A LARGE fleet of boats took to the water just north of St Mawes Castle for the second leg of the Hine Downing Series hosted by Flushing Sailing Club, writes Harold Martin.

Just before the gun all 14 starters advanced in a tight bunch and as they crossed the line, Jackdaw was already near the front.

The first leg against the light north westerly took them to Trefusis and as the came near the shore, the wind coming over the headland became very patchy and difficult to judge.

Jackdaw turned first, hoisted the spinnaker and ran south east followed by Per Elisa and these two had already built a lead of 100m with Encore and Jalabeano chasing hard.

Temeraire seemed to be moving well catching and slowly passing rivals while near the back Minx had trouble keeping their spinnaker full in the airs.

This leading fleet had to thread their way through the ten members of U class beating towards the mark and this meant all the crews had to be alert.

In the second fleet Trifle, Amneris, Mary Boon, Hecate and Quicksilver changed places sometimes carefully in the traffic jams.

Off the wind, their speed was matched by the Sunbeams who poled out their kitty gear efficiently.

Among the working boats, the deep blue Rita moved to the front and stayed there to win on the water by over a minute from Victory.

RESULTS

B class

1st Cousin Jack - P Searle.

2nd Cousin Jinny - G Pearce.

3rd Victory - D Carne.

G Class

1st Katy - S Grigg.

2nd Clementine - A Perham & V Franks.

3rd Miss Agnes - M Rangecroft.

M Class

1st Firefly.

2nd Cornish - M Hutt.

3rd Ultraviolet - P Stephens.

Q Class

1st Per Elisa - R Tregear.

2nd Jackdaw - T Cook.

3rd Macavity - J Hicks.

U Class

1st Trifle - C Jelliss.

2nd Hecate - M Swingler.

3rd Wilkie - B Chapple.