Club officials said it was a relief after a number of sailing weekends had to be cancelled due to the strong gusty winds recently.

At the front of the fleet, there was a terrific battle between the NS14 Yikes of Josh and Jarrah Dorrough, who overtook on the upwind legs, the RS100 Forty-two of Rob Morton, who hoisted spinnaker and blasted past on the downwind legs, and the Contender of Derek Lewis, who was always right there to sail past if anyone made a mistake.

Further back the Laser Radial Tor of Geote Vikstrom and the classic timber NS14 Kahoots of Ian Wood and Jaimie gave chase, staying ahead of the pack of Sabres.

Always a providing a race amongst themselves, the five Sabres finish around 10 minutes behind the lead boats, yet the yardstick system means that anyone could win.

In race two Jasper Hastings debuted as crew with his uncle Tony Hastings, sailing NS14 Superfly, in close battle with the lead boats.

The catamaran sailors didn't race; instead they volunteered as Officers of the Day, allowing the rest to race.

Josh and Jarrah claimed the win in race one with Rob Morton close behind and Derek Lewis in third place.

Rob Morton went one better in race two to win with Josh and Jarrah finishing second, third were Tony and Jasper Hastings.

The club will host two races this Saturday and encouraged new sailors to get in touch with free coaching available.