The first race was held in a S.W. wind, force 3-4, gushing 5 at the start, 4 Lasers were in the front of the fleet at the first mark, followed by Mirror 66503, helmed by Terry Hunt of Bough Beech. By the fourth lap, with the wind now 4- 5, he had moved up into second place, which he held to the finish and won by 58 seconds on corrected time.
