Cobley Series 10 – 24th November 2019

It was slightly misty this morning and at the start of the first race the promised wind of a 5 mph SSW had not arrived! Mike A set a box course with the first mark as A (in line with 5, but further to the middle of the lake than 8), then 5, 6, 7 and back through the start.

Pursuit Race

In spite of the lack of wind there were 8 starters, but some of them did not make the line to start at their allotted time (particularly Ron!) It was slow going and only three boats actually made the end of the first lap, although the wind did improve slightly during the race. At the gun the positions were –

1^st Mike T (Laser); 2^nd Chris H (Comet), who was nearly caught by 3^rd place James (Laser); 4^th Adrian (Vago s/h); 5^th Ron; 6^th Dave & Ann (Leader) who just got their nose in front of 7^th place  Rhys (4.7); 8^th Rick (Laser).  

Handicap Race

Encouraged by the slight increase in wind everyone started the second race and James was first back across the line not far ahead of Mike. Dave & Ann came through in 3^rd place  about a minute ahead of Chris H in 4^th, who in turn was a minute ahead of Adrian in 5^th. Then another minute elapsed before Ron crossed the line in 6^th place with quite a gap back to Rhys and Rick.

On the second lap James managed to draw away slightly from Mike who was caught by Chris at the penultimate mark and Chris managed to keep the 2^nd place to the line. Adrian passed Dave & Ann to take 4^th across the line and Ron crossed a minute later in 6^th place. Rhys decided to retire, but Rick kept going and earned himself a 7^th place finish.

The order on the water was – 1^st James; 2^nd Chris; 3^rd Mike; 4^th Adrian; 5^th Dave & Ann; 6^th Ron; 7^th Rick.

On corrected time this becomes – 1^st Ron; 2^nd Chris; 3^rd James; 4^th Mike; 5^th Dave & Ann; 6^th Adrian; 7^th Rick.

Thanks to Mike A and the OOD Team of Bill J, Colin H, Gareth E, Jewels and Julian W.