Brace of wins for Pollard at Upper Tamar Lake

ROBIN Spiller (Solo) led away from the starting line in the lightest of airs, but already by the first buoy (Dam Green) the superior speed of the Aero 9 had taken Nathan Pollard to the front of the fleet.

On the long, slow run to West, Bob Sampson endured a quick (and dry) capsize while trying to push out the boom of his Aero 7 which reduced his lead over the Solos and Liam Routley’s Laser.

Dave Perrett and Adam Hilton took turns to lead the Solos on the multi-tack beat back from Pinkie to Dam Green, but then on the second lap the Hilton Solo started to pull away.

Routley broke up the Solo chain by overtaking Spiller, while the handicap demoted Bob Sampson from second on the water to third in the results.

Results: 1 Nathan Pollard (Aero 9); 2 Adam Hilton (Solo); 3 Bob Sampson (Aero 7); 4 Dave Perrett (Solo); 5 Liam Routley (Laser Full); 6 Robin Spiller (Solo).

THE mostly easterly winds remained very light and variable, and as a result, race officer Linda Spiller shortened the course, removing Pinkie, towards the top of the Lake.

She replaced it with the big yellow buoy in the middle, which is at present housing algae measuring equipment.

The race was somewhat processional with the boats in order of their innate speed and so Nathan Pollard’s Aero 9 led Bob Sampson’s Aero 7 which led Liam Routley’s Laser. They managed three laps although the last, over glassy waters, was painfully slow.

Results: 1 Nathan Pollard (Aero 9); 2 Bob Sampson (Aero 7); 3 Liam Routley (Laser Full).

Grateful thanks were given to Linda Spiller who ran the races, to Brian Pollard and Tash Routley in the safety boat and to Tash for the photos.