A fine day with reasonably steady WSW wind varying between top A and bottom B. 10 entries were recorded plus one visitor who sailed Mick C’s 00 for most of the event. The event was ably run by Chaz – for which many thanks. Hints tips and advice were freely given and much appreciated as befits a Championship event.

The morning started bright and breezy with the wind in the North West. Later in the day it moved towards the West which would have  made the course up the East bank easier except for the shiftiness and flukeyness which came with it. After all it was a Dragon day! Floating weed continues to be a problem and most skippers suffered at some point of the day. Sailing continued up to 14.00 at which time 12 races were completed.

A couple of notable events were a new member Geoff Burrell who seemed to improve slowly during the day and JIM WON HIS FIRST RACE –  well done to both.

Round 2 will be on 24th May.

Graham Allen (mdsec) pointed out that the correct way to deal with ties is by the countback method.( see comments to post)  He also explained how to get the HMS scoring system to sort it all out. I have done this and a revised scoresheet is below.

The eagle eyed amongst you will also have noticed that I got the date wrong – it was the 29th on Sunday not the 27th.

The final round of this series broke the mould. We had wind! At least to begin with and it was heavily loaded with rain. Both wind and rain increased steadily up to around mid-day then both died away to nothing. Back to normal! Racing was very tight with, as the results show, 4 boats with the same score for 3rd place.

Summer Series starts on 26th April