Yes, although Autumn arrived on Friday, those sailors not venturing to various open meetings enjoyed clear blue skies and warm, strong winds.
In the Flying 15s, William Carruthers and Alan Smith took the lead in the first race and held off Ian Campbell and Tony Fisher, even on numerous magnificent reaches and spinnaker legs. In the second race Ian lead from the start but on the second beat William’s boom outhaul broke and made various precarious attempts to effect a tempoary repair. In so doing Ian broke away and Paul Burnell, with Margaret Trotter, got through to second place. However, Willam managed to get back into second place but was unable to break Ian’s commanding lead.
Ginge and Jose Hodgkins seemed to wear out their opposition! – In the 1st race Wendy Lewis retired, while in the 2nd race John Sharp took a cautious route, but stayed upright and finished 2nd.
These races brought another long series to a close. Overall results;
FF MORGAN TROPHY
PN Boat Helm 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
1 3268 W CARRUTHERS DNS DNS 1 1 1 2 3
2 3560 I CAMPBELL DNS DNS DNS DNS 2 1 9
3 3503 D LANCASTER DNS DNS 2 2 DNS DNS 10
4 3273 P BURNELL DNS DNS DNS DNS 3 3 12
5 3473 M MOORE DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS OD 15
Points for RTD = 0 0 3 3 4 4
Points for DSQ = 0 0 3 3 4 4
Points for DNS = 6
3 races to count
GP SPRING CUP
PN Boat Helm 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
1 13176 D LAWSON 1 1 1 1 DNS DNS 4
2 13142 A HODGKINS 4 3 5 5 1 1 9
3 13013 N LEWIS 6 4 6 6 DNS DNS 22
4 6642 J SHARP 9 5 DNS DNS DNS 2 34
5 13482 J TELFORD DNS DNS 2 2 DNS DNS 40
6 12329 H GODFREY 3 2 DNS DNS DNS DNS 41
7 69916 P SMITH DNS DNS 4 3 DNS DNS 43
7 13327 MiFAIRLAMB DNS DNS 3 4 DNS DNS 43
9 13371 J RILEY 2 RTD DNS DNS DNS DNS 48
10 3473 M MOORE 5 7 DNS DNS DNS DNS 48
11 988683 J ROBERTS 8 6 DNS DNS DNS DNS 50
12 13118 M TROTTER 7 8 DNS DNS DNS DNS 51
13 113013 W LEWIS DNS DNS DNS DNS RTD DNS 57
13 13467 T KNOWLES DNS OD DNS DNS DNS DNS 57
15 13161 TBA DNS DNS DNS 7 DNS DNS 61
15 9876 R HODGKINS DNS DNS 7 DNS DNS DNS 61
17 11679 R HODGKINS DNS DNS DNS 8 DNS DNS 62
Points for RTD = 10 10 8 9 3 3
Points for DSQ = 10 10 8 9 3 3
Points for DNS = 18
4 races to count