In the second race the Marshall's started well and established a huge lead, which they held to the finish. Antonelli was a distant second and Tong Sporne and Peter Studd got a well earned third for the home club. The wind decreased significantly for the final race and this suited John and Debbie Love of Budworth who finally prevailed over Antonelli. Having already secured victory, Phil Marshall took over the helm from his brother and worked his way up to third after a poor start. Marshall's win was his second of the season and the first Open event victory in the UK for Devoti Snipes.
Overall results: 1st GBR 29405 I & P Marshall Maldon YC 1.5pts 2nd GBR 20323 Antonelli/Whitehead Budworth SC 4.00 3rd GBR 27098 J & D Love Budworth SC 5.75 4th GBR 23980 R & N Lambert Blue Circle SC 7.00 5th GBR 20558 T Sporne & P Studd MiltonKeynes SC 7.00 6th GBR 26671 G Edwards & P Winsland Budworth SC 10.00 Boat Specs: Hull Mast Sails 1st Marshall Devoti (UK) Holt-Allen North (SD) 2nd Antonelli Skipper (Den) Holt-Allen Jack Holt (UK) 3rd Love Skipper (Den) Sidewinder Hood (Esp) 4th Lambert Skipper (UK) Holt-Allen Sobstad (SD) 5th Sporne Skipper (Den) Proctor Hyde (UK) 6th Edwards McLaughlin (US) Holt-Allen Fisher (US) [Full results and reports of all UK Snipe events can be found at http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~surridge/results.html]Chris Surridge