10th June Gillette 10
With a 12 mph North Easter, Curtis set a first beat to X, then to 5 down to 9, back up to 4 on the buoy line, down to 2 then 3 and back though the start line.
There were 16 starters and first back through the line was Ian C (Supernova) followed by the Lasers of David C, Dave L and Rod with Newton (Solo) in 5th then Ellen (Radial) 6th. Then Mike C (Solo), Paul H (Supernova) and Steve P (Laser) came through very close together in 7th, 8th and 9th places. There was a slight gap to Sally & Stuart (Leader) who were some way ahead of Ralph (Pico) and Louis J (Topper) and Alistair J (Laser). Good to see Louis and Alistair back on the water. Then along came only the second doubler hander on the water, the 420 of Chris 7 Carol. Steve S was down as starting but did not complete the first lap, not sure what happened, but probably gear failure.
The only change on the second lap was Paul H gaining a place by passing Mike C and on the third lap everyone maintained position apart from Steve P slipping past Mike C.
By the end of the race Mike C had reversed this but again the rest of the fleet had kept station !
The final positions were 1st Ian C; 2nd David C; 3rd Dave L.
Thanks to Curtis and the OOD team, Hugh, Karen and Mark.