Again the Ora came in at 12:45 a little later and a little lighter. However, After a 30 minute postponement the orange flag was raised and suddenly the wind increased to 18-20 knots.
Following a clean start the boats which started by the committee boat and tacked came out on top. This pack were led by Greg wells and Richard Rigg followed by Steve Goacher and Phil Evans and the two Simons; Patterson and Thompson. Wells and Goacher pulled clear to take first and second. Alan Bax and Simon Childs surfed past Charles Apthorp to take 3rd.
At the start of race 6 the Ora was still blowing strong and again, despite more port bias, the boats starting near the committee boat came out ahead. Goacher and Evans led the way at the top mark followed by Patterson and Thompson and then Bax and Childs.
As the race progressed the wind eased a little. Goacher extended and Bax moved into second, Gill Browning & Tom Pickles moved up to third. Behind the pack Greg Wells and Richard Rigg were starting to move through the fleet following a poor start and on the approach to the final windward mark Wells passed Browning to move into third. So at the downwind finish it was 1st Goacher, 2nd Bax, 3rd Wells, 4th Hamish Mackay & Andrew Lawson who had sailed a stunning last lap.
Pos | Sail No | Helm, Crew & Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
1 | GBR 3920 | Wells Greg, Rigg Richard, Hayling Island Sailing Club | -4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
2 | GBR 3821 | Steve Goacher, Phil Evans, Royal Windermere Yacht Club | 2 | -6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
3 | IRL 4002 | Lavery John, david O'Brien, National YC | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | -12 | 17 |
4 | GBR 3998 | Alan Bax, Simon Childs, HISC | -9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
5 | GBR 3957 | Apthorp Charles, Green Alan, Hayling Island Sailing Club | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -9 | 22 |
6 | GBR 3788 | Mackay Hamish, Lawson Andrew, Royal Highland Yacht Club | -16 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 34 |
7 | GBR 3795 | Patterson Simon, Thompson Simon, Draycote Water Sailing Club | 7 | 11 | 12 | -21 | 6 | 5 | 41 |
8 | GBR 3955 | Gill Browning, Tom Pickles, HISC | 13 | 5 | 5 | -16 | 14 | 6 | 43 |
9 | GBR 3942 | Cadwallader Ian, Sweet Dave, Chew Valley Lake SC | (dnf) | 9 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 47 |
10 | GBR 3994 | Waples Chris, Waples Tom, HISC | 3 | 7 | -19 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 49 |
11 | GBR 3953 | Hogben Robert, Glyn Morgan, Bewl Valley Sailing Club Engla | 8 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 12 | (ocs) | 54 |
12 | GBR 3965 | Osman Anthony, Murphy Andrew, Parkstone Yacht Club | 14 | 14 | 10 | -15 | 9 | 10 | 57 |
13 | GBR 3954 | Waples Justin, Stowe Iain, R.C.Y.C. | 10 | 12 | -26 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 58 |
14 | GBR 3905 | McKee David, Sally McKee, Dovestone SC | 5 | -22 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 61 |
15 | GBR 3820 | Snewin Philip, Thompson Mark, Royal Windermere Yacht Club | 12 | 8 | -21 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 61 |
16 | GBR 3539 | Hanson John, Selden Helen, Datchet SC | 18 | 18 | -24 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 67 |
17 | GBR 3816 | Tullett Nigel, Tullet Gavin, Royal Windermere | 11 | 13 | -22 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 72 |
18 | GBR 3936 | Douthwaite Steve, Averley Paul, DRSC | -20 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 80 |
19 | GBR 3787 | Brockbank David, Millington Catherine, Key West | -23 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 16 | 85 |
20 | FRA 3961 | Arnaud Biet, Constant Fabien, YCD | 17 | dnf | 18 | 13 | 22 | -24 | 88,8 |
21 | GBR 3914 | Tattersall Adrian, Parkstone YC | 21 | 19 | 13 | -28 | 24 | 15 | 92 |
22 | GBR 3959 | Goddard Andy, Martland Mal, Dovestone Sailing Club | 19 | 17 | 14 | -23 | 20 | 22 | 92 |
23 | GBR 3862 | Chard Bill, Millington Simon, Chew Valley Lake SC | 15 | -24 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 96 |
24 | ESP 3728 | Barber David, Barber Hannah, CN Portitxol Mallorca | 22 | 20 | 16 | 24 | -25 | 25 | 107 |
25 | GBR 3939 | King Athol, Bellis Trevor, Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club | 25 | 25 | 20 | -26 | 23 | 21 | 114 |
26 | AUS 3964 | Lucas Simon, Lucias Aileen, Princess Royal Sailing Club | 24 | 26 | -27 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 124 |
27 | GBR 3765 | Castle Ian, Barford Neil, Hayling Island S C | 26 | 21 | 25 | 20 | (dnc) | dnc | 128 |
28 | BEL 3885 | Hachez Veronique, Van Peeterssen Benoit, Sports Nautiques de l'Eau d'He | -29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 138 |
29 | FRA 3932 | Pelegrin Michel, Gouriou Erwan, Yacht Club de Dinard | 28 | 27 | 30 | -31 | 28 | 27 | 140 |
30 | BEL 3530 | Ezékiel Desantoine, Philippe Coweg, SNEH | 27 | (dsq) | 34 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 145 |
31 | GBR 3826 | Lyall Tony, Berry John, Welwyn Garden City Sailing Clu | 30 | 30 | 29 | -32 | 30 | 29 | 148 |
32 | FRA 3976 | Jean-Yves Renault, Arnaud PiSSARD, YCD Dinard | -32 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 151 |
33 | BEL 2233 | Pletinckx Jean, Martens Pierre-Yves, SNEH | 33 | 31 | 33 | -34 | 33 | 32 | 162 |
34 | GBR 3897 | Apthorp Richard, Apthorp Charles, HISC | (dnf) | dnc | 32 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 164 |
35 | GBR 759 | Hogg Peter, Oatley Tony, South Cerney Sailimng Club | 31 | (dnc) | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | 175 |