Author: James Pollard

12th July 2020 Race Report

RETURN TO RACING!

Upper Tamar Lake Sailing Club has been taking to the water for a few weeks but had not run any of its 2020 race programme until this week, the start of lock-down having roughly coincided with the start of the racing season. But now protocols have been established for safe racing – how to keep people sufficiently apart, how to minimise the number of things touched by multiple hands – and a public-spirited volunteer, John Duncalf, offered to run races from his car, using its horn to start the race, taking down the results and calculating the handicaps by hand, just as though no one had invented the computer!

The day was fine, sunny and warm but there were large, glassy, windless patches on the Lake when the sailors arrived. Fortunately by noon there was a little wind to get everyone over the start line. Eight boats took the start; four were Lasers, Bob Sampson and Linda Spiller having full sized sails, Sue Murray and Jane Anderson flying Radials. John Dabbs was there in his little Gull, Robin Spiller in his Streaker, Adam Hilton in his Solo, and Vicki Duncalf in her familiar Topper, horribly underpowered for the conditions. No one was actually becalmed but it was one of those races in which the leader, Bob Sampson in this case, finds his comfortable advantage over the chasing fleet substantially eroded by a puff of wind which brings up his competitors before it reaches him. As a result his lead was not enough to overcome the more advantageous handicaps of some of those behind him, most notably the Gull which was well behind after the two laps (a lap was taking nearly half an hour) of the race.

Rank Fleet Class HelmName CrewName Rating HelmSex Elapsed Corrected
1 Aegeter GULL John Dabbs 1365 M 1:00:20 0:44:12
2 Harman LASER RADIAL Jane Anderson 1115 F 0:51:34 0:46:15
3 Harman SOLO Adam Hilton 1144 M 0:53:35 0:46:50
4 Harman LASER Bob Sampson 1075 M 0:50:25 0:46:54
5 Harman LASER RADIAL Sue Murray 1115 F 0:52:59 0:47:31
6 Harman LASER Linda Spiller 1075 F 0:52:14 0:48:35
7 Harman TOPPER Vicki Duncalf 1334 F 1:05:03 0:48:46
8 Harman STREAKER Robin Spiller 1133 M 0:58:10 0:51:20

Sailwave Scoring Software 2.28.2
www.sailwave.com

A second race was held in slightly stronger winds – there was time for three laps within the prescribed hour’s racing. The Lasers were again the quickest, although there were several changes of lead before Bob Sampson once more established himself at the front. The Solo’s big sail enabled it to keep within reach of the leading bunch but the rest were again some way back. A problem with the timekeeping prevented formal results being issued.

Grateful thanks were given to John Duncalf who made the racing possible.

All races until 19 Sep will be used to calculate series winners. See Sailing Programme – Covid-19 2020.

First and Last Key Holders

The first and last key holders have responsibility for opening and closing the race hut and carrying out the following cleaning routine

  • First Key Holder will
    • sanitise their hands before opening the race hut
    • open the race hut
    • put the white plastic chairs outside
    • open the windows
    • clean the window handles and starting horn with disposable disinfected wipes or disinfectant spray & paper towels and put them in the black bag
    • turn on the starting horn
    • put hand shears, disposable disinfected wipes or disinfectant spray & paper towels and black bag outside for members use
    • sanitise their hands
  • Last Key Holder will
    • sanitise their hands
    • clean the window handles and starting horn with disposable disinfected wipes or disinfectant spray & paper towels and dispose of them in the black bag
    • close the windows
    • put away the white plastic chairs, hand shears, disposable disinfected wipes or disinfectant spray & paper towels
    • close the race hut
    • sanitise their hands

 

Race Competitor Instructions

PLEASE bring a race watch (5 min countdown and records elapsed time) and whistle.

Race Time Keeper. If we are lucky someone will volunteer to be Race Time Keeper – someone ashore willing to start the race and record finish times. See Race Time Keeper instructions.

 

Race Starter. If there is no Race Time Keeper then someone will need to be willing to press the starting horn through the window of the race hut. This can be a competitor if they are happy they can do this and launch their boat in time to start the race. If someone onshore volunteers to start the race they can go as soon as they have started the countdown.

  • Sanitise their hands
  • Agree a start time with the competitors. Note the race countdown starts 5 mins before the race start time.
  • Watch to make sure that all competitors are on the water – this may take longer than expected to allow one boat on the slip at a time
  • A few SECONDS before the race countdown – Warn competitors that the race countdown is about to start by testing the horn through the window of the race hut
  • 5 mins before the race starts – Press the starting horn to initiate the race countdown
  • The starting horn will automatically make the appropriate blasts during the countdown – so the Race Starter can now leave

 

Course, number of laps and start time. Help the Race Time Keeper to agree these with all competitors. Or agree them amongst the competitors if there is no Race Time Keeper.

Helm name, Crew name, Class and Sail number. If there is a Race Time Keeper it is your responsibility to ensure that they have all these details for you on their list.

Your race time. Make sure that your race watch will give you an elapsed time. And that you start it at the appropriate time! All competitors note their elapsed time when they cross the finish line and if possible, note who was ahead of you. You must provide an elapsed time. The actual time you cross the finish line is not sufficient as your watch may not have the same time as those of others.

Send in results. Please note your Helm name, Crew name, class and elapsed time and if possible, the name of the person ahead of you and do any or all of the following

  • Post on the UTLSC Members only facebook page – see bottom right of UTLSC.org.uk
  • Put on UTLSC WhatsApp Group
  • Email to pennyj.abbott@gmail.com

If there is a Race Time Keeper your information will only be used to resolve any issues

Race Time Keeper instructions

Thank you for volunteering to start a race and record competitor finish times.

You can choose to start a race from the race hut or from your car. If you use your car please park so that you are looking along the start line. Or you can ask someone else to start the race from the race hut and just record the start and finish times.

If you use the race hut please

  • sanitise your hands
  • before & after – wipe down the hard surfaces, worktop & starter horn with disposable disinfected wipes of disinfectant spray and paper towels and put them in the black bag provided

You will need a pen & paper. If you are happy to do so you can get a race sheet from the race hut. Or you could download a race sheet before you come.

If you are not familiar with running a race you might like to download the following instructions here

Set a course. If you are not confident in setting a course then ask someone else to do it. This should include the number of laps. Make sure that everyone is told verbally.

Find out who is racing. Each competitor needs to tell you their Helm name, Crew name, Class and Sail Number. Write this down!

Agree a start time.  Hopefully all boats should be on the water at least 10 mins before the published start time. However, allowances can be made if there is congestion on the slipway. So, a later start time than published can be considered.

Starting the race from the race hut

  • A few seconds before the 5 min countdown. Warn competitors that the race is about to start by testing the starting horn
  • 5 mins before the start. Start the countdown on the starting horn
  • The starting horn automatically carries out the sequence of hoots for the race
  • Record the start time

Starting the race from your car

  • A few seconds before the 5 min countdown. Warn competitors that the race is about to start by sounding a series of short toots on your car horn
  • 5 mins before the start – Sound one long blast on your car horn
  • 4 mins before the start – Sound one long blast on your car horn
  • 1 min before the start – Sound one long blast on your car horn
  • Start the race – Sound one long blast on your car horn
  • Record the start time

Record the finish times

It helps to tick off when each competitor has crossed the start line at the end of each lap.

As each boat goes over the finish line (the start line at the end of the last lap) write down the time against the Helm name, Crew name, Class and sail number (any format as long as it is legible!). If you make a mistake then just indicate this on the results.

E.g.
Start Time: 12:01
Jane Smith, Mary Smith, Bosun, 1483 – 13:04 *about!
Mark Brown, Laser Radial, 148826 – 12:49

Send in results.

Take a photo of the record sheet and do any or all of the following

  • Post on the UTLSC Members only facebook page – see bottom right of UTLSC.org.uk
  • Put on UTLSC WhatsApp Group
  • Email to pennyj.abbott@gmail.com

 

It would be much appreciated if you could clean the race hut before you leave – see UTLSC Cleaning protocol

THANK YOU

10th November 2019 Race Report

Frostbite 7

On the last day of the racing season the winds blew gently from points between east and north and the sun shone brightly, while omitting to warm the sailors on the cold waters of the Lake. Brian Pollard, with Cilla Gilbert in the Club’s ‘Rob Eason’ Bosun, had too good a start and had to return, only to find his main sheet had lost its attachment to the boom. Sue Murray, her Laser cautiously flying a little 4.7 sail, had a good start but the full sailed lasers of Bob Sampson and Nathan Pollard were away after the second buoy and finished six seconds apart but ten minutes ahead of everyone else. John Dabbs’ Bosun with Adam Hilton crewing, started well, lost places at Zebra but was still fourth at the end of lap 1 after which Roger Heasman’s new-to-him, sparkling white, ex-navy Bosun swooped past. Linda Spiller, with the other Laser 4.7, had a slow start but was dicing with the Bosuns by the end, finishing fifth on the water.

  1. Bob Sampson (Laser Full)
  2. Nathan Pollard (Laser Full)
  3. Roger Heasman and Sally Wills (Bosun)
  4. Sue Murray (Laser 4.7)
  5. John Dabbs and Adam Hilton (Bosun)
  6. Linda Spiller (Laser 4.7)

Retired: Brian Pollard and Cilla Gilbert (Bosun),

 

Icicle 7

The wind had turned round towards the south and was even gentler. The two Lasers that had had 4.7 sails now sported Radials and the Dabbs and Pollard Bosuns were now helmed by their crews. The start was now towards the Dam. Adam Hilton, the new helm of John Dabbs’ Bosun got away first on a port tack that took the boat well to leeward of the first buoy, Dam Green. His starboard tack failed to make the buoy and his manoeuvres to do so obstructed Linda Spiller’s Laser, putting him at the back of the fleet after penalty turns. Sue Murray had been the first to round Dam Green followed by Bob Sampson and then Nathan Pollard but the big-sailed lasers took over the front of the race again, with Nathan Pollard in the lead this time. Next came the Radials of Sue Murray and Linda Spiller and finally the Bosun battle which Cilla Gilbert managed to lead at the end of the first lap (of two), although neck and neck with Roger Heasman. Unfortunately for Cilla Gilbert, at Dam Green her Bosun lost what wind there was, allowing the Heasman/Wills boat to get well away. Then the Hilton/Dabbs Bosun arrived and also had to make multiple attempts to round that buoy. As a result the second lap featured a slow motion struggle between these two boats, the Hilton/Dabbs Bosun ending up in front.

 

  1. Nathan Pollard (Laser Full)
  2. Bob Sampson (Laser Full)
  3. Sue Murray (Laser Radial)
  4. Roger Heasman and Sally Wills (Bosun)
  5. Adam Hilton and John Dabbs (Bosun)
  6. Linda Spiller (Laser Radial)
  7. Cilla Gilbert  and Brian Pollard (Bosun)

Grateful thanks were given to Vicki and John Duncalf who were the Officers of the Day and to Robin Spiller and Penny Abbott who crewed the safety boat and took the photographs.

 

3rd November 2019 Race Report

Frostbite 6

A fairly benign morning saw seven boats on the water with wind of force 2-3.

Linda Spiller in her laser 4.7 and John Dabbs in his new Bosun were a little early at the start line and had to re-round the start buoy. Nathan Pollard (Laser 4.7) soon developed a healthy lead during the first lap with the Bosuns of John Buckett with crew Sally Wills and Brian Pollard with ‘new crew’ Robin Spiller in hot pursuit. Then the rain set in and a vicious gust nearly caught Nathan out but he skilfully avoided a capsize at Dam. Linda was valiantly chasing her husband Robin but helm John managed to benefit from some nice gusts and forged ahead. Meanwhile the toppers of Jane Anderson and Vicki Duncalf were sailing parallel and did a synchronised gybe around Dam with Jane emerging in the lead. In the second lap both Linda and Brian overtook John Buckett. The two Bosuns were at Dam mark together but Brian pulled away  first. In the second and third laps Jane extended her lead over Vicki.

The results were as follows.

  1. Nathan Pollard (Laser 4.7)
  2. Jane Anderson (Topper)
  3. John Buckett and Sally Wills (Bosun)
  4. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
  5. Brian Pollard and Robin Spiller (Bosun)
  6. John Dabbs and Paul Petvin  (Bosun)
  7. Linda Spiller (Laser 4.7)

 

Icicle 6

The wind has risen considerably for the second race and together with the rain it made for miserable and challenging conditions. Soon white caps started appearing but the boats continued to plough through the waves with their masts waving in the gusts. Nathan had a good lead right from the start. Jane Anderson (Topper) soon moved into second place as she planed spectacularly down to Dam buoy, she was followed by Brian in the Bosun, now with Sally Wills as crew. Vicki Duncalf (Topper) overtook John Dabbs and crew Paul Petvin(Bosun) in the strengthening winds on the plane down to Dam.

John and Paul retired but the remaining boats continued to stay afloat and complete a shortened course. The course was shortened due to deteriorating conditions.

  1. Nathan Pollard (Laser 4.7)
  2. Jane Anderson (Topper)
  3. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
  4. Brian Pollard and Sally Wills (Bosun)

Retired John Dabbs and Paul Petvin (Bosun)

27th October 2019 Race Report

Frostbite 5

This was a two lap race, admittedly over a course that used the full length (Far to Dam Green) and width (Inlet to West) of the Lake, which took an hour because the north-easterlies were blowing very gently under their bright but cool sun. The wind never quite disappeared however, although leaving Inlet in the lee of the hill could be very slow.

All helms started on starboard tack aiming at Inlet but Vicki Duncalf (Topper) was over the line and had to turn back. Robin Spiller (Streaker) got his stroke of fortune with a breath of wind which put him in the lead and into clear air. Across the Lake at West the Streaker led Jane Anderson (Laser 4.7), Adam Hilton (Aero 5) and Nathan Pollard (Laser Radial) with the rest of the fleet in line astern. The Aero dropped places but the two Lasers continued to scrap, Nathan Pollard getting past before the end of lap 1 but Jane regained second place on lap 2 and finished a minute and a half behind the Streaker, close enough to win on handicap. The race’s Bosun battle was between Nicky Buckett , Linda Spiller crewing, and Brian Pollard with Cilla Gilbert as crew. They were never far apart; Nicky Buckett finishing twenty seconds ahead. Light winds are not good for Topper sailors and Vicki Duncalf found herself drifting onto Home 1 buoy, mainsheet caught up, she retired. John Buckett in his Otter spent most of the race in company with the stuttering Aero, finishing the first lap behind it but the second in front.

  1. Jane Anderson (Laser 4.7)
  2. Nicky Buckett and Linda Spiller (Bosun)
  3. Brian Pollard and Cilla Gilbert (Bosun),
  4. Robin Spiller (Streaker)
  5. Nathan Pollard (Laser Radial)
  6. John Buckett (Otter)
  7. Adam Hilton (Aero 5)

Retired: Vicki Duncalf (Topper)

 

Icicle 5

Vicki Duncalf timed it perfectly this time and got her Topper away first but couldn’t point high enough to maintain the position and was only the sixth boat to round Inlet, the first buoy. John Buckett’s Otter had also got away well and he was still third round Inlet but lost places subsequently. It was Nicky Buckett’s Bosun which did best; second to start but first round Inlet and West and Far, indeed she was still leading at the end of the lap. She was pursued by  Jane Anderson (Laser 4.7), a recovering Robin Spiller (Streaker) who’d had to turn back to avoid jumping the start and Nathan Pollard (Laser Radial) also making up for a slow start. Robin Spiller got past Jane Anderson before they reached Middle. The remarkable Otter was still fifth at the end of lap one but lost a place to the Bosun now helmed by Cilla Gilbert and crewed by Brian Pollard on lap two. The other Bosun lost the race lead before Inlet on the second lap and by the end had been passed by Robin Spiller, Jane Anderson and Nathan Pollard; applying the handicaps gave it back the victory.

  1. Nicky Buckett and Linda Spiller (Bosun)
  2. Jane Anderson (Laser 4.7)
  3. John Buckett (Otter)
  4. Robin Spiller (Streaker)
  5. Cilla Gilbert  and Brian Pollard (Bosun)
  6. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
  7. Nathan Pollard (Laser Radial)

 

Grateful thanks were given to John Dabbs who ran the races and took the photographs as well.

(Note to UTLSC members – results changed because computer had Robin with a Wave sail on his Streaker. Sorry Robin.)

20th October 2019 Race Report

Frostbite 4

This race began with two false starts! Half the helms had misunderstood the course and crossed the line in the wrong direction! The Commodore, who led the pack after the first false start and was well up on the second, managed to foul up the third and could be seen fuming in his little Aero 5. Brian Pollard (with Cilla Gilbert) got his Bosun away first and was still leading at Inlet buoy  but by the time they had tacked their way up to Far the Laser Radial of Nathan Pollard had taken the lead. It was a bright day but cold and the force 4 wind was viciously gusty. There were several capsizes and a couple of retirements. The order settled down with Nathan Pollard firmly in the lead, Sue Murray in another Laser Radial second, the Pollard/Gilbert Bosun third, Jane Anderson’s Topper fourth and the Heasman/Wills Bosun fifth. They all retained those places until the end. Behind them Vicki Duncalf’s capsize on lap 2 put her behind Adam Hilton’s Aero 5 who was recovering from his capsize and went on to battle with and eventually overtake (on the water but not on handicap) John Dabbs’ Bosun (Paul Petvin crewing).

  1. Brian Pollard and Cilla Gilbert (Bosun),
  2. Jane Anderson (Topper)
  3. Nathan Pollard (Laser Radial)
  4. Sue Murray (Laser Radial)
  5. Roger Heasman and Sally Wills (Bosun)
  6. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
  7. John Dabbs and Paul Petvin (Bosun)
  8. Adam Hilton (Aero 5)

Retired: Robin Spiller (Streaker), Graham Joyce (Laser Full)

Icicle 4

John Dabbs got his Bosun over the line first but was the furthest downwind of the fleet and the long tack needed to get round the first buoy (Zebra) dropped him to last! The other two Bosuns started second and third followed closely by Jane Anderson and the two Lasers gunwale to gunwale. Robin Spiller (Streaker) was seventh and, uncharacteristically, Vicki Duncalf brought up the rear. At the top of the Lake Nathan Pollard led Sue Murray, Jane Anderson followed closely and Vicki Duncalf had got herself up among the Bosuns. The subsequent two laps saw the leading Topper and the Dabbs/Petvin Bosun in close competition and Robin Spiller hauling the Streaker up the order to sixth. Sue Murray had reduced her sail to a 4.7 for this race and this gave her the victory on corrected time, Nathan Pollard’s lead of two and a half minutes on the water reduced to a deficit of twenty two seconds when his handicap was applied.

  1. Sue Murray (Laser 4.7)
  2. Nathan Pollard (Laser Radial)
  3. Brian Pollard and Cilla Gilbert  (Bosun)
  4. Jane Anderson (Topper)
  5. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
  6. John Dabbs and Paul Petvin (Bosun)
  7. Roger Heasman and Sally Wills (Bosun)
  8. Robin Spiller (Streaker)

Grateful thanks were given to Linda Spiller and her small assistant who ran the races and to Mandy Pollard who took the photographs.

13th October 2019 Race Report

Frostbite 3

Until a few minutes before the start the Lake was calm but then the wind gods obeyed the forecasters and unleashed an hour of north-westerly blasts with no rhythm and little consistency of  direction. The Officers of the Day, John Duncalf and Paul Anderson, had set a course that started from the Home 2 line towards Middle buoy thus exposing the fleet to the maximum wind chaos from the start. Jane Anderson and Vicki Duncalf in Toppers crossed the line first. John Dabbs (Adam Hilton crewing) was the first away of the Bosuns. But it was very difficult to cope in the little Toppers. The three Bosuns all overtook Vicki Duncalf on the way to Far. Jane Anderson was accused by a passing Bosun of ‘hiding in the bushes’ that is to say avoiding the worst of the gusts by clinging to the lee of the hill; she admitted to the charge. However she still maintained her lead at the end of lap 1 but lost a place a lap from then on. Brian Pollard (with Cilla Gilbert), having charged past the Dabbs/Hilton Bosun, finished lap1 in second and led the remaining laps. Roger Heasman and Sally Wills established themselves as the second Bosun and overtook Jane Anderson on lap 2 near Far. But the third (Dabbs) Bosun continued to swap places with Jane Anderson’s Topper which finished a mere six seconds behind thus ensuring that the handicap promoted her.

  1. Jane Anderson (Topper)
  2. Brian Pollard and Cilla Gilbert (Bosun),
  3. Roger Heasman and Sally Wills (Bosun)
  4. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
  5. John Dabbs and Adam Hilton (Bosun)

Retired: Paul Petvin (Gull)

 

Icicle 3

The intensity of the gusts had reduced to the relief of the sailors. The Toppers got away first with Jane Anderson leading, the new addition of Sue Murray second and Vicki Duncalf third. Then came the Bosuns led by Brian Pollard and Cilla Gilbert with Roger Heasman and Sally Wills second and John Dabbs, now with Paul Petvin as crew, third. By the time he reached Far Brian Pollard had overtaken all three Toppers. Jane Anderson remained at second but Roger Heasman had overtaken the other two Toppers, leaving the Dabbs/Petvin Bosun in sixth. On the long reach and run back Jane Anderson stuck to the transom of Brian Pollard’s Bosun and Sue Murray seemed equally inseparable from the Heasman/Wills Bosun, with Vicki Duncalf doing the same to The Dabbs/Petvin boat. Lap 2 saw Brian Pollard losing ground at Home 2, allowing Jane Anderson to catch up whereas the gap between Roger Heasman and Sue Murray increased. On the third lap Sue Murray slipped past the Heasman Bosun on the reach between Middle and Far to take third place which remained in contention since the Dabbs Bosun had caught up. The two Bosuns continued to scrap for the rest of the race allowing Sue Murray to consolidate her third place in cleaner air to windward on the beat to Home 2. As the sister boats returned towards the finish line the Dabbs Bosun was seen to be ahead, but with the wind strength diminishing and the gap between the two boats varying, the order remained uncertain until the end when three seconds separated them!

  1. Jane Anderson (Topper)
  2. Sue Murray (Topper)
  3. Brian Pollard and Cilla Gilbert  (Bosun)
  4. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
  5. John Dabbs and Paul Petvin (Bosun)
  6. Roger Heasman and Sally Wills (Bosun)

Grateful thanks were given to John Duncalf and Paul Anderson who ran the races.

15th September 2019 Race Report

Ladies / Gents / Gosling 7

On a bright sunny morning with light breeze from North North West, ten boats set off on a reduced distance course owing to a large fishing competition taking place.

This did not affect the competitiveness of the participants with James Pollard shooting off in a Blaze (literally) closely followed by brother Nathan (Laser) and Jane Anderson (Laser Radial) in the first group who remained as the first three throughout.

Next were Graham Joyce (Laser) and Roger Heasman (Streaker) also literally who exchanged blows until Joyce finally succumbed. Behind them another tussle featured John Buckett (Otter), Cilla Gilbert helming with Brian Pollard crew (Bosun) with John finally winning out, thence John Dabbs (Gull), the welcome return of Adeney Pooler (Graduate) and Vicki Duncalf (Topper) as the final three runners.

Line honours went to James Pollard who finished a couple of minutes ahead of Nathan Pollard and Anderson with Nathan Pollard having a five-second advantage. In the final showing though with handicaps applied it was Dabbs who was proclaimed as the winner with Anderson second and Roger Heasman third.

  1.   John Dabbs (Gull)
  2.   Jane Anderson (Laser Radial)
  3.   Roger Heasman (Streaker)
  4.   Cilla Gilbert and Brian Pollard (Bosun)
  5.   John Buckett (Otter)
  6.   Nathan Pollard (Laser)
  7.   James Pollard (Blaze)
  8.   Graham Joyce (Laser)
  9.   Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
  10.   Adeney Pooler (Graduate)

Chocaholics

THE afternoon sailing was a race for chocolate prizes with the results from the morning race combined for a bit of fun.

The race was slightly longer than that of the morning and the handicaps came more into play. With only eight boats competing it was the same trio of James Pollard (Blaze), Nathan Pollard (Laser) and Jane Anderson (Laser Radial) who as a group led from start to finish with Anderson dropping back and James Pollard pulling away towards the end.

Roger Heasman (Streaker) sailed well to finish narrowly behind the leading three. The two Johns (Buckett & Dabbs — Otter & Gull) along with Cilla Gilbert and Brian Pollard (Bosun) swapped positions on several occasions during the race with Vicki Duncalf (Topper) bringing up the rear. Once again James won line honours but it was Anderson and Nathan Pollard who beat him back to third once was the handicaps applied.

  1.   Jane Anderson (Laser Radial)
  2.   Runner-up: Nathan Pollard (Laser)
  3.   James Pollard (Blaze)
  4.   Roger Heasman (Streaker)
  5.   John Dabbs (Gull)
  6.    John Buckett (Otter)
  7.   Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
  8.   Cilla Gilbert & Brian Pollard (Bosun)

Overall Chocaholics

  1.   Jane Anderson (Laser Radial)
  2.   John Dabbs (Gull)
  3.   Roger Heasman (Streaker)
  4.   Nathan Pollard (Laser)
  5.   James Pollard (Blaze)
  6.   John Buckett (Otter)
  7.   Cilla Gilbert & Brian Pollard (Bosun)
  8.   Vicki Duncalf (Topper)

Jane was unable to eat chocolates so it was John, Roger and Nathan who munched away the prizes.

Thanks were given to Geoff Floyd and Paul Anderson for running the race and to Mandy Pollard for the photographs.