Stevie Nicks

To be fair Jimbo the results say it all, we were beaten fair and square, the chap in the 100 was a local apparently had owned his 100 for two years, he knew his way round a very fluky Pitsford well and it showed, Charlie beat him on the water in the second race but not by enough.  I would say the better/ more experienced sailor did best.  Dangerous to draw any conclusions from today though

Al, sorry i didn't know it was you in the other B14, if i did i would of introduced myself.  What was the protest about?  i heard a load of shouting and screaming, but was busy trying to break free from some single-handed Vago's (boy are those things quick, 1 up)  I have sent an e-mail to the results chap at Northampton about the Vareo, that's wound me up!  Result is kind of irrelevant more the principle!

Jimbo - I think the d-one was slightly quicker than the 100, but not a lot in it. First time we have really sailed them in those conditions (me and Russ) so we are still learning - if I won now easily, where would the fun be? A really great sail though, which would have been a bit boring in my opinion in some more conventional ina rig classes. Plus great race management by Northampton.

I think at the end of the day, the extra 18 months of racing the 100 sailer had under his belt shone through, plus if your going to start like I did in the second race where I was wedged on the port end committee boat, leading to a mass pile up and a few protests... sorry all

quite frankly they had no chance of keeping up with Chris in those conditions; he's light (for a 10.2), local and damned fast. you really have to hope the wind goes beyond 15kts to catch him.