Cobley Series 18th October
It was a pleasant mid- October morning with a light wind which increased slightly as the race went on.
Monica had arrived back from her voyages, obviously refreshed and wearing a rather fetching tartan outfit (Royal Stuart I think).
Pursuit Race
There were 20 starters including our resident Mirror fleet of Pat and Gordon.
First back through the line was Chris (Comet) followed by Curtis who was giving his Otter an airing (that’s his boat not his pet !), Hadey (4.7) was 3rd, Newton &Ellen (RS200) 4th, Mike A (Lightning) 5th and Joe (Topper) 6th. Pat in her Mirror was going well in 7th place but the Lasers were fast approaching.
At the gun the final positions were 1st Newton & Ellen; 2nd Chris; 3rd Hadey; 4th Roland & Ryan (National 12); 5th Sylvia (Laser) and 6th Jon (Laser).
Handicap
Pat and Gordon decided it was time for a cup of tea, so 18 set off at the start of the handicap race.
Mark B (Laser) was first through the line at the end of the first lap closely followed by Jon, David C (Laser), Roland & Ryan, Adrian (Rooster) and David M (Laser).
By the second lap Jon had taken the lead and Roland & Ryan had moved up to 2nd pushing Mark down to 3rd. In mid-fleet Dave L, Sylvia, Hugh and James were having a good battle in their Lasers (well in Hugh’s case it was Dad’s Laser, hence the appearance of the Otter). Behind them Rick (Laser), Chris and Mike A were also having a close tussle and further back Hadey and Curtis were trying to catch Dean & Nick (Vago).
At the end of the third and last lap Ellen & Newton crossed the finish line in 1st place with Mark 2nd, Adrian 3rd, Roland & Ryan 4th, Jon 5th and Sylvia 6th. The other movers on this last lap were David M up two places to 8th, James up two to 9th, Chris up two to 13th and Curtis up two to 15th.
On handicap the significant changes were Jon up to 3rd ,Sylvia up to 4th and David C to 5th pushng Roland & Ryan down to 6th.
Thanks to Karen the SOOD and the team of Stuart, Roland L, Mike T and Bill C.