Due to the non appearance of the scheduled RO it was left to the ARO to do his best. However the task was not too onerous due to the help given by the other competitors. As one skipper commented “if everybody does a little bit, a lot gets done” Grateful thanks to all concerned.

A rather disappointing 7 IOMs and 2 Dragons. Probably because there was a conflicting Ranking race and it was the Bank Holiday weekend. The wind was, as forecast, 10 – 12 mph from around NNE. As is normal for a Northerly flow there were many fluctuations both in strength and direction which led to some interesting racing. At least the day was dry and the sun came out eventually.

Duty officers Niel Coleman and Geoff Burrell ( Niel did not sail in order to give his full attention to the sailing – well done to him )

A warm bright morning greeted the 14 skippers with a wind which was generally from the NNW, but with variations. Strength varied from a very pleasant top suit blow to “where has all the wind gone”

A fine job was done by the duty officials Alan Newman and Bert Whitehead.

What appeared to be a steady wind from the SSW was deceptive. Hidden shifts and variable strength provided a continual test all morning. By the end of sailing the strength had risen to B suit proportions but nobody wanted to blink first. Two laps of a course which used the majority of the east bank resulted in fewer races than usual but allowed for plenty of close racing throughout the fleet.

Duty Officials Phil Harpham and Ivan Stevenson

Another good morning sailing at Scotland Farm. The weather was dry and not too cold with a predominantly NW 8 – 10 MPH wind swinging to NE for short periods of time. A windward leeward course was set along the South bank.

As can be seen from the results there was some close sailing with the top three positions covered by a single point and 4 skippers having at least one win.