A LIGHT south-easterly was forecast for the Sunday's Royal Windermere Yacht Club Flying Fifteen race in the Spring Series.
On the lake, the wind direction swung round between south-easterly and southerly, freshening all the time to Force 3, gusting to F4 over the north lake course.
Frank Kelly and Doug Douglas in Fiscal Folly were first round the Henholme mark, ahead of Doug Cartwright and Chris Barnes in Ffor Joy.
On the spinnaker reach to Rayrigg Fiscal Folly pulled ahead, extending its lead in the blustery, fluctuating wind on the leg up to Swan's Nest.
On the long beat back to Henholme, Fiscal Folly crossed the lake to the west shore, while Ffor Joy set a course down the east, with the rest of the fleet on shorter tacks in the centre of the lake.
Fiscal Folly held on to a substantial lead, with Ffor Joy second and Ffidget with Bev Armer and John Wright tacking through to take third place ahead of Terry and Bethany Tinn in Flying Ferret.
The final race of the Spring Series is on Easter Sunday at 2pm.
Result: 1 F. Kelly & D. Douglas, Fiscal Folly; 2 D. Cartwright & C. Barnes, Ffor Joy; 3 B. Armer & J. Wright, Ffidget.
April 17, 2003 14:30
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