Weather forecast told us it was going to be windy, it to be fair was OK , at least the rain kept away, Jen and the gang got stuff sorted out and we had a great windward leeward course along the favored East bank, 8 skipper’s on the start line, and off to a flyer was Mick C 46 on a B rig which I believe all but two skippers opted for, Martyn 66 got the second spot and Pete 65 with the A rig managed to get round the course and took third spot. We had three non finishers in the first race and one of them was the other Brave A rig starter. But buoyed by his decent position in the first race Pete opted to stick with the larger rig, a bit risky especially tacking, Mick stormed away on the second race but this time it was Sam 59 in close contention and they took the first two places followed home by Jen 69. Pete I think then realised the A rig was not the best option and quickly changed down to B and just made the start. The racing was close and it was a very good beat, the water was a little lumpy and you needed to pick your spot to tack, but once round the weather mark followed by the wing , sheets out and you were flying. Martyn took his first bullet with Mick 2nd and Sam sailing some very good races took the 3rd , Pete had not, to be fair had time to fine tune his B rig and came in in 4th, but hey look out cos we all know Pete is a slow starter.

Sure enough Pete then took the next two bullets, with Mick in his wake and Martyn picking up the bits, We had lost Dave R 180 from race three with a broken winch, and after race 5 we lost Mick for reasons only really known to him, with three 2nds and two first’s he was in a good position but hey ho. The breeze was a bit up and down for the last 5 races , I understand the sun came out and the breeze eased. the wins were shared but Martyn seemed to have the best setup , Jen 69 took a bullet in race 9 and it was pleasing that every body except Mick and Dave stayed the course. Richard J699 and Dave C 60 had their personal battles with Dave just coming out on top with 46 points, all in all a good morning’s racing for maybe the last one of 2024 ,(DF 95 on the 29th Dec ) many congratulations on the win albeit on countback from Pete .( They all count ) Many thanks to all who put the gear away ,

Merry Christmas everybody