Lack of interest from club Skippers meant that only 5 skippers showed up for some great racing, The stand in OOD’s Mick and Dave got everything sorted so that we had a great beat and run on the East bank. Two laps and a beat to the finish, and we all started on A suit with the breeze straight down the lake, No sign of any green stuff and the racing was close, race one had Dave R 180 taking the win and Micky Boy coming home second only to find his hatch cover was not stuck down and his boat full to the brim with water Hey ho it was still working , duly taped down, off we went again , and Dave got another win, Today was not going to be as straightforward as I thought, The racing was very close, with some skippers so relaxed they were one handed on the tranny, hey ho , Race three and Mick got the win with Richard taking second spot and Dave in third, keeping his average nice and low, not mentioned Jen or Sam yet but both were sailing very well, One more race before coffee and the wind strength was getting up, Dave took the win and Richard recorded his third second from 4 races , ( sailing one handed must work then !!!)

Coffee break over and plenty of banter and the odd swear word which I apologise for , we all changed down to B rigs , but it was to be Micky boys last race as his boat sailed of into the distance and reached the far bank in short order, Richard took race five with a win with Jen and Dave fighting for the pieces , Jen then went on the rampage with two wins on the trot and Dave trying his best to catch up, Richard went off the boil after trying to use both hands on his tranny , Sorry mate , and Sam came back fighting and got a couple of thirds, at the end of the day.

Dave took the win on the day and Jen second , well done to them ,,, have to say great racing and great respect on the bank and on the water, Mick cleared everything away as he had no boat to sail, even got the dingy back on the ramp, and we all got away sharpish at just after 1 pm