Commodore’s Cup Race 3 – 27th April 2022

Another NE wind about 8-10 mph dictated a start down the lake and SOOD Chris H set a course of A, 5, 9, 4 and back through the start line.

First back across the line was James C/RS300 just ahead of Thomas/Radial and Karen/Laser. Darren/Laser was through in 4^th place with Steve S/Blaze only five seconds behind him and they were closely followed by Emily/4.7 and Mike T/Laser. Next along in 8^th place was Mark/Laser and then the trio of Ed/Aero 5, Ralph/Laser and Paul H/Laser crossed close together battling for 9^th place. Aileen in the only Comet out tonight was in 12^th followed by Hattie/Laser and Hilary/Radial. Dave L trying to get used to sailing a Laser after a long break was through in 15^th followed by Dermot in another Laser and Matt in a Pico (quite a change from the 470!).

Lap 2

James C had stretched his lead and Steve was up to 2^nd place with Karen and Darren retaining 3^rd and 4^th and Thomas down to 5^th. Mike T moved up to 6^th by passing Emily. Ralph and Ed both gained a place by passing Mark and behind them the only change was Dermot getting past Dave.

Lap 3

James and Steve were away at the front and Darren claimed 3^rd spot by passing Karen. Emily gained three places to move to 5^th and Ed and Ralph moved up to 6^th and 7^th places. Further back Aileen and Hattie both got past Paul H but there were no other changes in position. Matt received the gun at the end of this lap.

Lap 4

At the front of fleet things had settled down a bit and there was no change in the order of the first five, but Mike T had regained 6^th place. Paul H regained two places by passing Aileen and Hattie, who themselves had changed places with Hattie passing Aileen and these three along with Hilary, Dermot and Dave received the gun at the end of the lap. In fact, it was a very close finish with only one second separating Dermot and Hilary at the line and they were only three seconds behind Aileen!

Lap 5

The fleet was now down to ten boats and the only positional change on this last lap was Mark getting past Thomas.

The final order on the water was – 1^st James C; 2^nd Steve; 3^rd Darren; 4^th Karen; 5^th Emily; 6^th Mike T; 7^th Ralph; 8^th Ed.

On corrected time this becomes-

1^st Emily/4.7; 2^nd Darren/Laser; 3^rd Karen/Laser; 4^th James C/RS300; 5^th Thomas/Radial; 6^th Ed/Aero 5

Thanks to SOOS Chris H and the OOD Team of Andy B, Chris & Carol M, Gareth D, Hadey L and Monica.