For once the weather forecast was wrong in our favour and we had a reasonable wind although it was somewhat variable. 11 boats was a good turnout for a summer holiday period. This was followed by 5 Dragons having 4 races and a good time was had by all.

Farmer Bob dropped by to tell us that the ride on mower was mended but did not go into any further details. A working party was arranged for Wednesday as Bob had mowed the long grass and there was plenty of loose cuttings to rake up.

A very good day for sitting drinking coffee but a shifting flukey wind varying from nothing to not much made sailing frustrating.
Results below.

The usual 5 RMs turned out along with 7 IOMs. It was a warm spring day with a gusty SE wind which did not line up with any of the buoys on the lake. After some sterling work by Bob and Gordon in the boat a good course was arranged with a beat into the corner which was done twice. As can be seen from the results racing was fairly close. The second half of the schedule was sailed with a one minute countdown which seemed to work well and saved a little time.

With 10 boats on the water and a lively Westerly wind sailing was good. The wind strength was enough to put those skippers with only A rig at a disadvantage at times but overall honours were fairly even between A and B rigs. The occasional light shower dampened the grass but not the enjoyment of the day.