Giles, Alan, and Richard all arrived at the 1st mark together with Nigel and Peter close behind. Anyone from four Streakers could win overall such was the closeness of the races. It was all still to play for going into race 3. Richard could not hold onto second this time as Nigel recovered from his OCS, relegating Richard to third. Alan then sailed off into the distance to win comfortably. Giles and Nigel had both been OCS at the start, both returning for a restart.Īlan took the lead on the second beat playing Richards left shift to his advantage. Richard again hooked into the left shift on the first beat to the windward mark, rounding just ahead of Alan. The wind over lunch had increased to a force 3 to 4. See also Royal Navy museum buys sledge flag of explorer and 'proud Irishman' Henry KellettĪfter lunch two races were sailed back-to-back on a smaller course for those that had run out of space to write the course down or those with short term memory loss. That left shift Richard had played on the 1st beat nearly let him down, cries of anguish as he nearly lost second place. Richard though was under pressure from Nigel who had moved steadily through into third place. Giles eventually got the better of Richard to take the gun. Richard and Giles had their own private battle out in front, whilst behind Peter Kitchen (Tees & Hartlepool) held third from Alan Gillard (Sheffield Viking) and Nigel Robinson (Beaver). This time we managed to sail the correct course, led this time by Richard Brameld (Beaver) at the 1st mark, who had played a nice shift on the left side of the 1st beat, closely followed by Giles. Fortunately, the Race Officer brought the fleet back under starters order and a second attempt to run race 1. It would have helped to have written the course down! Even so we all blamed Giles for the mistake. Confusion though took hold of the small fleet as we all sailed the wrong course. But even so the weather did turn up, greeted by a cloudless sky and a force 2 to 3, which increased to a force 3 to 4 in the afternoon. Unfortunately, only six visitors turned up, and with no Hornsea Streaker sailors of their own the fleet was small. Hornsea Sailing Club played host to the third event in the Streaker Northern Paddle Series sponsored by P&B.
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