Five Shustoke Phantoms and one visitor ignored the forecast and came along to the Open and were greeted with coffee and a glassy reservoir to watch. The OOD flew a postponement, but by late morning the zephyrs had aligned sufficiently to give it a go. In such conditions you know what you are in for and sure enough we got beats, reaches and runs on each of the legs.
First race produce a surprise with Ann Biglin (her first sail in a Phantom) getting to the first mark first, and holding the position all the way to the finish. Second was Andy Beardshaw, third Roger Hopper.
Second race gave us a running start, something we had not practiced recently, and resulted in multiple place changes all around the first lap. In the nominally downhill part of the second lap, the wind filled in in a steady direction but resulted in a lap of four reaches. Jim Hopton got the breeze first, with Andy in second and Tony Fulford in third.
Final race (yes, we got three in!) gave us all a challenge when the wind shifted just before the start giving us a different set of reaches. This time Andy lead all the way around and was looking to take the honours when a miss understanding was made on the finishing process and Andy sailed to what turned out to be the wrong mark. This enabled Roger to win, Jim second and Ann third.
The fall of the results required the third race to be used for places 2, 3, & 4, sadly dropping Andy from probable first to fourth overall.
My thanks to the OOD John Dransfield who had a very tough job with unforgiving conditions. It would have been easy and acceptable to abandon, but it was good to have the race.
| Rank | Sail no | Club | Helm | Net points |
| 1 | 1158 | Shustoke S C | Jim Hopton | 3 |
| 2 | 1428 | Shustoke S C | Roger Hopper | 4 |
| 3 | 1123 | Shustoke S C | Ann Biglin | 4 |
| 4 | 1383 | Redditch S C | Andy Beardshaw | 4 |
| 5 | 1347 | Shustoke S C | Chris Biglin | 8 |
| 6 | 1387 | Shustoke S C | Tony Fulford | 9 |