The wind this morning was\nabout 14-15 mph from the SSW, although it did keep veering from SW to West\nduring the races. John W set the first beat to A (just North of No 2) then 1,\n5, 8, 6, 7 and back through the start. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pursuit Race<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There were 20 starters\nand Chris H (Comet) and Rhys (4.7) were first away followed by the Leaders of\nSally & Mike C and Nev & Mike, the Radials of Cecilia, Ed and Mike A\nand the Solo of Steve S. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the wind was too strong to enable them to fend of the later starting fast boats and at the gun the order was \u2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st<\/sup> Simon (Blaze); 2nd<\/sup> Newton & Ellen (RS200); 3rd<\/sup> Mike Tr (Laser); 4th<\/sup> Mark B (Laser); 5th<\/sup> Richard S (Laser); 6th<\/sup> Karen (Laser)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Handicap Race<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n First back through the\nline was guess who? Simon B, already one minute ahead of Mark B, who in turn\nwas 30 seconds ahead of Ellen & Newton in 3rd<\/sup> place. Mike Tr and\nEd crossed the line together battling for 4th<\/sup> place with Karen not\nfar behind in 6th<\/sup>. Just behind Karen, James (Laser), Jon (Laser) and\nAdrian (Rooster) were very close to one another competing for the 7th<\/sup>\nspot with Richard S just behind them. Nev & Mike (Leader) were next through\nthe line in 11th<\/sup> place and they were 30 seconds ahead of Mike A\n(Radial), Steve S (Solo), . Rhys (4.7) and the second Leader of Mike C &\nSally in the battle for 12th<\/sup> position. Then there was a slight gap\nback to Ralph, Rick and Jeremy in Lasers and Chris H (Comet). Cecilia (Radial)\nhad capsized and gamely got going again only to capsize once more and wisely\ndecide to retire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the second lap Ellen\n& Newton passed Mark to move up to 2nd<\/sup> and Adrian moved up five\nplaces to 4th<\/sup> position. Richard S moved up two places to 8th<\/sup>.\nMike A capsized by pulling the boat over on top of himself and then drifted\ninto the buoy line whilst righting the boat. Mike C & Sally got past him\nand Rhys to move to 14th<\/sup>,but Ralph passed them all to\ntake 13th<\/sup> place. Rick moved up one place courtesy of Mike\u2019s\ncatastrophe and Jeremy gained another place by getting past Rick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of the third\nlap there was no change in the order of the first three, but Mike Tr had\nregained 4th<\/sup> spot from Adrian. The 6th<\/sup> to 8th<\/sup>\npositions, Karen, James and Richard S, remained the same, but Nev & Mike\nmoved up two to 9th<\/sup> place by passing Jon and Ed. Fellow Leader\nsailors Mike C and Sally also gained two places by passing Steve s and Rhys. Behind them there were no further changes in\nposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The last and fourth lap\nsaw Simon B crossing the line to take the victory well clear of Ellen &\nNewton in 2nd<\/sup> place. Mark and Mike Tr held on to 3rd<\/sup> and\n4th<\/sup> with |James passing Karen and Adrian to take 5th<\/sup>\nposition. Richard S also got past Karen to move up one place to 7th<\/sup>.\nFurther back Ed repassed Nev & Mike to take 10th<\/sup> place and Steve\nrepassed Ralph to move to 13th<\/sup>. Jeremy gained another place by\npassing Rhys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The final order on the water was \u2013 1st<\/sup> Simon; 2nd<\/sup>\nEllen & Newton; 3rd<\/sup> Mark; 4th<\/sup> Mike Tr; 5th<\/sup>\nJames; 6th<\/sup> Adrian<\/p>\n\n\n\n On corrected time this changes to \u2013 1st<\/sup> Simon; 2nd<\/sup>\nEllen & Newton; 3rd<\/sup> Mark; 4th<\/sup> Mike Tr; 5th<\/sup>\nJames; 6th<\/sup> Ed<\/p>\n\n\n\n So actually not much of a\nchange at all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to SOOD John W and the OOD Team of Brian M, Jill G, Paul R and Richard C.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The wind this morning was about 14-15 mph from the SSW, although it did keep veering from SW to West during the races. John W set the first beat to A (just North of No 2) then 1, 5, 8, 6, 7 and back through the start. 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