I haven't had a chance to go throught the complete results but Stevie Lawrence was 3rd o/a in Scallywag (from IRC division 3D and Michael Shaw in Flying Boat 5th o/a, also from the same division.The winner (Gold Roman Bowl) - Tattarat - also won this division making it a clean sweep for the small boats (once again!). There are several other notable results but I believe these two are clearly the best.

It was absolute chaos going round Bembridge Ledge buoy as the sea breeze brought ever more boats into the parking lot that the area around the buoy had become. Full story on www.yachtsandyachting.com

Race officer Jim Jerwood set a short difficult cross tide starting line. In race 1 the lead changing several times before the Society won with a last gasp tack at the finishing line. Itchenor won race 2 after mayhem at the windward mark which left 2 Society boats doing penalty turns. Races 3 and 4 were shared so lunch was taken with two races each.

The afternoon produced challenging conditions in which Itchenor sailed better lines downwind across the strong ebb tide to win races 5 and 6 but the Society showed why they are team racing experts when they cleaned up the start of race 7. In the deciding race 8, the Society again started well and were in control on the last run but it all went wrong for them at the leeward mark when the last Itchenor boat stole the inside berth. Game over.