A little bit of a surprise with the results today, such that the author and scorer had to treble check!
Today was a day when you think “I should have stayed in bed”, but thirteen keen sailors arrived, including a visitor (Olly) from Fleetwood sampling our tricky conditions. The wind was coming over the houses but not consistently, at times A+ was not enough then a long strong gust would appear and flatten the boats.
The usual course was sailed, starting at the Club house up to a port rounding of the windward mark, port around the spreader down through the gate to the finish halfway up the lake. Planning a good start was difficult with many boats caught out due to the sudden light wind patches. Those that planned it right were more or less able to make the windward mark on one tack due to some very good lifts. The final leg from the gate to the finish was the most difficult part of the course with many good finishing positions suddenly disappearing.
Twelve races were held with each skipper managing a RO. The racing was very close throughout the fleet no more than on the finish line with boats within centimetres of each other.
- Dave Williams 13pts 4wins
- Neil Westbrook 16pts 3wins
- John Carlin 19pts 1win
- Clive Warren 21pts 2wins
- Alan Watkinson 25pts
- Olly Murray 36pts
- Don MacKinnon 46pts
- Simon Bates 48pts
- Sally Collings 61pts
- Paul Little 64pts
- John Beech 72pts
- Frans King 73pts
- Paul Plested 92pts
