January 14th Racing

22 on the water this week, pretty good for such a cold day, largely boosted by strong turnouts from the WH/Wembley and Greig groups. The F3 WSW ‘gentle breeze’ was near perfect round 2,5,10,3,0,A. That F3 dropped off a little during race one, so with the leaders taking over 35 minutes, Tim wisely decided to shorten to just one lap. Stewart/Jack took line honours in their 400, but that harsh PY sent them reeling down to 14th. Pete(E) split the Solos of Dave & James on PY with Kai close on their heels.

2 laps for race 2, with several honourably retiring after realising they’d headed upwind from 10, missing out the A mark. Line honours for Rodger this time, relegated to 7th corrected, promoting the winners Pete(E), Cornielle, James & Colin.

Today’s start was almost on time, just a short delay trying to set a distance mark, with thanks to Tim & Theresa in the Race Office and Andy & Paul on Safety. We didn’t quite get the Sailrace app loaded properly in time for race 1, but race 2 analysis is available. The series summary is out in Sailwave as usual, you know where - https://www.kgsc.org.uk/202324-winter-series

King George Gallop next Saturday, enter on-line via the link in the KG website for member discount. If you’re not planning to compete, please consider helping the teams welcoming and launching our visitors.

Then it’s another 3rd Sunday Pursuit on Sunday. Ta-ta y’all…….