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Results - 2018

Engine played up as we left the pontoon but soon fixed with a bit of seizing wire to fix the telegraph cable to the throttle lever. Start at 07:20 after a revision to the finish line position was announced, more of this later. Kite up straight away and headed out into the main channel to pick up the best of the tide. Good leg down the Solent with the tide under us, a number of gybes and 4th boat through Hurst. Once past bridge buoy we headed for Anvil Point with the wind behind us all to way. At Anvil Point the gradient wind disappeared and was replaced by a SW sea breeze so kite down and white sailed to St Albans. Minimal over falls and the wind had reverted to an Easterly so kite back up for the finish. Some odd calls on the radio from the boats ahead about the finish line position but we headed for the GPS position quoted at the start. However, when we got there no mark to be seen so just took our time on the spot. Looks like the quoted position was 1 degree out so we should have been a mile to the North or perhaps it was a mile long finish line.
GPS Track
Royal Southampton Yacht Club     2018 Koris Double Handed Series Weymouth Double (Leg 1) Class 2: IRC Saturday 9th June Start: 07:20:00 Yacht Type Sail No. TCF Finished Elapsed Corrected Posn Points Comments Nightjar J-92 9202 0.967 13:12:01 05:52:01 05:40:24 1 1 Jumblesail 2 J97 3965 0.972 13:19:43 05:59:43 05:49:39 2 2 High Jinks J97 9197 0.975 13:20:13 06:00:13 05:51:13 3 3 Moondog Laser 28 1259 0.904 13:57:04 06:37:04 05:58:57 4 4 Skua IV Najad 331 6032 0.905 13:58:40 06:38:40 06:00:48 5 5 Firefly Contessa 32 903 0.867 14:30:37 07:10:37 06:13:21 6 6 Lady Hope First 27.7 8723 0.935 14:06:32 06:46:32 06:20:07 7 7 Mandarin Folkboat 504 0.805 15:13:40 07:53:40 06:21:18 8 8 Purple Mist Sun Odyssey 36i Performance 1889 0.976 15:02:53 07:42:53 07:31:46 9 9 Felix X-332 4350 0.971 16:17:39 08:57:39 08:42:03 10 10 Chaser Sigma 33 4448 0.892 50 DNC Dark & Stormy 2 J-80 1426 0.960 50 DNC Eeyore Alacrity 2644 0.773 50 DNC Matakana Blue Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 37 4134 0.976 50 DNC Olivia Anne VI L'll Scampi 3416 0.816 50 DNC Psipsina HOD 35 7716 0.998 50 DNC Spirit of Kudu Sigma 33OOD 4522 0.914 50 DNC