FROSTBITE 3

A light breeze saw 23 boats happily rigging with the prospect of more wind to come……Steve and his almost full team set a very interesting course using most of the lake Xs, 5s, 9s, 3s, 4s, 8p, 6s, 7s, S. Will made a port on end start which saw him 3rd at the first mark, while Ian, in his Supanova went straight into the lead and steadily drew away from the rest of the fleet. But for many others, the race was quite eventful……Chris and Karen had a good race swapping places in their Lasers, but when the wind got up on the last lap, Chris got ahead.

Andrew managed a dry capsize, almost unnoticed, between 5 & 9, when his main sheet caught on his transom and lost a couple of places – the usual hazard with Laser sailing!!

Poor Mike lost his tiller at 8, going round in circles for a bit and putting him firmly ‘down the pan’ – bad luck Mike!

All the while the wind was increasing, but Hadey, in Newton’s Laser this week with a 4.7 sail, managed the increasing winds well, overtaking Hugh and Peter in their Bytes, on the last lap, only to capsize after the finish and needing a little help to get ashore – but Hadey, that’s amazing keep it up!!

At some point in the race Dean in his Solo T boned Chris’ Solo…. a large crunch followed by many apologies….. damage / insurance claim??!!

Jon stayed safely ashore ‘playing’ with his Solo mast. in an attempt to improve his boat speed…..no new sail yet……???

Finishing places, 1st Ian, 2nd Chris and 3rd Karen. Mutterings were heard in the dingy park that Will in his Solo won on handicap…??? and he had a video camera on his transom…..we wonder what action, infringements he recorded…..???watch this space…..!!!!

Bev stepped in again, just popping down to see how Hadey was doing, she rushed to the galley to thaw out blocks of soup, open tins and cook some rolls – poor Steve was 1 short and therefore had no one to spare to make soup for some 30 cold sailors to enjoy, whilst dissecting the race in the warmth of the clubhouse………