It was a fairly light wind from the East this morning, which is not an ideal direction because of all the trees on the East side of the lake. Dave P used an Island start with the first beat to 8, then 5, 9, 4 and back through the start<\/p>\n
Pursuit race
\nThere were 13 starters and early starter Chris H (Comet) managed to hold the lead until the gun at 35 minutes. Simon B (Blaze) who was second from last to start nearly managed to catch Chris but had to settle for 2nd place. Jon was the leading Laser in 3rd place with Newton & William (RS200) 4th and then two more Lasers Richard S and James in 5th and 6th places.
\nIt was good to see Richard H in his fast RS400 and Marczin (Laser) joining the fleet for this race.<\/p>\n
Handicap Race
\nMarczin, Mark B and Simon decided to sit this one out, so the fleet was down to 10.
\nFirst back through the line was Richard H (RS400) followed about 30 seconds later by Newton & William (RS200), who were only just ahead of John W, Richard S, James, Jon and Ralph all in Lasers and Nev in his Comet. About a minute later Chris H in another Comet and Adrian single handed in his Vago came through the line.<\/p>\n
At the end of the second lap Richard H was still leading, but Jon had moved up to 2nd place pushing Newton & William down to 3rd. The only other mover was Chris H who had caught and passed Nev in the battle of the Comets.<\/p>\n
The third lap was the last and Jon had got past Richard H to cross the line in 1st place. Everyone else maintained their positions apart from Ralph who had overtaken John W to move up to 6th spot.<\/p>\n
The final positions on the water were \u2013
\n1st Jon; 2nd Richard H; 3rd Newton & William; 4th; Richard S; 5th James; 6th Ralph<\/p>\n
On handicap Chris H (Comet) will replace Richard H (RS400) in 2nd position.<\/p>\n
Thanks to Dave P and the small OOD Team of Julian B, Paul H and Bob.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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