A fresh north-eas-terly wind in Looe Bay, along with sunshine and flat water, meant near-maximum boat speeds across the fleet were enjoyed by sailors and spectators.

Des and Florence Hocking, aboard their Redwing Shamrock, are becoming a formidable force and again showed their rivals a clean pair of heels to take the

chequered flag, closely followed by old friend and arch-rival Colin Crabb with crew Adam Hayler.

Team Kinver, Arthur and daughter Tamsyn, also put on a fine boat-handling display to secure third spot.

In the Enterprise race, Gareth Shaw and his fiancee, Verity Pope, broke the Jackman class dominance to record a well-earned first place over this testing but

exhilarating course.

Unluckiest man of the day was Laser helm Richard Vasey; his mast broke, meaning he had to be towed to the safety of the boat park having only completed 100 metres of the race.

Full results in this week's Cornish Times.