F4-5 forecast cross offshore (but mostly blowing straight up the solent from the west) and low-tide presented a good opportunity to run a 3 forts race following the traditional course of Horse Sand to starboard, Spitbank to port, No Man's Land to port, then passing Horse Sand to port on the return to the club finish line. We tend to think of this as a big race but even with limited chances to fly the kite, Richard and Charlie (F18) completed the race in just over 1 hour and 6 minutes. Steve and Jennie (Dart 18) finished 15 minutes later but only just came missed out on first place by 23 seconds on corrected time. The Hobie Pacific of Clive, Miranda and Wesley brought up the rear while sporting the biggest smiles :-)
Start time
12:00:00
| Class | Config | PN | Helm | Crew | Finishing time | Elapsed time (s) | Corrected time (s) | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formula 18 | C-2-2T | 678 | Richard G | Charles H | 13:06:38 | 3,998 | 5,897 | 1 |
| Dart 18 | B-2-1T | 827 | Steve A | Jennie L | 13:21:36 | 4,896 | 5,920 | 2 |
| Hobie Pacific (spinnaker no wing) | C-2-2T | 739 | Clive W | Miranda M | 13:29:28 | 5,368 | 7,264 | 3 |
| Hobie Pacific (no spinnaker no wings) | B-2-2T | 780 | Ian H | Amanda H | 0 | 0 | DNS | |
| Dart 16 | B-2-1T | 897 | Kieron H | Brent M | 0 | 0 | DNF |
