30th April 2017 gallery images Port and starboard tacks boats look to be converging on a single point at the start of the midday Sailboat Trophy series race With the newly-replaced Dam Red as the windward mark, Bob Sampson gets away clear downwind, as the RS200 makes the turn Sufficient wind in places to get the Topper heeling to the breeze, as the Solo and Laser keep close company behind On a day when strong winds were forecast, there’s a decided absence of whitecaps in the afternoon Pursuit Race he two Solos of John Savage and Adam Hilton sailing gently where the lee of the hill gives a wind shadow from the Easterly breeze Bob Sampson’s Laser starting with the Pollard’s RS200 Happy smiles in the RS from Brian and James Pollard Eventual winner of the Pursuit, Adam Hilton’s yellow-hulled Solo, in the foreground, with second-placed Bob Sampson behind