Thirteen boats took to the water at Aldenham Reservoir in a wet and blustery southerly. The first race saw close racing with locals Antony Cole and Andrew Holmes (Aldenham SC) taking an early lead, to be overtaken by Neil Parsloe and Siobhan Ladyman (Broadwater SC) but swapping places again on the next lap. In steadily lightening winds Neil and Siobhan held ahead of the fleet with Antony and Andrew eventually being caught by Phil and Laura Bevan (Grafham SC) on the last lap and losing third place to Paul Young and Phil Harrison ( Midland SC) in close tacking up to the finish.

In dead calm conditions racing was postponed until after lunch. By 2.30pm the wind had filled and strengthened from the north with a distinct chill in the air. Two shorter back to back races followed; the blustery conditions providing exciting planing in the gusts, but also leading to some broken gear and capsizes, some spectacular, with only 8 boats finishing.Neil and Siobhan maintained their form with another first followed by Phil and Laura second and Martin and Laurance Davies (Rugby and Daventry SC) third.

The third race saw Paul and Phil lead from the start, comfortably taking first place. Behind them Antony and Andrew were under pressure from last year’s winners Martin and Laurance, and Neil and Siohan, and lost places again. In the last lap penalty turns by Neil and Siobhan for hitting the leeward mark gave another chance and on the last beat 3rd place was regained by Antony and Andrew.

The ASC Enterprise Open Trophy was awarded to Neil and Siobhan.

The Eastern Area Masters Trophy was awarded to Martin Davies as 1^st Grand Master.

Antony Cole, Enterprise class captain

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