A dying northwesterly shifted to the east and rapidly built to approximately 12 knots before the start as a storm cell passed to the west of PYC. The race course was a 2WL set just to the north of Clapboard Island. The race was started as the easterly began to recede from the RC towards the weather mark leaving two boats, Voodoo Too and Greyhound (recovering from an OCS), floundering at the start. As the boats rounded the weather mark, the wind further lightened and shifted to the northwest. The RC picked up the pin and shortened the course at the second weather mark. Voodoo Too and Greyhound rounded the first weather mark just as Schadenfreude finished. The wind shifted back to the east, briefly increased in velocity, before dying once again. Voodoo Too finished the race with approximately a minute and half left on the 20-minute time limit. Further races were abandoned due to a lack of breeze. RC towed four boats back the anchorage. Thanks to J24 sailor Nick Dambrie on Belafonte for also towing boats.
—Rob Haile, ESP
—Rob Haile, ESP
