Chichester Yacht Club Magazine April 2018 | Page 19
Frozen Toe 5 & 6 - by Mark Green
A great turnout of 54 boats arrived for the
third date in the CYC Frozen toe series. The
10am first race meant an earlier than usual
start for the competitors, with some travelling
for more than an hour to get to Chichester.
The race officer was Phil Allen. Given
the NW wind direction he set a simple
trapezium course for the two faster fleets
and a triangle course for the slow fleet.
The wind for the first race was securely in
the low single figures, with a strong tide
adding to the challenge.
The light wind made for some tactical racing
with the Merlins carefully protecting their
lanes from each other at the marks. After
some minor course adjustments in the
interval between races, the wind increased
by a couple of knots improving the racing
greatly.
In the fast fleet's first race Bill Dawber and
Clare Power's RS400 finished first over the
water, but didn't have enough of a lead to
beat the Merlin on handicap sailed by
William Warren and Maddy Anderson.
In the second race Alex Warren and William
Carroll recorded their first win of the series.
In the Medium Fleet, Martin and Connor
Gillam's Lark managed to build enough of a
lead to beat Roger Millet by just 9 seconds
after the handicap was applied.
Further down the fleet there was nothing to
separate a cluster of Solos as they finished
within a second of each other.
In the Second race, Toby Schofield took the
win in his Aero 7, holding off Nick and Biddy
Colbourne by 5 seconds after handicap.
The 16 boats in the Slow fleet were led
home by Jill Gill in her Byte CII but she didn't
have enough lead to beat Samuel Brackley
of Felpham SC when the handicap was
applied.
Samuel went on to take first place in both
races.
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