JAMES Nield in Amira completed an excellent week's sailing in the Royal Windermere Yacht Club's 17-foot class with a fifth place on Wednesday to win outright both the Susan Crossley Trophy and the Tarakee Cup.

The race was sailed in the south lake in light airs with Liberty and Tissie in contention until the wind died off Storrs Temple and Gay Crossley in Whisper took the lead and held it to win from Steve Goacher in Vanity, Graham Tullett in Pilgrim, Nick Hornby in Atholl, Amira and Mike Hope in Minerva.

Classic result: 1 Whisper, 2 Vanity, 3 Atholl.

On Saturday 16 yachts started in a southwesterly breeze in the south lake.

Jamie Baron in Mistral led at the first mark, but Fred Tarrersall in Liberty and Pilgrim sailed by on the next leg and continued to have a close battle. It was only when Pilgrim hit Temple mark and had to take a penalty that Liberty got into a decisive lead.

Result: 1 Liberty, 2 Pilgrim, 3 Mistral, 4 Whisper, 5 Paul Harkness in Naiad, 6 Amira. Classic result: 1 Whisper, 2 Naiad, 3 Amira.

Four yachts started Sunday's north lake course for the final race in the Dennis Hope Series. Liberty led at the FBA mark followed by Tony Brindle in Mystery, Pilgrim and Jim Hoyle in Nepenthe.

Mystery overtook Liberty on the leg to Adelaide but as wind gradually increased from the south west Liberty sailed back into the lead.

Result: 1 Liberty, 2 Mystery, 3 Nepenthe, 4 Pilgrim.

n A pleasant south-westerly wind prompting the choice of south lake course for the RWYC Flying Fifteen fleet on Saturday.

At the start of the first beat the boats were involved in close tacking before settling into a straightforward beat down the lake to the Graythwaite mark.

David and Catherine Brockbank in Five, Doug and Joyce Cartwright in Ffor Joy, Andrew Kirk and Helen Ginsberg in Zephyr and Terry Tinn and Linda Quinn in Flying Ferret led the fleet as they spread across the lake, with Flying Ferret taking the best line and rounding the mark ahead of Five and Zephyr.

Over the spinnaker legs Five and Zephyr came through to the head of the fleet, taking the lead in turns. Further back, in the fluctuating wind boats battled for position, with Nigel Tullett and Sam Rayner in Kiffs pulling up into third, while Five held off Zephyr to win.

David and Eric Stutchfield in Flying Freame were first in the Classic fleet.

On Sunday, for the final race of the Summer Points Series, a light south-easterly forecast, meant a tow for the fleet to the north lake.

A course was finally chosen after postponements and David and Catherine Brockbank in Five, Terry Tinn and Lynn Barnes in Flying Ferret, and John Wright and Litton Ledger in Freebooter II sailed gently to the first mark.

Five opened a substantial lead rounding Adelaide. Spinnakers appeared among the fleet on each leg of the course as the breeze shifted 180 degrees, but Five maintained a substantial lead to score a third successive win, with Flying Ferret second and Freebooter II third.

Tony Cheeseright and Rod Mostyn in Toff were first in the Classic fleet.

Kiffs won the Toff Trophy for counting races in August.

n WITH several regular competitors missing due to injuries, it was left to Killington Windsurfers' two key players, Phil Atherton and Bill Davison, to fight for league supremacy.

In light winds, Davison took the shorter, but slower, course close to wind with Atherton taking the faster, broader course but with more distance to cover.

In the event, Atherton's broader course won the day and he took two races, a third having to be cancelled as Davison's sail was damaged. Atherton now has a three point in the league with two race nights left.