Open Frostbite Series at Maylandsea Bay Sailing Club - Day 2
by Alan Jackson 2 Feb 2010 07:02 GMT
31 January 2010
Bright blue skies and a light breeze from the west set the scene for races 2 and 3. Geoffrey Walkley was this week’s head of race box and the course was quickly set and with the river not being frozen over the warning flag was hoisted to time and the fleet made a hasty launch.
Jacko and Lorna came off the start line like a squeezed carrot rounding the first mark well clear ahead and was not to be seen again, followed by Dean and Jono ‘Hornet’ and Malcolm and Phil ‘Laser 4000’.
The race took place in Mayland bay and the top of Lawling creek with the legs being not too long; tough work for the mostly unfit well-seasoned sailors.
Jenny Ball ‘Laser Radial’ is putting together good race moves staying out of the tide and rounding the race marks in a smooth well handled fashion, finishing with a 4th and a 5th to be 3rd overall.
Peter Playle ‘Laser’ appeared pretty cool, sailing well and had a good day out in the sun finishing with two 3rd’s to be 2nd over all.
Dean and Jono built up the tempo in the second start of the day leaving the fleet for dead and leading out to Jetty race mark to begin a battle with the Merlin and the 4000, sadly losing out on the tight three sailed reach to mark 4 off of the north side saltings to finish with two 2nds but having missed day 1 is carrying a DNS.
Jacko and Lorna are showing a little bit of form, with Lorna showing not a lot of face in the cold air, but a lot of teeth, there is room for improvement and with 4 race wins and 8 races to come, ‘the fat lady has not entered the stage’
Thanks to Alan Johnson for sending in the photos. Next race day is February 14th at 11:05 - races 5 and 6.
Results after Day 2:
1 Alan Jackson and Lorna Laval, Merlin, 3pts
2 Peter Playle, Laser, 8pts
3 Jenny Ball, Laser Radial, 11pts
4 Dave Russell and Gary Jackson, Lark, 15pts
More information at www.maylandseabay-sc.org.uk