16 sailors turned out to sail on this warm Wednesday, but as there was little evidence of much wind we were down to 15 when Dave Williams opted to be RO for the morning. One comment heard was that conditions were bad even for a Gautby road day with the wind over the houses. Most wind directions were seen from NE through to NW, although most of them were present for only a short period before it all changed again.
Dave set a course using the start line at the Clubhouse end as it looked as if we were going to get a sea breeze forming, but that never really happened and we ended up reaching or running off the line. In total eight races were sailed by 12:45 and everyone was happy to finish for the day. Only 8 boats were still sailing, mostly due to frustration with the conditions and one rudder servo that had failed early on.
Peter had a good start winning the first four races, before Mike took two wins and Andrew one, but Peter was fortunate enough to take second in all of those races other three. Alan and Jon also had some time at the front of the fleet, but in the end not enough time to make it onto the podium. Peter took the day with Mike second and Andrew third. Many thanks to Dave for being RO – his eagle eye caught several boats out who had to return and re-start with at least one general recall as well!
- Peter Baldwin 63 7pts
- Mike De St Paer 35 16pts
- Andrew Peter 919 19pts
- Alan Watkinson 373 24pts
- Jon Whitehead 707 25pts
- Neil Westbrook 03 28pts
- Clive Warren 53 32pts
- Frans King 95 49pts
- Don McKinnon 33 50pts
- Richard Walker 39 55pts
- John Carlin 11 73pts
- Martin Whitingham-Jones 54 76pts
- James Douglas 73 77pts (1x3rd)
- Paul Little 45 77pts
- Charles 28 94pts
