{"id":411,"date":"2015-01-26T13:26:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2015\/01\/26\/25th-january-frostbite-10\/"},"modified":"2015-01-26T13:26:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T13:26:00","slug":"25th-january-frostbite-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/2015\/01\/26\/25th-january-frostbite-10\/","title":{"rendered":"25th January Frostbite 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt\">\n<div><span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span>With an 8 mph South West wind, Phil M surprisingly used a Tektona start with a short one tack beat to 2, up to 4 then a run down to 8, across to 6 and back up the lake to 5 then down to 9 and back through the start.<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">There were 20 starters of which 12 were Lasers, but the first boat back through the start line was Steve P in his 505 followed by Ian C in the Supernova, then the first Laser was Steve S but he was followed by Newton &amp; Ellen in their Laser 2000. The next seven boats were Lasers then came the Leaders of Neville in 12<sup>th<\/sup> and Hugh 14<sup>th<\/sup> sandwiching Sylvia in her Laser. Mike C (Solo) and Peter S (Byte) were having a close battle just ahead of Hadey in her 4.7 and bringing up the rear were Alistair S (Laser) and William in his Topper.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">At the end of the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> lap the leaders were still the same, but Steve P did not come back through the start line and was disqualified (not that he knew this until the end of the race !).<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">David and Jon C had managed to slip past Mark B to take 4<sup>th<\/sup> and 5<sup>th<\/sup> spots respectively and Curtis and Adrian had moved past Mike A to 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup>. Peter S and Mike C continued their battle with Peter crossing the line just ahead of Mike C.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ian C was still leading at the end of the third lap in company with the disqualified 505 with Steve S 2<sup>nd<\/sup> and Jon C up to 3<sup>rd<\/sup>. Curtis and Adrian were still very close together in 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup> places. Rod B had gained a place moving up to 9<sup>th<\/sup> and Sylvia had escaped the clutches of the Leaders moving up two places to 10<sup>th<\/sup>. James P had also passed the Leaders and gained two places to 12<sup>th<\/sup>. This time round Mike C was just in front of Peter S. At the end of this lap young William received the gun.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">At the finish the first two had held their positions, but David C managed to pip Jon to take 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, but Newton &amp; Ellen were ominously close in 5<sup>th<\/sup> place with Mark B 6th. Adrian managed to nip past Curtis to take 7<sup>th<\/sup>. <span>&nbsp;<\/span>Further back James P had gained one more place and Peter S had retaken Mike C. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The final positions on the water were 1<sup>st<\/sup> Ian C, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Steve S, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> David C, but on handicap it is likely that Newton &amp; Ellen will take the second spot from Steve S. Neville, Hugh, Mike C and particularly Hadey should move up quite a few places as they were not far from the back of the Laser pack. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Bad luck for Steve P who sailed the whole of the race, only to find that he was disqualified, but well done to Hugh sailing the Leader single handed and to William who got another finish under his belt in the Topper. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With an 8 mph South West wind, Phil M surprisingly used a Tektona start with a short one tack beat to 2, up to 4 then a run down to 8, across to 6 and back up the lake to 5 then down to 9 and back through the start. 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