It was a pleasant sunny morning with a 12 mph wind from the South, but it was quite gusty and as a result there were a number of capsizes. Sally, Christine and Martin turned out, but decided that the conditions warranted discretion and wisely sat it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ron set a first beat to 2 then 5, 9, 7,3, 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pursuit Race<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There were 13 starters and unusually the first four at the end of a lap were still in the same position when the 35 minute gun went. Mike C(Solo) crossed the line in 5th place but was only 4 seconds ahead of Newton & Lottie (RS200), who had just got past Chris H (Comet). James (Laser) was about to pass Chris as well and Richard S in another Laser was chasing James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Behind them, Alessandro & Mike T (470) crossed the line in 10th<\/sup> place just ahead of Adrian (Rooster).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aileen (Comet), Jonas (Lightning \u2013 yes, we now have a fleet, well a pair anyway \u2013 some may say a right pair!) and Rick & Jon (RS200) did not quite make a lap before the gun sounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The final order was \u2013 1st<\/sup> Roland (Solo); 2nd<\/sup> Dave & Ann (Leader); 3rd<\/sup> Ralph (Laser); 4th<\/sup> Chris K (Laser); 5th<\/sup> Newton & Lottie (RS200); 6th<\/sup> Richards S (Laser).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Handicap Race<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ron changed the course for the second race using 2, 5, 9, 7, 6. Newton & Lottie were first back across the line about 40 seconds ahead of Richard S in 2nd<\/sup> place. He was followed closely by Alex & Mike, Roland and James battling for 3rd<\/sup> place. About 20 seconds later there was a really close group led by Ralph, then Chris K, Adrian, Dave & Ann and Rick & Jon with only 3 seconds covering all six boats! I The remaining three were evenly spaced with Chris H ahead of Mike C and Aileen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By the end of the second lap Alex & Mike had taken the lead with Newton & Lottie still 2nd<\/sup>, but Chris K had moved up four places to 3rd<\/sup>. James had gained a place by passing Roland and was now in 5th<\/sup> place. Ralph disappeared from 6th<\/sup>, presumably capsized then retired and Adrian remained in 7th<\/sup> place. Rick & Jon were up two places to 8th<\/sup> with Dave & Ann steady in 9th<\/sup>. Mike C had moved up to 10th<\/sup> spot by passing Chris H and Aileen received the gun at the end of the lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The third and last lap saw a very close finish to the race with Newton & Lottie cross the line just one second ahead of Chris K and only 15 seconds ahead of Alex & Mike in 3rd<\/sup> place. Richard S crossed the line on his own to take 4th<\/sup> place, but there was another very close battle for 5th<\/sup> with Rick & Jon gaining three places to pip James by a second. This surge of Rick & Jon pushed Roland down to 7th<\/sup> and Adrian to 8th<\/sup> with Dave & Ann in the 9th<\/sup> position they had held all race. Mike C finished 10th<\/sup> ahead of Chris H.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The order on the water was \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st<\/sup> Newton & Lottie; 2nd<\/sup> Chris K; 3rd<\/sup> Alex & Mike; 4th<\/sup> Richard S; 5th<\/sup> Rick & Jon; 6th<\/sup> James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On corrected time this becomes \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st<\/sup> Chris K; 2nd<\/sup> Roland; 3rd<\/sup> Newton & Lottie; 4th<\/sup> Richard S; 5th<\/sup> James; 6th<\/sup> Rick & Jon<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to SOOD Ron and the race team of Matt B, Patrick C, Doug H, Phil M, Carston P and Paul W.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was a pleasant sunny morning with a 12 mph wind from the South, but it was quite gusty and as a result there were a number of capsizes. Sally, Christine and Martin turned out, but decided that the conditions warranted discretion and wisely sat it out. Ron set a first beat to 2 then 5, 9, 7,3, 4. 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