This\nwas actually the eleventh race in the Frostbite Series but scheduled as Race 12\non the calendar as Race 9 did not take place, because the lake was frozen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now\nthat is cleared up, this was the last race in the Frostbite Series and going\ninto this race Newton was one point clear ahead of Mike Trussler for the series\nwin. In fact, Mike won the race on the water, which was all he could do, but\nneither Mike nor Newton won the race on corrected time. However, congratulations\nto Newton as he did win the overall series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
James\nwas SOOD today and he had to cope with a very light wind of only 2-3 mph, but\nit did increase slightly towards the end of the race. He used a Tektona start\nand the first mark was X (near the buoy line roughly halfway between 4 and 5),\nthen 4, 2, and back though the start. A prudent short course in case the wind\ndisappeared completely! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\nwere 16 starters and Mike T (Laser) and Nev & Mike (Leader) were over eager\nand across the line at the gun. Mike because he was chasing the series win and\nNev & Mike because they were locked in battle with Sally & Mike C for the\nseries Leader honours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At\nthe end of the lap Richard S (Laser) was first back through the line closely\nfollowed by Steve S (Solo) with a slight gap back to Bill (K1) and a recovering\nMike T (Laser) in 4th<\/sup> place. Newton (Solo) was not far behind them\nin 5th<\/sup> place with Adrian (Laser) in 6th<\/sup> and Chris H\n(Comet) 7th<\/sup>. Despite the dodgy start Nev & Mike were through\nnext, just ahead of Sally & Mike C in the second Leader, which set up a\ngood race long battle. Ellen (Laser), not enjoying the light wind, was next\nthrough in 10th<\/sup> place. Then there was a delay of two minutes before\nJeremy (Laser) crossed in 11th<\/sup> place and he was well ahead of Ron\n(Mirror), who in turn was well ahead of Emily (Topper). Chasing her was Rick\n(Laser) and Will (Radial) followed by Sam (Laser).<\/p>\n\n\n\n By\nthe end of the second lap Mike T had come to the fore setting Newton the\nchallenge of trying to stay within handicap time of him. Steve was still 2nd<\/sup>\nwith Richard and Bill slipping back to 3rd<\/sup> and 4th<\/sup> places.\nNev & Mike had passed Chris to move up to 7th<\/sup> place. The 9th<\/sup>\nto 12th<\/sup> places remained unchanged, but Will and Emily both gained a\nplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On\nthe third lap with the light wind and a bunched fleet there was quite a lot of\nmovement ! Adrian gained three places to move up to 3rd<\/sup>, Chris\ngained four places to move up to 4th<\/sup> place, Nev & Mike gained\ntwo places to 5th <\/sup>and Sally & Mike C moved up one place to 8th.<\/sup>\nEllen decided that she had had enough and retired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At\nthe end of the fourth lap there was no change in the order of the first five\nboats, but Richard repassed Newton to move up to 6th<\/sup> spot. Bill regained\ntwo places to move to 8th<\/sup> and everyone else maintained station or\nlost places. Sam received the finish gun at the end of the lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nfifth lap saw the first three unchanged with Newton moving up to 4th<\/sup>\nplace and Richard repassing Nev & Mike to move to 5th. Sally & Mike C\nregained a place to move right behind Nev & Mike in the battle of the\nLeaders. There were no other changes in position and Will, Rick and Emily\nreceived the finish gun at the end of the lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mike\ncrossed the line in 1st<\/sup> place at the end of the last lap with Steve\nkeeping the 2nd<\/sup> place he had held right from the first lap.\nOminously for Mike, Newton had gained another place to finish 3rd<\/sup> and\nChris and Nev & Mike gained two places to finish in 4th<\/sup> and 5th<\/sup>\nplaces at the expense of Adrian and Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nfinal positions on the water were \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st<\/sup>\nMike T; 2nd<\/sup> Steve S; 3rd<\/sup> Newton; 4th<\/sup> Chris H;\n5th<\/sup> Nev & Mike; 6th<\/sup> Adrian<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nfinal positions on corrected time were always going to be a problem for the\nleaders on the water and were \u2013 1st<\/sup> Ron; 2nd<\/sup> Chris; 3rd<\/sup>\nSteve; 4th<\/sup> Mike T; 5th<\/sup> Newton; 6th<\/sup> Nev &\nMike<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to James and the OOD Team of Angela M, Bea P, Jeremy T, Mark D, Mike T, Nick J and Rhys P. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This was actually the eleventh race in the Frostbite Series but scheduled as Race 12 on the calendar as Race 9 did not take place, because the lake was frozen. 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