Some patchy sunshine and a good turnout (14 boats) as the fleet starts the final midday race into a northerly breeze
Fighting for elbow room as a cluster of boats try to find both water and wind to round Inlet, where the hillside has blanketed the northerly breeze
A picture of concentration as Jane Anderson rounds Dam Green on her way to victory in the Frostbite race
And Penny Abbott at the same mark…
Sue Murray tight behind Graham Joyce as they start to harden up
And similarly tight racing in the Toppers, with Elliott Pomeroy hard on the heels of Nathan Pollard
A smaller fleet at the start of the afternoon race; Roger Heasman appears to be several boat lengths ahead but it transpired that he had been over the line at the gun and was subsequently recalled to do a re-start
Ghosting downwind in winds that became lighter as the afternoon progressed; Adam Hilton’s Solo is clearly going extremely well at this point, as he is keeping pace with Jane Anderson’s Laser Radial – and indeed he went on to win the race on handicap
Just a trio of boats take to the water for the midday race, with Nathan Pollard’s Laser 4.7 away from the start in the lead
The red hull of Adam Hilton’s Bosun making the only bold splash in a grey wintery-looking shot, with the lichen-clad trees in the background overhanging the water making a good approximation to the forbidding dark forests of childrens’ fairytales
Nathan looking ahead to victory, both on the water and on handicap
Nathan again ahead, well clear at the start of the afternoon race
Elliot and Vicki head across the lake in their Toppers, whilst the club Bosun, sporting cut-down sails, heads up the lake in the background
Even though the conditions were reported to have eased for the second race, it still looks fairly wild and windy across the middle of the lake as this trio of boats beats towards Far
The complete six-strong fleet all visible in telephoto shot at the top end of the lake
An excellent crisp close-up of Roger Heasman helming the club Bosun, with Sally Wills and Geoff Floyd on crewing duties on what looks like a distinctly chilly late-October day
The difficulties caused when the wildly swinging wind direction turns the start into a run, leaving boats quite widely scattered across the lake at the start
The difficulties caused when the wildly swinging wind direction turns the start into a run, leaving boats quite widely scattered across the lake at the start
The reflections of the sails in the not-quite-still water reveal how little wind there was for helms to work with
And not much movement towards the top end of the lake, either, as helms heel their boats to make the most of a negligible breeze
A similar pattern in the afternoon race, with helms trying to avoid being carried unwillingly across the line by the following breeze
Paul Whybrow’s distinctive red-hulled Solo leads this mid-fleet group, as they head downwind towards Middle whilst he leaves it behind
‘Tiny Clanger meets Big Flapper’: Jane Chadney’s Laser disturbs one of the lake’s herons into a ponderous take-off from its perch on one of the race marks
Different angle from the usual start line photos, with a picture from the Devon side of the lake as the fleet gets to grips with the less-familiar Start Line 2
Robin Spiller, Steve Axford and James Pollard are the leading trio as they tack onto port after Dam Green
Nice close-up of James Pollard making sure he doesn’t waste an inch at Dam Green
Brian Pollard making his race debut in a Laser on the left, just behind Penny Abbot
Beautifully framed shot of the view from the top of the road down to the Race Hut and Watersports Centre
Tightly bunched at the start of the afternoon race, with the bow of Adam Hilton’s yellow Solo just showing marginally in front of the competition
Adam Hilton apparently still holding on to his position to windward, with Alan Comber’s Enterprise and Robin Spiller’s Streaker just down to leeward
Helms divided as to whether to go onto port or starboard as they run downwind from Inlet, with Jane Anderson and Bob Sampson in the lead
Bob Sampson has moved into pole position in the foreground, whilst in the background the Solo and Topper are almost lost in the drizzle and mists in the distance
All three of the remaining Lasers are up on the plane, with a patch of darker water demarking a gust across the middle of the lake
Nathan Pollard gets his Laser Radial away in prime position to windward at the start of the Tamar series race
The calm before the storm, as the leading trio head for West White
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