Race One : we were generally a bit tardy for the very prompt race officer. Mark and Tony shot off the line and kindly waved to Howard and Richard headed in the opposite direction trying to get a start in. Howard v cross, as they began in 6th.... and heaven knows how many seconds behind. Richard blamed the tacktick.... A nice race - Mark and Tony never challenged, and Team Millar sailed a stonker to come a great second. Howard and Richard did a bit of that overtaking thing to come third. Doing a Button as they say....
Race Two : pressure on as we were all at the line and ready to go. Mervyn in his new 3536 had a great start at the committee boat end as did Mark and Tony. Richard and Howard gambled for the pin end, and the fleet in general got out of the trap very well. The pin end gamble didn't work too well, and at mark one it was Mark/Tony, Mervyn, then Richard and Howard. Then unaccountably Tony decided to read poetry to Mark instead of focussing on his spinnaker work - letting 3536 come storming through to take the lead. And then before mark two, Richard and Howard took them both. Terrific stuff! Howard is so good in those marginal reaching and planing conditions.... This was great racing. Team Hume came through strongly, Mervyn continued to sail well, and Mark and Tony (poetry readings complete) really piled the pressure on. But at the end, Richard and Howard took it by four seconds from Mark and Tony, and they were 5 seconds ahead of Team Hume.
Star performances of the day? Team Millar in race one - really sailed it very cleverly. Then our newcomer, Mervyn Wright in 3536 sailed extremely well too. His crew had never sailed a spinnaker until the day before. Blimey. A team to keep an eye on. The midnight monster might need to put lead in their tanks if they keep on like that!!
A great day's class racing !
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