Eight yachts again came to the start for Race 7 of the Poseidon Sailaway Club Championship Summer Series. The threat of rain eased as a large storm to the north east passed over and racing was underway in 10 to 15 knots of breeze.

Doug Ryan on Magic hit the front closely followed by arch rival Tim Preuss on Ann Sea. Unlike recent races however Magic showed no signs of allowing her rival any chance to claim the pole position as she led the race from start to finish.

Ice also managed to put recent performances behind her maintaining a steady lead over Big Ears and Tau Ceti with Miriama, Ruff Red and Indigo on their heels.

The lighter conditions proved too much for last outing winner Indigo retiring in anticipation of not making the finish in the allotted time.

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Magic recorded a course time of 01:35:14 to claim line honours 05:22 ahead of Ann Sea creating a 02:35 lead on corrected time to secure the line honours/handicap double for the day.

Ice crossed third 02:50 ahead of Big Ears but had to settle for fourth as corrected times gave the edge to Big Ears by just 15 seconds. Tau Ceti with a crew of ten came in fifth with Miriama sixth and Ruff Red seventh.

Each competitor drops their two worst results for the eight race Series and with the first drop coming into play the Series positions took a few twists and turns.

Ann Sea (10) now leads six points clear from Tau Ceti (16) and Magic (16), with Ice (26), Big ears (36), Miriama (38), Indigo (40) and Ruff Red (43) all possibly out of contention for a top three 
place.

The Summer Series concludes on Saturday March 10.