It was the lightest wind so\nfar for the Summer Series this year, about 7 mph from the SW. Adrian set the\nfirst beat down to 3 then 9, 5, 4, 7 and back through the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pursuit Race<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There were 24 starters and\nBea in her Oppie was first away followed by Chris H (Comet) and Rhys (4.7) then\nthe Leaders of Sally & Mike C and Dave & Ann, the Radials of Will, Milo\nand Mike A and the Solo of Steve S. The only two of these to survive the\nchasing pack was Chris H who managed to hang on for 2nd<\/sup> place and\nDave & Ann for 4th<\/sup> place!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The finishing order was 1st<\/sup>\nNewton & Ellen (RS200); 2nd<\/sup> Chris H (Comet); 3rd<\/sup> Karen\n(Laser); 4th<\/sup> Dave & Ann (Leader); 5th<\/sup> James (Laser);\n6TH<\/sup> Mike Tr (Laser)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Handicap Race<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dave I went for his early\ncup of tea and Cecilia joined us for the second race, so the numbers were the\nsame, but the course was not. First beat was now to 4 then 8, 5, 6, 7 and back\nthrough the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First back through the\nline were Ellen & Newton (RS200) already well ahead of Mike Tr (Laser) Chris\nH (Comet) and Karen (Laser). Steve S (Solo) came through in 5th<\/sup> place\njust ahead of Peter R (Enterprise). Then there was a close battle for 7th<\/sup>\nplace with Dean & Nick (Vago) crossing the line just in front of Mark (Laser).\nAbout one minute later James, Jess and Jon crossed the line in close company,\nall in Lasers. Mike C & Sally (Leader) were next along with Hugh, John W,\nRichard S and Jeremy, all in Lasers, chasing them. About 30 seconds later Dave & Ann (Leader)\nand Rick (Laser) crossed the line together with Will (Radial) not far behind\nthem. The came the young and the old with Rhys (4.7), Milo (Radial), Cecilia\n(Radial) and Mike A (Radial) followed by the youngest of all Bea in her Oppie. Bea\nwas given the gun at the end of this first lap ands some of us would not have\nminded joining her!<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the second lap Ellen\n& Newton still led from Mike Tr, but Karen had got past Chris H to move up\nto 3rd<\/sup>. Peter R retired on this lap so Mark moved up to take his 6th<\/sup>\nspot with James following him to 7th<\/sup> pushing Dean & Nick down to\n8th<\/sup>. There was no change in the middle of the fleet, but Milo had a\ngood lap at the back passing Will and Rick. Rhys and Cecilia received the\nfinish hoot at the end of the lap<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of the last\nlap Karen had taken 2nd<\/sup> place from Mike but the 4th<\/sup>, 5th<\/sup>\nand 6th<\/sup> places had not changed. Dean & Nick had regained 7th and\nJon had moved up two places to 8th<\/sup> with Richard S pipping James for 9th<\/sup>\nposition. Everyone else maintained station or slipped back. (It was funny to\nnote that on the race sheet my number was listed as 211361 rather than 163112 \u2013\nI knew I was going slow but didn\u2019t realise I was going backwards!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The final order on the water was \u2013 1st<\/sup> Ellen & Newton; 2nd<\/sup> Karen; 3rd<\/sup> Mike Tr; 4th<\/sup> Chris H; 5th<\/sup> Steve S; 6th<\/sup> Mark<\/p>\n\n\n\n On corrected time this should change to \u2013 1st<\/sup> Chris H; 2nd<\/sup>\nEllen & Newton; 3rd<\/sup> Karen; 4th<\/sup> Steve S; 5th<\/sup>\nMike Tr; 6th<\/sup> Mark<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to Adrian and the OOD Team of Al, Graham K and Nigel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was the lightest wind so far for the Summer Series this year, about 7 mph from the SW. Adrian set the first beat down to 3 then 9, 5, 4, 7 and back through the start. 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