Eclipse day in Looe was celebrated with a special evening handicap race, using a mass start, followed by a barbecue at the Sailing Club, enjoyed by a large number of members and friends.

Unfortunately, what little wind there was almost died away just before the start. However, the fleet did manage one round, although it took the leading boats nearly an hour.

The race result, based on the handicap, couldn't have worked out better if it had been planned with John Crabb helming brother Ben's World Championship-contending Mirror Eclipse into first place. The perfect outcome.

Prizes of Eclipse Tankards and Mugs were kindly sponsored by Dave's Diner and other club members were presented by Shaun and Zara Pengelly.

Results, overall: 1- Eclipse, John Crabb and Jamie Jaycock; 2- Green Machine- Verity Pope and Jack Pope.

First senior helm: Various vegetables, Steve Sargent and Sandie Turner.

First single hander: Laser 159444, David Jackman.

Torpoint's Harbour Lights and Wheelers Series race seven was contested in fine summer weather but with a strong tide. Results - Mirrors - 1, Buster (Tom Sneyd and Daniel Sneyd); 2, Double Trouble (Dick Ogilvie and D Hearn); 3, Wizzpopper (Sarah Horsfield and R Clayton).

Handicap - Jamie Watts; Les Richmond; Rtd R Richmond towed back.

Laser Radial - Elliott Watts, Ashton Lister, Paul Cox.

Laser dinghy - Andrew Burgess, Keith Watts, Dave Moore.

Torpoint's Tuesday Series is drawing to a close but luckily for race nine out of 10 there was enough wind to get a decent sail. This year has been a good one with most Tuesdays seeing enough wind rather than a drift.

Division IIA had their course into the sound with South Mallard as the leeward mark. The first obstacle proved to be getting through the narrows against the flood tide.

The lighter, faster boats took advantage of the situation with sometimes very light and variable wind. At finish Protocol took line honours but Dogs Jorrocks won on handicap.

Division IIB had a much shorter course staying in the river. Abigail, making a late run for starting actually crossed the line over seven minutes after the gun. The first boat taking over a minute to cross. Ralph Smith sailing his Hurley 22 Percirrus ended the victor beating into second place the up and coming Elliott Watts helming Sweet Pea.

Results - 2B - Pencirrus (R Smith), Sweet Pea (G Watts), Crisp (M Swain).

2A - Dogs Jorrocks (S Wassell), Cathy (J Snawden), Nettie (R Richmond).

The weather was bright and clear for the second race of the third series at Saltash on Thursday. The wind was south-easterly, force one to two with the course for IRC and PYA H (Hamoaze), A (Anthony Passage), Y (South Skinham) and for PYB it was H, A, G (Brunel Green). It is the first time Anthony Passage has been used this season, made possible by the fact that the race started one hour off a high spring tide.

The races started down-river, against the wind and tide and after a five-minute postponement due to lack of numbers in the race hut. OOD, Peter Noakes was on his own until Maurice Follon, a stalwart member of the race hut team who had been out sailing for the day, came to Peter's rescue just in the nick of time.

Red October (Stephen Hills) made the best start off the line in the IRC race. In the PY races there was nothing in it between Jabberwocky (Brian Cann) and Hello (Gerry Smith) in PYA and Nein Nein Fraulein (Paul Ormsby) and Spellbound (John Hearl) in PYB. At the start gun for the PYA race, Sea Bee (Derek Prickett and Dave Hearn) was right back by the bridge and with the wind and tide against them they only just managed to cross the start line before the start of the PYB race five minutes later. In the PYB race, Rough Diamond (Dave Moore) was just over the line and dipped back at the start on starboard track, he then tacked and had to go behind the rest of the fleet who were still on starboard. There was some dispute after the race however, that the PYB start had been a minute earlier than it should have been.

The boats in the IRC race were sent round their full course and unfortunately this meant that none of them managed to complete within the time limit of 8.30 pm. One very astute skipper, Frank Ellwood of Hydrojinn, decided to retire in anticipation of this. Rather than completely abandon the race, it was decided to use the first round times for the results.