Injebreck Racing 5 February 2012

The weather last Sunday had a Spring-like feel up at Baldwin Reservoir as opposed to the South of England which was definitely gripped by a Siberian wintry blast!

The wind, on the light side with a bit of west in it, was patchy and interspersed with vicious calms, racing even on the short course set by the OOD was never going to be fast.  Racing in these conditions on the reservoir always seems to throw up interesting and well deserved results.

In Race 1 the fleet of 14 seemed to stay close together with Simon Pressley (Laser) managing to get to the front and finishing nearly a minute ahead of Andrew Dean and Lucy (RS 200). With two laps of half of the lake taking some 40 minutes, it was Jim Whitelegg in the mighty Gull dinghy that won (his first this winter) on corrected time followed by Simon in second and Angus Jolly (Laser) in third.

Race 2 was set on an even shorter course, Angus, Mike Pridham (Laser), Brian Quayle (OK) and Simon starting on the mid-lake end of the start line, made a break for it managing as a group to finish nearly 10 minutes ahead of the rest of the fleet.  On corrected time Yogi got his first win of the winter, with Mike second, Angus third and Jim only 5 seconds behind in fourth place.

Hats off to Paul Melling and his Ard Whallian Venture Centre crew who sail all week on the reservoir and then come to race on Sunday mornings for fun, it must be the altitude!

Many thanks to OOD and safety boat crews and Ard Whallian for their hospitality after the racing.