A well prepared Race Office of the day, Derek Jackman laid a course to give competitors the best use of the water and a good first beat, with a committee boat start line north of the Chichester lake area.
First away was the fast fleet from the slightly favoured port end of the line, beating to CYC1. First to CYC 1 mark was the Scorpion of Steve and Sarah Cockerill, closely followed by the RS400 1226 of Jason Kirk and the Merlin Rocket of Martin Jones. The pursuing fleet of Merlins, RS400 and Finns enjoying the gusty conditions down the fast reaches.
John Tremett from Itchenor.S.C. – Finn 642 enjoying yesterdays conditions at Chichester YC. (4th on corrected time - Race 2)
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Mild temperatures and light winds for start of Snowflake Series.
With high pressure to the south west of the UK, & after the gales of the previous week, a light 4-5 knot breeze from the West South West direction greeted the 65 competitors for the first day of the Chichester YC Snowflake winter series supported by Rooster Sailing and Hawk Marine Products.
An early start of 10.00hrs and a high water just before 11.00hrs the racer officer for the day Martin Orton laid a figure of eight course with the usual committee boat start from the middle of Chichester Lake.
The fast fleet of 18 boats got away cleanly from the slightly port biased line, with the Jason Kirk for Chichester YC in his RS400 leading the fleet to the windward mark, closely followed by the two Finns of John Tremlett from Itchenor SC and Mark Harper for the home club.
Steve and Sarah Cockerill in their Scorpion from Hill Head SC, however made good steady progress in the constant 5 knot breeze and with just over an hour of racing, they and had moved up to second place on the water. On corrected time the RS400 had held onto first place, with the Scorpion second, followed by the two Finns.
SCORPION 2023 Steve Cockerill & Sarah Cockerill
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Race Report Frozen Toe Series Races 7 & 8
The final 2 races in the Frozen Toe winter series concluded on Sunday (11th Dec) at Chichester YC. The forecast was for the south-westerly wind to increase in strength as the day progressed.
With an early start of 10.30hrs race officer for the day Derek Jackman was keen to get proceedings underway. By 10:15hrs a steady 15 knots was blowing in the Chichester Lake, and at the start time, it had increased to over 20 knots at the start.
In the fast fleet, the RS400, Merlin and the Finn headed the fleet around the trapezoidal course.
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