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Winter Regatta Report & Photos

Sunday 4th December saw a fleet of 22 assemble for Rollesby Broad’s Winter Regatta. An awkward easterly breeze made course setting tricky, but a variety throughout the day meant everyone having to concentrate and trophies still being open at the start of the final race.

The first race saw a long reaching course set to try and spread the competitors along the broad, however the wind direction meant plenty of holes and resulted in boats travelling in small bunches as they either sailed through or stopped at intervals around the course. Val & Chris Hanson were able to win their Wayfarer battle with John Saddington & Dennis Manning whilst Phil Highfield (Vareo) could not gain a large enough lead to beat either of them. In the single-handers David Frary (Finn) and Chris Toothill (Phantom) were able to use their straight-line speed to establish a large enough gap on the fleet after good starts from the Lasers of Keith Sykes and Zoe Eastwood and the Solo of Ian Ayres.

Race two saw a much compressed course to keep sailors at the windier end of the broad and in the single-handers it was the Solo’s who gained most with Ayres taking a comfortable win from Roger Wilson. The Wayfarers had a really close battle throughout with the Hansons falling foul of traffic shortly before the end to give Saddington the win.

A smaller fleet after lunch gave competitors a bit more room and whilst Highfield led round Saddington again took the win. No need for handicapping in the single-handers as Ayres won on the water from Sykes and Toothill who threw away his place in the last 20 yards!

Prizes were also awarded for the Autumn series which finished the previous week.

Winter Regatta

Multisails  (6 Entries)

  1. John Saddington & Dennis Manning (Wayfarer)
  2. Val & Chris Hanson (Wayfarer)
  3. Phil Highfield (Vareo)

Single-Handers  (16 entries)

  1. Ian Ayres (Solo)
  2. David Frary (Finn)
  3. Keith Sykes (Laser)
  4. Chris Toothill (Phantom)

Autumn Series

All multisail Trophies

John Saddington & Dennis Manning (Wayfarer)

Single-Handers

Race 1 – Ian Ayres (Solo)

Race 2 – Paul Warnes (Solo)

Eel’s Foot Series

Ian Hanson (Solo)

ThankKevins to Kevin for these.

Check them out on our Flickr Page its easier to view and offers a full screen slideshow.

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December 4th – Winter Regatta.

New Year’s Day Report – with full results

Rollesby Broad New Year Open 2016

 

Given the forecast for a light intermittent easterly breeze a turnout of 20 dinghies for Rollesby Broad’s annual New Year’s Open was more than expected gave close competition throughout the fleet.

 

At the race briefing OOD Jon Sallis wisely raised the postponement and sent competitors to the galley for coffee whilst waiting for any sign of the forecast breeze to arrive. After a 30 minute delay a short course with an awkward short first leg was set. After a general recall the fleet was led around the course by Chris Sallis in his D-One, with the visiting Richard Fryer in close pursuit in his RS300. However it was the slower singlehanders who were to enjoy the close racing most. Ian Ayres in his Solo was in contact early on but it was Veronica Falat in her Streaker who negotiated the ‘fast boat’ traffic best on the first run to lead this section of the fleet to the finish with Kevin Postlethwaite rounding out the top three in another Solo.

 

Race 2 saw slightly more wind and a clean start, with Fryer this time joined by Phil Highfield in his RS700 at the front of the fleet. Ayres and Falat were very close behind at the second mark and in this race it was Falat’s turn to fall back into the traffic whilst Ayres and Stuart Highfield (Laser) sailed sufficiently clear for the Laser to complete the podium places.

 

With a win and a second apiece it was down to Ayres and Falat to race for overall top place after lunch; however with a significant course change Fryer was determined to improve on his morning’s results and led away to win on handicap. Falat led Ayres early on before they swapped place on the second beat. Overlapped the pair approached the last windward mark of lap two, Ayres clipped the flag pole on the mark and the race appeared won by Falat. Conditions were such that a never give up policy was essential and a lap later the pair arrived at the last mark with Falat less than a boat length in front. As they crossed the line both thought the other had won as the gap was too close to call. In the end just two seconds on handicap gave Falat the place and the meeting.

 

Results (20 entries)

  1. Veronica Falat – Streaker 3pts; 1,2,2
  2. Ian Ayres – Solo 3; 2,1,3
  3. Richard Fryer – RS300 5; 6,4,1
  4. Stuart Highfield– Laser 8; 5,3,dns
  5. John Saddington – Albacore 8; 4,5,4
  6. Kevin Postletwaite – Solo 10; 3,7,dns
  7. J Blankley – Wayfarer 13; 10,8,5
  8. Val Hanson – Wayfarer 15; 9,6,dns
  9. Bob Sparrow – Wayfarer 16; 12,10,6
  10. Tamsin Highfield – Vario 16; 11,9,7
  11. R. Brown – Wayfarer 19; 8,11,dns
  12. Mike Broadbent – Xenon 20; 13,12,8
  13. Phil Highfield – RS700 24; 17,15,9
  14. Richard Foster – Laser 27; 14,13,dns
  15. Phil Harlow – RS400 28; 19,18,10
  16. Matt Boreham – Solo 29; 15,14,dns
  17. Steve Gray – D-One 32; 16,16,dns
  18. Keith Sykes – Lark 35; 18,17,dns
  19. Vince Steele – Solo 39; 20,19,dnf
  20. Chris Sallis – D-One   7,dns,dns