For the last bank holiday of the sailing season, there has been an additional day’s camping. After two wet and stormy nights, there were plenty of sunny intervals for racing on Saturday.
Although a few sailors found the high base wind level offputting, there was a good turnout for the afternoon races. There was plenty of close racing, with little room for mistakes.
The wind eased temporarily after the first start, but then returned with good gusts to provide some exciting planing reaches. There were various capsizes, and several benefitted from the higher lake levels as they discovered their burgee still in place after turtling!
Robbie D/Toggle won both races in the F15. In the handicap fleet Chris/Laura in a RS200 won the first race, with Phil/Rory winning the second. In the slow handicap fleet Oscar/Poppy in a Feva won one race, and Oliver in a Tera the other.
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Sunday’s forecast for higher base winds, higher gusts, and plenty of rain was almost correct (the rain showers weren’t particularly heavy!), and despite a two hour postponement the conditions didn’t improve sufficiently to tempt anyone to go out out (though Oliver was keen to have a shot!)
Monday’s wind was much more amenable, though it tried the OD’s patience by rapidly shifting more to the SW soon after the start sequence!. The bonus being that backing to the SW meant one of the reaches was better for planing.
The F3/F4 was sufficient to make the sailors work hard to stay upright, and there were a few capsizes, including AJ/Sue to name but one, but the racing was good.
With the series curtailed to just two races, there was no discards. Robbie D/Toggle won both races and the Flying Free Trophy. Chris/Evie won the August Trophy, with Dave/Lynn 2nd. Phil/Lucy won the Mirror Mug with Andy/daughter 2nd