Easy enough I am Hamish Nicol from Stokes Bay SC back then. Mates with Tim Gerhard and John Kaye RIP. I used to sometimes sail with John on the road including his infamous stag weekend at Christchurch SC for some kind of travelers event. Howling windy in the bay. Hilariously big waves which with the passage of years were tsunami sized but were surely pretty big anyway.
Last sailed my N6 in the UK at the Nats that were held at Sandown SC South of Isle of Wight with the Tornadoes. Apart from Will Sunnucks Tornado nearly slicing the top off my head on a port starboard cross (Well they started after us and i was'nt looking behind for rockets) the biggest and best part was the mad ride home in a big sea back into the Solent. That was when I entered the "Green Room" as well as had to solo home having lent my crew mid channel to Richard Power on his 19 after we righted it. Richard, ever the fastidious, had an entire camping set up, cooker etc lashed to his tramp which made for an interesting righting. Making the turn was rather nasty that day. We ran back so fast round Wight that I snapped a batten on a spreader when pitchpoling (maybe, who knows how it happened?).
Did you ever sail Burt's beer Race at Ryde?