After a wet few days, the sun shone on Saurday, but the wind was a little shy. A light sea breeze counteracted the forecast NE for the first race in the MJM series, but as it eased, it slowed down proceedings, and the wind swung to the NNE. Matt/Oliver led the 15 boats, and won the first race on handicap.
With time passing waiting for the last boat to finish, and the need to reposition the start line, a small course in the limited part of the lake with wind was set, and racing got underway. However, with fears that the wind would fade again, the race was quickly shortened (probably to the relief of all the sailors). Though Steve/Ruth crossed the line first, Matt/Oliver were close enough to win again on handicap, and lead the series, with Pix/Jack 2nd.
Sunday’s SE F1-2 wind seemed to be a pleasant surprise for many as they were expecting light winds. With the Bates having an off day, racing was started from the shore with a somewhat port biased line!. The reach back on the final leg was tight enough to challenge sailors as to whether or not they should fly their spinnakers.
After lunch the Bates was up and running again, so the course took advantage of the wind veering more to the south, although it had slightly eased from the morning.
With relatively steady winds throughout the day, positions were relatively static. Steve/Ruth in their Merlin led the fleet again in the morning but finished 2rd on handicap behind Alex in a Laser, and Matt/Oliver in their RS200 who led after lunch, and won, to lead the series.