It was close, we were near the weather mark and needed only to hold course to round. I think my skipper was pinching and footing off would have put us ahead, also the jib was probably oversheeted. To complicate the issue further, the port tack boat was a Farrier 24 and having some difficult with the lumpy sea state we were in.

In any case, by doing nothing, we gave away the position uncontested.