Whilst taking my usual Friday night stroll to the Yacht Club I looked out towards Swansea Bay and imagined racing my new Cat. What does this have to do with the Nations Cup I hear you say, well currently I have proposed 12 races over three days so the courses wouldn't be that big. However, pending the general consensus I am proposing only two races on the Saturday, one standard course and one long course. From Swansea Docks to Mumbles Pier is approximately 3.5 miles. The MYC quite often run races around the Bay and given the prevailing wind usually ends up with a 3 mile run, 1 mile reach, 3 mile beat back towards Mumbles and another 1-2 mile reach (large rectangle). Tornado's have been known to get from Mumbles to Swansea in 12 minutes (far quicker than using a car)
So given that a lot of UK F16's are sailed in ponds how do you like the idea of a couple of laps on a 8 mile course?