Spring Series 11 – 29th May 2022

There was quite a frisky wind this morning coming from the North and it was very shifty which resulted in quite a few capsizes! Hadey stepped in as SOOD (with a little help from Chris K) and they set a course of A, 5, 2 and back through the start.

Pursuit Race

There were 15 starters and Matt/Aero capsized before the start, Rick tipped it over on the line and Jamie did the same on the way to the first mark. At the end of the first lap Paul W/Morbic was still leading followed by Newton/Solo and Chris H/Comet. Next along were Dave & Ann/Leader and Aileen/Comet with Paul R/Aero, Ralph/Laser, Karen/Laser and Jon/Laser a little further back. Then there was another quartet of Lasers, Richard S, Adrian, Rick and Jamie with Steve/Blaze and Matt/Aero bringing up the rear.

At the 35 minute gun Paul R had come through the fleet to take victory with the final order as – 1^st Paul; 2nd Newton; 3^rd Ralph; 4^th Jon; 5^th Dave & Ann; 6^th Steve;.

Handicap Race

The course was changed to 5, A, 9, 2, S for this second race.

First back across the line was Paul/Aero (despite a capsize at 2) followed by the Lasers of Karen, Ralph and Jon. Next along were Steve/Blaze, (who had capsized at No 1) and Jamie/Laser (who had also capsized at 2)  and Richards S/Laser just ahead of Dave & Ann/Leader and Newton/Solo. Adrian F/Laser crossed in 10^th place with Chris H/Comet in 11^th and Rick/Laser 12^th. Aileen /Comet was in the unlucky spot with Matt having an outing in an Aero in 14^th place with Paul W/Morbic carrying the lanterne rouge.

Lap 2

Jon and Steve both gained two places to move to 2^nd and 3^rd and Adrian was up four places to 6^th with Newton up two places to 7^th. Further back Matt despite capsizing at 9 had got ahead of Aileen!

Lap 3

Paul was still ahead with no change in the second to fifth places, but Newton and Jamie had passed Adrian to move up to 6^th and 7^th places pushing Adrian down to 8^th with Dave & Ann down one place to 9^th. Richards S was steady in 10^th position, but Rick had got past Chris H. Matt, Aileen (joining the 9 capsize club) and Paul W received the gun at the end of the lap.

Lap 4

Paul crossed the line well ahead of the rest of the fleet to take victory on the water. Steve and Ralph passed Jon to take 2^nd and 3^rd places. Karen had been steady in 5^th place from start to finish and Jamie and Adrian both passed Newton to finish in 6^th and 7^th. The only other change in position was Chris H repassing Rick as he suffered a capsize after 5.   

The final order on the water was – 1^st Paul;2^nd Steve; 3^rd Ralph; 4^th Jon; 5^th Karen; 6^th Jamie; 7^th Adrian; 8^th Newton.

On corrected time this becomes- 1^st Paul; 2^nd Chris H; 3^rd Ralph; 4^th Jon; 6^th Newton; 6^th Dave & Ann.

Thanks to SOOD Hadey Lines and the race team of Chris Kilshaw, Gareth Evans, Helen Juon, and Tamsin Pagella.