Mark was on duty again this morning and had a\ndifficult task to set a course as there was only a very light wind (2-5 mph) coming\nfrom the North veering NE. He prudently set a short box course (using A, B and\nC), but this backfired somewhat as once the race started the wind increased,\nwhich resulted in a five lap pursuit race with the faster boats lapping the\nslower boats! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pursuit Race<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There were 12 starters and first boat away was Chris\nH (Comet) and he led at the end of the first lap with Chris A (Solo) in 2nd<\/sup>\nplace and the first of the Lasers, Richards S in 3rd<\/sup> place, Mike T\n(Laser) was 4th<\/sup> with Mike A (Lightning 5th<\/sup> and Emily\n(Radial) 6th<\/sup>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Chris H still led at the end of the second lap, but\nMike T had passed Richard and come through to take 2nd<\/sup> place from\nChris A. Sam & Newton (RS 200) had\nmoved up to 5th<\/sup> place and Dave & Ann (Leader) were up to 6th<\/sup>\nwith Ralph (Laser) up to 7th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By the end of the third lap Mike and Richard had\ncaught and passed Chris H pushing Chris A down to 4th<\/sup> with Dave\n& Ann and Ralph moving up to 5th<\/sup> and 6th<\/sup>. By this time some of the faster boats had\nstarted to lap slower boats and it must have been tricky for the OOD Team to\nkeep track of positions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The race continued for another two laps before the gun went and the final positions were \u2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st<\/sup> Mike T; 2nd<\/sup> Chris H; 3rd<\/sup> Richards S; 4th<\/sup> Ralph; 5th<\/sup> Dave & Ann; 6th<\/sup> Sally & Mike C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Handicap Race<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In between races the wind\nimproved to about 10 mph and Mark extended the course by including 2 and 3\nwhich gave a two lap race with an average lap time of about 18 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Newton & Sam (RS 200) got\na cracking start and missed the melee at the first mark which led to a lead of\nwell over a minute at the end of the first lap. Mike Tr (Laser) was 2nd<\/sup>\njust 20 seconds ahead of Ralph (Laser) in 3rd<\/sup> spot and Richard S\n(Laser) in 4th<\/sup>. Mike C & Sally (Leader) were going well in 5th<\/sup>\nplace with Rick (Laser) chasing them and he was about one minute ahead of Chris\nH (Comet). The second Leader of Dave & Ann came through in 8th<\/sup>\nplace, not far ahead of Mike A (Lightning) with Emily (Radial) and Chris A\n(Solo) only 10 seconds further back and crossing the line together contesting\n10th<\/sup> place with Lottie (Laser) behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the second lap there was\nno change with the leading two boats, but Richard S got past Ralph to take 3rd<\/sup>\nplace. Rick moved up a place to 5th<\/sup> pushing Mike C & Sally down\nto 6th<\/sup> and Emily gained three places to finish 7th<\/sup>.\nDespite a contretemps with Mike A at No 2, Dave & Ann gained a place by\ngetting past Chris H just before the line. Chris A and Lottie retied on this\nlap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The final order on the water\nwas \u2013 1st <\/sup>Newton &\nSam; 2nd<\/sup> Mike T; 3rd<\/sup> Richard S; 4th<\/sup> Ralph; 5th<\/sup>\nRick; 6th<\/sup> Mike C & Sally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On corrected time the first\nfour should keep their positions, but Chris H moves up to 5th<\/sup> with\nMike & Sally retaining 6th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to Mark and the OOD\nTeam of Bill C, Jess B and Robbie H.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mark was on duty again this morning and had a difficult task to set a course as there was only a very light wind (2-5 mph) coming from the North veering NE. 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