Bob Sampson gets away first in a closely contested start; Jane Chadney was over the line at the gun and can be seen in them mist, dodging the other boats as she works her way back
‘Papillon’, the new Wayfarer on the lake in the foreground, with Nicky Buckett (n her frst race of the year) and Sally Wills in the ‘Bubbles’, going well in the background
Bob just ahead of Nathan as they compete for the lead on the water
A smaller fleet starts the afternoon race, into a wind that had swung somewhat more northerly
Jane Anderson seems to be pointing considerably higher than the rest of the fleet on the way to the first mark
Tight competition once again in the afternoon, with Nathan having squeezed ahead of Bob at this point
A quartet of boats illustrating the wide variety of dinghy classes that sail at Upper Tamar
No sign here of the gusts that made for some tricky sailing conditions further up the lake
The fleet negotiates the gybe at the first mark, Dam Green, just after the start
The two Toppers of Jane and Vicki, sailing in tandem just after the start
A poignant picture: Nathan braving the elements during one of the day’s sharp squalls that ripped across the lake
Heading for Dam Green again
The start of the afternoon Tamar Trophy race, with Nathan and Bob both needing lightning reactions to survive the sudden gusts that came scudding across the water, often leaving boats just a few feet away completely unaffected
Jane Anderson on her way to the second of her victories of the day
Brian Pollard and Geoff Floyd try out John White’s Bosun
Close racing between the two Laser 4.7’s of Bob and Nathan
The Kestrel gets away first on the beat to Dam Red
Boats apparently moving at reasonable speeds at this juncture as the Kestrel rounds Dam Red
But the fleet appears to have almost come to a standstill (judging by the lack of wakes) as the boats bunch up heading for the Inlet
Robin Spiller’s Streaker and Nathan’s Laser Radial close-hauled on the beat back down the lake
Back to a drift by the time of the afternoon Pursuit Race
New boat on the lake, a smart-looking Wayfarer (complete with McNamara sails) gets its spinnaker flying – in itself a relateively rare sight at the lake
Nathan Pollard on his way to victory in the afternoon Pursuit race
The safety boat heads out to help work out the positions just before the hooter sounds for the end of the Pursuit
Nathan Pollard leads the field away from Dam Green, with Paul Anderson also making a good start in second and John’s Topper just rounding the mark in third
A determined-looking Jane Anderson beating back towards the Dam,on her way to victory on handicap, with a more tranquil Jane Chadney just behind
A first-class photo of Roger Heasman and Sally Wills out in the RS200 (though they had a much more successful sail when they switched to the Bosun for the afternoon race)
Paul Anderson having to hike out in his full-rig Laser
A relatively rare outing for the club Kestrel, with Adam helming and John Dabbs as crew; in the background are the Tasar and the red-hulled Bosun (which must have been hard work for a crewless Toby, who had his work cut out to keep the boat level on the beats at times)
James Pollard goes for a starboard tack start right down by the pontoon, whilst most of the fleet goes for a port tack option
James’s starting tactic looks to be vindicated as he pulls out a good lead in the short beat to the first mark
Linda Spiller braving the cold in her Laser 4.7, with Nathan gliding downwind in the background
Relatively rarely used, Start Line 2 very often leads to a widely spread-out fleet and it’s no exception here, but James Pollard, hovering on the line on port tack, gets it just right
Mike Coulson and Viki Herbert-Coulson get the ‘Rob Eason’ going nicely, despite a day of some erratic and vicious gusts
Sue Murray looks for the wind shifts on the beat back from Middle to Dam Green
A day to opt for the Topper: Jane Chadney downsizes to good effect on another blustery Sunday
Reverting to Start Line 1 for the second race, James Pollard still gets away well in the foreground, with Jane Anderson being the only helm to go for a port start in the background
Jane Anderson’s Topper travelling at speed, whilst James Pollard and Bob Sampson are moving more slowly as they strive to make their potential starboard tack advantage tell
Despite capsizing to windward as the wind just died on him, Bob Sampson is quickly up and heading over onto the centreboard, whilst Steve Axford has to go the long way round
Steve Axford and Bob Sampson race for the finishing line on the final beat back from Middle
Linda Spiller gets away first in her new Laser in the second of the Icicle series, with Nathan Pollard and Jane Chadney just behind
Around Dam Green and heading to West Red, Jane Chadney already has the RS 200’s pink asymmetric spinnaker pulling, but Rachel Pomeroy is just behind in club Bosun the ‘Rob Eason’
It’s presumably an optical illusion, but it looks uncannily as if the Bosun (and also Linda Spiller’s Laser) both have seagulls taking a ride on their dinghies (and no, nobody has been fiddling with Photoshop….)
Elliot Pomeroy, with Kian Downes as crew, looking comfortable in the ‘Mike Ford’
Jane Anderson is showing ahead of the fleet, but is slightly down to leeward as the whole fleet forms a procession at the upwind end of the start line in Frostbite 2, but Vicki’s Topper seems to be well placed to windward
With a 15-strong fleet and only a short beat to Dam Green, there’s lots of pressure to get in the right place to squeeze round the mark; here, Paul Whybrow’s Solo heads a tightly-packed group of eight boats as they head for Home 2
Geoff Floyd gliding along in his Solo, just in front of new member Mike Coulson, who is testing out his new sail in the Laser Pico and is apparently the only one of this trio to have found a temporary gust of wind
If they ever invent a new sport of synchronised sailing, it looks as though Rachael and Vicki would be naturals at it
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