David Jones did the OOD honours for an A-course on Bank Holiday Monday, starting at 15:30 in glorious sunshine with a variable breeze from the South. There were four competitors: Andy Ross with Enoch Rodriguez in Comma (Enterprise) – first outing this season ; Lev and Inna Kolobov in Porpoise (Enterprise); Felicia Biekarck and daughter in Chris’ Distant Thunder (Leader); and Sam Shemtob solo in SY2 (Wayfarer). Lev and Felicia had a close race throughout the hour with Felicia in the lead for four laps before being overtaken by Lev for the last two laps. They finished about one minute apart. Andy managed three laps in the same time with Enoch busily bailing throughout, and Sam with a reef in his main brought up the rear in just over one hour. David Baker, from the safety boat, posted some lovely photos on the WhatsApp group.
Next week is an A or B course at 17:40.
