Racing was close with quite a bit of place changing between the leading 5 boats in all three of the races.
Fran Gifford and Jenny Wilkins won the first race from Will and Arthur Henderson, with the lead changing on many occasions until New Isabelle ran gently up Zippy's transom and had to do a 720. Third was Steve Broom and James Muir sailing very impressively in their first time out in a Twelve.
The second race saw Will and Arthur lead from the start and build up a good margin for error. Chasing hard were John Thornton and Lizzy Wilkins who eventually slipped down to 4th place with David Wilkins and Kate Meadowcroft taking 2nd place from Fran & Jenny.

With everything to sail for in the final race two further laps were added. Fran & Jenny were early leaders followed closely by David & Kate, a coming together of these two boats at the 3rd mark left Fran doing turns. Meanwhile the Hendersons had got an inside overlap on David and Katy at one of the many gybe marks, followed by a nice puff of wind which took her clear, with John & Lizzy getting through to 2nd place. As the race went on Fran & Jenny worked their way back through the fleet, getting well in tune with the shifts and puffs and closing the gap on the Hendersons fast but running out of laps before being able to take them. After much swapping of position between 3rd & 4th John & Lizzy eventually got the better of David & Kate. Steve & James sailed consistently to take 5th.

Close mark rounding - race3

Place	No	Design	Helm & Crew	Club	Points
1st	3418	Baggy Trousers	Will & Arthur Henderson	Salcombe YC	2
2nd	3431	Feeling Foolish	Fran Gifford & Jenny Wilkins	Aldeburgh YC	3
3rd	3481	Feeling Foolish	David Wilkins & Kate Meadowcroft	Spinnaker Club	6
4th	3468	Numinous	John Thornton & Lizzy Wilkins	Henley SC	7
1st Single Bottom Boat	3316	Crusader	Steve Broom & James Muir	Spinnaker Club	8

1st beat - race 3

Photos by Katharine Cherrill