Alton Water 2018 Fox's Chandlery Frostbite Series - Day 5
by Jenny Pavey 10 Feb 2018 07:17 GMT
4 February 2018
View from the air on day 5 of the Alton Water Frostbite Series © Tim Bees
After the balmy conditions of last week, week five of this popular series saw a return to typical frostbite weather, with a biting and gusty north-easterly breeze.
Now with the series back on track after a couple of postponements, only two races were scheduled and as all the fleets behaved themselves for the start of the first race, with no recalls, the Race Officer decided to give them their moneys-worth and send them round for the set number of laps for the first time this series.
There were several windshifts predominately from the right on the first beat requiring marks to be moved before the start and as the shifts corrected themselves (in true reservoir fashion) no further course re-sets were needed. The course made the best of the reservoir shape with two beats, a reach, and run and now-standard reach along the bottom making the most of the 12 knot breeze.
There were some nasty gusts which saw a Merlin Rocket dismasted and several capsizes. The second race was considerably shorter with the dropping temperature and lure of an afternoon rugby game on television. Apologies to any eagle-eyed competitors who spotted the Committee Boat on the move before the start of the Medium fleet when a sailor hooked his boat round the anchor chain and took it for a ride.
With ten races sailed and another discard coming into play there are new series leaders in the Laser, Medium and Slow fleets.
Two races are scheduled this Sunday and we will be joined on the reservoir by a fleet of Aeros having a training weekend. The high water levels mean there should be plenty of room.
Series Leaders: (ten races, 3 discards)
Class | Helm/Crew | Boat | Club |
Fast | Ben Clegg/Pete Nicholson | Merlin Rocket | Brightlingsea SC |
Asymmetric | Stephen Videlo/Chris Videlo | RS200 | Waldringfield SC |
Laser | Rheanna Pavey | Radial | Alton Water SC |
Medium | Pete Kyne | Solo | Brightlingsea SC |
Slow | Jack Oakley | RS Tera Pro | Waldringfield SC |
Day 4 Results:
Helm/Crew | Boat | Club | R9 | R10 |
Fast |
Adrian Coatsworth | Phantom | Alton Water SC | 1 | 2 |
Ben Clegg/Pete Nicholson | Merlin Rocket | Brightlingsea SC | 2 | |
Frances Gifford/M J Gifford | Merlin Rocket | Ranelagh SC | 3 | 3 |
Josh Richardson | RS300 | | | 1 |
Asym |
Stephen Videlo/Chris Videlo | RS200 | Waldringfield SC | 1 | 2 |
David Conlon/Sarah Bines | RS200 | Brightlingsea SC | 2 | 1 |
Eddie Bridle/Tyler Stonebridge | RS200 | Brightlingsea SC | 3 | |
Ed Gibbons/Rebecca Bines | RS200 | Brightlingsea SC | | 3 |
Laser |
Rheanna Pavey | Radial | Alton Water SC | 1 | 1 |
Cameron Harris | Standard | | 2 | 2 |
Graham Ireland | Standard | Royal Harwich SC | 3 | 3 |
Medium |
Will Patten | Finn | Alton Water SC | 1 | 1 |
Pete Kyne | Solo | Brightlingsea SC | 2 | 3 |
Robert Deaves | Finn | Waldringfield SC | 3 | |
Matt Taylor | RS Aero 5 | Alton Water SC | | 2 |
Slow |
Jack Oakley | RS Tera Pro | Waldringfield SC | 1 | 1 |
Bea Green/Ines Green | Cadet | Waldringfield SC | 2 | 2 |
Charlotte Leigh/Amelia Mayhew | Cadet | Waldringfield SC | 3 | 3 |
Full results can be found here and photos can be seen on the Alton Water Sailing Facebook page and Tim Bees' photos on flickr here.