It was not quite as windy as previous Sundays this morning about 8 \u2013 10 mph, but it kept swinging from WSW to WNW, which made Mike A\u2019s job of setting the start line very tricky. For the first race he set the first mark as X (on the buoy line about halfway between 5 and 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pursuit race<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 20\nstarters and there was a reasonable breeze at the start of the race, but by the\ntime the Lasers started this had died away, which resulted in a mass rounding\nof the first mark. In fact, Ron (Mirror) was approaching X just as the Lasers\nwere clearing it! Fellow early starters, Chris H (Comet), Rhys (4.7), Mike C\n& Sally (Leader), Will (Radial) and Dave & Ann (Leader) occupied 2nd<\/sup>\nto 6th<\/sup> places at the end of the first lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\ngun went about halfway through the second lap with the final order as \u2013 1st<\/sup>\nChris H; 2nd<\/sup> Will; 3rd<\/sup> Mike C & Sally; 4th<\/sup>\nRhys; 5th<\/sup> Dave & Ann; 6th<\/sup> Simon (Blaze)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ron\nwould have been 2nd<\/sup>, but unfortunately missed out the first mark on\nthe first lap!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Handicap Race<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The wind got up a bit more for the second race\nand swung to the South, so the start line was adjusted, and X dropped, so the\nfirst mark was now 5, and 6 and 7 were added to the end of the course. Steve S\n(Solo) joined the fleet making 21 starters for the handicap race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Simon\n(Blaze) was first back through the line with Julian B (D-Zero) chasing him.\nThen there was a slight gap before Newton & Ellen (RS200) crossed the line\nin 3rd<\/sup> place followed closely by Mike T (Laser) in 4th<\/sup>.\nAbout one minute later Jon (Laser) came through in 5th<\/sup> place\nfollowed by Bill (K1) and the Lasers of Ralph and Richard S. Chris H (Comet)\nwas next along in 10th<\/sup> place, just ahead of Steve S (Solo) and Rick (Laser).\nAbout a minute later James (Laser) crossed in 12th<\/sup> spot with\nAlistair S (Laser) not far behind him and Dave & Ann (Leader) overlapping\nhim across the line and the other Leader with Sally and Mike C right on Dave\n& Ann\u2019 transom. Jeremy (Laser) was only 5 seconds behind them leading\nanother tight group consisting of Will (Radial), Gareth E (Laser), Adrian\n(Laser), Ron (Mirror) and Rhys (4.7). So, the back half of the fleet was\nenjoying some very close sailing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Simon\nincreased his lead slightly on the second lap, as did Julian on the 3rd<\/sup>\nplaced boat of Newton & Ellen with Mike T still chasing in 4th<\/sup>\nplace. Ralph moved up two places to 5th<\/sup> by passing Jon and Bill.\nRick also moved up two places to 9th<\/sup> just behind Richard S passing\nChris H and Steve S in the process. Alistair also moved up two by passing Chris\nand James and in the Leader battle behind them Sally & Mike C had got past\nDave & Ann. Further back Adrian was another to gain two places passing Will\nand Gareth E and Ron also got past Gareth with Rhys not far behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By\nthe end of the third lap Julian had made up some ground on Simon, but Simon was\nstill leading. No change in position for the next two, but Jon had regained 5th<\/sup>\nplace from Ralph. The 8th<\/sup>, 9th<\/sup> and 10th<\/sup>\npositions were still held by Richard, Rick and Steve, but James had moved up\ntwo places to 11th<\/sup>. Further back Adrian and Gareth both gained a place\nand Gareth, Ron and Rhys received the gun at the end of this lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At\nthe end of the fourth and last lap, Simon crossed in 1st<\/sup> place with\nJulian not far behind in 2nd<\/sup> place and Newton & Ellen claimed 3rd<\/sup>\nwith Mike T not far behind in 4th<\/sup> (coming home in pairs!) Ralph just\npipped Jon for 5th<\/sup> place and Richard just pipped Bill for 7th<\/sup>\nplace! In the fleet behind there were no\nother changes in position. The final positions on the water were \u2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st<\/sup>\nSimon; 2nd<\/sup> Julian; 3rd<\/sup> Newton & Ellen; 4th<\/sup>\nMike T; 5th<\/sup> Ralph; 6th<\/sup> Jon <\/p>\n\n\n\n On\ncorrected time there was no change in position, which is quite unusual for our\nmixed fleet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to Mike A and the OOD Team of Mike Todd, Steve George and Tony Riley. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was not quite as windy as previous Sundays this morning about 8 \u2013 10 mph, but it kept swinging from WSW to WNW, which made Mike A\u2019s job of setting the start line very tricky. For the first race he set the first mark as X (on the buoy line about halfway between 5 and 6). 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