Frostbite 11 18th February 2018

In contrast to the two previous weeks there was quite a light wind this morning. It was coming from the SE about 8-10 mph, although it went up and down during the race. Dave I used an Island Start with the first beat to 1, then 4, 8, 5 and back through the start.

There were 14 starters and first back though the line was Simon B (Blaze) with a good lead on Mark (Laser), who was closely followed by Newton (Solo), James (Laser) and Ken (Laser). Steve S (Aero) after a poor start (for him) was rapidly catching Ken. There was about 30 seconds back to Dave L (Laser) in 7th place with another 40 seconds back to Mike A (Lightning) who was about the same interval ahead of Rick(Laser). Then there was another gap back to William (Radial), Nick & Dean (Vago), and Jeremy and Alistair S both in Lasers with Marcin (Laser) bringing up the rear.

By the end of the second lap Simon had increased his lead and Newton had moved up to 2nd place with Steve moving up two places to 4th. The only other movers were Nick & Dean passing William to move up one place.

On the third lap Simon further increased his lead and Steve moved up to 3rd ahead of Mark and James and Dave L passed Ken to move up to 6th place. Nick & Dean gained another two places to move up to 8th and William passed Rick to move up to 10th. Further back Jeremy and Alistair were having a good scrap and Marcin and Alistair received the finish gun at the end of the lap. Not sure why Jeremy was not accorded this honour as well, perhaps the OOD Team missed him or he missed the gun or just decided to carry on anyway!

At the end of the fourth and last lap Simon crossed the line well ahead (we thought) of Newton in 2nd place with Steve still 3rd. James managed to just pip Mark for 4th place and the only other change was Rick repassing William.

Final positions on the water were –
1st, Simon; 2nd Newton; 3rd Steve; 4th James; 5th Mark; 6th Dave L

On handicap Newton will take the 1st spot with Simon in 2nd place and both James and Mark will leapfrog Steve pushing him down to 5th with Mike A beating Dave L by a whisker for 6th.

Thanks to Dave I and the OOD Team of Ellen, Andy B, Mike C and John H.