Elford NumBum Races 7 & 8 - 28/01/2024

 Elford NumBum Races 7 & 8 -21/01/2024

Partches of blue showing through high white and grey cloud, dry, cool with a light breeze as we started the journey to Piddinghoe this Sunday morning for Races 7 & 8 of the 2024 NumBum series. 

On arrival there were several boats already rigged on the bank and a total of 15 signed on.

Sean Beevers as RO assisted by Tina.Stiko, with Bill Wates and V Walt in the safety boat, set an ‘M’ shaped course as shown below. With the start from the small jetty north of the sailboard beach in the South Eeasterly breeze – force 3 to start with.

Photos by Bett Simmons

At the gun it was Todd Grady-Gales (Solo) who was first across the line at the shore end with Ed Thorbun (Finn) second away near the shore end. Rupert Smith (Laser Radial) was third away to weather followed by Alan Simmons (Streaker) and then Michael Veale and Mike Rosier (RS 200).

At the windward mark, in the south west corner, Ed was first to round followed by Rupert, then Todd, Alan and Mark Ramsay (Supernova). Next onto the reach were Michael, Andy Beck (Lightning), Geoff Sheridan (Byte CII) and Dave Murley (Laser Radial). Next to round were the two Hansas of Jazz Turner and Adam Bivary followed by Chris Turner (Laser Radial). Bit further back were Jo Bruggenworth (Laser Radial) and Darrell Topp (Laser Radial) followed by Rod Sheridan (Oppie). Connie Sturt (C Stop) was being towed back to base and seen to have suffered a rigging error which meant that her Gaff was flying horizontally.

Ed was first to round the mark in the southeast corner followed by Rupert, Todd and then Alan with Mark just astern and Michael behind him. At the end of the lap the order was Ed 1^st, Rupert 2^nd, Todd 3^rd and Alan 4^th. Mark was 5^th with Geoff 6^th having passed Michael 7^th, Chris 8^th, Andy 9^th, Dave 10^th, Jo 11^th, Darrell 12^th, Jazz 13^th,  Adam 14^th and Rod 15^th.

Lap 2 saw Ed pulling away from the rest of the fleet with Todd second, Alan third 10 seconds later. Mark was fourth with Michael fifth. Rupert was now lying sixth having been overtaken by Todd, Alan, Mark and Michael. Behind this leading group Geoff was ninth having been passed by Dave and Chris. Darrel was 10^th having gone ahead of Jo followed by Andy. Jazz, Adam and Rod held their same relative positions.

Lap 3 with Ed still in the lead Alan went ahead of Todd to lie second who dropped back to lie fourth as Mark also passed him. Michael held on to fifth place as Chris moved up behind him. Geoff also gained places to lie seventh passing Dave who had slipped back. Rupert also dropped down the fleet to lie twelfth astern of Darrel who had been passed by Andy. There were places changes behind the above.

Lap 4 Ed’s lead was now some four minutes from second placed Alan with Mark just 10 seconds behind. Todd dropped back to lie sixth as first Chris passed him and then Michael. Rupert made great strides pulling back to lie seventh ahead of Geoff. Jo held on to 9^th place as Dave went behind her and Andy dropped behind both.

Lap 5 saw Mark pass Alan, by 9 seconds, to take second place with Chris still fourth ahead of Michael. Todd in sixth remained ahead of Rupert and Geoff. Dave got back ahead of Jo to lie ninth with Andy behind her. Jazz went ahead of Darrel. Adam and Rod were finished at the end of this lap.

Lap 6. and there were no place changes among the leading five boats but but Rupert crossed the line ten seconds ahead of Todd. Geoff crossed in eighth place as the remainder of the fleet had already been finished.

With Calculation done the winner of the race was Jazz with Ed second, Chris third, Alan fourth and Rupert fifth.

Results:-

Race 7 - 28/01/2024 

Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	BCE	Points
Menagerie		HANSA	No No	NSSC	Jazz Turner		1580	45.10	0.00.00	1.0
Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049	37.19	0.01.20	2.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	158365	NSSC	Chris Turner		1150	43.05	0.03.38	3.0
Menagerie	TFB	STREAKER	1832	Lancing	Alan Simmons		1128	42.33	0.03.51	4.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	179808	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1150	43.40	0.04.13	5.0
Menagerie		HANSA	2277	NSSC	Adam Bivany		1580	40.23	0.04.15	6.0
Menagerie		SOLO	4084	Lancing	Todd Grady-Gales		1142	43.50	0.04.40	7.0
Menagerie		BYTE CII	3394	NSSC	Geoff Sheridan		1144	44.06	0.04.51	8.0
Menagerie		SUPERNOVA	526	NSSC	Mark Ramsay		1077	42.09	0.05.12	9.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	217834	NSSC	Darrel Topp		1150	45.52	0.06.25	10.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1150	38.14	0.05.22	11.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	164421	NSSC	Jo Bruggenworth		1150	38.22	0.05.30	12.0
Menagerie		LIGHTNING 368	225	NSSC	Andy Beck		1160	38.47	0.05.37	13.0
Menagerie		OPTIMIST		NSSC	Rod Sheridan		1642	44.30	0.06.57	14.0
Menagerie		RS 200		NSSC	Michael Veale	Mike Rosier	1046	43.35	0.07.42	15.0
Menagerie		C STOP		NSSC	Connie Sturt			DNS		16.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1150	OOD		18.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	46237	NSSC	Sean Beevers		1150	OOD		18.6
Laser Hull	Bruce	LASER RADIAL	46	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		1150	DNC		29.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	61663	NSSC	Mike Rosier		1150	DNC		29.0
Menagerie		HANSA	1477	NSSC	Bex Foulshan		1580	DNC		29.0
Menagerie		RS QUBA	No No	NSSC	Will Apps		1260	DNC		29.0
Menagerie		HANSA	2277	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1580	DNC		29.0
Menagerie		TOPPER	49079	NSSC	Sam Beevers		1358	DNC		29.0
Menagerie		TOPPER	No No	NSSC	Phil Naylor		1358	DNC		29.0
Laser Hull		LASER	122461	NSSC	David Hitchens		1101	DNC		29.0
					Paul			DNC		29.0
Laser Hull		LASER	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1101	DNC		29.0

Race 8 was to be sailed over the same course, with a minor change in length of the start line.

6At the gun Ed was first away mid line with Geoff to windward. At the other, shore, end of the line it was Mark with Michael behind him. Alan got caught up in a ‘melee’ and was well back by the time the leaders got to the windward mark off the clubhouse. 

Ed was first to round closely followed by Geoff and then Jazz with Todd outside of her. At the mark in the middle of the pond the leading three boats hardened up and set off on starboard tack to pass to the east of the Island whilst a couple, Rupert and Jazz, tacked off to get past the island on the western side. – not sure that that paid off. By the end of the lap the order had settled down to Ed in first place, Geoff second, Mark third, Todd fourth and Michael fifth. Alan was eighth with Rupert ahead and Chris astern. Andy was ninth with Dave behind, then Darrel  ahead of Jo in twelfth. Jazz was thirteenth, Adam fourteenth and Rod fifteenth. Connie does not appear on the lap sheets thus if she actually started she did not complete the first lap.

Lap 2 with Ed out front Mark went ahead of Geoff to lie second – by 9 seconds, Todd, Michael and Rupert remained in their same relative positions but Chris went ahead of Alan. Dave forged ahead of Andy and Darrel dropped astern of Jo  Jazz, Adam and Rod retained the same places as in the first lap.

Lap 3 saw no place changes in the leading five boats but Chris went ahead of Rupert as Alan also passed him to lie 7^th. Andy went ahead of Dave  but there were no further place changes.

Lap 4 with the leading three boats retaining their relative positions, Michael went ahead of Todd to take 4^th place behind Ed, Mark and Geoff. There were no places changes further down the fleet.

Lap 5 Michael slipped back from 4th to 7^th place allowing Todd, Chris and Alan all to gain a place as Rupert remained in 8^th.  Andy retained 9^th place with Dave 10 seconds astern but without place changes behind. Jazz, Adam and Rod were finished here.

Lap 6 the penultimate lap saw no place changes in the leading four boats but Alan squeezed past Chris by 4 seconds at the line. Dave went ahead of Andy to cross 24 seconds ahead. Darrel brought up the rear. Rupert, Dave, Andy, Jo, and Darrel being finished here.

Lap 7 saw Ed cross the line in first place followed by Mark 2^nd, Geoff 3^rd, Chris 4^th, having passed both Todd and Alan. Michael was last to finish in 7^th place across the line.

With the calculations done the winner of the race was Jazz once more with Ed second again, Geoff 3^rd, Chris 4^th and Adam 5^th.

Results:-

Race 8 - 28/01/2024

 

Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	PY	Elapsed	BCE	Points
Menagerie		HANSA	No No	NSSC	Jazz Turner		1580	44.12	0.00.00	1.0
Menagerie		FINN	595	NSSC	Ed Thorburn		1049	42.42	0.01.37	2.0
Menagerie		BYTE CII	3394	NSSC	Geoff Sheridan		1144	48.05	0.03.17	3.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	158365	NSSC	Chris Turner		1150	48.56	0.03.54	4.0
Menagerie		HANSA	2277	NSSC	Adam Bivany		1580	48.17	0.04.05	5.0
Menagerie		SOLO	4084	Lancing	Todd Grady-Gales		1142	48.58	0.04.14	6.0
Menagerie		SUPERNOVA	526	NSSC	Mark Ramsay		1077	46.19	0.04.08	7.0
Menagerie	TFB	STREAKER	1832	Lancing	Alan Simmons		1128	49.07	0.04.56	8.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	179808	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1150	43.09	0.04.33	9.0
Menagerie		OPTIMIST		NSSC	Rod Sheridan		1642	52.02	0.06.06	10.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	142208	NSSC	Dave Murley		1150	45.13	0.06.37	11.0
Menagerie		LIGHTNING 368	225	NSSC	Andy Beck		1160	45.37	0.06.41	12.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	164421	NSSC	Jo Bruggenworth		1150	45.54	0.07.18	13.0
Menagerie		RS 200		NSSC	Michael Veale	Mike Rosier	1046	49.13	0.08.15	14.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	217834	NSSC	Darrel Topp		1150	47.25	0.08.49	15.0
Menagerie		C STOP		NSSC	Connie Sturt			DNF		16.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	26	NSSC	Bill Wates		1150	OOD		18.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	46237	NSSC	Sean Beevers		1150	OOD		18.6
Laser Hull	Bruce	LASER RADIAL	46	NSSC	Zoe McCaig		1150	DNC		29.0
Laser Hull		LASER RADIAL	61663	NSSC	Mike Rosier		1150	DNC		29.0
Menagerie		HANSA	1477	NSSC	Bex Foulshan		1580	DNC		29.0
Menagerie		RS QUBA	No No	NSSC	Will Apps		1260	DNC		29.0
Menagerie		HANSA	2277	NSSC	Rupert Smith		1580	DNC		29.0
Menagerie		TOPPER	49079	NSSC	Sam Beevers		1358	DNC		29.0
Menagerie		TOPPER	No No	NSSC	Phil Naylor		1358	DNC		29.0
Laser Hull		LASER	122461	NSSC	David Hitchens		1101	DNC		29.0
					Paul			DNC		29.0
Laser Hull		LASER	7	NSSC	Julian Dobson		1101	DNC		29.0

 

 

After last week – 21^st Jan – this week it was comfortable, in fact a very pleasant sail, provided one did not mess up the starts. A good sized fleet (15/16) led to some interesting challenges/battles on the water with several close encounters. The writer appreciates that some competitors like the more lively winds but ‘survival sailing’ is not to his liking.

Alan.S 1832