Once again we were treated to a decent 6-8mph breeze nearly straight down the lake with the odd gust thrown in and some sun to start the afternoon. The existing course was used, although the start line proved to be rather port biased in the main, with Neil managing to get in a couple of port flyers during the afternoon whilst the rest of the fleet floundered on a left shift.
The first session belonged to Bill who took wins in five of the six races, with Graham manging to take the first race after Bill was left in a hole at the Leeward gate prior to the finish allowing Graham and Peter through. The podium places were mostly taken by Peter and Graham, with Dave holding onto second in Race 3 after a great first beat. Alan and Charles were often in close contention for a good part of the race, but the tricky conditions (was that a shift or not?) often catching them out.
After the break, Bill took the first race, but then Graham managed a run of 3 wins, which should probably have been 4, but Bill pulled through in the last 20m after Graham (I was robbed!) was caught out with what became tricky conditions at the end of the afternoon. Although racing was still tight throughout the fleet, Bill, Graham and Peter filled all of the podium spots in this second session.
Neil meanwhile, was unfortunately sailing on his own in a DF65 with A+ rig as both of his RG65’s are currently out of action. Initially sailing the same course, we changed it so that he was only sailing to a nearer windward mark. He was then finishing with the leaders and therfore in company for more of the time.
Another enjoyable afternoon at the lake – thanks to Dave for working out the scores once we had finished the eleven races.
- Bill Culshaw Ivy 21 11pts
- Graham Elliott Electronica 09 15pts
- Peter Baldwin Uno 63 23pts
- Alan Watkinson Uno 23 37pts
- Dave Williams Uno 33 44pts
- Charles Legg Uno 26 46pts
DF65
- Neil Westbrook 03 9pts
