Those who waited patiently for the rain to clear and the breeze to finally fill in were treated to a good race in a nice Force 3. Only 18 boats started the Pursuit Race after the 90-minute postponement, but they were then treated to some very close racing - especially between the Wayfarers and the RS200s!
Nick and James Peter fought hard to catch the Porters, who retained the lead they had held for the majority of the race. Most of the finishers were within 5 minutes of the leader.
Note that the regular weekend club racing results are on results pages.
RNLI finishing positions
1 Wayfarer 7588 Ian and Jane Porter
2 RS200 727 Nick and James Peters
3 RS200 618 Harry and Prue Roome
4 RS200 626 Paul Fisk and Lynn Radcliffe
5 RS200 651 Charles Roome and Kate Peters
6 FF 3175 Dave Nichols and Brian Campbell-Bottoms
7 FF 3296 Roger Shorwood and Adrian Simpson
8 Wayfarer 8338 Bill Ingram and Adrian Buswell
9 RS700 798 Nick Rawlings
10 RS200 607 Jim Jackson and Charles MisCampbell
11 420 48843 Sam Maxfield and Edward Wilkinson
12 Laser 141036 Mike McIntyre
13 RS700 776 Andrew Beynon
14 Boss 785
15 29er 620 Lucy Jones and Gemma McIntyre
16 L4000 4447 Peter Beeson and C. Hutchinson
DNF RS200 674 Mark Evitts and Amanda Banks
DNF RS700 744 Neil Robinson