The heatwave continued and we were treated to another glorious sunny evening with gusts mostly from the east that created very satisfying bow waves.
The course was a short in front of the club with an upstream start. The relatively small fleet got away to a clean start and separated quickly.
Merlin Avenger sailed by Ken Duffell and Matt Valentine got away from the Lasers, and was able to cross the line before National 18’ Genevieve sailed by Charles Fox and Robert Blakebrough. The corrected results are shown below.
1st: Genevieve N 18 Charles Fox and Robert Blakebrough
2nd: Laser Henry Medcalf
3rd: Merlin Rocket Avenger Ken Duffell and Matt Valentine
4th: Laser Jim Hamilton
5th: Merlin Rocket Indecision Tim Barr and John Adams
6th: Laser Stewart Colley
7th: Laser Alexey Anatskiy
Thanks to Jim Green and Alastair Banks in the box and Humphrey Dorrell and Ian Wyatt in the Patrol Boat for a very enjoyable race.
Chloe, Josie and Alice prepared a perfect supper of quiche and salads followed by Eton Mess. Thanks to them for rounding the evening off so well.