Derwent Sailing Squadron's Autumn Short Handed Series - Close call



4:22 PM Thu 13 May 2010 GMT
'Autumn SHort Handed Series - Serenity (H22), Portobello (646) and Elliott 4 (4)' Peter Campbell &copy
Derwent Sailing Squadron's Autumn Short Handed Series has only one race to sail next Sunday morning, only two points separate the top five yachts in Divisions one and two after four races on the River. Weather has been mixed over the past four Sundays, with racing exceptionally close between the 51 yachts entered for the series providing a real test of sailing skills for the two sailors handling boats (including spinnakers) normally raced by a crew of least five and up to a dozen on the largest boats. In Division one, a non-spinnaker division, Ken Cook's Lotus 10.6, Seas the ...


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by Peter Campbell




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