Sunday, 28th May 2017
BOM issued a very encouraging forecast for this race – a northerly breeze of 10 to 15 knots with seas below a metre and partly cloudy skies. Observations at Fawkner Beacon confirmed the forecast. This resulted in a good Sunday race for 20 yachts around the 9.9 nautical mile course 26. In a northerly breeze this course has two long downwind legs that make up about 48% of the rhumb line distance – a temptation to fly a spinnaker … Read More