Roger’s Bowl 4
The recent super-light winds persisted, coming and going from different directions with familiar unpredictability. However grey skies meant the fleet was not roasted as it edged around the short course.
The Commodore was over the line for the first start and was not the only one. The restart was legal however and the Hilton Solo managed to get to Dam Green first. Fronting the fleet meant clear air and the Solo built up a substantial lead, only to squander it stuck in irons at Dam Green at the beginning of the second lap. Nathan Pollard’s Aero 7 and Dave Perrett’s Solo went past. The two Solos were very close at Home 2 but Adam Hilton’s was ahead at West White and stayed there but didn’t dent the Aero’s good-sized lead on lap 2. Ian Chatterton’s Enterprise was fourth at the end of each lap, the Dabbs/Spiller Bosun fifth. The luck of the draw gave Nathan Pollard the weaker puffs of wind on the third lap reach back to the start line and his lead was reduced. The handicap gave the Commodore victory over the Vice.
- Adam Hilton (Solo)
- Nathan Pollard (Aero 7)
- Dave Perrett (Solo)
- John Dabbs and Linda Spiller (Bosun)
- Ian Chatterton (Enterprise)
Egg Cup 7
Not everyone was keen to drift around the course again but fortunately Bob Sampson added himself to make it a race of two Bosuns and a Solo. In these winds the Bosuns were no match for the Solo which started first and crept away into the distance. Bob Sampson got the Club Bosun ahead around Dam Green but then lost what wind he had had so that John Dabbs was able to pull away and was second at the end of lap 1. But not at the end of lap 2.
- Adam Hilton (Solo)
- Bob Sampson (Bosun)
- John Dabbs and Linda Spiller (Bosun)
Many thanks to Geoff Floyd, Officer of the Day.