AM: Sailboat Trophy 3

Seven helms bravely turned up at Tamar Lake despite forecasts of gale force 
southerlies and were rewarded with breezes that any fledgling sailor could have 
survived, but had to suffer a continuous cold, boat-filling rain. Bob Sampson (Laser) 
led away on starboard towards the replaced Dam Red Buoy (Thank you to the Lakes 
Trust and Nicky and John Buckett). Sue Murray (under-canvassed in her Laser 4.7) 
followed on port with Adam Hilton's Solo next, but the Pollards, James and Brian, in 
the RS200 were second round the buoy and then came Nathan Pollard's Laser 
Radial. The Hilton Solo sneaked round just before Sue Murray. The course took the 
fleet via Middle and West to Far, mostly runs, with Bob leading, then Nathan, the 
RS200, Adam, Sue, Vicki Duncalf's Topper and John Savage's Solo. The RS had got 
past Nathan and John Savage overtook Vicki before the end of the lap.
Lap 2 still had Bob's Laser and the RS200 at the front but Nathan and Adam were in 
a ding-dong battle for third, the Solo getting ahead but only by dint of going the wrong 
side of the Home1 mark, thus disqualifying itself. Bob Sampson stretched his lead on 
Lap 3 by judging his beats down the Lake to perfection. Otherwise the order 
remained the same except that Nathan got past the still-racing-but-no-longer-in-
contention Solo. However the Laser 4.7 and the Topper had stayed close enough to 
the leaders to get hauled up the order when the handicaps were applied.

Results:
 
1.       Bob Sampson (Laser)
2.       Sue Murray (Laser 4.7)
3.       Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
4.       Nathan Pollard (Laser Radial)
5.       James and Brian Pollard (RS200)
6.       John Savage (Solo), 
Adam Hilton, (Solo)  dsq

PM: Pursuit Series 1

In Pursuit races the slowest boats start first and the others follow at intervals set by 
their handicaps. The light airs and the rain continued and Vicki Duncalf's Topper 
kicked off proceedings, followed eight minutes later by John Savage and Adam Hilton 
in Solos. Nathan Pollard's Radial came another three minutes after them and Bob 
Sampson and the Pollards' RS200 started together a further three minutes later. By 
this time the Topper was at the top of the Lake. Nonetheless, at the end of the lap 
Bob Sampson had made huge gains and now lay third, three minutes behind Adam 
Hilton. John Savage and the Pollards brought up the rear. Then, on the long beat 
down from Far, Adam Hilton's Solo managed to get past Vicki Duncalf's Topper and 
by the end of this second lap Bob Sampson had too, leaving him a dozen minutes to 
catch the Solo, a minute and a quarter ahead, and take the lead. In the event the 
wind favoured the Solo on the long runs up to Far and Adam was still well ahead 
when the allotted sixty-seven minutes were up.

Results|:

1.       Adam Hilton (Solo)
2.       Bob Sampson (Laser)
3.       Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
4.       Nathan Pollard (Laser Radial)
5.       John Savage (Solo)
James and Brian Pollard (RS200) rtd
 
Many thanks were given to Jane and Paul Anderson, Officers of the Day, and to 
Mandy Pollard, photography.