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Sportsboats at Bell Lawrie Scottish Series
Day Two
After a quite night in the pubs and marquee, Sunday again bought
a cool moderate/fresh breeze to wake everyone up. The committee
laid a windward/leeward course with spreader mark, guaranteed
to get as many boats as possible into one space at the same
time. From the first beat, the usual front-runners of Highland
and Dickies were joined by the Beneteau 25 Verve to finish in
that order on the water, with Dickies taking first on corrected,
Highland second and Verve third.
The second race started under the same conditions, most of the
fleet heading left from the pin end with confusion on Dickies
seeing them take a fine start from the committee end! As the
fleets became more confident on the water and the beat more
one-sided, mark roundings were placed at a premium. Dickies
used skills gained on the European Grand Prix circuit to gain
at every mark and by the last beat had got back into contention.
As the all Sportsboats continued to suffer from disturbed water
and dirty air, the Sigma 8 Double Gin pulled through to push
for second on the water and set up a fine battle on the last
beat with Bootneck and Dickies. At the gun they took fourth
on corrected, with Bootneck third, Highland second and Dickies
first.
The final race of the day took place over the same race track
with the fleet heading left off the start line. Onboard Dickies,
tactician Simon Pritchard-Jones had other ideas and called for
the right hand corner. Leaving the fleet soon after the start,
Dickies headed for the hills for the reward of being headed
all the way in. As the fleet tacked over, they dropped down
on to Dickies' line, who tacked on to the lift and control of
the fleet. Highland Heritage again took line honours but was
pushed in to second by Dickies. The Bull Nobull Pursuit took
advantage of the right hand side to take third place from Double
Gin who sailed well to take fourth, pushing Bootneck down to
fifth.
Next... Day Three
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