3 boats raced in challenging conditions. 2 Laser Radials (Steve and Danny) and a full rig (Andrew). Andrew pulled out with a pulled back on lap 2 leaving Danny an Steve to fight it out with Steve getting the win.

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Only 3 boats out on the water this week, 2 racing, so there was no competition for the Watler and Centripump trophies. Steve in his Laser won both but, after warming up in the first race, Sam Hefford in a Radial was close behind Steve at the end of the second leg and might have taken a win if his tiller extension joint hadn’t exploded. Despite having to give up the extension to the Patrol Boat he finished for another creditable second.

Steve leads the series with Nigel second and Sam third.

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Andrew and Nigel win in challenging conditions.

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Danny was so close to finishing the series in the prizes, missing out on 1st place in the last race by 3 seconds so ending in 4th by half a point. Jason, refreshed from being on holiday and out of the boat for 3 weeks, collected both wins and finishes 2nd in the series behind Steve. Neil, despite a disastrous final day manages to cling onto 3rd.

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With 2 firsts Danny moves into the Qualifiers in 4th position. Next week is the last of the series. With another 2 firsts Danny would move into 2nd ahead of Neil and Jason, but behind Steve.

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Race 1
The wind filled in gently, as predicted, building from a flat calm, up to a gentle force 2–3. 

The race officer set a flattened triangle course (to reduce the risk of boats drifting off down tide in the main channel) with a dropped pin at the start line.
Steve and Neil led from the start, and the start line order remained unchanged throughout the race.

Race 2
At the beginning of Race 2, the safety boat observed that the leeward mark had begun to drift. It later settled, but the race officer adjusted the course by moving the windward mark inshore, creating a more defined upwind tacking leg. This effectively turned the course into windward–leeward.
Steve again led off the line, closely followed by the rest of the fleet and at the leeward mark it was a tight bunch. As Steve and Neil pulled away, Carmel and Andy engaged in a tacking duel, finishing close together on the water
Trevor had his own battle with his asymmetric kite, which pulled him offshore and, given with such a short course, offered limited advantage. Still, it added a welcome splash of colour to the scene !

Thanks to the duty and safety team, Angela, Sam, Xavier and help from Jon. Not the most exciting days sailing but very pleasant and a welcome relief from the conditions of the previous weekend !

Results

It was blowing force 5-6 gusting top end of 6 with huge waves on the slipway, but 6 boats managed to launch and proceeded to have the time of their lives. Multiple capsizes, except for Nigel, kept the patrol boat busy. Nigel won both races with Danny (in his new Radial rig) in second ahead of Neil in the first race and Jason (also in a Radial but pretending to be a full rig) in second ahead of Neil in the second race.

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