STEVE Marshall cruised to victory in Sully Sailing Clubs Early Bird Series with a perfect 10 first place finishes.

A total of 22 races have been held at the club since March. The highest 10 finishing positions (with 12 discarded) of each entrant are summed up to give their final score with the lowest score winning the series overall.

Conditions for the final Early Bird race day were extreme, forcing all but a few brave sailors to compete. The first lap saw three lasers capsize in succession as they attempted to gybe at the deep water mark amongst the angry waves whipped up by strong winds.

A short while later Nick Speller capsized at the same mark in his Topaz Uno Race X. As he righted his dinghy it became apparent that he had lost his rudder and had to abandon his race to return to shore.

Steve Marshall won both races with Danny Powell coming second in both races. Danny’s reward was leap frogging Bob Lang into second place in the final series standings.

The slow fleet was won by Teilo Richardson in his Topaz with his son Jake coming second in his Topper.

Early Bird Series 2015 Final Standings

Rank Fleet Class PY Helm Name Sail No Crew Name Nett

1st Fast RS 700 852 Steve Marshall 962 10

2nd Fast Laser 1091 Danny Powell 180232 19

3rd Fast Laser 1091 Bob Lang 174576 19

4th Fast Laser 1091 Neil Brookes 204249 33

5th Slow Topaz Uno 1236 Teilo Richardson 1845 37

6th Slow Topper 1340 Jake Richardson 37055 45

7th Fast Vortex 940 Pete Wells 1169 64

8th Fast Topaz CX14 857 Andrew Evans 6949 91

9th Fast Dart 16 868 Jerry Money 2158 93

10th Slow Mirror 1385 Rex Hendrickson 65656 132

11th Fast Merlin Rocket 985 John Donoghue 3574 David Collier 156

12th Fast LASER 1091 Nigel Vick 151124 177

13th Slow Topaz Uno Race X 1200 Nick Speller 1313 188

14th Fast Laser 1091 Steve Marshall 164694 194

15th Fast Topaz CX14 925 Liam Creaven 7358 198

16th Fast Osprey 942 Roger Dykes 1312 Bob Lang 199

17th Slow Laser radial 1135 Neil Brookes 0 200

18th Slow Mirror 1385 Owen Jones 23821 206

19th Slow Laser Pico 1330 Will Vickery 0 210

20th Fast RS 400 944 Patrick Mather 496 Mike Fuller 221

21st Slow Mirror 1385 Charlie Harris 65656 223

22nd Slow Topper 1340 Nigel Vick 37055 224

23rd Slow Topper 1340 Jim Dirk 0