Wind force 1-2 from South-East
First race of the day opened with Clive Robinson as pathfinder. Starting early was favoured with the adverse tide. Pinnell took the early lead from Philippe Boite at the weather mark. The positions stayed the same throughout the windward leeward course, with Robinson in third, and Simon Payne & Billy-boy 4th.
Race 6 (Race of the Year). Boite led at the first mark closely followed by Pinnell. Pinnell sniggled past Boite on the run and went on to win with Boite second. A close battle was developing between Mike Holt, Payne and Upton-Brown for third. Holt just held on to 3rd with Upton-Brown 4th and Simon 5th. Those four first places in a row gave Pinnell and Powell the Championship with a race to spare.
Standings after 6 Races with 1 Discard:
12,4,1,1,1,1 8736 Ian Pinnell Nick Powell Northampton 1,3,27,12,2,2 8702 Philippe Boite Regis Viateur Meaux, France 2,11,3,2,27,4 8552 Mark Upton-Brown Ian Mitchell HISC 10,2,7,4,4,5 8481 Simon Payne Bill Masterman HISC 3,14,2,11,6,6 8432 Debbie Jarvis Dan Johnson Grafham/Burton 14,1,10,5,3,15 8676 Clive Robinson Gary Cawthorne Burton 25,5,4,9,7,10 8707 Steve Nicholson John Mildrid Northampton 30,10,5,75,9 8495 Dave Peacock Chris Hewkin Burton 36,9,6,19,11,13 8694 Andy Williams Andy Edmunds Portishead 27,6,9,15,39,3 8342 Mike Holt Paul Beasley Halfway 8,15,12,16,15,11 8419 Stuart Turnbull Jason Lunn Burton 6,21,13,6,35,19 8460 Martin Goult Gordon Russel Burghfield 5,26,22,10,21,8 8568 Charles Walters Christian Diebitsh Datchet Water 18,25,15,3,17,14 8381 Jim Hunt Steve Adams Thorpe Bay 9,23,8,17,25,12 8535 Dougal Cram Francis Cram HISC 7,18,19,22,10,16 8378 Martin Hodgson Alastair Macleod Stone 28,13,21,13,8,20 8429 Rob Napier Keith Summersgill House of LordsYC/Lowton 35,16,28,8,29,7 8650 Ian Montague Geoff Kimber Stone 15,12,18,31,22,26 8467 Chris Romans Colin Jarvis Portishead 23,22,11,14,24,25 8377 Hector Cisneros Lawrence Crispin Stone 31,8,23,20,23,23 8640 Vernon Ralston Simon Spratt Thorpe Bay 33,20,29,27,9,24 8708 Martin Wedge Nick Beloe RBYC 22,38,17,26,12,34 8508 Sam Neal Jon Ward Grafham Water 16,27,26,25,38,22 8489 John Webster Eric Ironmonger Burton 20,19,20,32,46,28 8494 Peter Andreae Robert Stallard Felixstowe Ferry 13,34,30,3513,30 8726 Martin Stainsby Jim Bennett HISC 19,17,38,50,18,31 8408 Roger Sherwood Nick Willis HISC 11,43,37,30,14,33 8483 Simon Sydenham Nigel James Aldeburgh YC 37,7,33,33,36,17 8306 Christopher Robinson Tom Phillips Burton 26,39,14,DNC,28,21 8701 Paul Lovesy Andy Matthews Stokes Bay 34,29,31,21,DNC,18 8705 Richard Lord Simon Lake Grafham Water 24,32,25,28,31,40 8291 Richard Sims Simon Wood Burton 29,30,32,24,33,32 8305 Andrew Short Russell Short Burton 40,28,DNC,34,19,29 8307 Paul Foddy P. Smith Stokes Bay 4,24,16,23,40,DNC 8672 Miles Odell Andrew Streeter HISC 21,36,40,36,26,39 8678 Jim Berry David Barnes Chew Valley DNC,42,36,37,16,37 7894 J Walker J Turner Burton DNC,31,24,18,DNC,DNC 8555 Dave Smithwhite Paul Young HISC 17,45,50,50,32,36 8690 Ian Gould George Simpkins Arun 32,35,42,38,37,41 8625 Melvyn Newman Alex Cull Queen Mary DNC,33,35,39,45,35 8304 Chris Pearson Frank Rainsborough Queen Mary 39,40,43,29,47,42 8423 Martin Wright Chris Wright Bala 42,37,34,42,44,43 8474 Chris Thorne Andy Tyas Portishead DNC,DNC,DNC,DNC,20,27 8679 Neil Connelly Neil Fulcher Stone 38,47,44,43,30,46 8217 Adrian Lane Geoff lane Stokes Bay 41,41,39,40,42,44 848 Tom Wain Jon Peats Felixstowe FerrySC DNC,44,41,50,34,38 8234 David Lines Julie Nuttall Queen Mary DNC,46,45,41,43,45 8532 Tom Clayton Dennis Hyatt Shotley DNC,DNC,46,44,41,47 8138 Andrew Draper Simon Johnson Queen Mary DNC,DNC,50,DNC,48,DNC 8380 Dick Rowe Ashford Brown Lyme RegisOne race scheduled for tomorrow. Everyone praying for a decent breeze.