Great racing as always for the last round of the series, Pete Cogill and Mick Chamberlain with the help of others got the course sorted and racing commenced on the South bank just a few minutes late, 13 Skippers at the line, one or two regulars absent doing another class Nationals, but a good fleet none the less . The racing started with two good beat and runs and a final short beat to the finish, this changed to three beat and runs after the second race , but Mick C 46 was on fire as his Venti tore away up the first beat and once round the weather mark was not going to be caught, Pete W 65 another Venti came in second , and the V 10 of Tim H 44 took the third spot, After moving the finishing buoy that had drifted somewhat, race two got underway with skippers sharing the start line duties, Nice , this time it was reverse of race one with Pete 65 followed by Mick C 46 and a superb third place by Mike W 76 with his newly repaired Brit Pop . The racing was keen I can tell you , all up and down the fleet private battles were going on, Dave R 57 fairly fresh and from Major surgery and feeling a little fragile was doing well with some very consistent results. Chris V 85 is getting the hang of the Widget and we can expect more from him in the future Winter series, Martyn A 95 is searching for a competitive boat but does well with the Shiraz ,, Kevin E 20 is in the same boat and waiting for a rocket ship to propel him up with the leaders, Great to see Greg stick it out and improve on his racing, and Sam P 34 was a little hindered by having to race with his B rig, Peter C the race officer had an OK sort of day, and Mick Cooperman is will to pay a kings ransom to get his hands on the settings of the two Venti’s up ahead. The day belonged to Mick C 46 fresh from doing OK aty the Nationals last month he has adjusted his settings and trust me the boat is going very well, with four wins from 9 races and a worst position 3rd he was always in control. So well done Micky boy.

We now look forward to the Winter series in this class early in October.

Many thanks to all who helped make the morning so enjoyable. “great racing it certainly was”