Neyland Yacht Club

Races 14 & 15 of the 2025 Frostbite Series

Sunday 9^th March 2025

Races 14 & 15 – 9th March 2025.

Mild March temperatures and easy going neap tides greeted the sailors for the final day of racing of the Frostbite series at Neyland Yacht Club, yet again, with the wind blowing from the east.

The course for the day was set as a port hand triangle with a downwind start from the club line, first a run to a dropped buoy within the moorings, then a reach across the channel to a dropped buoy to the east of Dockyard Bank post, a beat to a dropped buoy between the club line and Batts buoy before the final broad reaching leg to cross the line.

Division 1 were first away,  12 starters for the day, in a patchy 4 to 6 knots.  The foiling Moth of Simon G was first to start dipping inside at the pin end, but with insufficient wind to raise onto his foils was enveloped by the fleet as they reached the first gybe mark.  On  the reach to the leeward mark Alan G in his Dart 18 pulled clear ahead, but the pack was very tightly bunched as they began the beat.  Geoff T on his Supernova crossed to the left immediately and found more breeze on the north side, hiking all the way to the windward mark, completing the first lap 30 seconds in front of the quicker Dart 18.  A further 40 seconds behind were Keira and SImon in the 29er and Vaughan and Paul in their Wayfarer, different sailing styles required in each.  The pack, still closely intertwined, followed a further 30 seconds later.  Over the following 2 laps Geoff extended his lead, irrespective of lighter phases or not across the course, taking the race on corrected ahead of Vaughan and Paul in their Wayfarer in 2nd and Eloise C in her ILCA 6 in third.
Division 2 started once the faster boats were clear, evidence of their winter coaching sessions evident in them all being up to speed and crossing the line as the hooter went.  The three Teras held onto the transom of Dylan in his ILCA 4 running to the first mark, but he pulled away, as expected on the subsequent reach and beat and following 2 laps.  The Teras remained bunched together for the majority of the race, the Pro sized rigs of Anwen S and Liam F finishing ahead of Isabelle N.  On corrected the fastest and slowest in the division, Dylan and Isabelle, were joint first, with Anwen S taking third and Liam F 4th.

For the second race of the day, the last in the series, Division 2 started first.  Again the youngsters were on the line at speed on the hooter and sailed the first run close together, in formation with windward heel and sails well eased.  Dylan in his ILCA 4 eased away from the Teras on the reach and subsequent legs but for this race Isabelle N in her Tera Sport managed to keep ahead of the two Tera Pro’s, holding them at bay through the very light patches on the final beat of the 3 laps.  No tie this race - Isabelle N 1st, Dylan W 2nd, Liam F 3rd and Anwen S 4th.
 

Division 1 too got away cleanly for the final start of the series.  Simon G in his foiling Moth was again very much displacement sailing and aiming for the inside track at the pin end, only Roger C in his Vareo got a better start, soaking away from the tightly packed fleet close behind on the first half of the run.  The RS200 and 29er sailed their angles, gybing close to the north shore on this first run, but the wind was a little stronger on the direct route to the first buoy leaving them behind the pack on the reaching second leg.
Again, Geoff T was sailing well in the conditions and was soon clear ahead once beating, slowly extending away throughout the remainder of the race, but the 29er of Keira and Simon just pipped him to the line after joining all the dots on their final lap.  Alan G in the Dart 18 was third to finish but would suffer on handicap.
On corrected time Geoff T took the win for the second time that day, Rob B in his Wayfarer took second with Alec D in her classic ILCA 6 in third.

With racing finished for the day a steady 7-9 knots filled in from the ESE across the river, enticing a few boats to make the most of it in the sunshine.

Thank you to the volunteers - Paul Harries and Rebecca Bell running the racing from the starting hut and Alun Lloyd, Rob Boltman, Steve Rich and Gavin Sims for providing safety boat cover.
Out of the 20 planned races for the series 15 had been run, 1 missed due to insufficient wind and 4 due to gales.

Overall, in division 1, the winner of the series was Eloise C (ILCA 6), second was Geoff T (Supernova), 3rd was Alec D (ILCA 6).  In division 2 the winner was Isabelle N (Tera Sport), 2nd Anwen S (Tera Pro), 3rd Dylan W (ILCA4).  On the same week as International Womens Day it is clearly the women leading the way in the dinghy racing at Neyland YC.

 
Results
Race 14
Division 1
Rank Class SailNo HelmName CrewName PY Corrected

1 SUPERNOVA 357 Geoff Turner 1075 0:29:43

2 WAYFARER 10041 Vaughan Everitt Paul Bell 1109 0:32:24

3 ILCA 6 202408 Eloise Cusden 1154 0:34:23

4 ILCA 6 165267 Alec Denny 1154 0:35:14

5 WAYFARER 11460 Robert Barlow 1109 0:36:11

6 ILCA 7 210288 Michael Bool 1102 0:37:28

7 RS 200 1377 Robert Main Connor Main 1046 0:38:34

8 29ER 838 Keira Edwards Simon Turnbull 895 0:39:22

9 RS VAREO 161 Roger Cusden 1093 0:40:11

10 DART 18 6400 Alan Gregory 822 0:41:08

11 Moth Foiling 3169 James Norris 570 1:09:52

12 Moth Foiling 3995 Simon Goodwin 570 1:12:47

 

Race 14
Division 2

Rank Class SailNo HelmName PY Corrected

1 RS TERA SPORT 3230 Isabelle Nuttall 1445 0:22:56

1 ILC4 4 215649 Dylan Williams 1213 0:22:56

3 RS TERA PRO 2442 Anwen Sims 1364 0:23:34

4 RS TERA PRO NYC Liam Franz 1364 0:23:50

 

Race 15
Division 1

Rank Class SailNo HelmName CrewName PY Corrected

1 SUPERNOVA 357 Geoff Turner 1075 0:23:47

2 WAYFARER 11460 Robert Barlow 1109 0:26:00

3 ILCA 6 165267 Alec Denny 1154 0:26:08

4 WAYFARER 10041 Vaughan Everitt Paul Bell 1109 0:26:23

5 ILCA 7 210288 Michael Bool 1102 0:27:03

6 ILCA 6 202408 Eloise Cusden 1154 0:27:05

7 RS 200 1377 Robert Main Connor Main 1046 0:28:14

8 29ER 838 Keira Edwards Simon Turnbull 895 0:28:29

9 RS VAREO 161 Roger Cusden 1093 0:29:22

10 DART 18 6400 Alan Gregory 822 0:32:22

11 Moth Foiling 3995 Simon Goodwin 570 0:50:05

12 Moth Foiling 3169 James Norris 570 DNF

Race 15
Division 2

Rank Class SailNo HelmName PY Corrected

1 RS TERA SPORT 3230 Isabelle Nuttall 1445 0:24:48

2 ILCA 4 215649 Dylan Williams 1213 0:25:09

3 RS TERA PRO NYC Liam Franz 1364 0:26:29

4 RS TERA PRO 2442 Anwen Sims 1364 0:26:46

Overall
Division 1

Rank Class SailNo HelmName CrewName Total Nett

1st ILCA 6 202408 Eloise Cusden 68 28

2nd SUPERNOVA 357 Geoff Turner 69 28

3rd ILCA 6 165267 Alec Denny 60 32

4th STRATOS 307 Jo Musson Gareth Davies 137 60

5th DART 18 6400 Alan Gregory Annabel Richards/ 115 66
Dimitri Catsailor

6th ILCA 7 221330 Jon Nuttall 175 83

7th WAYFARER 10041 Vaughan Everitt Paul Bell 177.4 85.4

8th Moth Foiling 3995 Simon Goodwin 150 88

9th 29ER 838 Keira Edwards Simon Turnbull 152 91

10th SOLUTION 439 Ross Prytherch 195 103

11th ILCA 6 213791 Noah Sutton 222 130

12th RS 200 1377 Robert Main Connor Main/ 237 145
Robin Flemming

13th Moth Foiling 3169 James Norris 251 159

14th ILCA 7 210288 Michael Bool 281 189

15th RS VAREO 161 Roger Cusden 283 191

16th Hobie 16 - Ian Elwell 285 193

17th TASAR 358 Gavin Sims Sebastian Kummer 292.5 200.5

18th ILCA 6 NYC Oliver Newboult 293 201

19th 29ER 2378 Nina Marsh Amelia Nuttall 294 202

20th WAYFARER 11460 Robert Barlow 306 214

21st ILCA 7 NYC1 Simon Merhasin 331 239 

Overall
Division 2

Rank Class SailNo HelmName CrewName Total Nett

1st RS TERA SPORT 3230 Isabelle Nuttall 74.5 21.5

2nd RS TERA PRO 2442 Anwen Sims 91.5 27.5

3rd ILCA 4 215649 Dylan Williams 70.5 27.5

4th RS TERA PRO NYC Liam Franz 114 50

5th RS TERA PRO 3766 Iolo Bool 207.5 143.5

6th RS TERA SPORT NYC2 Ted Silverstone 208 144

7th RS FEVA XL NYC FEVA Nina Marsh Amelia Nuttal 210 146

8th RS FEVA XL NYC FEVA 2 James Norris Jesse Norris 212 148

9th TOPPER 49201 Daniel Plant 212 148

10th RS TERA SPORT ---- Sebastien Kummer 212 148

11th RS TERA SPORT NYC3 Anwen Sims 214 150

12th RS TERA SPORT 3933 Iolo Sims 218 154

13th RS TERA PRO 3163 Cerise Le Petit 226 162

14th RS TERA SPORT ---- Charlotte 227 163