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Racing was incredibly close in the top four going into the final race on Friday. Any one of them could have won the event and by the end there was only ten points separating the top four. For much of the final race, overall positions changed as fast as the race positions. Going into the first downwind leg, runner up going into the last race Geoff CARVETH and Adrian MURPHY were looking like comfortable overall leaders.

One lap later, and unable to be in the three places at once necessary to cover all their closest competitors they were third! By the end of the race it was 14 veterans James FAWCETT and Bruce GRANT, who finished fifth in the race and did enough to take overall victory. Neil UPTON-BROWN and Ian MITCHELL beat Carveth and Murphy into third place by a single point.

Fawcett and Grant sailed an intelligent and consistent series and were deserved winners by the end of the week.

57 boats from four nations took part in the event, a useful practice for the forthcoming World Championship in Japan, and one that included the prestigious Prince of Wales Trophy, won by Rob GREENHALGH on Tuesday.

Full results are available on the event website at the address below. In the meantime, here's a summary of the top ten.

Pos	Helm	Crew	Club	R2	R3	R4	R5	R1	R6	R7	Tot
1	James Fawcett	Bruce Grant	HISC	1	7	3	2	3	7	5	21
2	Mark Upton-Brown	Ian Mitchell	HISC	9	1	4	4	1	13	7	26
3	Geoff Carveth	Adrian Murphy	HISC	4	2	15	9	2	1	9	27
4	Ian Pinnell	Sam Gardiner	HISC	62	4	1	3	7	8	8	31
5	Ian Teasdale	Mat Chapman	Beer	7	6	6	6	6	6	62	37
6	Richard Lovering	Richard Kent	HISC	3	62	12	13	10	2	6	46
7	Chris Turner	Peter Bagwell	Lyme Regis	18	62	8	1	4	15	4	50
8	Andy Fitzgerald	Al Clarke	Itchenor	2	9	14	11	9	12	15	57
9	Jonathon Pudney	John McKenna	Itchenor	24	8	7	10	5	10	20	60
10	Roderick Bridge	Douglas Pattison	Itchenor	17	12	10	8	14	4	32	65