With a South wind about 12-14 mph, Chris H set the\nfirst mark as A (level with 2 but more into the middle of the lake) then 2, 9,\n5, 6, 7 and back through the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were 19 starters and first back across the\nline was Karen (Laser) closely followed by Newton (Solo), Mike T (Laser) and\nEllen (Laser). About a minute later Dave & Ann (Leader) crossed in 5th<\/sup>\nplace with Dean & Nick (Vago) right on their transom and another minute\nelapsed before Ralph (Laser) came through. Then there was a close bunch consisting\nof Mike A (Lightning) followed by the Lasers of Paul H, Rick, Alistair S and\nJeremy and these lads enjoyed a good battle throughout the race. Ron (Mirror)\nwas not far behind and being chased by Sam in a Radial. Then there was a slight\ngap back to Emily (Topper) and Jemima and Ed in their Oppies and they also\nenjoyed a close battle for the whole of the race. Then bringing up the rear was\nBob (Solo) making his first appearance of the year and Dave P in his Mirror. Sally & Stuart (Leader) made an early\nretirement before completing the first lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of the second lap Karen still led but\nEllen had moved up to 2nd<\/sup> place with Mike T still 3rd<\/sup> and\nNewton was down to 4th. The next three boats held station, but Rick was up two\nplaces to 8th<\/sup> place. Further back Jemima had passed Sam and Emily to\nmove up to 14th<\/sup> spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the finish Karen crossed the line in 1st<\/sup>\nplace with Mike T up one place to 2nd<\/sup> and Ellen a close 3rd<\/sup>.\nNewton, Dave & Ann, Dean & Nick and Ralph all maintained their positions,\nbut it was all change in the bunch behind as they struggled with the dodgy wind\naround No 7. Alistair S came up trumps and took the 8th<\/sup> spot from\nRick virtually on the line! Behind this group Sam caught and passed Ron and\nJemima with Emily finishing just ahead of Ed. Bob and Dave P both retired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The finishing order on the water was \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st<\/sup> Karen; 2nd<\/sup> Mike T; 3rd<\/sup>\nEllen; 4th<\/sup> Newton; 5th<\/sup> Dave & Ann; 6th<\/sup>\nDean & Nick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On corrected time this becomes \u2013 1st<\/sup>\nNewton; 2nd<\/sup> Karen; 3rd<\/sup> Jemima; 4th<\/sup> Mike T; 5th<\/sup>\nDave & Ann; 6th<\/sup> Ellen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to Chris Hilson and the OOD Team of Monica,\nJohn H, Mike C, Mike T Nigel and Rich F.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With a South wind about 12-14 mph, Chris H set the first mark as A (level with 2 but more into the middle of the lake) then 2, 9, 5, 6, 7 and back through the start. There were 19 starters and first back across the line was Karen (Laser) closely followed by Newton (Solo), Mike T (Laser) and Ellen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9D017-kX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1300,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299\/revisions\/1300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readingsc.org.uk\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}