SPRING REGATTA
Sunday 14th May 2023

 

Spring Regatta Mike Barnes 6Photo: Mike Barnes

 

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The forecast leading up to the weekend started badly but slowly improved during the week prior to the regatta, with promises of sun and light winds for our first Club regatta of the sailing year - well they weren’t wrong when they said ‘light winds’!

 Spring Regatta Jamie 1Photo: Jamie Bennett-Martin

The morning start planned to send the fleet of 14 yachts up to the C buoy which was positioned between Cold Harbour and Womack, with the next buoy down the River Bure heading towards St Benets Abbey, and the route to round both marks with two laps.

 

Spring Regatta Sue Hines 1Photo: Sue Hines

A lack of any wind and an outgoing tide resulted in a rather slow start for the first boats, with suggestions made of awards for boats that actually managed just to cross the line to start rather than finish the race. However, the occasional puff of wind saw the first starters manage to get away from the line, closely followed (although not quickly) by the boats in the second the third start.

 

Spring Regatta Mike Barnes 1Photo: Mike Barnes

The wind never really picked up for the first race, and after an hour of racing no boats had managed to round the C buoy and return back to the start line, so the race was shortened to just one leg and the boats were finished as they returned from Cold Harbour and over the line. Congratulations to Hilary Franzen in Martlet on winning the first race and retaining the Morning Tankard.

 

Spring Regatta Jamie 9Photo: Jamie Bennett-Martin 

As the wind hadn’t really improved for the afternoon, the start was moved 30 minutes earlier to give boats more chance of completing a longer route, and the course was changed to head downstream to the buoy on the River Bure and then back past the line to the buoy at Cold Harbour. 

 Spring Regatta Sue Hines 2Photo: Sue Hines

The starts were relatively drama free, with the boats benefiting from the last of the outgoing tide helping to take them down to Thurne Mouth before turning right heading towards St Benets Abbey.

 

Spring Regatta Mike Barnes 7

Photo: Mike Barnes

Although slightly more wind in the afternoon this still resulted in a shortened course, and after again just completing one leg the boats were finished as they crossed the line heading towards Cold Harbour. Matt Ford in Mystery took the honours in the afternoon to win the Afternoon Tankard.

 Spring Regatta Jamie 7Photo: Jamie Bennett-Martin 

Despite the challenging conditions all crews enjoyed their day on the water, and it gave an opportunity to have a relaxed shake down sail before the racing season really gets underway.

 Spring Regatta Sue Hines 4Photo: Sue Hines

Many thanks to Mike and Barbara Barnes for manning the safety boat all day, and to John Aves for running the line and collating the results.

Jamie Bennett-Martin

 

RESULTS 

Race 1 - Morning Tankard

East Anglian Crusing Club
Spring Regatta Race 1 Morning Tankard
First Start Time: 11:00:00 Date: 14/05/2023 Conditions:
Start Interval: 00:05:00 Wind -> Strength: Direction:
Beaufort
14 Entered
Sail Start Finish Pen Elapsed Corrected
No Boat Name Helm Handicap No Time Min Time Seconds Seconds Time Position
122 Martlet H Franzen -18% 3  12:35:58 01:25:58 5158 4230 01:10:30 1
429 Pickle P Montague -16% 3  12:35:16 01:25:16 5116 4297 01:11:37 2
218 Mystery M Ford -9% 2  12:24:14 01:19:14 4754 4326 01:12:06 3
223 Snowbird N Wiggins -11% P 3  12:35:36 01:25:36 5136 4571 01:16:11 P
78 Halcyon R Wilson -7% 3  12:32:22 01:22:22 4942 4596 01:16:36 4
217 Melinda P Howes 1% 1  12:17:10 01:17:10 4630 4676 01:17:56 5
318 Pippinjack P Stevens -7% 2  12:30:20 01:25:20 5120 4762 01:19:22 6
418 Tinkerbell A Lincoln -7% 2  12:30:39 01:25:39 5139 4779 01:19:39 7
410 India T Frary 3% 1  12:17:36 01:17:36 4656 4796 01:19:56 8
152 Sabrina 2 J Holmes -6% 1  12:28:06 01:28:06 5286 4969 01:22:49 9
338 Bewitched C Chettleburgh -3% 1 RET 00:00:00 0 0 00:00:00 RET
307 Mischief S Seeney -7% 2 RET 00:00:00 0 0 00:00:00 RET
86 Moss Rose P Markham -9% 2 RET 00:00:00 0 0 00:00:00 RET
209 Evergreen D Thompson -12% 3 DNS 00:00:00 0 0 00:00:00 DNS

Race 2 - Afternoon Tankard

East Anglian Crusing Club
Spring Regatta Race 2 Afternoon Tankard
First Start Time: 13:30:00 Date: 14/05/2023 Conditions:
Start Interval: 00:05:00 Wind -> Strength: Direction:
Beaufort
14 Entered
Sail Start Finish Pen Elapsed Corrected
No Boat Name Helm Handicap No Time Min Time Seconds Seconds Time Position
218 Mystery M Ford -9% 2  14:39:04 01:04:04 3844 3498 00:58:18 1
152 Sabrina 2 J Holmes -6% 1  14:33:11 01:03:11 3791 3564 00:59:24 2
429 Pickle P Montague -16% 3  14:51:31 01:11:31 4291 3604 01:00:04 3
122 Martlet G Howarth -18% 3  14:55:05 01:15:05 4505 3694 01:01:34 4
217 Melinda P Howes 1% 1  14:31:44 01:01:44 3704 3741 01:02:21 5
318 Pippinjack P Stevens -7% 2  14:41:02 2 01:08:02 4082 3796 01:03:16 6
410 India T Frary 3% 1  14:31:33 01:01:33 3693 3804 01:03:24 7
78 Halcyon R Wilson -7% 3  14:50:35 01:10:35 4235 3939 01:05:39 8
338 Bewitched C Chettleburgh -3% 1  14:40:24 01:10:24 4224 4097 01:08:17 9
86 Moss Rose P Markham -9% 2  14:50:28 01:15:28 4528 4120 01:08:40 10
418 Tinkerbell A Lincoln -7% 2  14:50:17 01:15:17 4517 4201 01:10:01 11
307 Mischief S Seeney -7% 2  14:50:40 01:15:40 4540 4222 01:10:22 12
223 Snowbird N Wiggins -11% P 3  15:18:41 01:38:41 5921 5270 01:27:50 P
209 Evergreen D Thompson -12% 3 DNS 00:00:00 0 0 00:00:00 DNS

 

Spring Regatta Hilary 1Photo: Hilary Franzen