There was very little wind near the Clubhouse and Newton and Steve S ventured forth with a wind diviner (otherwise known as an old mast head pennant) to find some and set a course!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They managed to do this, but not without some last minute adjustments as the wind was Southish but veering around as start time approached. This turned out to be C (just NW of Tektona) with a starboard rounding up to A near the buoy line, then back towards B in the general direction of 2 and back through the start line round D (just behind the line) and back across the line to finish the lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were 20 starters with. a bit of argy-bargy at the start (Mike C thought he was sailing a new slimline Solo!). First back across the line was Karen (Laser) followed by Rhys in another Laser and these two led for four of the five laps. Chris H (Comet) was in 3rd<\/sup> place, about a minute ahead of Mike T (Laser), then there was a close group of boats led by Roland S (Solo), then Mark (Laser), Mike C (Solo), Newton & Sam (RS200), Dave & Ann (Leader) and James P (Laser). There was a bit of a gap before Jamie (Laser) crossed in 11th<\/sup> place followed by Emily (Radial), Mike A (Lightning) and Steve S & Rick (RS200) with Jeremy (Laser) arriving a minute later. Will (Radial) who is usually further up the fleet came through in 16th<\/sup> place and it was another three minutes before Chris & Carol (420) came along with Alex & Matt (470), Rich (Comet Duo) and Angus (Mirror) following on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There was no change in the first four on the second lap, but Newton & Sam and Mike C gained three places to move up to 5th<\/sup>and 6th<\/sup> respectively. James P passed Dave & Ann and Mark to move to 8th<\/sup> and Emily also got past Dave & Ann and Jamie to move up to 10th<\/sup> place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further back both Jeremy and Will gained a place by passing Steve & Rick. Alex & Matt and Rich also gained a place by passing Chris & Carol. Angus received the gun at the end of his second lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By the end of the third lap Newton & Sam had moved to 3rd<\/sup> place with Mike T still 4th<\/sup> and Mike C was up to 5th<\/sup>. Mark had regained two places and was now in 7th<\/sup> place with Roland only six seconds behind him. The close battle in the middle of the fleet between James P, Dave & Ann and Emily continued, as did the battle between Jeremy and Will and at the rear of the fleet Chris & Carol had repassed Rich who received the gun at the end of the lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the fourth lap the leading five boats held position, but Mark had regained 6th<\/sup> place by passing Chris H. Roland was holding 8th<\/sup> spot with Emily up to 9th<\/sup> passing Dave & Ann and James to gain this position. Behind them Jamie was unfortunate to capsize just before the line as Karen swooped past to lap him. Jamie, Mike A, Will, Jeremy, Steve & Rick, Alex & Matt and Chris & Carol all received the gun having been lapped by Karen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the finish Karen had increased her lead to over three minutes and Newton & Sam had managed to snatch 2nd<\/sup> place from Rhys. Mike T and Mike C battling for 4th<\/sup> place crossed the line together. Mark held on to 6th<\/sup> place but crossed only 15 seconds ahead of Chris H. James and Dave & Ann had a good last lap gaining two places to finish 8th<\/sup> and 9th <\/sup>with Emily 10th<\/sup> and Roland 11th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On corrected time the result becomes \u2013 1st<\/sup> Karen; 2nd<\/sup> Chris H; 3rd<\/sup> Mike C; 4th<\/sup> Newton & Sam; 5th<\/sup> Rhys; 6th<\/sup> Mike T.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to SOOD Sally and the race team of Ian S, Monica and Paul H (who nearly escaped but got nobbled by Sally as he was about to get in his car!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sally would also like to thank Newton and Steve S for their help in setting the course<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There was very little wind near the Clubhouse and Newton and Steve S ventured forth with a wind diviner (otherwise known as an old mast head pennant) to find some and set a course! 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