Cup 5
What winds there were came from the southwest and so the race set off towards the Dam. It was
hard to know whether to start from the pontoon end of the line on starboard tack or from the other
end on port. The three Lasers knew and made Dam Green in one tack from close up to the pontoon,
Jane Anderson leading. The two Solos didn’t know and took two tacks to get round the buoy. Nathan
Pollard’s Laser was neck and neck with Bob Sampson’s at Zebra and took over the lead from Jane
Anderson on the way back from Pinkie. Dave Perrett’s Solo led Adam Hilton’s for most of the race
but Adam had a spell in front on the way up to Pinkie. Because the winds were so light (and
disappeared from time to time), the race was shortened to two laps.
- Nathan Pollard (Laser Full)
- Bob Sampson (Laser Full)
- Jane Anderson (Laser Full)
- Dave Perrett (Solo),
- Adam Hilton (Solo)
- Roger Heasman and Jenny Routley (Bosun)
Sailboat 6
Linda Spiller (Laser Full), Robin Spiller (Solo) and John Dabbs (Bosun, Adam Hilton crewing) joined
the fleet and Linda had a good race, getting over the start line first and winning a race-long tussle
with Bob Sampson. The Dabbs/Hilton Bosun, on the other hand, retired after one very slow lap. The
Solos swapped places a good deal with Robin Spiller eventually prevailing. Nathan Pollard again led
the race from early on.
- Nathan Pollard (Laser Full)
- Jane Anderson (Laser Full)
- Linda Spiller (Laser Full)
- Bob Sampson (Laser Full)
- Robin Spiller (Solo)
- Dave Perrett (Solo)
Retired: John Dabbs and Adam Hilton (Bosun)
Thanks were given to Brian Pollard and Natasha Routley who ran the races and took the photos.