This was a round robin semi-finals for the Wed Night Races. The top two boats move up to the Championship and the other two are eliminated

Boat A and B are fighting it out for second. In the last race Boat A has 7 pts and B has 8. On the upwind leg A's forestay broke and was forced to retire. All B has to do is finish.

While the race committee was debating letting the results stand because everyone had been equally at risk, repairing Boat A and running anouther race, having the 2 skippers come back next week, etc, etc. Boat A crossed the line and then hit the mark with his stern. The race committee told the skipper he had not finished. The boat recrossed the line without losing a place.

The results

Boat A - 7 pts + DNF 2nd place
Boat B - 8 pts + DNF 3rd place

Why

(Sometimes problems resolve themselves