Summer Series 8 – 15th August 2021

Today there was a SW wind about 10 mph to start with, but gradually increasing to 13 mph during the morning. SOOD Sally set the first beat to 4, then A (going towards 2), 8, 6, 7 and back through the start.

There was a bit of excitement before the start when a large dead Carp was found on the small slipway, but no-one claimed ownership!

Pursuit Race

There were 14 starters and at the end of the first lap early starter Chris H (Comet) was still ahead with Dave & Ann (Leader) in 2^nd place. Next there was a line astern of seven Lasers led by Mark then James P, Rick, Karen (Radial rig),Jamie M-F, Jon and Richards S. These were followed by a motley collection of boats, Mike A (Radial), Ralph (Laser), Adrian (Rooster), Paul W (Morbic) and Alex & Mike T (470).

 At the gun the only change in the first six was that Karen had passed Rick giving a final order of  –

1^st Chris H; 2^nd Dave & Ann; 3^rd Mark; 4^th James P; 5^th Karen; 6^th Rick.

Handicap Race

Everyone went for the second race and Karen was first back across the line with Mark in 2^nd place, then Rick, James P, Adrian and Jon with these first six covered by just 30 seconds. Chris H came through in 7^th place With Richard S only 3 seconds behind him and only 10 seconds ahead of Ralph and Dave & Ann who crossed the line together. These were being chased by Jamie M-F and Alex & Mike T with Mike A and Paul W bringing up the rear.

Mark took the lead on the second lap and Karen and Rick crossed the line together battling for 2^nd place. James was still 4^th but Jon and Richard S moved up to 5^th and 6^th pushing Adrian down to 7^th. Ralph gained one place to move to 8^th and Jamie and Alex & Mike gained two places to move to 9^th and 10^th.

At the end of the third lap there was no change with the first two apart from Rick suffering a slight nose bleed as a consequence of being so high up the leader board. James P was up to 3^rd place and Jon up to 4^th, both of them having overtaken Karen.  Richard S was steady in 6^th spot, but Ralph had gained a place by passing Adrian and Alex & Mike T were up another place to 9^th pushing Jamie down to 10^th.

Mark crossed the line to take the victory at the end of the last lap with Rick and James P crossing behind him in 2^nd and 3^rd places. Karen repassed Jon to take 4^th but there were no other changes in position. The final order on the water was –

1^st Mark; 2^nd Rick; 3^rd James P; 4^th Karen; 5^th Jon; 6^th Richard S.

Unusually everyone kept the same positions on corrected time.

Thanks to Sally & Mike N and Bill C for ensuring the race went smoothly and well sailed Rick.