With a cold NE/NNE breeze today it seemed a few sailors may have opted to stay in the warm and not venture out, leaving us with just 11 sailors. At least the sun was out and there was a reasonable (could not call it decent) breeze which did blow down the lake at times and the sun was out. We started on time after Peter had moved the gate into the corner and shifted the start line.
Paul Plested started the day well with a win in Race 1, Peter then took Race 2 and John Brierley Race 3. These three then won the next three races (but not in the same order), with the front of the fleet very close and picking when to tack onto port was the key to getting a good result. False shifts could often see you going back the way you came if you timed it wrong or worse still ending up in irons!
There was a new winner in Race 7 with Dave Williams’ boat taking the win with guest skipper Robbie Mac on the helm. Peter took Race 8 before Paul had his third win in the final Race 9.
A morning of close racing but not (as one skipper mentioned) really champagne sailing even though the sun was out. Paul took the morning with a very consistent set of results and a decent number of wins. John was second, four points adrift and Peter third after a rather inconsistent morning. There was some very close racing though with John Carlin, Mike De St Paer, Clive Warren and James Douglas also vying for the podium in some races, very often leading to close finishes.
Thanks to Dave W for running more than his fair share of the racing and working out the final scores along with Paul P and Dave for the photos.
- Paul Plested 154 10pts
- John Brierley 84 14pts
- Peter Baldwin 63 16pts
- John Carlin 11 27pts
- Clive Warren 53 37pts
- Dave Williams 33 41pts
- Mike De St Paer 35 42pts
- James DSouglas 73 44pts
- Richard Walker 39 44pts
- Frans King 95 46pts
- Charles Legg 21 58pts
