South West District Series Round 2 @ Woodspring

Skippers were met with a light ESE wind and a cold crisp morning, it was good to see some new boats on the water notably Mike Cooke’s StompRocket and also skippers from the Midland district, Greg and Josh King. Racing got underway on time with the windward mark placed to the South of the island, by race three the breeze had backed to the East and our PRO Simon Clarke took the wise decision to move the windward mark East further up the lake. John White made the most of the course change winning race 3 with Bob Conner taking race 4. After eight races and a break for lunch Cooke, Edwards and Watson were within a point of each other at the top of the leaderboard.

After lunch fortunes changed, James Edwards had an exceptional afternoon with a worst race finish of second! Mike Cooke still pushing hard couldn’t quite find the same consistency as he had done in the morning but finished a very credible second place. The final podium spot was taken by Josh King. In all a great start to the Districts 2016 calendar. Many thanks to Woodspring and PRO Simon Clarke for making the most of the tricky conditions.

Results: woodspring-winter-series2