AM: Sailboat trophy 6

Vicki Duncalf in her Topper was first over the start line, with Bob 
Sampson crewed by Simon Veal in the RS 200 right on her tail, closely 
followed by Jane Anderson sailing the Laser 4.7.  With boats choosing to 
tack at all different points up the lake the fleet quickly spread out. John 
Savage managed to ride a severe gust and all of the boats were dancing to 
the tune of the wind.  Bob and Simon reached Far well in the lead and 
having rounded the mark soon set the spinnaker. Jane Chadney as 
timekeeper had to quickly venture to the end of the pontoon to ensure that 
all the boats negotiated the red Inlet buoy which was hidden from 
clubhouse view. 

David Higgs sailing on a full Laser rig managed to get past Jane 
Anderson coming from Far to Inlet and their duel gave Bob an even more 
commanding lead. Stephanie Clark in her Laser 4.7 was nibbling away at 
Mike Ford in the Wanderer, managing to force him into an error at Dam 
Green, thereby overtaking him.  Derek Farnfield in his Wanderer was 
having rigging trouble, struggling to release his jib. On the second lap he 
got into trouble at Dam Green buoy, letting John Duncalf in the Topper 
through. Derek then ran aground and was disqualified, having had an 
assist from the safety boat.

On the third and final lap, Bob and Simon had a really comfortable lead, 
with David Higgs now well clear of Jane Anderson. A ding-dong all 
round the last lap between Stephanie Clark and Roger Heasman went 
right to the line, with Roger just losing out on the line.  This was Bob's 
best ever race in the RS200 to date, as he managed to finish second on 
handicap to Jane Anderson.

Results: 

1st Jane Anderson (Laser 4.7)
2nd Bob Sampson and Simon Veal (RS200)
3rd David Higgs (Laser)
4th Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
5th Stephanie Clark (Laser 4.7)
6th John Duncalf (Topper)
7th Mary Carter (Laser 4.7)
8th John Savage (Solo)
9th Roger Heasman (Laser Radial)
10th Mike Ford (Wanderer)
11th Alan Comber and John Weller (Enterprise)
Derek Farnfield (Wanderer) dsq

Lunchtime: Peter Pocock Junior Achievement Trophy.

With the wind starting to gust, all the youngsters raced under reefed 
conditions for safety.  Annabelle Rademaker in the Optimist had a rigging 
failure just before race start, never quite managing to cross the line before 
she retired.  Emily Veal was away first and sailed the two laps with 
aplomb, to win. Fraser Martyn also sailed comfortably to finish second, 
whilst a battle between Megan Higgs and Daan Rademaker was settled in 
Megans favour, as Daan capsized just before the finish line. Willemina 
and Lisselot Rademaker finished fifth and sixth, whilst Tom Moulton had 
to retire with rig failure.
Results: 

1st Emily Veal (Pico)
2nd Fraser Martyn (Pico)
3rd Megan Higgs (Pico)
4th Daan Rademaker (Pico)
5th Willemina Rademaker (Pico)
6th Lisselot Rademaker.

Tom Moulton, Annabelle Rademaker rtd

PM: Tamar Cup 9

Jane Chadney made a good start to cross the line first. Unfortunately for 
John Weller and Alan Comber the Enterprise got a big gust, capsized and 
left them bailing into an early retirement!  At the first West mark the 
Scorpion was already well ahead and just continued to disappear into the 
distance for the whole race, spinnaker up and boat flying!  According to 
assistant OOD Mary Carter, the rest of the fleet looked like evenly spaced 
ducklings, trying to catch up to mother!  David Higgs, mastering his fully 
rigged Laser well, managed to be first duckling in line, closely followed 
by Jane Anderson and Jane Chadney in Laser 4.7's and then Simon Veal 
in his fully rigged Laser and Stephanie Clark in her Laser 4.7.  

As the race progressed the Laser group managed to pull away from Mike 
Ford in his Wanderer, who was being closely followed by a resurgent 
John Savage in the Solo, with Vicki and John Duncalf in the Toppers 
keeping well in contact.  The third lap saw a contentious windward boat 
call between Jane Anderson and Simon Veal at Inlet, resulting in a  
meeting of boats and then a buoy collision.  Simon Veal then fumed into 
sequential 720 and subs 360 penalty turns!

Results: 

1st Paul Whybrow and Steve Axford (Scorpion)
2nd Jane Anderson (Laser 4.7)
3rd Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
4th Jane Chadney (Laser 4.7)
5th John Duncalf (Topper)
6th Stephanie Clark (Laser 4.7)
7th Mike Ford (Wanderer)
8th John Savage (Solo)
9th David Higgs (Laser)
10th Simon Veal (Laser)
11th Roger Heasman (Laser Radial)
12th Derek Farnfield and David Harris (Wanderer)