Gillette Series 8 – 6th June 2018

It was quite pleasant this evening with a bit of sun and a light wind, about 8 mph from the NE. Roland S used an Island start with the first beat down to X (usual position in the middle of the lake roughly level with 8), then 5, 9, 3, 1 and back through the start.

First back through the line was Karen (Laser) then Peter R (Enterprise s/h) and the Lasers of Mark, Richard H and Mike Tr. Steve S (Solo) was next through followed by Curtis (Laser), Mike A (Lightning) Monica (Europe) and Dean & Nick (Vago). After a short gap Peter S (Byte) and Paul H (Laser) came along just ahead of Alistair in his newly acquired Laser (nice looking boat) then there was a slightly larger gap back to Sally & Stuart (Leader) and Ron (Mirror). Bringing up the rear were Bob (Solo), Rick (Laser) and the junior fleet of Jemima (Oppie) and Oppie 6490 (may have been Milo or Ed ?) and Thomas M in his Topper.

At the end of the second lap the two leading boats retained their position with Mark now a clear 3rd from Richard H in 4th and Mike Tr in 5th place. Steve S was still 6th with Curtis up two places to 7th.

On the third lap there was no change in position with the first four boats, but Steve S had passed Mike Tr to move up to 5th and Peter S and Dean & Nick had moved up two places to 8th and 10th respectively. Rick was up four places to 11th and Alistair up one to 12th, but there were no other changes (in the right direction!). Monica retired at the end of the lap and Ron, Jemima, 6490 and Thomas received the finish gun.

The fourth and last lap saw Karen cross the line well ahead of Peter R and Mark. Steve S gained another place to finish in 4th place and Dean & Nick gained another two places to cross in 7th. Paul H, Sally & Stuart and Bob all made up a place on this lap.

The final positions on the water were –
1st Karen; 2nd Peter R; 3rd Mark; 4th Steve S; 5th Richard H; 6th Mike Tr

On handicap this will be reshuffled to –
1st Karen; 2nd Jemima; 3rd Peter R; 4th Mark; 5th Oppie 6490; 6th Steve S

Apologies to Oppie 6490 for not getting your name, but a reminder to everyone to please sign the Declaration Sheet and print your name clearly – thank you.

Thanks to Roland S and the OOD Team of Graham K, Hugh, Mark, Ryan, Peter D and Simon Be.