Frostbite Series 10 – 27th February 2022

With a SSE wind 12 – 15 mph, Adrian set the first mark as 1 then 2, 9, 6, 4 and back through the start line. There were 11 starters this morning and they all stayed out for both races.

Pursuit Race

At the end of the first lap the early starters were still out in front with Ron/Mirror leading Paul W/Morbic, Chris H/Comet, Roland/Solo and Aileen/Comet. Then came the Lasers of Incognito 1, Darren and Ralph, who were followed by Alessandro & Mike T/470 and then two more Lasers helmed by Nigel and Incognito 2!

By the end of the second lap Roland had taken over the lead with Incognito 1 moving up to 2^nd place and Darren up to 3^rd. Chris H and Ron were still hanging on in 4^th and 5^th and Ralph had moved up two places to 6^th.

At the gun the final order was – 1^st Roland; 2^nd Darren; 3^rd Ingonito 1; 4^th Chris H; 5^th Ralph; 6^th Alessandro & Mike T.

Handicap Race

Before the start of the second race Adrian changed the course to 1, A, 5, 4, and back through the start.

Daren/Laser was first back across the line some 20 seconds ahead of Ralph/Laser, who was closely followed by Roland/Solo. Then Chris K/Laser and Alessandro & Mike T/470 crossed the line abreast battling for 4^th place.  Mark/Laser was next through in 6^th about 30 seconds ahead of Chris H/Comet. Some 30 seconds later Nigel/Laser crossed one minute ahead of Ron/Mirror with Aileen/Comet on his transom and she was followed by Paul W in his Morbic.

At the end of Lap 2, Darren still led, but Chris K was up to 2^nd and Alessandro & Mike T up to 3^rd.  This pushed Ralph and Roland down to 4^th and 5^th places. Behind these the order remained the same although Mark had increased his Lead over Chris H to two minutes.

No change in the first two on Lap 3, but Ralph had repassed Alessandro & Mike T to move up to 3^rd place and Mark had passed Roland to move to 5^th. Further back Nigel passed Chris H to move to 7^th and Aileen passed Ron to move to 9^th. Both Ron and Paul W received the gun at the end of this lap.

Lap 4 was the last and Darren crossed in 1^st place followed by Chris K in 2^nd. Alessandro & Mike regained 3^rd place by getting past Ralph, but there were no other changes in position.

The order on the water was – 1^st Darren; 2^nd Chris K; 3^rd Alessandro & Mike T; 4^th Ralph; 5^th Mark; 6^th Roland.

On corrected time this becomes – 1^st Darren; 2^nd Chris K; 3^rd Ralph; 4^th Roland; 5^th Mark; 6^th Chris H

Thanks to SOOD Adrian Frost and the race team of Andy Field, Helen Juon and Paul Hyde.

Not sure if there were any more OODs, but these were the only names on the race sheet. Bob Hine and John Windass were down on the rota, so thank you too if you were there