    Photographs by Bett Simmons

The first leg was a one sided beat to a mark off the Fisherman’s Bay followed by a run to a mark in the middle of the pond. The next leg was a fetch towards a mark in the middle of the pond and then a run behind the Island. There was then another fetch up the south bank to a mark in the south west corner with a final short beat to the finish mark off the clubhouse.

At the gun the seven strong fleet was led off the line by  Alan Simmons (Streaker) close to the pin end with Zoe McCaig (Laser Radial) second away further down the line. Mark Ramsay (Supernova) was third to start to leeward of Zoe and then Andy Beck (Lightning) closer to the shore. Mark was first to tack off onto port and first to turn the windward mark off the Fisherman’s Bay followed by Alan, who had tacked when closer to the west bank, and then Zoe close behind. 

Bill Wates (Laser Radial) was fourth round the mark setting off on the downwind leg followed by Andy with Dave Murley (Laser Radial) and lastly Darrel Topp (Laser Radial).

Mark stretched ahead of Alan, to round the mark in the south east corner whilst Zoe clung on to Alan’s stern on the following leg. At the finish line Mark was still in the lead 19 seconds in front of Alan with Zoe 36 seconds further back. Bill was 4^th, Dave 5^th, Andy 6^th and Darrel 7^th.

Lap 2 saw no place changes throughout the fleet with Mark now leading 40 seconds ahead of Alan and Zoe 14 seconds behind him. With Bill still 4^th 34 seconds later as Dave closed the gap on him to 20 seconds.

Lap 3 had Mark still out front, 13 seconds ahead of Alan with Zoe 21 seconds later. There were no place changes behind the tree leaders.

Lap 4 Mark continued in the lead with Alan 26 seconds ahead of Alan and Zoe gaining a little to lie 7 seconds astern. Again there were no places changes behind these three boats.

Lap 5 saw Mark cross the line 9 seconds ahead of Alan with Zoe 15 seconds astern. There were minor changes in the gaps of the other four boats but no change of order.

Lap 6 the final lap had no change of order throughout the fleet with Mark first to cross the finish line 48 second ahead of Alan and Zoe third to finish 19 seconds later. Bill was fourth, Dave fifth, Andy sixth and Darrel seventh.

With calcs done the winner was Zoe with Alan second, Bill third, Mark fourth, Dave fifth, Andy sixth and Darrel seventh.

Results:-

Race 11 - 11/2/2024

 

Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY		Finish	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	BCE	Points
Menagerie		LASER RADIAL	146421	NSSC	Zoe McCiag		1150			43.17	6	0.37.38	0.00.00	1.0
Menagerie	TFB	STREAKER	1832	LANCING	Alan Simmons		1128			42.38	6	0.37.48	0.00.11	2.0
Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049			OOD				2.5
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1150			44.16	6	0.38.30	0.00.59	3.0
Menagerie		SUPERNOVA	526	NSSC	Mark Ramsay		1075			41.50	6	0.38.55	0.01.22	4.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1150			44.53	6	0.39.02	0.01.36	5.0
Menagerie		LIGHTNING 368	225	NSSC	Andy Beck		1160			46.40	6	0.40.14	0.03.00	6.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	217834	NSSC	Darrel Topp		1150			47.47	6	0.41.33	0.04.30	7.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	85185	NSSC	Alasdair Fortune		1150			OOD				31.0
				NSSC	John					OOD				31.0

 

Race 12 starting at 11.50 was held over the same course with a minor adjustment to take the mark off the Fisherman’s Bay a little closer to the shore, to provide a true beat.

At the Gun it was Alan again first nosing across the line nearest to the west bank with Mark near the pin end and Zoe in mid line third away. Alan had the best height and rounded the windward mark just ahead of Mark with Zoe a little behind. 

It would appear the Mark got too close to the mark, hit it and had to complete a 360 degree turn. Dave was fourth to turn the mark in the middle of the pond with Bill just getting the inside here ahead of Andy and Darrel some way behind. 

At the end of the lap the order was Alan 1^st 6 seconds ahead of Mark with Zoe 18 seconds later, then Dave 35 seconds later in fourth place. Andy was next in fifth lace 6seconds ahead of Bill with Darrel seventh.

Lap 2 Alan just held his lead crossing the line 7 seconds ahead of Mark with Zoe 3^rd 26 seconds later. Dave came next with Bill next, in fifth place, having passed Andy by 22 seconds.

Lap 3 saw Mark go ahead of Alan to cross the line in the lead, by 16 seconds. Zoe continued to hold third place 36 seconds later. Dave was next in 4^th place with Bill behind and ahead of Andy and Darrel.

 

Lap 4 Mark continued in the top spot with Alan 20 seconds behind and Zoe still third with the order behind these three unchanged.

Lap 5 had Alan still behind the leader Mark, by 12 seconds  and Zoe now 43 seconds later. There were no place changes in the rest of the fleet.

Lap 6 Alan took the lead from Mark to cross the line 4 seconds ahead with Zoe still third and the order in the remainder of the fleet unchanged.

Lap 7, the final lap saw Alan cross the line in first place 9 seconds ahead of Mark. Zoe was third with the following order Bill in 4^th place, Dave 5^th and  Andy 6^th. Darrel having been finished at the end of lap 6.

With calculations done the winner of the race was Alan with Zoe second, Bill third, Dave  fourth and Mark fifth.       

Race 12 - 11/2/2024

 

Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Finish	Elapsed	Laps	Corrected	BCE	Points
Menagerie	TFB	STREAKER	1832	LANCING	Alan Simmons		1128		50.21	7	0.44.38	0.00.00	1.0
Menagerie		LASER RADIAL	146421	NSSC	Zoe McCiag		1150		51.59	7	0.45.12	0.00.39	2.0
Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049		OOD				2.5
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1150		53.34	7	0.46.35	0.02.14	3.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1150		53.54	7	0.46.52	0.02.34	4.0
Menagerie		SUPERNOVA	526	NSSC	Mark Ramsay		1075		50.30	7	0.46.59	0.02.31	5.0
Menagerie		LIGHTNING 368	225	NSSC	Andy Beck		1160		55.47	7	0.48.05	0.04.00	6.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	217834	NSSC	Darrel Topp		1150		51.15	6	0.52.00	0.07.15	7.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	85185	NSSC	Alasdair Fortune		1150		OOD				31.0
				NSSC	John				OOD				31.0

A very enjoyable pair of races (especially for the writer) with light breezes but some very close racing in the fleet. The sun did occasionally break through for a few minutes but did not last. It remained dry for the racing however, but on the way home the Mazda MX5 had its roof open until reaching the Brighton/Hove border, a few spots of rain had it closed up, luckily, as the skies opened once more.

Alan.S 1832

PS. If anyone would like a lift to the Dinghy Show at Farnborough on Saturday 24th Feb give me a bell on 01273 230652 – room for two adults plus a young one in the Mini – leaving Hangleton, Hove at 0900.

PPS. There are several photos of the Wingsailors pinned on the clubhouse notice board at Piddinghoe -  please take!