With a shifty WNW wind Mike A set the first beat to B (between 5 and 6), 5, C (down towards 1), 4, 8, A (just behind the line).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the start there was a gaggle of boats jostling for position at the starboard end of the line and a few were over the line and had to restart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lap 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There were 22 starters and at the end of the lap, Ed\/Aero and Ralph\/Laser crossed the line together. Emily\/Radial came through in 3rd<\/sup> place just ahead of Darren\/Laser, Alessandro & Matt\/470 and Jess\/Radial. There was a slight gap before Chris H\/Comet and Rick & Steve\/RS200 came along with only two seconds separating them as they battled for 7th<\/sup> place. Next along were Mark\/Laser, Jamie H\/Laser and Newton & Sam in the second RS200 (note who\u2019s leading the RS200 battle!). Hadey\/4.7 and Karen\/Laser crossed together further down the fleet than usual followed 30 seconds later by Mike T\/Comet. Another 30 seconds elapsed before Jeremy\/Laser turned up being chased by another old salt, Mike C in his Solo (less of the old Grandad!). Over a minute later the lanterne rouge squadron emerged from the heat haze led by Hattie\/Radial, \u00a0then Ron\/Mirror, Sally\/Comet, Chris & Carol & Guest\/Sport 14 and finally Russell in his Mirror and a young man in RSC1 Pico (sign the Declaration Sheet!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lap 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ralph <\/strong>had <\/strong>moved up to 1st<\/sup> place with Darren 2nd<\/sup>, Emily still 3rd<\/sup> and Jess up two places to 4th<\/sup>. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>This set a pattern for the rest of the race with Darren keeping Ralph honest, but not quite catching him and Emily and Jess having a good battle in their Radials. Ed was down to 5th<\/sup> with Jamie H and Newton & Sam moving up to 6th<\/sup> and 7th<\/sup> places. Mark moved up one place by passing Rick & Steve (who unfortunately for them had conceded class bragging rights to Newton & Sam). Karen had gained three places up to 10th<\/sup> and Jeremy had slipped past Mike T, but behind them there was no change in the order. Chris & Carol had a fair shot at taking out the start line pin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lap 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n No change with the leading two but Jess had taken 3rd<\/sup> position from Emily. Newton & Sam moved up another place passing Jamie H in the process. There was a bit of shuffling going on further back but nothing of great significance. Sally, Chris & Carol and Russell received the hooter at the end of their third lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lap 4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The final lap and Ralph held onto his lead to cross the line in 1st<\/sup> place with Darren just 15 seconds behind him. Jess consolidated her 3rd<\/sup> place, but Emily had a disastrous last lap being passed by Ed, Newton & Sam, Jamie H and Mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The order on the water was \u2013 1st<\/sup> Ralph; 2nd<\/sup> Darren; 3rd<\/sup> Jess; 4th<\/sup> Ed; 5th<\/sup> Newton & Sam; 6th<\/sup> Jamie H<\/p>\n\n\n\n On corrected time this becomes \u2013 1st<\/sup> Jess\/Radial; 2nd<\/sup> Ralph\/Laser; 3rd<\/sup> Darren\/Laser; 4th<\/sup> Ed\/Aero; 5th<\/sup> Emily\/Radial; 6th<\/sup> Ron\/Mirror and 7th<\/sup> and 8th<\/sup> were the Comets of Chis H and Mike T!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to SOOD Mike Arnott and the race team of Dave Lomas, Leo Coppens, Nick Maria and Steve Mann.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With a shifty WNW wind Mike A set the first beat to B (between 5 and 6), 5, C (down towards 1), 4, 8, A (just behind the line). At the start there was a gaggle of boats jostling for position at the starboard end of the line and a few were over the line and had to restart. 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