Generally recalled

It was a long day on the bay today. Conditions were fairly benign with a prevailing westerly breeze under grey skies blowing over a flood tide. It led to few tactical choices on the race course.

The Flying Fifteens were in exuberant form for their first start which lead to a general recall. Interestingly they were not pushed to the back of the start queue, instead the whole sequence was reset. They got away on the second ask and the PY fleet duly lined up.

Right on the beat and left on the run paid every time and in the first race Keane (in a Laser) led home O'Leary (in another Laser) after two rounds of the W/L course. Tate completed the podium (doing the honours for Fortune) in the Finn.

In the second the Fifteens were even more eager to pull their triggers and there were 2 general recalls which led to a fairly long and cold delay for the other fleets. Finally the PY fleet got away. Keane made the running to lead again at the weather mark closely followed by Jill (a mermaid), then O'Leary, Tate and Deladienne (Laser). The wind was getting streaky at this stage.

Keane while still leading went left on the second beat in search of wind. This move allowed O'Leary to try the right for the first time and get back in the race. By the end of the second round O'Leary had closed the gap on Keane and was able to challenge for and take  the lead in the sprint to the line. Deladienne completed the podium line up.

Full results here:
http://www.dbsc.org/index.php?/results/Category=Club&ClassList=PY%20CLASS&RaceId=D45P6011

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