Summer Series 5         10th July 2022

Another sunny morning with a light WSW wind around 5 mph. SOOD Richard S set the first beat to 4, then C, 9, 5, 6, 7 and back through the start.

Pursuit Race

There were 22 starters including Adrian B in his classic Avon Scow and Chris K had somewhat surprisingly opted for a Radial and Mike T & Alessandro were out in Mike’s Enterprise.

There was little change from the fist lap positions to the 35 minute gun and the final order was – 1^st Newton/Solo; 2^nd Chris H/Comet; 3^rd Karen/Laser; 4^th Chris K/Radial; 5^th Darren/Laser; 6^th Mike T & Alessandro/Enterprise

Handicap Race

Richard shortened the course for the second race so it became a four lap race of about 10 minutes per lap (to start with!).

Newton was first back across the line with Karen and Darren not far behind and crossing together. Chris H was ominously close in 4^th place and about a minute ahead of Mike T & Alessandro and they were 40 seconds ahead of Chris K and Ron/Mirror in battling for 7^th place.  The Lasers of Rick and Nigel were next across the line with Sally/Comet and Alistair/Laser about one minute further back and they were followed by Adrian in his Avon Scow.

Lap 2

No change in the first six places, but Rick and Nigel had passed Ron to move up to 7^th and 8^th and Alistair had got past Sally. Adrian had decided to go off piste and enjoy the sun.

Lap 3

The only changes on this lap were Nigel moving up two places to 6^th and Ron repassing Rick. Alistair and Sally received the hooter at the end of the lap.

Last Lap

With the wind dropping, this last lap took nearly twice as long as any of the previous laps, but Newton eventually crossed the line in 1^st place ahead of Karen in 2^nd  with Darren just pipped on the line by Chris H for 3^rd place.

The final order on the water was – 1^st Newton; 2^nd Karen; 3^rd Chris H; 4^th Darren; 5^th Mike T & Alessandro; 6^th Chris K; 7^th Ron; 8^th Nigel; 9^th Rick.

On corrected time this becomes – 1^st Chris H/Comet; 2^nd Newton/Solo; 3^rd Karen/Laser; 4^th Darren/Laser; 5^th Sally/Comet (one lap down); 6^th Ron/Mirror

Thanks to SOOD Richard Stanley and the race team of Andrew Steele, David Knight, Gareth Evans, Hadey Lines (again), Jamie Harris and Jason Beeldere.