There was a light breeze as the 16 sailors started to arrive (including two very welcome visitors in the form of Gary and Mike Benson from Fleetwood). However, by the time 11:00 arrived, it had all but disappeared and there were no ripples on the lake. The breeze proved to be fitful and from just about any direction accompanied by light rain for the hour that it took to complete the first four races. At this point, the top 4 were very close as Neil had two wins and sat on 6 points, Peter one win with 7 points, Richard with one win and 8 points and finally John no wins and 8 points
It was then agreed to call a halt and have a warming drink and take stock on conditions. Another race was run but with only 12 sailors, after a few had decided to call it a day due to minimal wind and the rain. Conditions had not however improved and as it was now past one o’clock everyone agreed to call it a day at 5 races. The extra race did however change the results at the top and the final positions were:
- Peter Baldwin 63 8pts
- John Brierley 84 10pts
- Neil Westbrook 03 11pts
- Alan Watkinson 23 13pts
- Richard Robinson 01 16pts
- Dave Williams 233 24pts
- John Carling 11 28pts
- Garry Benson 68 33pts
- Sally Collings 829 34pts
- Andrew Peter 919 37pts (1x4th)
- Colin Deakin 93 37pts (0x4th)
- Richard Walker 39 39pts
- Chris Weston 194 42pts
- Mike St Paer 35 47pts
- Don Mackinnon 933 66pts
- Mike Benson 883 68pts
Next Wednesday (18th December) will be the 12th and last race in the Autumn DF65 series. We then restart with the Winter series on Wednesday 8th January.
