Covid 19 Wednesday Race 4
Bob Sampson, intrepid as ever in his full sailed Laser, led off the line, led across to Inlet, and across to West and up to Far. Bob Sampson led all four laps of the race. Linda Spiller, with a Radial sail, followed him at an increasing distance, finishing four minutes behind. There was a good deal of north-westerly wind, gusting viciously in the familiar Tamar Lake manner. Adam Hilton followed the Lasers. He had put the smallest sail on his Aero but nonetheless spent the race exposing large areas of the boat’s bottom which attracted cheeky remarks from the OOD. John Dabbs was trying out the Club’s small sails on his Bosun; they are a little bigger than the Gull sails he usually retreats to in winds like this. He spent the race a couple of boat lengths away from Geoff Floyd, whose Solo was also flying a cut down sail. Geoff led at the end of the first lap, John led at the end of the next two and would have beaten Geoff over the finish line if he hadn’t gone about a few seconds too late when tacking from Dam Green to Home 1, allowing Geoff to sneak past. Out of control kayakers may have got in the Bosun’s way.
UTLSC PNs
| Rank | HelmName | CrewName | Class | Rating | Elapsed | Corrected | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Sampson | LASER | 1075 | 0:58:47 | 0:54:41 | 1.0 | |
| 2 | Linda Spiller | LASER RADIAL | 1115 | 1:02:21 | 0:55:55 | 2.0 | |
| 3 | Adam Hilton | RS AERO 5 | 1136 | 1:05:35 | 0:57:44 | 3.0 | |
| 4 | John Dabbs | BOSUN | 1234 | 1:15:11 | 1:00:56 | 4.0 | |
| 5 | Geoff Floyd | SOLO | 1144 | 1:15:01 | 1:05:34 | 5.0 | |
| 6 | Colin Witchell | Louise Witchell | BOSUN | 1234 | RET | 8.0 | |
| 7 | Robin Spiller | STREAKER | 1133 | OOD | 11.0 |
Personal PNs
| Rank | HelmName | CrewName | Class | Rating | Elapsed | Corrected | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linda Spiller | LASER RADIAL | 1115 | 1:02:21 | 0:55:55 | 1.0 | |
| 2 | Bob Sampson | LASER | 1049 | 0:58:47 | 0:56:02 | 2.0 | |
| 3 | Geoff Floyd | SOLO | 1307 | 1:15:01 | 0:57:24 | 3.0 | |
| 4 | Adam Hilton | RS AERO 5 | 1136 | 1:05:35 | 0:57:44 | 4.0 | |
| 5 | John Dabbs | BOSUN | 1289 | 1:15:11 | 0:58:20 | 5.0 | |
| 6 | Colin Witchell | Louise Witchell | BOSUN | 1234 | RET | 8.0 | |
| 7 | Robin Spiller | STREAKER | 1154 | OOD | 11.0 |
Many thanks to Robin Spiller who ran the race and took the photographs.