Cup 9
The Aero 6 of Nathan Pollard was first away but the remarkable start was by the Bosun of Brian Pollard and Tash Routley. They were second around the first buoy, Dam Green, ahead of a squabbling bunch of faster boats, mostly Solos impeding Linda Spiller’s Laser 4.7. The three Solos all had small sails – the base southerlies were friendly but the gusts were vicious. Dave Perrett’s was the first Solo to start and he kept ahead of the others. Bob Sampson in the smaller-sailed Aero 5 had a terrible start but got himself up to second by the end of the first lap. There were only two official finishers; all the others managed at different points in the race to go the wrong side of course buoys.
- Nathan Pollard (Aero 6)
- Linda Spiller (Laser Radial)
Retired: Robin Spiller (Solo S).
Disqualified: Adam Hilton (Solo S) Brian Pollard and Tash Routley (Bosun), Dave Perrett (Solo S), Bob Sampson (Aero 5)
Commodore 7
The Aeros again dominated, although it took Bob Sampson most of the first lap to get up to second. He finished seven minutes behind the flying Pollard Aero 6 even though Nathan had lost time capsizing on lap 3. The Brian Pollard, Tash Routley Bosun was again well-matched with the small-sailed Solos and Laser, reaching the top of the Lake ahead of them but being overtaken during the multi-tack return. Linda Spiller led the non-Aero bunch at the end of each lap.
- Nathan Pollard (Aero 6)
- Brian Pollard and Tash Routley (Bosun)
- Dave Perrett (Solo S)
- Linda Spiller (Laser Radial)
- Bob Sampson (Aero5)
Many thanks to Roger Heasman, who ran the first race, to Vicki Duncalf who ran the second and to Mandy Pollard who took the photographs.