This weekend saw visitors from the Contender, RS700 and RS600 classes appreciate our varied sailing conditions with winds gusting over 25 knots on the Saturday and fading away to a complete calm on the Sunday. The contenders showed up the young pretenders by being the largest class with 19 competitors whilst the other two could only muster 20 between them.
The galley did a roaring trade on the the first morning as helms took on ballast with the bacon and egg butties being particularly popular. There were many capsizes and one particular incident demonstrated quite clearly the need to maintain stopping distance between two boats as an RS600 hit the mast of a capsized RS600 damaging the mast and pushing a daggerboard backwards through itself. Aching bodies were the order of the day as the evening approached.
The Chilli on Saturday night was clearly to the liking of some as second and third helpings were demolished before the all important event of the day - the skittles challenge. Again the Contenders led the way although the RS600s did manage one runner-up in the knockout event.
Club racing was somewhat depleted due to the boats that were taking part in the Open, and many stalwarts (claiming average points) helped out over the two days.
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