AM: Icicle 3

With the wind just getting up in time for the race on a lovely sunny day. 
nine boats took to the water.  Bob Sampson and Debbie Fairhead in the 
RS 200 seemed to get the best start, however Steve Axford in his Laser 
came steaming past them to take the lead at the first buoy. Steve then 
showed off his skills by moving further and further ahead over the race 
distance.  At inlet buoy on the first lap Simon Veal appeared to get an 
overlap on at least three boats but was forced to miss the buoy and had to 
tack to re-take it. Meanwhile, Emily, Simon's daughter, still in only her 
first season at the helm after an initially slow start caught up well in her 
Topper. Unfortunately for her the wind was very gusty and after being 
overpowered several times she retired at the end of the first lap.

Having recovered his composure Simon started to fight his way back 
through the fleet and moved himself up to third.  Steady racing by Vicki 
Duncalf, John Buckett and John Chandler saw them keep the distance to 
the front runners within handicap distance to gain good finishing 
positions, whilst Mike Ford in his Bosun and Alan Comber and John 
Weller in the Enterprise had a good tussle to decide last place.

Results: 

1st Steve Axford (Laser)
2nd  Vicki Duncalf (Topper0
3rd John Buckett (Otter)
4th John Chandler (Bosun)
5th Bob Sampson and Debbie Fairhead (RS2000
6th Simon Veal (Laser)
7th Mike Ford (Bosun)
8th Alan Comber and John Weller (Enterprise)
Emily Veal (Topper) rtd

PM: Frostbite 4

Again nine boats crossed the start line and with Steve Axford crewing for 
Paul Whybrow in the spinnaker-flying Scorpion, the end result was in 
little doubt.  Bob and Debbie in the RS 200 also raced well to finish 
second on the water, however they were unable to get enough distance 
between themselves and the slower boats to make it count on handicap. 
Simon Veal also accounted well for himself to finish third on the water.
As has been seen for most of the season the Toppers of Vicki and John 
Duncalf have been a force to be reckoned with when handicaps are taken 
into account and the end result saw Vicki get a second, second place 
result with husband John third. John Buckett also did well again but had 
to content himself with a one place drop for the afternoon's final position.

Results:

1st Paul Whybrow and Steve Axford (Scorpion)
2nd Vicki Duncalf (Topper)
3rd John Duncalf (Topper)
4th John Buckett (Otter)
5th Bob Sampson and Debbie Fairhead (RS200)
6th John Chandler (Bosun)
7th Simon Veal (Laser)
8th Mike Ford (Bosun)
9th John Weller and Alan Comber (Enterprise)