A grey afternoon, with lighter than forecast winds, turned wet, and then the wind freshened to F2-3 for 10 F15s and 22 GP14s.
All starts bar one, which resulted in a general recall, were clean. There was some close racing, with positions changing throughout each race, thopugh the results suggest there was more consistency. There was a couple of capsizes in the gusts, and a F15 broached, but no damage.
With a light forecast for Sunday, a fourth race was held (much to the dismay of Neil!)
In the F15s, Andy Tunnicliffe/Richard Rigg secured tthree wins and are overnight leaders, followed by Steve Goacher/Tim Harper, and Robin Dawson/Mike Cowan 3rd
In the GPs, Mark Platt/Chris Jobson and Dave/Lynn Lawson are tied on points, though Mark leads overnight on countback. Nick Brook/Rhiann Bramwell are lying 3rd.
Sunday remained dry, began F1-2 , but freshened to full F2 over the remaining two races.
The GPs had a general recall, but when the F15s had a single recall on the final race, of the five boats OCS, three failed to return so had an early exit.
The wind had some major shifts, but favoured one side of the beat, and then the other, and enabled some substantial gains for those that picked the right side.
In the F15s Tunnicliffe and Goacher each had a win, so their overnight positions remained with Tunnicliffe winning the trophy, Goacher 2nd, and Dawson 3rd.
In the GPs, Lawson had the most consistent results to secure the overall win from Platt. Similarly, Paul Bowmer/Ken Bell sailed well to finish 3rd overall.
