33 boats turned up for the 4th event in the series. Two races were sailed each day at the top of the tide in a sunny and gusty F3-4.

Fran & Sophie in Zippy took an early lead in race one and managed to maintain their lead despite multiple challenges from the following pack, with Ian & Alex Gore finishing second.

In race two, Graham & Zoe in Babel Fish avoided the pile up at the windward end to take the lead. The shifty conditions meant the pressure was always on including from Mark & Helen Phillips, but Babel Fish held the lead to the finish.

The wind strengthened on the Sunday for race three but it was equally sunny. Zippy led initially but Ian & Alex Gore slowly ate away at their lead and finally got past on lap four to claim their first win of the weekend as the wind went very fluky.

The wind headed dramatically on the start of race four and shortly after the start it died leaving the fleet in a state of confusion. The boats on the left hand side of the beat were first to pick up the new wind helping Jon & Rachel in Tonto get to the windward mark first. The wind filled in from behind on the reach driving Kevin Iles & Jane Wade in Electric Prune into second. Tonto sailed a good defensive race and retained the lead.

Results

1st Ian & Alex Gore
2nd Graham Camm & Zoe Ballantyne
3rd Frances Gifford & Sophie Mackley
1st Admirals Cup
Mark & Helen Phillips

Photos courtesy of Fotoboat www.fotoboat.com