In the first race, John and Debbie Love of Budworth SC pulled clear early on and won by a comfortable margin. Maldon YC's Phil Marshall and Nick Bray, sailing one of three Devoti Snipes in the fleet, worked their way up to second and Jon Simpson and Graham Hoy edged out Richard and Nicky Lambert to take third. The trying conditions and somewhat excessive one hour thirty minute race duration forced several retirements. In the second race Simpson, also in a Devoti led for some time, but was eventually overhauled by Love. George and Sarah Mees of Erith YC overtook Simpson on the final beat to claim second.
In the final race, sailed in virtually no wind, Simpson soon overhauled Alan and Janet Hoy to take his first line honours of the season. The Lamberts came third. The regatta displayed another impressive showing for Devoti Snipes with three boats placing in the top four.
Position No. Club Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Points 1st 27098 J & D Love Budworth SC .75 .75 DNS 1.5 2nd 29411 J Simpson & G Hoy Maldon YC 3 3 .75 3.75 3rd 29408 A & J Hoy Maldon YC 5 4 2 6 4th 29303 P Marshal & N Bray Maldon YC 2 5 4 6 5th 23980 R & N Lambert Blue Circle SC 4 7 3 7 6th 28385 G & S Mees Erith YC 6 2 6 8 7th 20265 S Sporne & D Read MiltonKeynes SC 10 6 5 11 8th 25451 B & A Gregory Blue Circle SC 7 8 DNS 15 9th 23003 I Varney & D Stevens Maldon YC 8 10 R9 17 10th 28276 P Seager & E Francis FishersGreen SC 12 14 7 19 11th 27329 J White & G Sacchi Maldon YC 9 11 DNS 20 12th 20323 M Antonelli & E Seager Budworth SC Rtd 8 DNS 24 13th 28550 G Campbell & J Desmond Blue Circle SC 11 13 DNS 24 14th 20557 E Crouch & L Tharp Blue Circle SC Rtd 12 DNS 28 15th 19892 T Sporne & Russell MiltonKeynes SC Rtd 15 DNS 31 16th 23626 J Williams & Aaron Blue Circle SC DNS 16 DNS 33 Boat Specs for Fishers Green Snipe Open 15th June 1998 Hull Mast Sails 1st Love Olsen Skipper Sidewinder Hood, San Pedro 2nd Simpson Devoti Holt-Allen Sobstad, SD* 3rd Hoy Devoti Euro Proctor Sobstad, SD* 4th Marshall Devoti Holt-Allen Lowton & Gray 5th Lambert Martin Skipper Holt-Allen Sobstad, SD* 6th Mees Persson Holt-Allen Hood, San Pedro * Mylar jib--Richard Lambert, GBR 23980