Frost Bite 8 – 10th January
It was a beautiful morning for the time of the year, sunny with a light 10 mph wind from SSW. Here comes Spring ? Curtis set the first beat down to 9S, then up to 4P, 1S, 2S, 5S, 8P, 6S and back through the start. There were 16 starters on a grand day for sailing.
Mark B was first back through the start line followed by David C, Jon, Steve S and Ross (good to see Ross back in the fleet) who were all in Lasers. Newton & Ellen (RS200) came through in 6th just ahead of Mike A (Laser) and Ian C (Supernova). Neville & Sally (Leader) came through in 9th place with Chris H (Comet), Adrian (Vago), James (Laser) and Dean & Nick (Vago) in close pursuit. Then there was slight gap back to Rick (Laser) and Hadey (4.7) with William gamely bringing up the rear in his Topper.
The first two held their leading positions through all four laps to the end of the race. Behind them a good battle developed between Steve and Jon with Steve taking the 3rd spot at the end. There was another close tussle for 5th place with Ian, Ross and Newton & Ellen changing places at nearly every mark. In the middle of the fleet Mike A was a steady 8th, but chased all through the race by James and Neville & Sally. Dean & Nick won the battle of the mini- Vago fleet from Adrian, but Chris H was mixing it with them. Towards the back of the fleet Hadey had managed to draw out a slight lead on Rick. William kept going and received the gun at the end of the third lap. (William – time to talk to Dad about trading up to a Laser !)
After finishing Mike A managed to capsize on his way back to the jetty !
The final positions on the water were 1st Mark; 2nd David C; 3rd Steve S; 4th Jon; 5th Ian; 6th Ross.
On handicap the first four places should remain the same, but Chris H should move up to 5th.
Thanks to Curtis and the OOD team of Paul H, Roland L (again) and Nick T