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THIS RESULTED IN THE LEADING EIGHT BOATS RUNNING LINE ABREAST INTO THE MARK.
of Tim Saxton and Holly Scott with Caroline Croft and Tom Lonsdale sixth.
These results put Roger and Jane and Alex and Mary on 11 points, one behind the Calverts and Richard Whitworth and Jemima Scroggie. On countback, Richard and Jemima’s three bullets makes them champions without having to sail the last race.
Blue v Green flights.
Course sailed: 6,7,5,7,2,X,2
The sun remained shining and the wind remained F3-4 NW but with the town area of the course around the start finish line a bomb site of vertical gusts. With the top five places sorted, the afternoon race was to sort out the remainder of the top ten.
The start was chaotic with those who
got onto port towards the Portlemouth side getting a good gust away down the harbour but were then becalmed off Snapes. The Chrises (Gould and Kilsby), Tim Fells and Fran Gifford together with William Warren and Alice Happle took a high line to squeeze around Snapes inside the leading pack and hook into the solid breeze coming down the Bag. These places remained unchanged on the tour of Frogmore, Gerston, Saltstone, Gerston with the fleet enjoying some great sailing conditions.
Everything was to become totally chaotic on the return to the harbour. The loop up and down between Mill Bay and mark X near Crossways was as random as you can get with nine boats swapping positions on every gust and huge shifts. It is impossible to report on what actually happened
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