Sunset Shield 4 24th August 2022
With a light wind from the SW, SOOD Sally set a short course of D, 8, 5, 6, 7 and back through the start.
There were 14 starters and first back across the line was Newton/RS200 followed 20 second later by Mike T/Comet then a gap back to Jess/Laser and Emily/Radial. Chris K in another Radial came through in 5th place being chased by Alessandro & Matt/470 followed by a quartet of Lasers, Steve, Jeremy, Mark and Jamie H. Next along in 11th place was Aileen in her Comet just 10 seconds ahead of Paul H/Laser and Ron/Miracle with Jorge & Mate bringing up the rear in his Marlin 33.
On the second lap there was no change in the first six, but Mark had passed Jeremy and Steve to move up to 7th place. Further back Paul gained two places passing Jamie and Aileen and Ron had also got past Jamie who had a bad lap losing three places. Jorge received the hooter at the end of this lap.
By the end of the third lap Jess had taken 2nd place from Mike T and the only other change was down to Steve retiring from 8th place. Paul, Aileen, Jamie and Ron all received the hooter.
The movers on the last lap were Alessandro & Matt taking 3rd place and Mark 5th place by passing Emily and Chris K.
The final order on the water was – 1st Newton &Sam; 2nd Jess; 3rd Alessandro & Matt; 4th Mike T; 5th Mark; 6th Emily
On corrected time this becomes – 1st Newton & Sam/RS200; 2nd Mike T/Comet; 3rd Jess/Laser; 4th Emily/Radial; 5th Chris K/Radial; 6th Mark/Laser
Thanks to SOOD Sally Newlove and the race team of Dave Lomas, Mike Newlove and Stephen Morton. A small body of men but not as perfectly formed as the SOOD!