Nice Phantom Conditions, circa 3-5 knots.
Race 1.
John (Titch) mixed it with the Lasers on the start and was rewarded to get away well with Brett. At the first mark Brett,Titch, a Laser and Andy G had done well, while Simon was paying for a conservative start on the Black Flag and was back with 2 Rooster 8.1's. Titch sailed away to a comfortable win, while Simon worked through to 2nd ahead of Brett, Ian Morgan in the Rooster preventing Andy G from completing a Phantom clean sweep on handicap of the top 4.
Race 2.
Start was much more even with Simon and John getting away well followed by Brett,Andy fell victim to the blackflag. Simon stayed ahead keeping a close eye on Titch, and the wind dropped off to almost nothing on the last lap. Simon, Titch and Brett again led the fleet home.
On Handicap the fleet was shaken up by the Challengers who finished a lap earlier, benefitting from avoiding the drifting finishing half lap, and claiming a handicap win. This also meant that some boats got between Simon in 4th and Titch in 8th giving overall victory to Simon ahead of John and the first Challenger and defending winner in 3rd,Brett in 4th. Unlucky for Titch as he would have won the tie-breaker in a straight fight between the Phantoms on total elapsed time !!
