Saturday, 11th February 2017
It was the yachts that sailed downwind with poled out headsails rather than spinnakers that enjoyed most success in this race. The winner, MYUNA III (Geoffrey Nixon), not only won the race by a significant margin she also recorded the best elapsed time of 1:34:24. Her elapsed time was not only faster than yachts with a longer waterline length but also faster than yachts that choose to fly spinnakers. MYUNA III was joined on the podium by two other non spinnaker contestants, ANTARES (G Stewart D Pearce) and HIGH HANDED (Guy Dwyer). Was the lack of success with spinnakers due to the course, the breeze or other factors? … Read More