True to the form of this Belfast Lough series, the forecast and conditions on arrival kept the RS400 Winter Series fleet guessing what kind of day's racing was in store. What initially looked to be a perfect day from the windapps seemed to be lost to a potential drifter on a chilly lough as teams arrived at the boat yard.
Happily, as the boats started to launch and head to the start line, it was clear that the Royal North of Ireland hosted fleet was in for an interesting day of racing, with a teaser of some strong breeze, some lighter pressure and sufficient wind shifts to keep things interesting both on the start lines and throughout the races.
Overall it was another great days racing at Royal North, the breeze filled in, the sun came out and another 3 races were had. The shifty conditions and start line challengers made for great debate in the bar as ever.
Well done to the winners for the day's racing, 1004 Tom Purdon & Olivia Hayes of SLYC, with a 2, 1 & 3. In second place were Peter Kennedy & Stephen Kane of RNIYC with a 1st, 5th 7 6th and in third place with the same points were Neil Calvin & Sharon Corkhill of CSC with and 8th and two 2nd places.
With 18 races now completed and discards kicking in, the overall series leaders are still 1522 Kennedy & Kane on 33 points. In second place is 1004 Purdon & Hayes on 41 points and in third are the Vaughans on 62 points.
With one more Sunday to go before Christmas, the results are narrowing in on the overall trophy!
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