AM: Tamar Cup 5

With a good turnout of fifteen boats at the start, Stephanie Clark in the 
Laser radial timed her run to the line perfectly and as the horn sounded 
was away first.  Bob Sampson and Anne Coldwell had been out 
practising in the RS Vision and this seemed to pay dividends as they 
overtook Steve Axford’s Laser heading to White West buoy. David Higgs 
in his recently acquired Laser was also doing very well along with Mike 
Ford in his Wanderer.  As the boats converged on the West buoy Neil 
Wallace and crew John Leveridge in the Wayfarer got the best line to 
take the lead.  John Weller and Alan Comber were also well up the fleet 
in the Enterprise doing battle with John Chandler and Megan Higgs in the 
Bosun, whilst Stephanie Heasman was also going well in the Laser 4.7.
At the end of the first lap the front three boats had managed to break 
loose from the following pack, David Higgs sailing a blinder settled into  
third place and the RS Vision overtook Stephanie Clark and Roger 
Heasman battling with each other in the Laser Radials.

On the second lap Steve Axford overhauled Neil Wallace going round 
Zebra in a bold move but it was not to last. Bob and Anne in the Vision 
determined to distance themselves from Roger and Stephanie got the 
spinnaker up and started to fly.   As usual the Toppers of John and Vicki 
Duncalf were squabbling with each other and John Buckett in the Otter 
for handicap honours, whilst Mike Ford was proving that he is becoming 
a contender in the Wanderer.

On the last lap grit and determination paid off for Neill and John as they 
managed to overtake Steve again  pulling away enough to win the race on 
handicap.

Results: 

1st Neil Wallace and John Leveridge (Wayfarer)
2nd Steve Axford (Laser)
3rd Mike Ford (Wanderer)
4th David Higgs (Laser)
5th John Buckett (Otter)
6th John Duncalf (Topper)
7th Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
8th John Chandler and Megan Higgs (Bosun)
9th David Harris (Otter)
10th Bob Sampson and Anne Coldwell (RS Vision)
11th Stephanie Heasman (Laser 4.7)
12th Roger Heasman (Laser Radial)
13th Derek Farnfield and Simon Veal (Wanderer)
14th Stephanie Clark (Laser Radial)
15th John Weller and Alan Comber (Enterprise)

Lunchtime: Peter Pocock Junior Achievement Trophy.

Eight excited youngsters took to the water for a two lap first race of the 
seven race series.  Seven of the boats were Laser Picos, whilst Annebelle 
Rademaker chose to sail the smaller Optimist.  When the start horn 
sounded Emily Veal’s experience of sailing in the adult races showed 
immediately as she got away first, followed by Joe Hedges. The rest of 
the fleet took a little longer to get to grips with starting and the fleet 
spread out with Liselotte Rademaker playing catch-up. On the second lap 
Daan Rademaker managed to overtake Willemijn Rademaker, whilst 
Fraser Martyn maintained his fifth position throughout. Megan Higgs 
finished sixth on the water, but was beaten by Annabelle Rademakeron 
handicap.

Great fun was had by all the youngsters who all sailed really well.

Results: 

1st Emily Veal
2nd Joe Hedges
3rd Daan Rademaker
4th Willemyn Rademaker
5th Fraser Martyn
6th Annebelle Rademaker
7th Megan Higgs
8th Liselotte Rademaker.

PM race: Barnwell Cup 5

With all the boats very close at the start, a starboard tack start along the 
line by John Duncalf caused immediate drama. John Chandler in the 
Bosun and Katherine Muller in the Laser 4.7 had to take immediate 
evasive action and collided. Both agreed to take 720 degree penalty turns 
and in the process poor John Chandler had to take further avoiding action 
with a visitors canoe!  John Duncalf meanwhile, continued on his 
starboard start tack and managed to call starboard on at least another three 
boats.  Steve Axford got his usual good start to take the lead in the Laser 
with Alan Comber and John Weller in the Enterprise close on his heels.
As the boats headed from West up to Far on a fast reach David Higgs and 
Roger Heasman in the Lasers and Mike Ford in the Wanderer were all 
neck and neck, chasing Alan and John’s Enterprise.

A welcome new addition to the fleet was the Gunter rigged green Day 
Boat of Diane Percy racing for the first time. Diane managed two laps 
and then retired. Stephanie Heasman also retired having hit one buoy and 
then missed out another.  Vicki and John Duncalf in the Toppers were 
having a good tussle, until a close encounter with some pedalos meant 
that John had to suddenly alter cause. In the process he hit Dam Green 
buoy and the resulting 360 degree penalty turn saw him watch Vicki 
surge ahead.  Steve Axford finished the race with a commanding lead, 
whilst Roger Heasman just managed to stay ahead of David Higgs for 
second.  Star of the race and the day has to be Mike Ford who finished 
second on handicap.

Results: 

1st Steve Axford (Laser)
2nd Mike Ford (Wanderer)
3rd John Buckett (Otter)
4th Roger Heasman (Laser)
5th Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
6th John Chandler (Bosun)
7th David Higgs (Laser)
8th John Duncalf (Topper)
9th Katherine Muller (Laser Radial)
10th Alan Comber and John Weller (Enterprise)
11th Derek Farnfield and Simon Veal (Wanderer)
12th David Harris (Otter)
Diane Percy (Petite Brise), Stephanie Heasman Laser 4.7 rtd