As for last week the wind was higher than forecast\nabout 16 mph from the WSW with stronger gusts coming through. Mike A set a\nfirst beat down to 4 then 2, 5, 8, 6, 7 and back through the start. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Julian B (D-Zero) was first back through the line\nand gradually increased his lead over the four laps of the race. Mike Tr\n(Laser) came through about a minute later in 2nd<\/sup> place followed\nclosely by Ralph, Hugh and Karen all in Lasers. Dean & Nick (Vago) were\nnext across the line not far ahead of Mark (Laser) with Newton (Solo) just\nbehind him in 8th<\/sup> place and 10 seconds later Alistair S (Laser) in 9th<\/sup>\nspot. Ed in a Radial crossed in 10th<\/sup> just six seconds ahead of\nJeremy (Laser) and Rhys (4.7). After a slight gap Rick (Laser) came along in 13th<\/sup>\nwith Dave & Ann (Leader) on his transom. About a minute later Paul H\n(Supernova) was just in front of Nigel L (Laser) and unfortunately Nigel\ncapsized just after crossing the line and as he was close to the bank had no\nroom to manoeuvre and had to retire. Twenty seconds after this Ben & Mike T\n(Laser 2000) came through closely followed by Ron (Mirror) and Emily (Topper)\nwith Jemima (Oppie) just 15 seconds behind her. Then there was a long gap before\nBea crossed the line in her Oppie and finally Rich F (Pico) and Phoebe (Oppie)\ncame along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No change in the three leaders at the end of the second\nlap but Karen had passed Hugh to move to 4th and Newton was up to 6th<\/sup>.\nEd gained a place as Alistair had come to grief earlier in the lap and Rhys\ngained a place by passing Jeremy. Rick leapfrogged them both to move up three\nplaces to 10th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dave & Ann and Paul H also gained a place at\nAlistair\u2019s expense, who having got going again came through just 8 seconds behind\nPaul. Emily had passed Ben & Mike T and Ron to move up two places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phoebe and Bea received the finish gun and Rich\nretired on his second lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the third lap the first three and the 6th<\/sup>\nto 8th<\/sup> placed boats maintained station whilst in the middle of these\ntwo groups Hugh repassed Karen. Rick passed Ed to move up another place to 9th and\nJeremy repassed Rhys to move back to 11th<\/sup> place. Alistair caught Paul\nH and crossed the line just one second ahead (well overlapped actually). Further\nback Ron had caught and passed Ben & Mike T and these and Jemima received\nthe finish gun at the end of this lap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Julian had increased his lead to nearly four\nminutes by the end of the last lap, but there was no change in the order of the\nfirst five boats. Mark who had a race long battle with Dean & Nick managed\nto get past them on this last lap to claim 6th<\/sup> place. Rick passed\nNewton to move up to 8th<\/sup> spot and behind them Ed and Jeremy, who had\nalso enjoyed a race long battle retained 10th<\/sup> and 11th<\/sup>\nplaces. Dave & Ann passed Rhys and Paul H repassed Alistair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The final order on the water was \u2013 1st<\/sup> Julian; 2nd<\/sup> Mike Tr; 3rd<\/sup>\nRalph; 4th<\/sup> Hugh; 5th<\/sup> Karen; 6th<\/sup> Mark<\/p>\n\n\n\n On corrected time Jemima does it again! \u2013 1st<\/sup> Jemima; 2nd<\/sup> Julian; 3rd<\/sup> Mike Tr; 4th<\/sup> Ralph; 5th<\/sup> Hugh; 6th<\/sup> Newton <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to Mike A and the OOD Team of Gareth E,\nRichard H, Sally, Stuart and Victor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As for last week the wind was higher than forecast about 16 mph from the WSW with stronger gusts coming through. Mike A set a first beat down to 4 then 2, 5, 8, 6, 7 and back through the start. 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