Race 1 - Monday

This was a morning race and the wind was coming from the North as we launched. This meant a run down to the start line. There was maybe 10-12 knots, so we started the race semi-trapezing, and all was going well into the first reach. As far as I can remember in Mk1 there was Bob, Darryn, Ben (Clarke), Peter (Nikitin), and Neil in the leading bunch that got away. As we sailed down the first reach the leaders ran into a shift which turned the reach into a beat (about 120 degrees). The rest of the fleet could see this coming so it made for some interesting tactical decisions which way to go prior to the change. The rest of the race was a bit of a soldiers course with only one more windward leg and loads of fairly slow reaches, and Darryn came out on top in front of Ben and then Bob.

Somebody must be able to remember more about this race. What about the MK2s?