Frensham Frenzy 2023 pursuit event at Frensham Pond Sailing Club

by Megan Pascoe 20 Mar 2023 17:58 GMT 11 March 2023

Saturday 11 March was the annual Frensham Frenzy at Frensham Pond Sailing Club. Thirty boats from over ten different classes braved the cold to sail it out in a very close fought competition that saw the top four boats on equal points.

The Frensham Frenzy consists of two pursuit races and is open to monohull boats a maximum of 16ft long.

It was nice to see so many different boats out for the Frenzy. The forecast was interesting when five days before it was suggesting 40 knots and then on the day forecasting five knots from varying directions. Despite the changeable forecast, Katie Shorrock and her team set up a good course in challenging conditions.

Ned and Sam led the fleet off in their Cadet. It was great to see all the youth out in various classes. It was also good to see the big boys out in their Aero 9s and Phantoms. The Solos and ILCAs were as always hotly contested and it was going to be interesting to see where the winners were going to come from.

It was a tricky day trying to work out if you were beating, reaching, where the next puff was coming from. The most-asked question was to put the kite up or not. But generally in the big puffs it was definitely worth having it up even if you weren't going in the right direction. Definitely an interesting wind direction.

The top five overall had four different classes and were so close on points. Prize of the day goes to Martin Goult for elbowing his son and crew, Ben, twice in the face on the kite hoist leaving Ben trying to race the rest of the race slightly blind. Shouldn't trust your dad in a boat.

Four boats finished on the same points so the race was decided, as per racing rules, on countback. This meant Simon Lomas-Clark took first place in his Solo, second place went to Sam Pascoe sailing a Phantom, third place, sailing a Laser, was Rebecca Videlo.

First junior and fifth overall in his RS Tera Oliver Stratton-Brown.

The first double-handed boat was father and daughter team Megan and Martin Pascoe sailing a Scorpion.

Overall Results:

Pos	Class	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	Pursuit 1	Pursuit 2	Pts
1st	Solo	5258	Simon Lomas‑Clarke		FPSC	4	1	5
2nd	Phantom	1498	Sam Pascoe		Castle Cove	1	4	5
3rd	ILCA7 (Laser)	208996	Rebecca Videlo		FPSC	3	2	5
4th	Solo	4730	John Brooker		FPSC	2	3	5
5th	RS Tera Pro	2392	Oliver Stratton‑Brown		FPSC	6	5	11
6th	Phantom	1373	Richard Moore		FPSC	8	6	14
7th	RS100 8.4	259	Ian Gregory		FPSC	9	7	16
8th	Solo	5442	Richard Harding		FPSC	7	15	22
9th	2.4	55	Bruce Hill		FPSC	11	11	22
10th	RS Aero 9	4396	Peter Barton		Lymington Town	14	10	24
11th	ILCA6 (Laser Radial)	6	Fiona Nee		FPSC	10	16	26
12th	Scorpion	1980	Martin Pascoe	Megan Pascoe	Castle Cove	5	22	27
13th	Phantom	1358	Bob Larder		FPSC	20	9	29
14th	ILCA4 (Laser 4.7)	209134	Tristan Harding		FPSC	18	12	30
15th	RS Feva XL	5782	William Stratton‑Brown	Will Ahlheid	FPSC	12	18	30
16th	RS Aero 9	1603	Rob Ahlheid		FPSC	19	14	33
17th	2.4	143	Kate Hedley		FPSC	16	17	33
18th	RS Feva XL	5144	Zoe Lomas‑Clarke	Mark Soars	FPSC	15	19	34
19th	ILCA7 (Laser)	178220	Christopher Brown		FPSC	25	13	38
20th	ILCA4 (Laser 4.7)	194123	Jago Moore		FPSC	17	21	38
21st	Solo	5700	Adrian Law		FPSC	DNC	8	39
22nd	Solo	4700	Tony Bull		FPSC	21	20	41
23rd	RS200	1660	Ben Goult	Martin Goult	FPSC	13	DNC	44
24th	RS200	1518	Rob Anstey	Kate Taylor	FPSC	22	24	46
25th	RS Aero 9	2515	Iain Soars		FPSC	23	23	46
26th	Cadet	9367	Ned Fairhurst	Sam English	FPSC	27	25	52
27th	RS200	897	Richard Garner	George Garner	FPSC	28	26	54
28th	2.4	105	Kate Whyatt		FPSC	24	DNC	55
29th	Solo	4685	Martin Kemp		FPSC	26	DNC	57
30th	Phantom	1330	Justin Philipps		FPSC	DNF	DNC	60