It was tricky racing for the hardy B14 dinghy fleet at the weekend as they raced their open meeting off Hayling Island Sailing Club.
Twenty boats participated in testing conditions, with big wind shifts on both days.
Consistency was a real challenge and the final result was not clarified until the fleet had assembled back in the bar.
The final race on Sunday in light conditions was a showdown between the skiffs Raymarine, Readycrest, Seasure, North Sails and Fisher/Barber.
Off the start, Readycrest won the committee boat end of the line with Raymarine and Seasure to leeward with Fisher/Barber and North Sails buried in the pack.
Readycrest led for two laps, but had a problem with the kite at the spacer mark letting Raymarine take the lead. These two pulled out a lead over the rest of the fleet.
Silver/Wilson passed Foster/Foster at the leeward mark to go into third with the first three remaining unchanged until the end of the five-lap race.
When the final tally was complete, Readycrest, aka Mike Barnes and Tom Pygall from Whitstable Yacht Club, had done enough to take their first B14 meeting after a closely fought contest.
Standings: Mike Barnes and Tom Pygall, Whitstable YC2 Nils Jolliffe and Jon Branch, Weston SC3 Dave Hayes and Sean Dwyer, Southport SC4 Steve Fisher and Neil Barber, SFS5 Matt Searle and Rich Bell, HISC.
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