The Lead Changes

You can see the wind flick from 160° Sea Breeze to the 280° Gradient in the graph below at 18.30. Was it too late at that point to get outside the harbour. The wind certainly held up.

The PRO's did the best they could, the harbour is only so big!

Great to see the PY fleet gathering momentum now. The Solo and the Sunfish out there duking it out with the Finn, K1, Mermaid, RS600 and various other assorted craft.

Stephen Oram looked quite sad going slow in his Fireball. Is it time the Moths started to look at joining the fray? It was great to see them zooming back & forth last night as the intrepid squadron continues training for their British Nationals next week.

In the RS fleet there were 2.

And the Lasers, the fleet du jour as usual had it all. Two great races, countless lead changes, heated contested mark roundings, a general recall and a black flag, an exlpoding daggerboard - hope you're ok Luke and.... a new winner: Well done John Marmelstein in the 2nd race! Congratulations too to Mr O'Beirne jr coming from way back to steal the 1st and continue Dan's winning ways.

For anyone wanting to view a piece of legendary sailing - a look back at Race 10 of the last Americas Cup is a must. There's an absorbing pre-start followed by a lightning fast first reach and a fascinating up and downwind contest with several lead changes. It's a go to piece of sailing.