Toucan during Medway Yacht Club Cruiser Class Spring Series Race 2

© Mike Wood Medway Yacht Club Cruiser Class Spring Series Race 2
A 13 nautical mile course around the navigation marks was set with the start line. In the period before the start the wind appeared only at 10 knots in the lee of the hill to north but the prospect in the gusts was going to be up to 25 knots.