An early morning storm on Sunday upset the weather pattern and after some deliberation with the RO, we decided to start on time. As the storm breeze subsided, we left the dock in a light westerly but by the time most of us got out to the start boat near Green Is it had dropped out completely. The Project only got halfway there and had to call up for a tow! We floated around in westerly, southerly, easterly and everything in between zephyr for 90 minutes or so before the forecast northerly finally broke through.

Race 4 started in a light 6-8 kts. Tomoko was back out giving us 9 staters. In the light airs, it was just a matter of finding a clear lane and the pressure. NGHAM continued their winning ways taking the first bullet of the day. Emotional Rescue rounding the top in 3^rd snuck past Rapscallion for their second consecutive podium.

The breeze had settled down for race 5 to a pleasant 10-12kts from the north. With the left-hand corner favoured, Patto and the boys got to the corner first and then proceeded to lead around the top. Brad on NGHAM seeing the Rappers as his immediate threat to the title managed to camp on them all around the track allowing W2 to get away and comfortably record their second bullet of the series. NGHAM successfully held off Rapscallion for 2^nd.

With just one race to go and with a drop in play, NGHAM had an insurmountable lead with Waterloo Too and Rapscallion tied for 2^nd. It was going to be another epic Patto/Heals battle for the minor podium positions.

Race 6 started with a general recall as half the fleet were over in their excitement to get the final race away. At this point the breeze was up to 12-15 kts and slowly building. Take two and soon the fleet was spread across the course with the left hand corner the place to go. Emotional Rescue scored this top spot and lead around followed closely by Rapscallion, W2, NGHAM and Happy Hour. At the bottom with Wayne controlling the preferred RH gate mark Rapscallion went for the LH one with W2 right on their transom where both proceed to the right hand side of the course. Emotional Rescue comfortable in their decision making hit the left hand corner.

Towards the right hand corner Rapscallion tacked for the top crossing W2 by ½ a boat length. At the top Emotional Rescue lead around by 2 lengths. The Rappers tacked onto the lay-line 3 lengths ahead of W2 who rounded in third just ahead of NGHAM. It was still all on.

On the run an early gybe on Rapscallion managed to get them some clear air before the rest of the fleet all gybed onto port. At this point, Brad sat all over W2 forcing them to make a clearing gybe off to the right which proved to be a disaster for W2 – I heard Patto wasn’t happy! The closing part of the run saw Rapscallion draw alongside Emotional Rescue but the final gybe into the finish gave EM the advantage and they took their first win and the final bullet of the regatta. NGHAM got through Patto to claim 3^rd while Happy Hour also got through W2 pushing them back to 5^th and ceding 2^nd overall to their arch nemesis. Overall W2 and Happy Hour were tied on points for 3^rd with W2 prevailing on count back.

Congratulations to Brad, Scottie and Jake on Mama Says “nothing good happens after midnight” who finished on 9 points.

Second: Rapscallion (Dave, Ian and Kevin) on 12 points.

Third: Waterloo Too (Noel, Andrew and Will) on 15 points.

Results here

A big thank you to the club, RC and volunteers for putting on a great regatta.

(This author accepts no responsibilities for any inaccuracies, distortions of the truth or outright lies.)