Wednesday, 24th June 2015
Although 28 yachts started the race, only 10 crossed the finish line before the 1230 cut off time. That was after course 33 with a relatively short rhumb line length of 7.9 nautical miles was shortened further. Even the shortened course length of 4.5 miles proved too far for the majority of the largest fleet of the series. This is the third time in four races that a course has been shortened as a result of light and variable winds of 10 knots. Flying a spinnaker seemed to be one successful strategy on the day with 4 of the ten finishers doing just that. Even with a spinnaker it was still necessary to sniff out the breeze and hope it was going to be where it was expected.