Gul Mirror World Championship at Restronguet Sailing Club - Day 4

The Cornish weather served up sunshine and, early on, showers with a strong, gusty westerly wind for Day 4. With only 3 races remaining, the Race Committee decided on two today, leaving one for tomorrow.

Race 10 got away cleanly under a 'P' flag and using a triangle-sausage-triangle course (hurrah!). The strong gusty wind and a bit of a chop made for conditions that were less than comfortable for some in the fleet. The spinnaker reaches were very exciting and even some of the heavier crews who chose to fly spinnakers dropped places when they lost control in a mega-gust.

Once again the patrol boats were busy. 'Platypus' sailed by Simon & Tyson Barwood from the Royal Freshwater Bay YC was leading all the way to the final gybe mark, but capsized in a mega-gust tacking round after the spinnaker sheet got caught around the end of the boom. On the final reach Dave & Imogen Wade from Northampon SC overtook 'Wave Catcher Too' sailed by Cullen & Rowan Hughes from Balmoral SC to win with 'High-Roller' sailed by Gavin & Oliver Cooke from Balmoral SC in 3rd place.

Race 11 got away under a 'P' flag with individual recalls. This time Paul & Alfie Cullen, Angus & Lou-Lou Hemmings and Howard Leoto & Shane White who were adjudged OCS. With the gusts building, conditions were very challenging. Once again it was a triangle-sausage course (hurrah!). Dave & Imogen Wade built a big lead to finish first ahead of Cullen & Rowan with Simon & Tyson third.

With 11 races completed, the second discard kicked in. This, plus today's bullets, has put Dave & Imogen up to second, but with only one race to go, Cullen & Rowan, who are discarding a second, are currently 7 points ahead of Dave & Imogen, so it looks like the title will go to Australia this time.

More photos by Lee Whitehead can be found on Photolounge here.

Results after Day 4: