Great day of racing at Scotland farm , after all the rain over the previous two days, all was calm with sunshine a decent top suit breeze, 14 skippers in attendance, including fresh from the Europeans Rob W 97. Tim and Darin sorted out the race course, a good long beat and run , twice round and a final beat to the finish, Pete W 65 after having a whole load of winch trouble on the bank pre race finally sorted it and got it done just in time for the first race, which he duly took the bullet , Mick C 46 was not too far behind taking second spot with Tracey B 49r beating the old man, and taking third, and this was not the only time she risked a lift home !!!! . The course was perfect , bit shifty at time’s but it always is, and it is definitely there to catch you out, so you cannot take your eye of the floaty thing for a second. Race two saw Rob w 97 take top spot Tim H 44 second and Darin B 3 third, race was slightly marred by an incident that took two boats out , one with a broken boom , one with a disfigured lead, but no harm done, there would be a short talk on the Rules at the coffee break , lead by Darin, it seemed to centre on mark rounding, and I am not sure if total agreement was reached, but hey rules are rules, and the advantages to us club sailors is good .

The racing was good throughout the fleet and I remember Mick C 39 getting clean away at a couple of starts and also Kevin E 20 getting some great tacks that took him to the sharp end , but as we have said before,,,, its consistency that counts, and step one with that is making sure you boat holds together for all races, and you steer clear of trouble. We welcomed back after a long absence Chris E 74 and it may well have looked a bit different from what it was a year ago, the fleet now is pretty competitive, and I am sure will only get stronger, but hey it is exciting, And so we have a winner for the first round Pete W 65 , but it was on countback, Pete only won one race , and it was very tight as you can see, with the wins taken down to sixth place. Great day of racing , 8 races sailed .

Nice to see an old member on the banks today , any body recognise Peter Webster, I did .

well done everybody for helping clear up , great day with great people.