Commodore’s Cup Race 4 –4th May 2022

The forecast was for a SSE wind of 5 mph, but this dropped to near zero as the evening wore on. This resulted in a two lap race with the second lap being over four times longer than the first!

At the end of the first lap Karen/Laser led from Emily/4.7 with Ralph/Laser in 3rd place. Then 30 seconds layer Darren/Laser crossed the line followed by Chris H/Comet and Mark/Laser and Aileen/Comet. Steve S & Rick/RS200 were through in 8th about one minute further back and then it was another two minutes before Ron came along in his Mirror. He was closely followed by Sally/Comet and Nigel and Hattie in Lasers, but it was another 20 minutes before Paul W in his Morbic hove into view (he had probably been exploring the hinterland) and he received the gun at the end of this lap.  

On the second lap the air was still, which obviously suited the Comets as Chris had taken the lead with Aileen moving up to 3rd sandwiching Karen.  There was a bit of shuffling mid-fleet but Steve & Rick and Ron retained their 8th and 9th places. Sally, Nigel and Hattie abandoned all hope of completing the lap as they did not want to face the dawn chorus on Thursday morning.

The order on the water was – 1st Chris H; 2nd Karen; 3rd Aileen; 4th Ralph; 5th Emily; 6th Mark; 7th Darren; 8th Steve & Rick

On corrected time this changes to 1st Ron/Mirror (never write him off until the dealing is done); 2nd Chris H/Comet; 3rd Aileen/Comet; 4th Emily/4.7; 5th Karen/Laser; 6th Ralph/Laser.

Thanks to SOOD Mike Trussler and the race team of Bob Hine, Martin Lewin, Nick Heaven and Roland Smith.