Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club

THE day started with a slightly grey sky and not a lot of wind, but a promise of sun later. A short course for a light easterly wind was selected by the PROs, Ken Osbourne and Roger Houston.

After a slight delay at the start as the wind shifted 40 degrees to the south when the PROs had to reset the start line, all boats started well, and were closely grouped all the way to the first mark. As the race progressed the sun came out, the wind kicked in and a wonderful sail was enjoyed by all. The race finished at about 13.00 and as there was now a wait of at least 4 hours before access to the creek was possible, an après sail "recovery" and tactics discussion was instigated at East Head in a raft up. Waiting for the tide is enjoyable with a beer and sunshine!

To finish the day, boat crews met up in the club house in the evening to enjoy a "takeaway" meal and social evening.


"Xanadu"	"Water Pipit"


"Mollly Mawk"	"Noush"


"Shady Lady"	"Honeypot"

RESULTS

Position	Boat Name	Skipper
1st	Xanadu	David Jones
2nd	Shadow Fax	Paul Williams
3rd	Amiga	Mick Rich
4th	Lilian May	Jasper Graham-Jones
5th	Molly Mawk	Martin Noble
6th	Noush	Bill Strachan
7th	Honey Pot	Gordon Gravestock
8th	Water Pipit	Lee Woolf
9th	Shady Lady	Norman Payne
10th	Tuvalu	David Sims

Thanks to Martin Noble for the report and photographs