Club Racing 1st July 2007

After many days of cloud and rain, sunshine greeted competitors at Gorleston for July’s Gorleston Sprint series of Windwind  Leeward courses. With a shifty force 3 – 4,  South to South Westerly wind and big seas, it was a good day for the trapezing boats despite a high turnout of RS400’s.

Race one saw the Fireball of Veronica and Ben Falat round the windward mark first closely following by Richard Fryer and Ker Sinclair in an RS400. These two had a close match with the Fireball gaining upwind and the RS400 catching on the downwind leg. After a poor start Martin Browne and Di Holmes closed the gap on the leading two boats and at one time looked as if they might clinch second place but some close covering ensured Fryer / Sinclair keep their place

By the time the next race began the tide had just about started to ebb and the wind a little stronger. Team Falat, Browne/Holmes and Fryer/Sinclair made the best starts and rounded the windward mark together.  These three gradually pulled away from he rest of the fleet finishing in this order. Richard Browne / Jenny Butler and Team Stewart, sailing RS400’s had a close battle fourth place with Brown / Butler edging ahead at the finish

Race 1 (10)

1 – Fireball 14867, Veronica / Ben Falat  2 – RS400 721 , Richard Fryer / Ker Sinclair  3 – RS400 1129, Martin Brown / Di Holmes

Race 1 (9)

1 – Fireball 14867, Veronica / Ben Falat   2 – RS400 1129, Martin Brown / Di Holmes   3 – RS400 721 , Richard Fryer / Ker Sinclair