There were 22 entries but one didn’t arrive. The Westerly wind was very strong and  all the skippers were looking for their small sails, most of them choosing  4th suit. Racing started and those brave enough flew spinnakers for the return board from the west end of the lake. Gradually more skippers started using spinnakers to try and keep up. Three heats were completed by lunch time, then 4 more after lunch.

Chris Harris had the best performance scoring 32 out of a possible 35, followed by Oliver Stollery with 26 points, having had a bye in heat 5, then Derek Priestley and Shaun Wyeth each on 25 out of a possible 35.

On Sunday morning the wind strength had increased but was still from the west. Skippers looked for even smaller rigs than the previous day, but 2 decided to withdraw.  One heat was sailed, then a half hour break was taken to see if the wind would reduce. Another heat was sailed, then it was decided to have lunch. After lunch it was planned to continue until 3pm, then resails would be taken and scores added up and converted to % of possible, due to some skippers having had byes, ready for Presentation at 4pm. A total of 11 heats were sailed.

 Final Results

1st    Chris Harris                         Windrush                88%

2nd   Martin Dovey                      Bournville               80

3rd   Shaun Wyeth                       Gosport                  76

4th   Derek Priestley                     Fleetwood              70

5th   Peter Whiteside                    Fleetwood              65

6th= Oliver Stollery                       Guildford                64

6th= David Geldard                      Leeds & Bradford   64

8th= Rob MacIntosh                     Birkenhead             54

8th= Peter Stollery                        Guildford                54

10th Lewis Wyeth                          Gosport                  53

11th= Thomas Wyeth                    Gosport                  44

11th=  Russell Wyeth                     Gosport                  44

13th=  Peter Iles                             Fleetwood              36

13th=  Martin Roberts                    Birkenhead             36

13th=  Sam Roberts                        Birkenhead             36

16th=  John Sharman                     Fleetwood               32

16th=  Amber Geldard                   Leeds & Bradford    32   withdrawn Sun

16th=  Damian Ackroyd                 Fleetwood               32

19th    Alan Crawforth                    Fleetwood               30

20th    Susanne Lewis                     Fleetwood               12

21st    Oliver Murray                       Fleetwood               11   withdrawn Sun

PUGWASH TROPHY (CLUB TEAMS)

1st   Chris Harris & Martin Dovey            Midlands       168

2nd  Derek Priestley & Peter Whiteside   Fleetwood 1  135

3rd   Shaun & Lewis Wyeth                      Gosport 1      129

4th   Peter & Oliver Stollery                      Guildford       118

5th  David & Amber Geldard                    Leeds & Bradford    96

6th   Russell & Thomas Wyeth                 Gosport 2       88

7th  Martin & Sam Roberts                       Birkenhead     72

8th  Peter Iles & John Sharman                Fleetwood 2    68

9th    Rob MacIntosh                                    Birkenhead 2                 54

10th  Oliver Murray & Damian Ackroyd       Fleetwood 2                  43

11th  Susanne Lewis & Alan Crawforth         Fleetwood 4                  42