6th October 2019 Race Report

Frostbite 2

Fierce north westerlies came gusting over the hills, making white streaks the length of the lake and reducing Sue Murray and Jane Anderson to little Toppers, Nathan Pollard to a 4.7 on his Laser and Roger Heasman (with Sally Wills) to small sails on their Bosun. Only Brian Pollard (with Cilla Gilbert) and John Dabbs (with Adam Hilton) braved it with full sails on their Bosuns. The start was very tight with nothing to separate the Toppers of Jane Anderson and Vicki Duncalf and Nathan Pollard’s Laser. Next came the Pollard/Wills Bosun and Sue Murray’s Topper. Paul Petvin had borrowed John Dabb’s  Gull at the last minute, then had trouble operating the centre board, with the result that he narrowly avoided being blown onto the lee shore. He retired. Nathan Pollard was the first to complete the long beat up to Far, well ahead of the rest of the fleet, which arrived at Far with Toppers mixed up with Bosuns. By the end of the lap Brian Pollard had established himself in second and Jane Anderson in third. On the second lap the Dabbs/Hilton Bosun nearly overtook Sue Murray’s Topper but Vicki Duncalf did overtake Roger Heasman’s Bosun. Applying the handicaps gave Jane Anderson the victory over Nathan Pollard by three seconds. If only he hadn’t lost time rounding the buoy at Dam Green!

  1. Jane Anderson (Topper)
  2. Nathan Pollard (Laser 4.7)
  3. Brian Pollard and Cilla Gilbert (Bosun)
  4. Sue Murray (Topper)
  5. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
  6. John Dabbs and Adam Hilton (Bosun)
  7. Roger Heasman and Sally Wills (Bosun)

Retired: Paul Petvin (Gull)

Icicle 2

The first race, with the long beat up to Far, had been shortened to three laps. Steve Axford, the Officer of the Day, now redrew the course with Pinky the most northerly buoy and multiple zigzags across the middle of the lake. The fleet managed four laps within the hour. Sue Murray got a perfect start and was away first. John Dabbs got his Bosun over the line on starboard tack in second with Nathan Pollard third and taking a while to get a lead over a flying Sue Murray. Then came the Pollard/Wills Bosun and the Anderson Topper, impossible to separate on the line, but with Jane Anderson ahead at the windward mark. Vicki Duncalf and the Heasman/Wills Bosun spent the race swapping places behind the Dabbs/Hilton Bosun which was consistently fifth. Brian Pollard managed to get past third place Jane Anderson when she got stuck in irons at Dam Green at the end of lap 3.

  1. Sue Murray (Topper)
  2. Nathan Pollard (Laser 4.7)
  3. Jane Anderson (Topper)
  4. Brian Pollard and Cilla Gilbert (Bosun)
  5. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
  6. John Dabbs and Adam Hilton (Bosun)
  7. Roger Heasman and Sally Wills (Bosun)

Grateful thanks were given to Steve Axford who ran the races and to Mandy Pollard for the photographs.