A 15-20kt north-westerly breeze blowing straight down the lake encouraged a good turnout of 15 boats to put their A rigs to the test today. By Birkenhead standards the wind was reasonably stable in direction, but with enough bends and shifts to allow the lucky/clever to pick up places or the unlucky to lose them quickly. At the start, the A rig choice appeared a bit optimistic but once racing started the wind moderated slightly and there were only a couple of significant gusts that caused minor mayhem on the downwind legs
The standard course of beat followed by port rounding of the windward and spreader marks, downwind through the gate and back to the finishing line, was used for all races
John C got off to a flyer winning the first 3 races and then fatally fiddled with something for the next 2. He won 2 more races which gave him an overall win on countback despite a bit of inconsistency due to further fiddling
John B showed greater consistency never being out of the top 4 after discards but placed 2nd overall with 3 wins
Mike also showed great consistency to come 3rd with all top 4 finishes after discards, only a point behind the first 2 and with 1 race win
- John Carlin 19pts (5 wins)
- John Brierley 19pts (3 wins)
- Mike St Paer. 20pts ((1 win)
- Neil Westbrook 28pts (1 win)
- Andrew Peter 35pts
- Alan Watkinson 41pts
- James Douglas 51pts
- Paul Little 59pts
- Malcolm Harvey 61pts
- Richard Walker 62pts
- Dave Williams 75pts
- Charles Legg 80pts
- Stan Metcalf 101pts
- John Beech 111pts
