We had a very good race on Wednesday, possibly as good as it gets with a reach up to the heads and back and only a short work to the finish. Even that was not too tight so it suited Passion very well. Only Fidelis enjoyed the reaching conditions more than Passion and she zipped around the course for a 12 second handicap win. Aggrovation gave us plenty to think about on the course and we were never more than a couple of boat lengths apart so they had a well deserved third. I thought Larrikin had blow it with a mark infringement however we were all so far up the fleet that they still finished seventh.
By my calculations we pulled a further five point away from Larrikin and seven from Allegro. That gives us a 16.5 point buffer with two sixth place drops in hand.
Now I was waiting for the official point scores to be posted on the RANSA web site but they are still unavailable.
What was surprising about the race was our performance compared to the Northshore 38’s. I would have expected them to revel in the reaching conditions but we had one of our best wins against them. We did give it all with the carbon No 1 genoa and a full main and we did work the backstay aggressively through the wind range. We did get a very good start and did keep clear air all day. Now we need to do it one more time to seal the series.