Berkeley Marine Cadet Europeans at Weymouth - Day 3

Race 6:

With a very fickle breeze the fleet launched in the morning, bobbed around a bit and played tag for a couple of hours before coming back in after one attempted start was abandoned. Eventually there was sufficient, constant wind and a race was completed late in the afternoon. Both starts were away first time sailing into a South Easterly force 2. Those who went up the right gained coming to the first windward mark. GBR8519 Jenny Lennon was first to the mark sailing past GBR8997 David Brewer tacking at the buoy. GBR8407 Ben Cornish was third, followed by HUN9450 Tama’s Szamo’dy, BEL9453 Yannick Lefefvre and GBR9046 Andrew Twinn. By the second windward the front two had swapped places and broken clear of HUN9450 and BEL9453. By the final leeward GBR8407 led GBR8997 still clear of the rest. Working hard up the beat GBR8997 lee bowed GBR8407 who tacked away allowing GBR8997 to narrowly win and take the gun. HUN9450 crossed third ahead of BEL9453. The protest room intervened with third and fourth involved. HUN9450 was disqualified elevating the BEL9453 and GBR8519 to fourth.

The second start belonged to GBR8415 William Rusden. He rounded the first mark clear and then sailed away. Sixty two seconds at the second windward and crossed the line 73 seconds ahead of GBR7630 ‘Pulling Power’ Miles Blaver Mann/Hettie Penman who had performed a similar task on the rest of the fleet. Thirty eight seconds, at the second windward and 50 seconds at the line. GBR8420 Jodie Green was third round the first mark, GBR9032 ‘Crisis’ Christopher Videlo/Tom Power fourth, HUN9326 Bala’zs Berliniski fifth and GBR8538 James Jaffa sixth. GBR 8420 was third at the second windward closely tracked by SVK9466 ‘MB’ Mirdslav/Marcus Baran who powered past GBR8420 on the final reach to finish third ahead of GBR8420.

Today’s race leaves GBR8420 ahead of GBR8855 and GBR8997.