The early fog and mist gave way to sun and clouds by race start. It was nudging 80 and very humid, but the 7 mph wind from the southwest helped us to feel a little more comfortable.

The tide was coming in from a low at 08.00, so ideal conditions for racing. Seven members thought so too and brought their boats to the cove.

Judy looked after the starting and scoring, Connie was there to support Al and take some photographs, and Cindy was there to support Louis. Many thanks to you all.

Another welcome visitor was Pat Donovan. Good to see you, Pat..

The course for the first three races was similar to the course used last week: the DroneBuoy and the pin formed the start, then south to take the blue and green marks to port, north to take the pink/white and the red/yellow marks to port, off to the red/white mark taken to port and then around the blue and green marks again and back to the line..The first three races resulted in a win for Bill and two wins for Fokka.

Following the third race and a much-needed water break, Nick and Bill suggested a change to the course, and all agreed. The same start and around the blue and green marks to port, then north to the red/yellow mark, taken to port, back to the blue and green, then north to the red/yellow, and race to the line. In this second series of races, Fokka won two and Nick won one.

Apart from the winners in the six races, Nick and Al both had two second-place finishes, and Bill and Kim had one each.

Third-place finishes went to Al (2), Nick (2), and Bill and Kim, one each.

We had two incidents today. In preparing for the fifth race, Bill’s boat got stuck on the pin at the start. Nick and Kim were bringing the rescue boat down to the shore when the boat released itself. Bill inspected it and, at first glance, thought the sail servo had failed, but, on closer inspection, he found the boat full of water and with no leaks in sight. A mystery to be solved!

The other incident occurred at the same time: Mike’s boat started sailing in circles, so it appeared that “fail-safe” had worked. The boat ended up on the wrong side of the wall, which meant a scramble for Mike. The culprit in this case was a flat battery. Bill and Mike missed the last two races, unfortunately.

Fokka was today’s champion with 8 points, with Nick second with 11 points and Al third with 14.

Bill and Kim tied for fourth with 19 points, but Bill gets the place owing to his one win. 

The full results are attached

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The next race day is next Tuesday, June 24th, when the tide will be going out from a high at 07.44.  Bring water. The temperature forecast is 90

Enjoy the weekend,

Derek