You might have thought it a grey and damp weekend! It didn’t stop us having cracking racing and a full programme for the UK Ten Rater Rankings 1&2!!

Saturday was a little wet until lunch time, but across the day HM packed in a full 16 race programme. Racing on the north course was great – safely out of the way of the rather huge youth training event at the main club!

It was a super win from a dominant Graham Bantock (22pts) from Austin Guerrier (25 pts) and Rohan Williams, who was going jolly fast in his new Trance… on 34 pts.

Best Dressed Skipper of the Day Award : New boat needs new and coordinated Helly Hansen wardrobe!! Terrific kit all round! (Ed : severe kit envy from me)

The second day, Ranking 2 , was a proper nail biter. David Lindsay, sailing his new Ten (new from Ante winning the worlds in it!!) really set the morning on fire!! The morning breeze was quiet and we only got four races in before chilli con carne – and David found the Croatian “power button” and won thee of them!! Unfortunately for David, he had to depart for Sweden after lunch leaving the whole thing wide open again!

The breeze cooperated and PRO McAdoo crammed in another 8 races before frankly competitors and race team were ready to call the whole weekend a wrap…. but wow was it close racing. Constantly battling it out were Graham Bantock and Austin Guerrier – with our very own Austin grabbing it by a single point just at the end. Gripping stuff !!

Two Trance skippers, Austin (68) and Rohan (73)

We honestly had a whole number of text book starts during the weekend.

Phil getting the Blade into gear….

Graham Working on The Proteus Project while scoring