27th July Summer Series Race 7

Another great turnout of 21 boats for the next rounds of the Summer Series yesterday.

A nice force 2 from the northwest, Ron (Mirror) was off first in the Pursuit Race, with the rest of the fleet giving chase. Karen & Chris H (Both Comets) got ahead of Ron by the end of the first lap. Meanwhile, Newton (Solo) had passed Aileen (Comet), who was trying to stay ahead of the much faster boats coming from behind.

Elsewhere, there was a close battle between Richard, Rick & James P (All ILCA).

At the finish gun, Karen was 1st, followed by Newton & Chris H.

A very tight handicap race followed, with Newton & Darren (Solo) both getting ahead of the rest of the fleet. There was a very tight group that followed, with Chris K leading battle for 3rd, the next 4 boats of Rick, James, Rhys & Karen all finished their first lap with identical times.

By the end of the second lap, the fleet had spread out. Newton & Darren were still ahead but James P (ILCA) had emerged out the front of the rest of the ILCA fleet to settle in 3rd.

Newton crossed the line 1st, with Darren 2nd and Rick 3rd. On Handicap, Ron finished 1st, with Newton & Darren finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively.

A big thank you to Peter and his team for organizing the racing yesterday.

We’re back on Wednesday for the next rounds of the Gillette and Junior Gillette Series.