13 competitors, a little thin on the ground today, probably due to it being Dinghy Show this weekend – and it was still cold. The ESE breeze was very light and coming from the opposite direction as we arrived, but duly swung around and filled in by the time we started. ‘A’ was too far out of position for the start so we started without any distance mark, relying on the transits, which caused a little confusion and 3 boats over the line had to come back as the pack set off round 1, 6, 10, 11, 0.

Shortened to 2 laps, and with ‘A’ back on station for the finish, 2 boats forgot to round ‘0’ before finishing and one heard a horn and thought they had finished without actually crossing the line.

Dohhhhh.

Race 2 quickly under way with a clear start this time, round the same course for the full 3 laps taking nearly 55 minutes for the leaders.

Today’s results are posted on the Sailrace App and the series summary on Sailwave in the usual place

Thanks this week to Abi for helping in the race office and Paul for the safety cover. Other mentions: Tim LeC, who rinsed the cobwebs off his RS300, Andy trying to break-in another crew in his RS400 and a very big welcome to Sunday racing for Maryn & Alec from UCL in their Firefly.

Laser 1st Sunday next weekend of course, last one of this GMT series.

Have a good week y’all, B4N…...