Mark and his team then did a first class job of running 4 really decent races with smart turn arounds. As the rest of fleet found ways to do some snakes and ladders racing Steve and Sarah Cockerill made it look very easy and never seemed to be the wrong side of a shift to power into some very handy leads to win the first 3 races. Steve later commented he loves shifty conditions; not half! Then in the final race Sam Knight/Chris Bownes nailed in the start and led the Cockerill's at the first mark for the two to regularly swap positions. Sam and Chris seemed to have settled it just getting water at the final leeward mark with a short beat to the finish but the Cockerill's tacked instantly and just won by the narrowest of margins.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
1 1515 Steve Cockerill Sarah Cockerill Lee on Solent ‑1 1 1 1 3
2 1376 Sam Knight Chris Bownes Bartley SC 3 ‑5 2 2 7
3 1277 Graham Tullet Natasha Lister BCYC 2 3 3 ‑4 8
4 1292 Chris Eames Rachel Tilley QMSC 4 2 5 ‑8 11
5 1356 Pete VIncent Pete Cruikshank Llandegfedd SC 5 4 ‑7 3 12
6 1506 Paul Freeland Sharon Freeland Llandegfedd SC 6 ‑7 4 5 15
7 1446 Bill Jackson Dylan Fletcher Llandegfedd SC ‑7 6 6 7 19
8 1495 Simon Collinson Will Collinson Llandegfedd SC ‑9 8 8 6 22
9 1313 Will Willett Johnny Everett Llandegfedd SC 8 ‑9 9 9 26
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