19th Feb 2012

The Jolly Sailor came out of hibernation after 2 weeks of no racing.  17 boats took to the water.  

 

Phil the S.O.O.D.   started the race from Tatona , but was having problems setting the course. The wind kept on switching.  Finally the course was set and guess what the wind change direction.  

 

The first mark was a simple close hauled without any tacking so all 17 boats were very close for the next few legs!   The photos show some very exciting close racing.   It was like a scene from Silverstone!  2 out of the 17 crash out at bouy number 7. Ian recovered his boat and whilst doing so managed to tear Dave I  sail. 

 

Chris pulled open a huge lead , but Rowland the slowly clawed his towards him but wasn’t able to overtake him.

 

 

 

1st Chris   2nd   Rowland    3rd   Paul