10th June 2018 gallery images All Lasers competing to be first away at the start of the midday race, except for Adam Hlton in his Solo in the foreground Bob Bennett’s Laser and the Bosun with Cilla Glbert at the helm both trying to get to Dam Green in the fluky breezes that turned on and off in an instant Nathan Pollard going well in his full-rig Laser, ahead of Steve Axford Bird watching is very important (though Sally may be wondering whether in the sailing world, black birds, like black cats, may bring bad luck) John Dabbs, the winner of the morning race Just how close can you be on the final horn…..? As so often with Start Line 2 , helms have opted for a wide variety of postions on line as the horn sounds for the afternoon race A cluster of boats round Dam Green on a day when the wildly fluctuating wind direction could make or mar the approach to a mark Steve Axford has already pulled out a considerable lead as the race leaders bear away downwnd towards West White The two Johns near the back of the fleet in the afternoon race