Sunday turned out to be just perfect, with the wind topping out at 20 knots from the west plus blue skies and a small chop with the square course set by the OD Keven Lane ( keeping the cats away from the kids) made for some great racing.
Conditions:
Blue skies & hot weather
Wind: max 20 knots
Tide: bottom of the ebb
Waves: small chop
Race one saw Rob Gill nail the start with a pin end port tack, by the top mark ( it was near cage) it was Rob D (A), Rob G (A), Brendan (A) Chris and Neil (Tiger) and Colm and Dave (Tiger). It was then off across the harbour to dognose on a close reach then gybe downwind to number 7, by this time Chris and Neil were very close to Rob D at the number 7 mark, but had a moment and ended up in the piss. Then it was a one tack beat to the bottom mark on the bank where Brendan hauled in Rob G and passed him and covered him all the way around the next lap. Final result was Rob D, Brendan, Rob G, Chris & Neil, Colm and Dave.
Race two saw a big wind shift to the right, with everybody hitting the committee boat end on starboard, It was Brendan leading the way to the top mark when to the joy of Neil (changed from the Tiger to the A for this race) and Rob D to see a 420 pull the mark down to them, thus Neil rounded first, then Rob D, Brendan ( who just could not believe what was happening) followed by Chris and Rob G (Tiger) and Colm and Dave (Tiger). this leg turned out to be a dead downwind leg and was full of light air holes and gusty conditions. Chris and Rob (Tiger) gybed away first out of the light stuff and pulled away, Colm and Dave then gybed followed by Neil. Rob D and Brendan held out in the light stuff in the hope of the new stronger wind ahead, when the wind came back it was Chris and Rob well to leeward and blasting along and making the dognose mark, with Brendan and Rob D heading down in very strong gust and Colm and Dave on the same line as Chris and Rob G and Neil behind them. Near the dognose Chris and Rob again had a moment and ended up in the piss, Rob D had passed Brendan to leeward and at the gybe mark gybed away heading for number 7, Colm and Dave rounded 3rd with Neil 4th, Chris and Rob were still over. This order stayed the same till the second round when Chris and Rob G blasted back into 3rd position in the downwind legs with the final result being Rob D 1st, Brendan 2nd, Chris and Rob G 3rd, Colm and Dave 4th and Neil 5th.
