3rd December Cobley Series 12

It was the last of the Cobley Series for this year and Dave L had the pleasure of overseeing the finale.
With a NW wind of about 5-8 mph he set the first beat to X (roughly near 6) then 8, 4, 2, 5, 7 and back through the start.
 
Pursuit Race
10 starters this morning and first back through the line was early starter Chris H (Comet) followed by Newton (Solo), Karen (Laser), Julian (Solo) and Jon (Laser). Then there was quite a gap back to Mark (Laser) who was just ahead of Dean & Nick (Vago).  Two minutes later Alistair (Laser) came through the line just in front of the last starter Adrian (single handed Vago) who had caught and passed Jeremy (Laser).
At the gun Karen had come through to take the victory and the final positions were –
1st Karen; 2nd Newton; 3rd Jon; 4th Chris H; 5th Julian; 6th Mark
 
Handicap Race
Marcin (Laser) joined the fleet for the second race. In the light wind there was only time for two laps and at the end of the first lap Jon had a good lead over Karen in 2nd place with Dean & Nick 3rd just ahead of Newton. About 30 seconds later Mark came through the line with a gap back to Chris H and then Julian and Alistair crossed the line together. Jeremy was next with Adrian and Marcin about 30 seconds further back.
By the end of the last lap Karen had taken the lead from Jon to give her a nice double on the day. Newton and Mark had both passed Dean & Nick to move up to 3rd and 4th places. The other movers on this lap were Julian up one place to 6th and Adrian up two places.
 
The final positions on the water were –
1st Karen; 2nd Jon; 3rd Newton; 4th Mark; 5th Dean & Nick; 6th Julian
 
On handicap the first three should retain their positions, but Chris H should move up to 4th with Mark 5th and Julian 6th.
 
Thanks to Dave l and the OOD Team of Sally & Mike N, Richard & Brian M and Ken.
 
Congratulations to Jon who won both the Pursuit and Handicap Series for this year.
The final positions were –
 
Pursuit Series
1st Jon; 2nd Karen; 3rd Newton; 4th Chris H; 5th James; 6th Mark
 
Handicap Series
1st Jon; 2nd Newton; 3rd Karen; 4th Chris H; 5th Mark; 6th James