Open Frostbite Series at Maylandsea Bay Sailing Club - Day 1

With the sun rising out of Canvey Island and setting in Thurrock it was the best of days with bright blue skies and a building westerly breeze.

The fleet was much reduced, may be attending burst pipes or worse, but with the hardcore management team appearing to be on an upper and it was Billy, The Galley’s birthday all was well.

The Race Box this week was in the good hands of Paul Wilkinson. A mid distance course was posted and the fleet took to the water. With space to spare it might well be that the adrenalin was not pumping with the fleet making a casual, almost an “after you” type affair.

Jenny Ball, ‘Laser radial’, had a good day winning the start and ripping up the first beat to mark one and leaving Peter, ‘Laser’, for dead. Jenny lost out a tad to Peter on the reaching legs but stayed in touch to finish 3rd ahead on corrected time by 6 seconds and in the 2nd race 4th with an error free race to be 3rd overall.

Peter Playle, ‘Laser’, stretched some muscle, sailed a flat boat and enjoyed the days racing having seen off Martin Tarling, ‘Laser’, by two minutes in the previous race. Peter always a good competitor made light work of the 14 to 18 knots finishing with a 4th and a 2nd to be 2nd overall.

Is the Jacko jam pot dripping? “Maybe” it was not a bad Merlin day and Lorna was not going to be a push over and the kite work was spot on, all but when Jacko forgot to pull the guy string, dropping it under the bow. The race was full on and with Lorna’s encouragement Jacko was seen to sit out at times. The pairing finished with two bullets to be first overall.

The next race day is January 31st at 11:30 for races 3 and 4.

Day 1 Results:

1st Alan Jackson and Lorna Laval, Merlin, 2pts
2nd Peter Playle, Laser, 6pts
3rd Jenny Ball, Laser Radial, 7pts
4th Kevin Whittle and Philip Spillane, Fireball, 8pts

More information on the Maylandsea Bay Sailing Club website.