Eleven boats took part in the Nautilus Handicap, Three Lasers, three Miracle, two Merlin Rockets, one Magno, one RS500 and a Dart 16. There was no wind at the time race 1 was due to start, but one hour later there was a very light breeze from the south east. Don Terry crewed by Simon Terry (Merlin Rocket) took the lead from John Parmenter crewed by Richard Parmenter (Merlin Rocket) with Martin Watson (Laser) in 3^rd and William Bovington crewed by Tom Richardson (RS500) in 4^th.

By the end of lap 2 with the wind dropping even more the Terry’s had extended their lead from Bovington and Richardson with the Parmenter’s in 3^rd and Watson in 4^th.

The rest of the fleet finished after 2 laps, only the leaders completed 3 laps and they finished in the same order. Bovington and Richardson were unlucky to drift onto a mark and had to complete a penalty turn. The Afternoon race was cancelled as there was no wind.

The results after the handicaps had been taken into consideration were:

1^st Don Terry crewed by Simon Terry (Merlin Rocket).                        

2^nd John Parmenter crewed by Richard Parmenter (Merlin Rocket).      

3^rd Martin Watson (Laser).                                                                  

4^th William Bovington crewed by Tom Richardson (RS500).