Lancing Sailing Club's Evening Series had new faces gracing the top three spots.

Nearly 30 boats were attracted as weather conditions perked up from the previous Wednesday. The personal handicap system under which the series is run favoured first placed Michelle Chadwick (Laser Radial), Adrian Blayden (Laser) in second and Cliff Trevis (Laser) third.

Many club members were also on duty last Wednesday for the Adur Maritime Festival.

Several youngsters were taken out in boats to give them a taste of sailing, many for the first time.

Lancing's Summer Series continued last Sunday in cloudy but warm conditions with a force 2-4 gusty west to west north west wind. Those who made the best of the morning conditions were the winners as the afternoon saw the wind pick up to force six causing capsizes, torn sails, bent masts, broken tiller extensions and damage sustained in the surf near the beach.

In the morning Fast Fleet, Alex Koukourakis in his RS600 took the honours with Roger Jamieson and Karen Matthews in a Laser 2 second.

Pete Matthews and Richard Smith in a Laser 4000 were third. Out of the six starters only one retired which contrasted with just two starters in the afternoon and neither finished so there was no race.

There were 12 starters in the Laser Class race with three retiring before the finish. Mark Lloyd sailing a Laser Radial won with the Laser of Andrew Carter second and Mike Croker in his Radial third.

Croker was the only finisher in the afternoon Medium Handicap race out of six going to the start and in the end only three started and two of those retired.

Only two Streakers and a Miracle entered the Slow Handicap race and all three finished. Alan Simmons (Streaker) was first, Len Blann (Streaker) second and George Horner and Brian Osborne (Miracle) were third.

Spring PM Series final results - Fast Fleet: 1 Pete Matthews and Gavin Hardman (Laser 4000) 4pts, 2 Colin Norris and Alistair Smith (Laser 2) 15, 3 Alex Koukourakis (RS600) 26.

Medium Fleet: 1 Mark Lloyd (Laser Radial) 5, 2 Alan Simmons (Streaker) 10, 3 Roger Dowty (Laser) 10.

Slow Fleet: 1 Richard Skardon (Topper) 7, 2 Nick Muggridge (Topper) 7, 3 Robert Guard (Topper) 15.

Hastings and St Leonards Sailing Club hosted the South East Laser Traveller Series last Sunday with Weir Wood SC member John Emmett taking the overall victory.

Sixteen Lasers took to the water for the five-race event which was for the first three races held in a force three with a rough sea.

Emmett took victory in the first race from M. Brooking (Bewl Water) while L. Rechardt from HSK Helsinki was third. The same three sailors fought out the second race with Emmett leading Rechardt home with Brooking third.

Race three was a repeat of race two, only this time the visitor from Finland gave Emmett a much closer race.

The wind increased to a constant force in the afternoon and Emmett took the honours in race four from Rechardt.

Rechardt finally got his way in the fifth race, staying in front for the whole race despite the efforts of four times winner Emmett.

Emmett took the overall honours while three points behind was Rechardt with Brooking third.

The Finn visitor also took the First Master Trophy and the Grand Master Trophy for over 35s while the over-55 winner was Hastings sailor Dave Hall, who also was the first local sailor and seventh overall.

Many Hastings sailors were at the Shorething Water Sports Festival last Saturday.

Olympic medalists Ben Ainslie and Shirley Robertson's trainer Mark Littlejohn took Youth Laser training sessions, and all the youngsters benefitted from his expertise.

Chichester also hosted an Open meeting with 30 RS400s and eight Albacores gathered at the club for their two classes. There was a fresh breeze which backed steadily through the day from westerly to south-south-westerly.

The starts were impressive with the RS Fleet queuing up at the committee boat end from a minute beforehand in the first race with a somewhat biased line. They were equally keen for the other starts but there were no recalls.

The Albacore starts were dominated by the eventual winner who had three firsts.

The course was P-shaped with a fairly short first beat which brought the fleet to the weather mark in a bunch with close tacking by those coming in on port and some collisions.

As the day wore on there were several capsizes among the RS Fleet, though most recovered to finish after a loss of some places, but the Albacores covered the course with suitable stability.

No RS400 established an overwhelming superiority with different winners in each race but Roger Gilbert and James Stewart day had two second spots to go with their win and so were deserved winners.

The home club have done better in previous meetings but this time had to be content with just two boats in the first six. Colin and Sarah Smith finished fourth and Roger Yeoman and Peter Robson came sixth. There were no prizes for the local Albacores.