The weather report said to expect a southerly storm to arrive at early afternoon thankfully we only had light to moderate winds and a couple of light showers to contend with.
Ralph and Glen were race officers and set a rectangular course with the finishing line an extension of the startl line.
Twenty skippers were arranged into six teams of three and one team of two each team was given a colour name and appropriate coloured flags which were attached to the mast heads.
RED TEAM Polly, Ron Campbell and Tony Taylor.
YELLOW TEAM Ron Bedyn. Rodney Ford and Murray Dean.
BLUE TEAM Al Ross, Mark Cornell and Chris Stricker.
GREEN TEAM Bryan Treleaven, Anzan, and Bob Auton.
PURPLE TEAM Nick Richardson, Chris Greer and Clif Bishop.
ORANGE TEAM Peter Bradley, Roy Bickerstaffe and Mike Inns
WHITE TEAM Dayele Hobson and Ross Mills.
Placings in the seven heats sailed were.
Place 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
Heat 1 Y B W O R P G
Heat 2 O R Y P G B W
Heat 3 W P R Y O B G
Heat 4 P O Y R B G W
Heat 5 Y O P R W G B
Heat 6 O R P Y B G W
Heat 7 O P R B Y W G
With one discard the final points were
1st Orange 11
2nd Purple 15
3rd Yellow 16
4th Red 16
5th Blue 28
6th White 29
7th Green 37
Thanks to all who sailed and to Glen.
Ralph Biggs

