Not sure why but there were only four boats in the mono class for heat four of the club championship. Those who turned up had a great day on the water with no sign of the forecast thunderstorms. There were a few crew changes on the Sharpies with Tim defecting to Truck for the day, Jess joining Zoe on Space Monkeys and Frank have a long awaited return to sailing on Pleasure & Pain.
Truck got slightly the best start with Space Monkeys and Mainiac in hot pursuit. P&P decided to go the other side of the work and lost a small amount of ground. Truck led narrowly round the first mark from Space Monkeys. Mainiac was then just in front of P&P - and the two boats had a great reaching battle.
Positions settled down until the last work when Mainiac picked the shifts well and caught Space Monkeys. The run to mark X was long - Space Monkeys stayed east and Mainiac went down the middle. It could have gone either way but in the end Space Monkeys gybed around X about a boat length in front of Mainiac.
Truck led the fleet home by two minutes. Space Monkeys beat Mainiac by sixteen seconds with P&P a futher minute or so back.
Mainiac won the pointscore race comfortably from Truck and Space Monkeys.
Overall a great day on the water with a good course - hopefully we get a better turnout next Saturday.
Please remember that its the monohulls turn to run the canteen next Saturday - so come down bright and early ready to work. You will have time to rig your boat to get out racing in the afternoon.
Truck got slightly the best start with Space Monkeys and Mainiac in hot pursuit. P&P decided to go the other side of the work and lost a small amount of ground. Truck led narrowly round the first mark from Space Monkeys. Mainiac was then just in front of P&P - and the two boats had a great reaching battle.
Positions settled down until the last work when Mainiac picked the shifts well and caught Space Monkeys. The run to mark X was long - Space Monkeys stayed east and Mainiac went down the middle. It could have gone either way but in the end Space Monkeys gybed around X about a boat length in front of Mainiac.
Truck led the fleet home by two minutes. Space Monkeys beat Mainiac by sixteen seconds with P&P a futher minute or so back.
Mainiac won the pointscore race comfortably from Truck and Space Monkeys.
Overall a great day on the water with a good course - hopefully we get a better turnout next Saturday.
Please remember that its the monohulls turn to run the canteen next Saturday - so come down bright and early ready to work. You will have time to rig your boat to get out racing in the afternoon.
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