Results / RS Fat Face Racing Circuit Largs SC - 28/05/2005

Largs SC hosted the Scottish leg of the 2005 RS Fat Face Racing Circuit on 28 & 29 May. A slightly reduced entry - mainly due to an appalling weather forecast - were greeted by appalling weather! With the anemometer refusing to drop below 35 knots, race officer David Kent took the only possible decision and postponed all racing to Sunday. Sunday dawned chilly but sunny with 15 knots of breeze blowing from the west and the fleet set off for the long sail to the race area. After a short postponement, race 1 started from a port bias line and the fleet split up the first beat. Most headed towards the right but Jim Sinclair & Tom Gosden worked the shifts up the middle to pop out in front at the windward mark. Behind them, a close race saw Nick Holt & Derek Hill take second with David & Julie Sykes pulling through to third. The second race set the pattern for the rest of the day with a port end line and a right sided beat. Sinclair & Gosden won again after a close tussle with Alistair & Calum Reid second and Holt & Hill third. Race three followed the template of race 2 with Sinclair & Gosden winning and much tight racing and place changing behind. JP McCaldin & Carolyn Priestley took second on the final run with RS400 rep Bill & Lynda Handley in third. The event won, Sinclair & Gosden headed for home and left the fleet to thrilling last race. Places changed all the way to the finish. The Handley's came from 4th to almost steal it on the line but the Reid's just squeezed home to secure second overall.