Wouter,

It is difficult to recognise the classes when they are not named in the results chart.

There were at least 11 Spitfires at Carnac. They raced in a mixed fleet of over 60 which included the Stealth, Tornadoes, Hurricane 5.9s, Nacra 6s, Inter 20s and Hobie 18s, all with spinnakers. You will find that the Spitfires took the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th places, with their designer Yves Loday in 2nd place on the singlehanded Shadow. The next Shadow was in 7th. 9th place was also a Spitfire.

Neil Mangan broke his boom and lost 2 races, so was down the fleet. There were 2 more Spitfires in the top 20.

In the Raid, the first two Spitfires finished in 29th and 32nd. They were a few minutes ahead of the Stealth on the water.

There were over 200 cats in the Raid, including more than 100 F18s sailed by some of the worlds top cat sailors. This made it very difficult for the smaller cats to get a good start and clear air.

Best regards from Ireland,

Dermot Mangan