They were joined by four home boats for the racing. The early morning was sunny but windless. Fortunately, and much to the RO’s relief a moderate if gusty westerly wind settled in about eleven. Eddie P, Ogston SC took the lead early on in race one followed by Jeff S, CMYC. Eddie held this position through to finish first. Race two followed a similar pattern for first and second with Annette W, Welwyn Garden City SC working her way up into third place.

Fortified by a hot lunch the fleet took to the water to resume combat. In race three the order after rounding the two windward marks on lap one was Chris R, Burghfield SC, from Eddie. At the gybe mark Eddie seized his opportunity, gybed inside to retake the lead position. Further back in the fleet there was lots of place changing augmented by the gusty conditions. After a poor start Jeff S worked his way up through the fleet to second place by lap three. On the final leg Eddie opted to go right, Jeff and Chris went left. Jeff just managed to complete his tack back onto starboard finishing half a boat length ahead of Eddie. Chris was third followed by Annette sailing with her three year old daughter aboard. In Race four Chris R took an early lead and made no mistakes to secure a first place finish followed by Jeff and Eddie.
The day had some very exciting, close quarters racing and demonstrated how well suited the Comet is to small lake sailing.

Overall Results:
1st Eddie P, Ogston S.C;
2nd Jeff S, Crawley Mariners Y.C;
3rd Chris R, Burghfield S.C;
4th Annette W, Welwyn Garden City S.C.

Thank you to everyone who took part and joined us. 

Sailors came from the following clubs: Ogston S.C, CMYC, Burghfield S.C, WGCSC, Hunts, Chipstead and Silver Wings