Frostbite series off to fine start at Dell Quay
Sailors were welcomed by a glorious winter’s day for the Dell Quay Frostbite series races one and two – and the gentle force two occasionally force three would prove testing once racing was underway
Dell Quay welcomed several sailors including some juniors from Felpham and Langstone Sailing Club, who were thanked for coming – and the club look forward to seeing many again on January 3 – it’s very much an open event, please go along and join in.
The mixed handicap fleet of 19 boats set off on time at 10.30am with a 2-lap (1 for juniors) course giving some testing beats with the fluky conditions with some good change of positions including the lead on the water.
With a great mixed fleet of 6 solos, 7 lasers (mixed sizes), Aero’s, Comet, RS Tera SP, 2000 and RS400 it was lovely to see on such a gorgeous day. Roger Puttock in his Solo certainly kept his nose clean and was the solo to beat, the laser fleet was led on the water by Will Parrot in his new full rig (New to him) and as a first day out, did very well, although did admit later that he nearly went for a swing having got stuck under the boom (previous Firefly sailor!) but the RS400 was off in clean air which was important.
After a close race through tricky wind conditions the top 3 results were: 1) Mark Harper/Lawrence Kies - RS400; 2) Roger Puttock - Solo; 3) Will Parrett - Laser (Full).
After a quick turnaround the fleet were underway for Race 2 in much the same light testing conditions.A tight start line led to one OCS but the fleet were off and with the tide starting to ease led to a wider spread on the first beat.
A big shout out to the juniors and visiting sailors certainly kept the DQ sailors on their toes pushing them all the way around! With some position changes throughout the race, including 2 capsizes it was a fun day to be on the water, nothing too challenging but what better way to spend time?
After another 2 laps the top 3 results were: 1) Roger Puttock - Solo; 2) Mark Gardner - Solo; 3) Will Parrett – Laser (full).
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