Aaron,
Were you sailing one up or 2 up as the results have you on a Handicap of 103 which (I think) is the 2 up handicap for the Stealth R.
Just wondering.
Cheers
And yes, it was a flippin long way, and being that bit slower I was caught (along with a fair few spitfires / F18's and F16's the wrong side of Clacton) I'm guessing Matt was around just as the tide turned and then (in about 5 kts of wind) it took ages me to plug the strong tide to then turn around. GPS plot shows a total sailing distance of about 41 miles in non trapping conditions (for an Inter 17).
Back there next year on the weekend of the 7th / 8th July and it's the 20th year so it's going to be a big one.