Frostbite Series 3 – 9th January 2022

With a SW wind about 10 mph, Ralph set the first beat down to 4, then A (going towards 2), 9, 5, 6, 7 and back through the start.

Pursuit Race

There were 15 starters and at the end of a lap the order was still pretty well the order that they had started, with the Comets of Aileen and Chris H followed by the Solos of Roland S and Mike C with Karen/Radial in 5^th place and the first Laser of Mike T in 6^th. At the gun the order was -1^st Chris H; 2^nd Aileen; 3^rd Mike C; 4^th Roland; 5^th Paul R (who was last to get away in his Aero); 6^th Karen

Handicap Race

Mark opted out of this one, so the fleet was now down to 14.

First back across the line was Paul/Aero and he led for all three laps of the race. The boats behind Paul were very close at the end of the first lap with Roland S in 2^nd place leading James P/Laser, Newton & Sam/RS200, Darren/Laser and  Mike T/Laser , all covered by 45 seconds. Karen/Radial crossed in 7^th place just one second ahead of Mike C/Solo with Chris H/Comet, Rick/Laser and Dave & Ann/Leader not far behind them.  Jon/Laser came through 30 seconds later in 12^th place, surprising for him as he is usually up towards the front. Also surprising was Aileen/Comet back in 13^th after her stellar second place in the first race! At the back Paul W was sailing merrily along in his Morbic.

By the end of the second lap, Paul had increased his lead at the front and Darren had moved up three places to 2^nd with James still in 3^rd with Roland down to 4^th. Newton & Sam had a bit of a fracas at No 4 and had to do turns resulting in Mike T, Mike C and Chris H all getting past them. Further back Jon gained two places getting past Dave & Ann and Rick. Paul W received the gun at the end of his second lap.

Paul finished in 1^st place and James managed to pip Darren for 2^nd spot. There was a really tight battle for 4^th place with Roland crossing just one second ahead of Mike T. Jon had a good last lap moving up four places to 6^th and Dave & Ann gained a place by passing Karen.

The order on the water was – 1^st Paul; 2^nd James P; 3^rd Darren; 4^th Roland; 5^th Mike T; 6^th Jon.

On corrected time this changes to – 1^st Chris H; 2^nd Roland; 3^rd James P; Equal 4^th  Paul and Darren; 6^th Mike T

Well done to Chris H with another double in his Comet.

Thanks to SOOD Ralph and the team of Alessandro, Bea, Chris Knt, Gareth E, Hadey and Jewels.