Graham and Ian are kept busy
It was the day for Rainbow to turn the tables and she did it in style recording a second on handicap. The look alike sister ship Izzi keeps getting better every week and notched up first place.
The broad reach to the heads and the just off the beat leg back to Steel Point favour the Northshore 38s with their long narrow hulls and light displacement so it was no surprise that they did well.
For our part we looked to have third place sewn up until the last two tacks to the finish. Not only were we caught in heavy traffic but we were also on the wrong side of the last shift so we slid down to eighth place in an ever so tightly bunched finish.
The rest of the day was pretty classy. A good start and a good first beat around Shark Island had us just on Rainbow’s tail and as well up in the fleet as I remember. Starr Ferry reached up to us in the lee of Shark Island but on the beat back we were soon a minute ahead only to lose it all on that last shift of the breeze.
Mostly good angles deserved a better result
Bunched handicap results