About half a dozen vistors entered the enterprise open and dominated the event (when they went the right way) in the squally conditions at Notts County. However second place did go to Tim (see right) from Notts County. There was sunshine, showers, light winds and 15-20mph gusts all adding to the fun, and causing a few to capsize.

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Half a dozen visitors combined with 9 home boats provided close racing for a range of abilities in a variety of wind strengths. The first race was dominated by the visiting boats. J Woodward and A Holliwell (E23089) led from the windward mark setting a pattern which would be repeated throughout the day. Winds of 20knots provided challenging conditions for a few newcomers to enterprise racing. The Coghills(E21397) decision to swim on the last lap lost well earned places.

The wind dropped for the start of the second race with a squall requiring a period of survival sailing. The visiting boats deciding to follow Woodward and Holliwell the wrong way around the course and rtd's due to the rain meant that T Cripps and A Clay(E21366) in a boat loaned from Nigel Potter gained a critical 1st place even though they normally sail outside of the Enterprise fleet (Laser/Scorpion).

With all to play for in the final race the Woodward and Holliwell team secured another 1st followed by M Cossey/C Barron (E22823) 2nd and G Brown/D Swain(E23194) 3rd. Of note was the fly away gib stick of Jon Woodard which while offering small advantage to seasoned helms and crews was thought to offer inexperienced crews greater advantage as it stopped "messing about" time when putting the pole up/away.

1st E23089 John Woodward Alex Holliwell 2 points 2nd E21366 Tim Cripps Amy Clay (1st junior) 5 points 3rd E22823 Mike Cossey C hristine Barron 5 points 4th E23194 Ges Brown D ennis Swain 5 points 5th E23012 K Evison F Evison 8 points 6th E22822 Nevile Taylor Kirsty Gow 11 points 7th E22901 Paul Young Ian Leprer 11 points 8th E23052 Adam Bellamy Sam Bellamy 12 Points 9th E21300 Richard Hubbard Kesten Challen 12 Points 10th E21832 Denis Anderson Alan Clay 15 Points 11th E8066 John Lingard Nigel White 17 Points 12th E23159 Martin Bottomley Cameron Coghill 24 Points 13th E21397 Alasdair Coghill Julie Coghill 26 Points =14th E21103 Adrian Jones Viv Western 32 Points =14th E21581 Paul Reid Doug Westerny 32 Points