Summer Series 4         3rd July 2022

It was a nice sunny morning with a gentle WSW wind of about 8 mph. SOOD Gareth D set a course of 4, 2, 3, A, 6, 7 and back though the start.

Pursuit Race

14 starters this morning and in the light wind the early starters were still ahead at the end of the first lap with Ron/Mirror leading from the Comets of Chris and Mike T, then Dave & Ann/Leader followed by two more Comets, Aileen and Sally. Then a pack of seven Lasers came along with Richard F at the rear in another Comet.

At the 35 minute hooter the final order was – 1^st Karen/Laser; 2^nd Chris H/Comet; 3^rd Dave & Ann/Leader; 4^th Mike T/Comet; 5^th Darren/Laser; 6^th Sally/Comet.  

Handicap Race

Gareth shortened the course for the second race to 4, 9, 5, 5, 7 and back through the start.

First back across the line was Karen/Laser followed 15 seconds later by Darren in another Laser. Two minutes later Mark/Laser crossed the line just ahead of Richard S/Laser followed by the two Comets of Chris H and Mike T. A bit like Noah’s Ark order two by two across the blue! Next along was Adrian in his Rooster with James P/Laser and Aileen/Comet not far behind him, but two minutes ahead of Nigel/Laser and Ron/Mirror.

Lap 2

No change in the leading two, but Richard S had moved up to 3^rd place by passing Mark. Adrian was up three places to 5^th, but there were no other movers up the fleet.

Lap 3

Darren had managed to get past Karen to take victory at the line. The only other movers on this last lap were Adrian passing Mark to cross in 4^th place and James P passing Mike T.

The order on the water was – 1^st Darren; 2^nd Karen; 3^rd Richard S; 4^th Adrian; 5^th Mark; 6^th Dave & Ann.

On corrected time the order changes to – 1^st Darren/Laser; 2^nd Karen/Laser; 3^rd Ron/Mirror; 4^th Chris H/Comet; 5^th Mike T/Comet; 6^th Adrian/Rooster.

Thanks to SOOD Gareth Deli and the race team of Christine Hunt, Hadey Lines, Sarah Stucky and Alex and Martin Lewin.