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Rollesby Broad SC – 18th Feb
Lighter winds than recent weeks and a good show of sunshine brought out the fleet at Rollebsy Broad on the 18th February.
With 3 D-Ones and a rarely sighted GP14 joining the Wayfarers, the multisail fleet was boosted into double figures. Chris Sallis rightly led both races in his D-One, with Steve Gray working his way through more cautiously; neither of these could escape the Wayfarers on handicap. With a virtually windward / leeward course over nearly the full length of the broad Dave Houghton & Jon Symonds along with Val & Chris Hanson (Wayfarers) were able to fly their spinnakers to great effect, taking the first two positions in both races. Bob Sparrow & Steve led the non-spinnaker boats, just sneaking ahead of Sallis for 3rd in race 1 with the result slightly more comfortably reversed in race 2.
In the single handers Mike McNamara (Harrier) and David Frary (Finn) led the fleet round in both races; these two had a really good match on the water with McNamara edging the handicap result. Behind they were chased by Dave Shipstone (Finn) in race 1 and Keith Sykes (RS300) in race 2, but in the handicap battle it was John Saddington’s Solo which triumphed for 3rd over the Highfield family; Stuart’s Laser in race 1 and Phil’s Streaker in race 2.
The spring like weather encouraged 12 boats to take to the water again after lunch, McNamara pulled out a good lead on the water on the first lap, but Houghton & Symonds reeled him back in later on to take the handicap win, with Saddington emerging from the mixed pack to take 3rd yet again!
Multisails
Race 1 (10 entries)
Race 2 (10)
SingleHanders
Race 1 (15 entries)
Race 2 (15)
Mixed PM Race 3 (12)
As a forerunner to its frostbite series, Rollesby Broad Sailing Club held their frostbite regatta with a fresh wind from the north. OOD Robert Sparrow set a simple course with a long run and beat over the length of the broad.
In the first race the small Multi Sail four boat fleet was lead by Chris Sallis in his D1 but Dave Houghton and John Symonds, in their Wayfarer won comfortably on handicap.
When the larger single sail fleet started the strength of the wind was increasing and on the first lap spectators were treated to the sight of 14 single handers planning on a run down the broad. Alas this was not to last as a vicious gust caused multiple capsizes. With nine boats over, some with masts in the mud, the rescue boat crew of Paul Warnes and Nick Whittle had their work cut out. In spite of doing turns at the first mark Roger Wilson prevailed and won the race in his solo followed by another solo helmed by Matt Boreham.
There was a much reduced turn out for the second race. In the Multi Sail fleet John Saddington and Dennis Manning crossed the line first in the Albacore but Houghton and Symonds in the wayfarer were not far behind to take first in the race and the regatta trophy. In the single sail fleet six boats went out and Dan Harvey won the race in the club Pico, followed by Matt Boreham and Roger Wilson. With Wilson and Boreham both on four points count back was required to give Wilson the single sail trophy.
John Saddington
Multi Sail Fleet
Race 1. (4)
1. Wayfarer Dave Houghton & John Symonds
2. Albacore John Saddington & Dennis Manning
3. D1 Chris Sallis
Race 2 (2)
1. Wayfarer,
2. Albacore
Overall,
1 Wayfarer,
2 Albacore
Race 1 (14)
1. Solo 5249 Roger Wilson
2. Solo 035 Matt Boreham
3. Laser Stuart Highfield.
Race 2 (6)
1. Pico Dan Harvey,
2. Solo 035
3.Solo 5295
Overall
1. Solo 5249
2. solo 035
3. Pico Dan Harvey
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| Thanks to Kevin for these.
Check them out on our Flickr Page its easier to view and offers a full screen slideshow. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rollesbybroadsc Full size images can be down loaded from the RBSC Flickr Page, |
A complete mix of winds at Rollesby Broad for their annual New Year’s Day Open; with planing conditions in race 1, marginal hiking in race 2 and rather a drift in places during race 3 after lunch. At least the wind direction held almost perfectly allowing as long as possible a beat down the broad and the sun stayed out all day keeping the 24 competitors warm!
Race 1 was unsurprisingly led from start to finish by Richard Fryer and Dave Houghton in their RS300s, Fryer establishing a good lead early on. John Saddington & Dennis Manning in their Albacore escaped from the pack to follow the faster flyers with the Solos, initially led by Matt Boreham winning the battle with the Lasers for the mid-paced single-handers. Ian
Ayres and Bob Hawkins over took Boreham on the twisty downwind legs of lap one before Ayres nailed the beat on lap two and eventually took the handicap victory from Fryer and Saddington.
In race 2 despite a longer, evenly laid start line the well spread fleet needed a general recall before Fryer led once again; however with Ayres placing his Solo third at the first windward mark squeezing in between Saddington and Mike McNamara’s Harrier and with Hawkins and Roger Wilson in fairly close proximity, it looked like the handicap race might be over in favour of the Solo fleet. As the wind eased the faster craft were able to open out a good gap, only Ayres from the pack managed to stay with them and despite some closing at the end he took the win again from McNamara and Saddington with Hawkins and Wilson 4 th and 5 th .
With the majority of the fleet staying out to play after lunch it looked like McNamara, enjoying a very close on the water battle with Saddington, might take the race as the RS300s found the wind a little too light to make up their handicap. A little more space in the middle of the fleet allowed Ayres and Wilson to make up ground as the race went on and they rounded out podium places split by McNamara.
There were 6 tie breaks needed in the fleet, meaning working out the overall results took a while, prizes were awarded by the Sallis race officers in what they described as by far the closest set of results they’d seen in many years of running the event.
| Overall Results (24 Entries) 1. Ian Ayres – 2 pts 2. Mike McNamara – 4 3. John Saddington & Dennis Manning – 6 4. Richard Fryer – 8 5. Roger Wilson – 8 6. Bob Hawkins – 10 7. Matt Boreham – 10 8. Val & Chris Hanson – 11 9. Dave Houghton – 15 10. David Shipstone – 17 11. Mike Broadbent & Hugh Rout – 21 12. Gareth Thomas – 23 13. Geoff Tibbenham – 24 14. Phil Alison – 25 15. Keith Sykes – 25 16. Richard Brown – 26 17. Chris Codling – 26 18. Steve Leigh – 27 19. Richard Foster – 32 20. Daniel Harvey – 32 21. Paul Warnes – 32 22. Phil Highfield – 35 23. Vince Steel – 35 24. Phil & Lorna Harlow – 44 |
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| Thanks to Kevin for these.
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10.15 Sign in for pursuit race
10.20 Ten minute warning
10.30 Race start for slowest boat -mirror
Other boats follow based on PY no Eg.
10.43 Solo
10.53 RS400
11.42 Race finish
11.45 refreshments
Free mulled wine and mince pies
Presentation of “Bent vase” to Pursuit race winner
12.15 Ten minute warning
12.25 Watson cup race
This is for double handed boats Sailed by the helm only
12.30 Allcomers single handed race
13.15. Refreshments
13.30 Presentation of cup and race prizes
No afternoon races
You will have noticed that the website has had an update, it is now table and phone friendly. We also have a webcam under the Gallery menu.
Here is the webcam timelapse from last Sunday.
