Summer Series 1 was dominated by poor weather (rain and wind) but turnouts were similar to last year?? 55 entries this year for Race 1 series, same as last year with 47 for Race 2 compared to 44 last year. The Rookie fleet was a success but entries varied greatly with the weather and not many sailed the required 5 races to get onto the podium. Nick Duffew and David Wright battled it out with Jeff Marshall making a late run in the last race to claim third place overall from Julie Rust. Hopefully entries will continue to rise for Series 2 which starts on 9th August.
For Main and Fast fleets there was close racing at the front seen in the overall results, notable results were for Kevin Last, Kevin Milton and Robyn Pritchard who won a number of races and keeping Mike Pritchard and Roger Day on their toes. Overall the Main fleet was very close â?? 1.2 points between the first three overall, with Kevin Milton and Mike Pritchard tying for first place. Similarly for the Fast fleet there was a great battle for 2nd to 5th places. In the Slow fleet, Nick Duffew dominated the first half of the series but a strong run by Andrew Beaumont, culminating in a win in the last race ensured there was a tie for first place. The Laser Cup, run in parallel with the other races, resulted in a win for Mike Pritchard from Nick Turnbull-Ross and Ray Kemish. Yes Nick, you didn’t come 5th.
Rookie (24 entries)
1st Nick Duffew 5.0pts
2nd David Wright 10.0pts
3rd Jeff Marshall 14.0pts
4th Julie Rust 21.3pts
5th John Ward 66.0pts
Main (31 entries)
1st eq Kevin Milton 6.3pts
1st eq Mike Pritchard 6.3pts
3rd Kevin Last 7.5pts
4th Roger Day 16.0pts
5th Nick Turnbull-Ross 21.0pts
Fast (32 entries)
1st Mike Pritchard 5.0pts
2nd Robyn Pritchard 8.8pts
3rd Roger Day 12.0pts
4th Kevin Last 12.5pts
5th Kevin Milton 13.0pts
Slow (15 entries)
1st eq Andrew Beaumont 7.5pts>
1st eq Nick Duffew 7.5pts
3rd Derek Harbour 12.5pts
4th David Wright 16.3pts
5th Rob Underwood 20.0pts
Laser (19 entries)
1st Mike Pritchard 10.0pts
2nd Nick Turnbull-Ross 19.0pts
3rd Ray Kemish 26.7pts
4th Robyn Pritchard 54.4pts
5th Dave Nettleton 66.0pts