After the recent strong winds and heavy rain (plus a few snow flurries earlier in the week) it was nice to find Saturday's forecast (overcast with a F2-F3 NNW) pretty close the actual conditions the thirteen Illusion helms found on Saturday morning.
Despite the extra time it took them to reach the start area off Silver Beach, the decision to race outside the harbour was undoubtedly the right one and provided lots of opportunity for reasonably long beats and a testing leeward gate.
Had it been a nice warm day, the start of the third race would have seen a General Recall, however as everyone, including the Race Officers, was beginning to feel the cold and no one was unfairly advantaged, it was decided to stay quiet and let the race continue.
There was a bit less wind on Sunday morning and with the strong spring tide potentially making it difficult for the Illusions to sail out of the harbour, it was decided to set an in-harbour course. Although the tide was holding the Committee Boat at the wrong angle and a few helms had struggled with working out the best place to be on the line, the first start was surprisingly good!
Having completed two more races and endured a challenging couple of days which saw Raymond winning the Stratton Trophy, Mark was second and Jo was third.
No racing next weekend but the one after (27th & 28th January) we have another two day Team Racing Championships. Seven and a half teams signed up so far so one more sailor required!
Overall Results:
Pos Helm Sail No R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts
1 Raymond Simonds 165 2 1 1 2 3 1 7
2 Mark Downer 164 1 2 4 3 1 3 10
3 Jo Downer 166 6 6 5 4 2 4 21
4 Alastair Speare‑Cole 135 5 4 6 5 7 6 26
5 Owen Pay 160 8 8 R 1 5 5 27
6 Mike Issaias 152 11 9 3 6 6 6 30
7 Mike Toogood 142 7 5 7 10 4 7 30
8 Tiger Tellwright 22 4 3 2 R R R 39
9 Oliver Morgan 169 9 R S 7 6 2 39
10 Will Lowe 150 12 11 9 8 8 10 46
11 Robin Ebsworth 12 13 10 8 10 9 9 46
12 Monty Irwin 147 3 7 R R R R 55
13 Andy Christie 149 R R R 9 10 8 57
14 Hugh Doherty 124 10 R R R R R 70
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