The Guernsey Yacht Club’s winter series for yachts and dinghies was held on Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings throughout November and until just before Christmas.
As is expected for this time of the year, inclement weather meant that some races had to be cancelled.
However, the yachts managed to hold five of the seven scheduled races and in fact one was held in barely enough wind to sail.
Conditions for the other four races were very good, with moderate to fresh winds being encountered and keen competition enjoyed.
In the Class One yachts, Fandangle had established a commanding lead, having won two races and placed second in another.
But missing one race, which counted as their discard, meant that they had to place well in the last race to win the series.
Fandangle got off to a good start, but had an issue with the spinnaker ‘trawling’ at Lower Heads, losing much ground.
Yet they managed to recover to place third in the race, therefore winning the series on seven points overall.
The next three boats all completed every race and competition was intense.
Saiki placed consistently, counting two second and two third places to score 10 points.
Although both Majic and Blackjack scored 11 points, it was the former that placed third, having won two of the races.
Yacht Class Two was dominated by Varmint, which won three of the races that it competed in and was second in another to score five points.
Regular competitor Busker came second with eight points, followed by Dark Horse, which despite not having raced regularly for some time still proved to be competitive, scoring 10 points.
The conditions for the dinghy sailors were not as favourable and only three races were completed.
Island Games stalwart David Aslett competed in all three races, winning two and placing second in the third to score an unbeatable four points.
Runner-up was Krystow Damsell who had to retire in one race but placed second and third in the other two to score 12 points.
Third was Steve Rickards with 13.5 points, having been awarded average points in the first race for standing in as race officer.
The last race was followed by the prizegiving, at which Scott Nelson from Boatworks presented the first three competitors in each class with their prizes.
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