70th Regatta - Gill series racing

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Four races for the GILL series were held over the Saturday and Sunday of the regatta weekend. With such a large fleet, a good start proved to be critical. To get the fleet away cleanly,the race officer set a port biased line, meaning the pin end of the line was crowded. Tom Stewart & Liz Ross dominated the weekend with two perfectly timed pin end starts which gave them two easy wins. In race three, Steve Adshead crewed by son Robbie sailed through the fleet to pull out a clear lead. In race four, Tom & Liz had a harder ride and had to fight to pull through to first place and take the open meeting. John & Katy Meadowcroft sailed a consistent series to take second place. The first Admirals Cup boat was former Burton Cup winners Steve Norbury & Andy Hill, sailing their old boat N3373 "Sixth Element", with their practice run at the Weston open meeting a few weeks before clearly paying off.

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