8 sailors turned up today to find, after a number of very tricky Wednesdays, a very pleasant and reasonably consistent (by Gautby Rd standards), SE breeze from the clubhouse end of 5-8knts. Having said that, there were still plenty of snakes and ladders to be found when the wind went patchy or puffs consolidated the fleet on the downwind legs
A+ rigs were the obvious choice and at no point was anyone really overpowered. A standard windward/leeward course with a spreader mark at the top end was used for all races
Andrew won the first race showing good enough speed to deter him from making any rig or tuning adjustments for the rest of the day. The tactics worked as he was never out of the top 2 in every race and consequently won overall. Alan put in a challenge early on but faded in the later races largely due to some poor starts. Neil was Mr Inconsistent with race wins mixed with back of the fleet results. In the end Alan and Neil could only be separated by Alan’s 2 x 5th place finishes versus Neil’s 2 x 6th places. James, fresh from dominating last weeks racing with A rigs, turned up without his glasses and used that as his excuse for failing to get his A+ rig working properly although he finally improved enough to win the last race. Dave periodically appeared at the front of the fleet but could never keep it up long enough to stay there.
- Andrew Potter 7 pts (3 wins)
- Alan Watkinson 10 pts (2 wins, 1 second, 2 thirds, 2 fifths)
- Neil Westbrook 10pts (2 wins, 1 second, 2 thirds, 2 sixths)
- James Douglas 15pts. (1 win)
- Dave Williams 18pts
- Paul Little 19pts
- Don McKinnon 20pts
- Richard Walker 30pts
