Commodore’s Cup 6 – 19th May 2021

Another light wind tonight, around 10 mph but varying in strength throughout the evening.  It was coming from the WNW, which made setting the course a bit tricky. Steve S used A for the first mark up towards the buoy line, then 9, 5, 4, 8 and back through the start.

There were 20 starters and Karen (Laser) was first back through the line just ahead of Jess in another Laser. About one minute later Mike T (Laser) came through in 3^rd place followed by Dave & Ann (Leader) and Dean & Nick (Vago) with Mike C (Solo) another 30 seconds behind them. Ralph and Mark in Lasers were having a close battle for 7^th spot with Darren (Laser) not enjoying the light wind, one minute adrift of them. Aileen in her Comet was 10^th and showing fellow Comet sailor, Chris H, the way to sail in light wind! Rick was trying to shake off Ron in his Mirror who was in a Laser sandwich with Jeremy closing on him from behind. Sally in another Comet was trying to stay ahead of Hilary in her Laser with the boys in the back room, Nick, Paul H, Rich and Nigel trying to get a say!

With the lack of wind there was only one more lap and Jess enjoyed victory over Karen by about 10 seconds. Mike T hung on to 3^rd place, but the Jones boys dislodged team Lomas from fourth spot by only 2 seconds!  There was another close finish behind them with Ralph squeezing past Mike C to take 6^th. Darren nearly caught Mark crossing the line just four seconds behind him and Chris H, Rick and Jeremy all gained a place by passing Aileen.

Hilary pipped Sally who was also passed by Nick and Nigel. Some close battles all through the fleet.

The order on the water was -1^st Jess; 2^nd Karen; 3^rd Mike T; 4^th Dean & Nick; 5^th Dave & Ann; 6^th Ralph.

There were some significant changes on corrected time with Ron popping out of the smoke to take first place, the final order being – 1^st Ron; 2^nd Chris H; 3^rd Dave & Ann; 4^th Mike C; 5^th Jess; 6^th Aileen.