The day started with little or no breeze as competitors arrived along with some mist drifting across the water. However, by the time of the first start, a light breeze had filled in from the clubhouse end.
Tobi Laux stamped his mark from the start with two early wins, before Peter Baldwin managed to catch the right shifts and take the win in Race 3. Martin Roberts then was the winner in Race 4 before a break was taken in racing.
After the break, another 3 races were sailed before lunch, with wins for John Brierley, Graham Elliott and another for Martin. Lunch was earlier than expected at this point as the breeze seemed to be swinging more towards the West but had also dropped.
As is often the case, the breeze confounded us and after lunch we had another three races using the original course before another drinks break and allow for the course to be reset. Winners in this session were Graham, followed by Dorian Crease and then Tobi with his third win.
We were then into the final session, with a revised course starting at the clubhouse end. The wind was primarily from the SW, but could easily come from the West or South at any time along with big lulls. The winners in this final session were Martin (twice) and John Tushingham.
So the final results saw Tobi with a good win by 10 points from Graham and then Martin picking up third place.
Thanks to our RO John Carlin assisted by Malcolm Harvey and Neil Westbrook and for Chris who kept us “fed and watered” in the galley.
Round9 takes place tomorrow.
