I hurt.....

3 times sailing between October and June is NOT the way to prepare for 6 hours on the water.

I'd re-enforce all that Wayne said above; it's a tough race and we were yo-yoing around all the way up the course.

I got a better start than Wayne and Nick and got away for a bit. Nick then caught me up / I got a way a couple of times and by then we had fought our way to the Colne. I'm guessing I was a fair bit in front at that point as I never saw Nick or Wayne again. I wired most of the way from Colne to Bradwell and hopefully the camera boat got some good shots - first time on the wire down wind this year for me!!!!!!

Both the fleets compressed up the river and I finished 2nd boat over the water in the colne point fleet and in with the Tornado's and F18's that started 20 minutes before us, so I was certainly going quick down wind.

Nick and Wayne were about 5 / 10 mins behind me which does not really do them justice, it took me 3 1/2 hours to shake them off!!!!

A fantastic weekend and I'll be back next year.

Date is 4th July 2010.