by Adam Hilton

Mandy Pollard

Teacake 3

John Dabbs, uncrewed in his Bosun, led over the line towards the Dam. Robin Spiller (Streaker)  followed, Linda Spiller (Laser Radial) was next. These were helms who had been waiting pretty close to the line. A bunch of helms who had thought to cross the line at speed and were therefore a little further back, were caught out by a gap in the wind which left them with flapping sails. However, on the way to Inlet, the wind, more or less behind them until it bent round near the buoy, made up for it by pushing the stragglers towards the leaders. At Inlet Robin Spiller got himself inside the Dabbs Bosun and took the lead. As the little fleet crossed the middle of the Lake, making for West, the wind unexpectedly gybed Adam Hilton’s Solo. More gybes followed as he struggled to regain control. Linda Spiller capsized in sympathy. Robin Spiller, anxious about his wife, got stuck in irons. John Dabbs’s rudder, as pointed out by a gleeful competitor, was up. He lost a lot of time trying to get it down again. All of which enabled the now recovered Solo to sail away to Far in the lead. Linda Spiller was second from then on with John Dabbs a couple of minutes behind her at the finish with Robin Spiller not far off his transom. A fine race by Anna Walker and her mother in the Hartley 12 had them chasing the (reduced canvas) Heasman Bosun, overtaking it after Dam Green and gave them fifth place on handicap.

1. Adam Hilton (Solo)
2. John Dabbs (Bosun)
3. Linda Spiller (Laser Radial)
4. Robin Spiller (Streaker)
5. Anna Walker and Leila Farmer (Hartley 12)
6. Roger Heasman (Bosun)
7. Louise and Colin Witchell (Bosun)

Roger’s Bosuns 7

John Dabbs was first over the line but he had arrived at it a little early and had had to sail parallel to it for a few meters. This enabled Louise Witchell, second away and the furthest up wind, to round Dam Green in the lead. Indeed all the other Bosuns were to windward of John Dabbs and rounded the buoy before him. The wind at noon had been strong enough to warrant small sails on the Witchell Bosun and a small mainsail on the Club Bosun that Roger Heasman was sailing. But by now such fierceness was long gone the wind blew at around force 2 from the east at the Dam end and, channelled between the hills, from the northeast at the top of the Lake.

Louise Withchell kept her lead at Home 2, the second mark, with Roger Heasman (with Linda Spiller) second and Brian and Nathan Pollard third. The Witchell Bosun still had its nose in front as they approached Inlet but had not managed to stay as far to windward as the others. A short tack was necessary but in the fluky winds so often found at Inlet the Bosun got stuck in irons and the rest of the fleet went past. Roger Heasman led across to Middle but after they had rounded Pinky the Pollard Bosun kept to the Cornwall bank, caught the wind and sailed away to an increasing lead. Roger Heasman and John Dabbs battled for second place from then on but the Heasman Bosun was never headed.

1. Brian and Nathan Pollard (Bosun)
2. Roger Heasman and Linda Spiller (Bosun)
3. John Dabbs and Adam Hilton (Bosun)
4. Louise and Colin Witchell (Bosun)

Grateful thanks were given to Bob Sampson, the Officer of the Day and to Mandy Pollard who took the photos on a day when she could have been sitting warmly at home.

by Adam Hilton

Mandy Pollard

Tamar 9

A gorgeous sunny day, not too hot, had northerly winds, notably variable in direction as well as strength. Nicky Buckett and Brian Clifton, the Officers of the Day, responded to these conditions by setting a course which featured a long beat up to Pinky and a great deal of water was won or lost depending on how well boats and helms handled the beating. On the whole the single handed boats could point higher than the two-handers and required fewer tacks to get to the top of the Lake. This, as much as speed, was the deciding factor. Roger Heasman, in his Bosun with Linda Spiller, got over the line first, but a touch before the horn. Second over, and legitimately, was Paul Anderson (Laser Full) who thought the subsequent signal from the shore was meant for him. He turned back and had to fight his way back up the order, gaining a place every lap. Third away were Colin and Louise Witchell in their Bosun and then came Jane Anderson whose Laser had, for once, a big sail. As they sailed up the Lake the single-handers began to assert themselves, with Jane Anderson not needing to tack until just before Pinky. Behind her were Adam Hilton (Solo), soon overhauled by Nathan Pollard (Laser Full) who he’d impeded on the start line, and Robin Spiller (Streaker). Nathan Pollard set off in pursuit of Jane Anderson but the others continued to change places until settling for the Solo in third and the Streaker in fourth. The Bosun race had John Dabbs with newcomer Chris Smith in fifth at the end of lap 1, Brian Pollard and Cilla Gilbert in fifth at the end of laps 2 and 3 and beating the Dabbs Bosun by a dozen seconds at the end. The course featured the Sea Cadets RIB as it most southerly mark and this proved strangely hard for helms to avoid, catching Robin Spiller on the second lap and John Dabbs at the end.

1. Jane Anderson (Laser Full)
2. Adam Hilton (Solo).
3. Nathan Pollard (Laser Full)
4. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
5. Brian Pollard and Cilla Gilbert (Bosun)
6. John Dabbs and Chris Smith (Bosun)
7. John Buckett (Otter)
8. Robin Spiller (Streaker)
9. Paul Anderson (Laser Full)
10. Colin and Louise Witchell (Bosun)

Disqualified: Roger Heasman and Linda Spiller (Bosun)

Tamar 10

Robin Spiller hit the line as the horn blew and led away the now longer beat up to Far but familiar problems with the higher pointing Lasers had put him down to fourth at the end of the lap and fifth at the end. Jane Anderson was again the first to reach the top of the course with Adam Hilton second. But Nathan Pollard, fourth at the start, had overtaken the Solo before the end of the lap and went on a long chase of Jane Anderson, successful on the last lap. Paul Anderson had an extended battle with the Solo, finishing the first lap in front of it but then losing the place. Roger Heasman and Linda Spiller finished each lap in sixth, as the leading Bosun, with Brian Pollard behind them (by twenty seconds at the finish) and, towards the end, John Dabbs, now sailing alone, making up the third of the Bosun queue. The handicaps recognized that the Buckett Otter and Duncalf Topper had been well sailed.

1. Nathan Pollard (Laser Full)
2. Jane Anderson (Laser Full)
3. Adam Hilton (Solo)
4. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
5. John Buckett (Otter)
6. Roger Heasman and Linda Spiller (Bosun)
7. Robin Spiller (Streaker)
8. Brian Pollard and Cilla Gilbert (Bosun)
9. John Dabbs (Bosun)
10. Paul Anderson (Laser Full)

Grateful thanks were given to Brian Clifton and Nicky Buckett for running the races and to Mandy Pollard for the photographs.

Teacake 2

The winds at the Dam had a great deal of east in them but past the middle of the Lake they became increasingly northerly until, in the second race, sailing north stopped being a reach and became a beat. The start was from the near end of the Home 2 line and if helms crossed the line reasonably close to the Home 2 buoy and had a boat willing to point high they could get to the first mark – the Sea Cadet RIB standing in for a buoy -  in one tack. Linda Spiller, her Laser carrying a full rig, did that and went from second over the line to first at that mark. Reaching all the way up to Far increased her lead which grew from then on and would have been more than three minutes over Adam Hilton’s Solo if she had not mistaken which side of Home 1 to finish and had to go back. Sue Murray, in the dark blue Club Bosun with Bob Sampson as crew, was third at the start but was displaced by John Dabbs’ Bosun and Robin Spiller’s Streaker. The Lake was sadly short of water and any excursion west of West White incurred the risk of grounding. The Heasman Bosun looked to have had that trouble. John Dabbs, finishing five and a half minutes behind Linda Spiller was promoted by the handicaps as was Sue Murray, who finished two heart beats behind John.

1. .John Dabbs and (Bosun)
2. Sue Murray and Bob Sampson (Bosun)
3. Adam Hilton (Solo)
4. Linda Spiller (Laser Full)
5. Roger Heasman (Bosun)
6. Robin Spiller (Streaker)
7. Leila Farmer (Hartley 12)

Roger’s Bosuns 6

Brian and Nathan Pollard joined the fleet for the Bosun race and the others had got themselves crew, Leila Farmer for John Dabbs and Linda Spiller for Roger Heasman. Robin Spiller added his Streaker to the fleet. The course was modified, only going as far north as Pinky and including a leg from West to Middle.  And the winds were significantly stronger. Roger Heasman got away first, was first at Pinky but lost first place momentarily to John Dabbs between West and Middle before regaining it and holding onto a lead which continued to be contested . Brian Pollard had trouble at Middle and took a penalty. On the second lap Brian was close to Robin Spiller rounding the RIB but by the end of the lap he had got past the Dabbs/Farmer Bosun. On the third lap all three Bosuns were competing for the same water at Middle and the three of them finished only 13 seconds apart.

1. Roger Heasman and Linda Spiller (Bosun)
2. Brian and Nathan Pollard (Bosun)
3. John Dabbs and Leila Farmer (Bosun)
4. Robin Spiller (Streaker)

Grateful thanks were given to Colin and Louise Witchell, assisted by Nicky Buckett, the Officers of the Day.

by Adam Hilton

Mandy Pollard

Commodore 5

The northerlies were considerably stronger than the twelve miles per hour forecast and many helms chose their sails with caution. Linda Spiller, Sue Murray and Jane Anderson put little 4.7s on their Lasers, Robin Spiller had a small ‘Wave’ sail on his Streaker and no one was sailing a Bosun without a crew. And indeed the winds for the first lap or two were strong and gusty although they moderated towards the end. Sue Murray, Jane Anderson and Adam Hilton got away well but the big-sailed Lasers soon asserted themselves, Bob Sampson leading every lap with Nathan Pollard and Paul Anderson equally consistently second and third. Indeed it was a race in which the potential of the boat seemed more important than the skill of the helm given that the boat-based handicaps could have been used to predict the order on the water. The Solo followed in fourth and the 4.7 Lasers in fifth, sixth and seventh with the Streaker Wave following and the Bosuns in ninth and tenth; all in the order the handicaps would suggest they should finish in. It was only Vicky Duncalf’s Topper coming in front of the Hartley 12.2, admirably helmed by Leila Farmer’s son Ethan, that broke the rule. This, however, was a race where the Club’s handicaps based on the helm’s past performance were applied and that made the results different from the order on the water.

1. Bob Sampson (Laser Full)
2. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
3. Nathan Pollard (Laser Full)
4. John Dabbs and John Buckett (Bosun)
5. Adam Hilton (Solo).
6. Linda Spiller (Laser 4.7)
7. Brian Pollard and Debbie Fairhead (Bosun)
8. Sue Murray (Laser 4.7)
9. Robin Spiller (Streaker Wave)
10. Jane Anderson (Laser 4.7)
11. Ethan and Leila Farmer (Hartley 12)

Paul Anderson (Laser Full) retired

Spalding 5

Sue Murray, Vicki Duncalf and Jane Anderson were the leaders away from the start line with John Dabbs’ Bosun (now with Adam Hilton crewing) to windward of Roger Heasman’s (with Linda Spiller) closely following. But Nathan Pollard and Bob Sampson were not to be held back. It was Nathan’s turn to lead at the end of every lap and Bob’s to follow in second but perhaps the greater achievement was Sue Murray’s following in third with her little 4.7; a six and a half minute deficit to the leader being small enough after an hour’s racing to give her victory on handicap. Robin Spiller, now with a regular sail on his Streaker, pulled himself up to fourth and Roger Heasman easily led the Bosuns. Paul Anderson, on port tack, had to give way unexpectedly to a call of ‘starboard’ from a fast approaching Bosun and ended up in the drink. His wife lost time making sure that he was alright.

1. Sue Murray (Laser 4.7)
2. Nathan Pollard (Laser Full)
3. Bob Sampson (Laser Full)
4. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
5. Roger Heasman and Linda Spiller (Bosun)
6. Brian Pollard and Debbie Fairhead (Bosun)
7. John Dabbs and Adam Hilton (Bosun)
8. Jane Anderson (Laser 4.7)
9. Robin Spiller (Streaker)

Paul Anderson (Laser Full) retired

Grateful thanks were given to Graham Joyce and Nicky Buckett for running the races and to Mandy Pollard for the photographs.

by Adam Hilton

Roger’s Bosuns 2

Another not great day, unsunny, not reliably dry, the northwesterlies highly variable in strength and direction. Roger Heasman himself was occupied with builders so the fleet of Bosuns was reduced to the Pollards, John Dabbs with Adam Hilton and John Buckett with Stephanie Clark. She had been due to OOD but was converted to crew when Nicky Buckett kindly offered to run the races. The race itself turned out somewhat processional. Brian Pollard started well and seemed to lengthen his lead over John Dabbs on every leg. The Buckett/Clark Bosun never had a chance because it started from the Home 1 line when the rest started from Home 2!

1.       Brian and Nathan Pollard (Bosun)
2.       John Buckett and Stephanie Clark (Bosun)

John Dabbs and Adam Hilton (Bosun) retired

Roger’s Bosuns 5

The course was simplified from the nine mark job of the first race, starting from the far side of Home 1 but still going all the way up the Lake to Far. Brian Pollard again got away in the lead with again John Buckett following. The boats were closing up towards the end of the lap which employed the Sea Cadets RIB as the most southerly mark around which the competitors tightened up and tacked across towards the slipway before going about and crossing the line. Unfortunately for him but not for the interest of the racing, Brian Pollard tacked in front of John Buckett who called starboard on him. They touched and Brian was obliged to do penalty turns, allowing the Dabbs Bosun into second place. At West ‘Quebec’ was to windward and able to call starboard on ‘Bubbles’ coming into the buoy on port. This left John Dabbs sailing serenely away in first place, a lead he was able to increase before the end of this two lap race.

1. John Dabbs and Adam Hilton (Bosun – Quebec)
2. John Buckett and Stephanie Clark (Bosun – “Bubbles”!)
3. Brian and Nathan Pollard (Bosun)

Grateful thanks were given to Nicky Buckett who very kindly volunteered as Officer of the Day.

by Adam Hilton

No geese (or swans) were hurt in the taking of these photos! Mandy Pollard

Commodore 4

Bob Sampson and Nathan Pollard laid on another episode of their titanic struggle in this Commodore series. Despite the winds being strong and viciously gusty – there were several capsizes – they had full-sized sails on their Lasers and were again blown along at remarkable speeds when the wind was behind them. With these winds coming from points west, Geoff Floyd, running the day’s races, designed a start using the Home 2 line with West as the first buoy. Nathan Pollard started well but it was Linda Spiller with a mere 4.7 sail on her Laser who started best and rounded the mark first. Jane Anderson with another Laser 4.7 was not far behind and by the end of the lap had established herself as the leader of the 4.7s. Linda Spiller followed her until at the end – they completed five ten minute laps – Sue Murray, in the third Laser 4.7, overtook. Meanwhile Nathan Pollard and Bob Sampson were at the front of the fleet, never far apart until Bob capsized on lap 4, allowing Nathan to win on the water by two and a half minutes. The series’ personal handicaps turned the order upside down.

1. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
2. Nathan Pollard (Laser Full)
3. Brian Pollard and Cilla Gilbert (Bosun)
4. Sue Murray (Laser 4.7) and equal, Linda Spiller (Laser 4.7)
5. Jane Anderson (Laser 4.7)
6. Bob Sampson (Laser Full)
7. Adam Hilton (Solo).

Robin Spiller (Streaker Wave) retired

Spalding 4

Brian Pollard emerged from the starting melee around Home 2 having to do penalty turns. It led to a long hard race trying to make up water lost to the other Bosun of Roger Heasman and Linda Spiller. Nathan Pollard judged his tacks to West just right and rounded the buoy first with Bob Sampson following and Jane Anderson third. On the run back towards the dam Bob Sampson established himself in front of Nathan Pollard and the two big-sailed Lasers began again their run at the head of the fleet, only briefly interrupted by Nathan Pollard capsizing on lap 3. However no one was immune from the arbitrary intrusions of the winds. On the final lap, as the two Laser planed towards Dam Green, a gust caught Nathan Pollard in its embrace and took him up to where Bob Sampson was preparing to round the buoy. Nathan had the inside line and took the buoy first. In the few meters still to sail to the finish line Bob had no chance to retrieve his lead. Jane Anderson and Sue Murray had had their own Laser 4.7 battle behind the leaders, finishing fourteen seconds apart and the conventional boat-based handicap gave them first and second places above the big-sailed Lasers.

1. Jane Anderson (Laser 4.7)
2. Sue Murray (Laser 4.7)
3. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
4. Nathan Pollard (Laser Full)
5. Bob Sampson (Laser Full)
6. Roger Heasman and Linda Spiller (Bosun)
7. Brian Pollard and Cilla Gilbert (Bosun)

Grateful thanks to Geoff Floyd, officer of the day.

by Adam Hilton

Brian Pollard

Teacake 1

Rather a miserable day, grey, gusty, wet, which is probably why the fleet was rather small. Although it might have been a little bigger if Brian Clifton hadn’t had to withdraw his Kestrel when his jib halyard got stuck. The wind was coming from many points around the south west so the start was towards the Dam. Adam Hilton’s Solo was to windward but John Dabbs (with Nicky Buckett crewing) was over the line faster and just led around Dam Green. The Solo had got in front before they went past Middle on the way to Pinkie but the contest was not over, John Dabbs gaining on the multi-tack beat to West, but Adam Hilton taking back the lead on the reach to Inlet and finishing the lap perhaps three boat lengths ahead . Roger Heasman (with Bob Sampson) were a hundred yards behind at the end of lap 1. John Dabbs began lap 2 by overtaking the Solo on the way to Pinkie but Adam Hilton was able to regain the lead during the beat back and Roger Heasman made up a lot of water, bringing him within striking distance of the Dabbs Bosun. But the order stayed the same during lap 3, the Solo finishing a minute in front of the Bosuns, not nearly enough to overcome their handicap advantage.

1. John Dabbs and Nicky Buckett (Bosun)
2. Roger Heasman and Bob Sampson (Bosun)
3. Adam Hilton (Solo).

Roger’s Bosuns 4

Brian Pollard’s yellow-hulled Bosun joined the fleet and there was a general redistribution of crew, Bob Sampson going to Brian’s boat, John Dabbs swapping one Buckett for another and Adam Hilton going to crew for Roger Heasman. In the rain and the force 3 to 4 winds. Brian Pollard got to Dam Green first and his lead was never challenged, the boat pointing higher in the beats than either of the other competitors, to the extent that, with the wind shifting, Pinkie to West became a single tack for Brian on the last lap, a feat the other skippers could not match. Roger Heasman and John Dabbs were close at Dam Green on lap 1 but Roger managed to pull away and although the gap between the two Bosuns varied through the race the order did not change.

1. Brian Pollard and Bob Sampson (Bosun)
2. Roger Heasman and Adam Hilton (Bosun)
3. John Dabbs and John Buckett (Bosun)

Grateful thanks were given to Nicky and John Buckett, Officers of the Day.

by Adam Hilton

Teatime Tankard 8

John Buckett’s Otter was first away on a day of very light and variable northerlies with hazy sunshine. But the Otter didn’t point as high as Linda Spiller’s Laser (Full) or Adam Hilton’s Solo and they were the boats leading at the first mark, Inlet. The Solo got all the luck with the mini-gusts and was first at the end of lap 1, finishing lap 2 (and the race) five minutes in front of the Laser. Robin Spiller’s Streaker simply wouldn’t make forward progress, slow-motion tacking from one bank to the other in more or less the same place. Robin retired it. Roger Heasman, sailing his Bosun single-handed, overtook John Buckett but was only fourteen seconds ahead at the finish. Colin and Louise Witchell brought their Bosun in another five minutes later.

1. Adam Hilton (Solo)
2. John Buckett (Otter)
3. Roger Heasman (Bosun)
4. Linda Spiller (Laser Full)
5. Colin and Louise Witchell (Bosun)

Retired:Robin Spiller (Streaker)

Roger’s Bosuns 3

Brian and Nathan Pollard’s Bosun led over the line, followed by Roger Heasman now with Linda Spiller crewing, Adam Hilton with John Buckett and then the Witchell Bosun. Bob Sampson, generously taking over OOD duties, had changed the course to avoid the worst of the Pinkie doldrums and the first mark was West White which Roger Heasman just reached before Brian Pollard. There was then a very close race back to Zebra where Brian had the inside line and went round first. He kept the place at Middle but then Roger handed him the victory by going the wrong way round the buoy and having to return when he realised. The Hilton/Bucket Bosun was struggling; the skipper not easily making the transition from Solo to Bosun. Colin and Louise were not far behind at Zebra. Roger managed to regain second place by overtaking Adam before West White.

1. Brian and Nathan Pollard (Bosun)
2. Roger Heasman and Linda Spiller (Bosun
3. Adam Hilton and John Buckett (Bosun)
4. Colin and Louise Witchell (Bosun)

Bob Sampson magnanimously took over as Officer Of the Day so that Adam Hilton’s Bosun could boost the numbers in the Bosun race.

Commodore 2

Robin Spiller’s was the outstanding first lap. He got his Streaker away well on a day when there was a whole bunch of fast starting boats; he led at the first buoy, the Streaker pointing high in the light northerlies and continued to lead the whole lap until overtaken by Linda Spiller’s big-sailed Laser on lap 2. The other outstanding first lap was John Dabbs’. He was sailing his Bosun alone and was making it look as nimble as a much lighter craft; he finished the lap in third but something went wrong on the second lap and he toured in seventh and later sixth, but still the leading Bosun. The Lake was dominated by a fishing competition so the course had to be short to avoid clashes at the north end, resulting in a five lap race. Adam Hilton’s Solo started behind the leading bunch and finished the first lap in fifth but the boat’s inherent speed in these light wind conditions pulled it up to third, despite its skipper putting it in irons when rounding Zebra. Sue Murray had chosen a 4.7 sail for her Laser despite the light winds, hoping for a handicap advantage but not taking into account that this was a race based on personal, rather than boat, handicaps. She was a consistent fourth. Geoff Floyd took his Solo up to fifth where he stayed for the last three laps; the personal handicaps gave him the victory.

1. Geoff Floyd (Solo)
2. John Dabbs (Bosun)
3. Robin Spiller (Streaker)
4. Roger Heasman (Bosun)
5. Brian Pollard and Bob Sampson (Bosun)
6. Adam Hilton (Solo)
7. Linda Spiller (Laser Full)
8. Sue Murray (Laser 4.7)
9. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)

Colin and Louise Witchell retired their Bosun when tiller and extension parted company.

Spalding 2

For the afternoon race the wind had freshened a little, still from a North-Westerly direction.

Sue Murray (Laser 4.7) made a good start just ahead of Vicki Duncalf (Topper) with the rest of the fleet all quite close behind. Nathan Pollard who had joined the fleet with his full-sailed Laser, soon took the lead and maintained it throughout the race. In fact the positions changed very little although Robin Spiller (Streaker) continued his fine day’s sailing, making good progress from sixth to third position on the water. As the wind direction moved a little more northerly boats had to be careful of involuntary gybes as they came back from Middle towards the Dam but all coped well and there were no dramas on the water. The wind had freshened and lap times had consequently reduced so the Officer of the Day, John Duncalf, elected to demand seven laps. Many competitors were heard to cry “Just how many laps have we done?”  Sue Murray’s small sail gamble came good in this race with boat-based handicaps, although holding on-the-water second place in front of some theoretically faster boats she hardly needed the handicap to take honours.

1. Sue Murray (Laser 4.7)
2. Brian Pollard and Bob Sampson (Bosun)
3. Nathan Pollard (Laser)
4. Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
5. Robin Spiller (Streaker)
6. Roger Heasman and Linda Spiller (Bosun)
7. Geoff Floyd (Solo)
8. John Dabbs (Bosun)

Grateful thanks were given to John Duncalf, Officer of the Day.

by Adam Hilton

Roger’s Bosuns 1

The forecast was for westerlies of force 6 gusting 7 and mostly they were westerlies and there were certainly times when they were of force 6 and of force 7 but there were times when they were most other strengths too. The winds during the race were strong and very gusty. But when the sailors arrived the wind was a good deal milder although shelter had to be found when heavy showers arrived. Nobody put small sails on their Bosun. Unusually, there were more potential crew than helms. Brian Pollard had brought Nathan. Ian Chatterton ended up crewing for Adam Hilton and Roger Heasman had his regular crew, Linda Spiller.

Brian got away first, beating towards West, getting there first and staying first throughout the race. The only doubt about the Pollard race was whether their Bosun was going to dig its yellow nose so deep in the water that the boat went under; spectators by the race hut were on tenterhooks. Roger Heasman followed at the start and throughout, generally gaining on the runs and losing the gains on the beats. Adam Hilton brought up the rear but, exhausted by battling the constant gusts, retired after two laps of the three.

1. Brian and Nathan Pollard (Bosun)
2. Roger Heasman and Linda Spiller (Bosun)
3. Adam Hilton and Ian Chatterton (Bosun)

There was no appetite for a second race.

Grateful thanks were given to John Dabbs, Officer of the Day, and Penny Abbott, who took the photos on her phone.