Club Racing 15th April 2007

Competitors at Gorleston expected to be sailing in light winds with flat seas when they launched on Sunday, but the wind soon increased to a force 4 from the North and this combined with a increasing tide running from the south provided increasingly boisterous conditions. Being only the second week of the 2007 racing season most of the racers experienced a few 'Wobbly' moments, including one F18 cat (whose crew shall remain nameless) who hit one of the  race marks at full speed bursting it! Ben and Venonica Falat

Three races were sailed by the fleet of F18 cats, RS800's, RS400's and the new B14 of Dick Roe & Kate Dulieu. Race one was won on handicap by Roe/Dulieu followed by the Veronica and Ben Falat in their RS800, with the RS400 of Richard Fryer/Carol Smalls third. Race 2 was won by the Falats with Fryer/Smalls second and the F18 of Tom Quayle and Steve Knight sailing well within their handicap of 690 to take third. Meanwhile Roe/Dulieu had disappeared towards Lowestoft after they were unable to drop their spinnaker at the end of the first lap! Race 3 was sailed in the most challenging conditions of the day and would have been won by the Falats had they not capsized on the last lap allowing Roe/Dulieu to take the win from them with Fryer/Smalls third.

Race 1 (10) B14 776 (Roe/Dulieu); RS800 870 (Falat/Falat); RS400 721 (Fryer/Smalls).
Race 2 (10) RS800 870 (Falat/Falat); RS400 721 (Fryer/Smalls); F18 955 Quayle/Knight.
Race 3 (10) B14 776 (Roe/Dulieu); RS400 721 (Fryer/Smalls); RS800 870 (Falat/Falat).