Rank	Sail	Helm	Crew	Race1	Race2	Race3	Race4	Race5	Nett
1	9012	Andy Smith	Tim Needham	1	1	1	2	1	4
2	8906	Harry Briddon	Simon Briddon	2	4	3	1	3	9
3	8935	Toby Dale	Andrew Short	5	6	2	5	2	14
4	8905	Stewart Turnbull	Jason Lunn	9	2	4	4	5	15
5	8774	John Webster	Robert Burdekin	4	3	dns	3	7	17
6	8701	Rob Napier	Francis Cram	6	rtd	6	9	4	25
6	8834	Jim Blyth	Donald Aitken	7	5	7	7	6	25
8	8780	Jack Hayhurst	Adrian Coates	3	7	8	8	9	26
9	8206	Roger Deane	Peter Ward	8	9	4	12	8	29
10	8423	Martin Wright		10	8	10	10	10	38
11	8749	Alistair Milton	Laurence Milton	11	dns	9	11	11	42
12	8945		Adam Kenny	dns	dns	dns	6	14	48

A view from the middle by Jim Blyth.

A mixture of upcoming European events, weddings and the small matter of air traffic chaos conspired to reduce the fleet to twelve boats for the Inland Championships over the week end of 24th & 25th April.

As it was, the boats were greeted with sunny skies and a marginal wiring breeze. I think I have been asked to write this as most of the time I seem to be able to see the front and rear of the fleet from a similar distance.

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