Day 1 Allen Grand Prix 2

Aled Llewellyn-Jones/Ben Bradley (3066) got off to a good start accelerating off the yellow fleet start line but dropped back to sixth with Ethan Gerrell/Tom Barnes (834) taking the first race win of the regatta. Blue fleet race one started well for Ollie Evans/Ben Hutton-Penman (2811) pushing out from the middle of the line to take a commanding lead which they maintained taking the first blue race win. First placed girls in race one were Sophie Dennis/Emma Wells (2340) with a fifth in yellow flight. Given the strong winds gusting up to 20 at times, the safety fleet was kept pretty busy and there was a fairly constant stream of boats returning to shore.

Ollie/Ben (2811) enjoyed the wind powering to a second bullet in blue flight race two. Monique Vennis-Ozanne/Jess Jobson (2849) pushed ahead of Sophie/Emma (2340) to take fourth and first girls in race two.

By race three the wind had moved right and dropped to between 14-16 knots. The boats at the front in yellow flight were very close together with Aled Llewellyn-Jones/Ben Bradley (3066) leading at the first gate just ahead of Tom Storey/Ben Willett (2982). Tom/Ben managed to get past 3066 to take the bullet in yellow race three. In blue flight 222, Ben Mueller/Freddie Lonsdale (2900) in disguise, established a storming lead by the first gate which they held to win by the traditional 29er country mile. Monique/Jess (2849) held on as first girls taking a third in race three.

Race four yellow flight was won by the overnight first mixed boat Emily Mueller with shotgun crew Louis Johnson (2234). Ben Mueller/Freddie Lonsdale (222) won the blue flight race four and took the overnight lead. Overnight first girls are Monique Vennis-Ozanne/Jess Jobson (2849).

Five more races are carded for Sunday and with points still tight at the top of the leaderboard it could be an interesting day!