Saturday, 26th October 2019
With an average elapsed time of 3:05:20 this was one of the longer Wednesday races on record. It was much longer than any race in the winter series with GISELLE (Robert Freeman) receiving great value for money with a sail time of 4:05:11. Nevertheless, all 41 starters finished the race well within the time limit enjoying the great sailing conditions. The breeze averaged about 8 knots for the afternoon, the sun continued to shine whilst the seas remained flat. After sailing the 9.9 nautical mile course 14 the result was something of a bonanza for the yachts with higher handicaps. All but one of the first 10 yachts to cross the finish line had a handicap of at least 43 minutes. Read more…