Wednesday 12th May 2021 Race Report

Midweek Mug 2

The winds were gentle and shifted further south between when Penny Abbott (OOD) set the course and when the fleet started sailing it. The sky was grey and leaked a light but wetting rain throughout.

Eight boats started and finished the race. John Dabbs (with, very nice to see her, Jane Chadney, Bosun) and Adam Hilton (Solo) got a bit too near the start line and had to turn back, allowing the Spillers (Linda, Laser Full, Robin, Streaker) to get away, with Robin rounding the first buoy, Dam Green, first. Two Solos followed them, Adam Hilton’s in front of Geoff Floyd’s. Then came the double-handers; John Dabbs leading Roger Heasman (Sally Wills crewing). Leila Farmer under the tutelage of Bob Sampson (Hartley12) led Colin and Louise Witchell (Bosun; nice to see them back on the water) The race then got a bit processional although Linda Spiller got past Robin between West and Middle on lap 1 and drew away and Adam Hilton got past him at West on lap 2. Apart from rudely shoving Geoff Floyd down the order from fourth on the water, applying the handicaps made no difference to the results.

1. Rank	Class	HelmName	CrewName	Rating	Elapsed	Corrected
   1	LASER	Linda Spiller		1075	0:35:10	0:32:43
   2	SOLO	Adam Hilton		1144	0:37:48	0:33:03
   3	STREAKER	Robin Spiller		1134	0:38:26	0:33:54
   4	BOSUN	John Dabbs	Jane Chadney	1233	0:44:32	0:36:07
   5	BOSUN	Roger Heasman	Sally Wills	1233	0:45:41	0:37:03
   6	SOLO	Geoff Floyd		1144	0:42:31	0:37:10
   7	HARTLEY 12.2	Leila Farmer	Bob Sampson	1188	0:49:27	0:41:37
   8	BOSUN	Colin Witchell	Louise Witchell	1233	0:57:46	0:46:51

Grateful thanks were given to Penny Abbott, Officer of the Day.