Z80 had the win, but Jim and Lelde in Z78 had done enough, and the Candlelight trophy and the Eric Davey were theirs! Z80 and Z75 respectively had the 2 nd places, and Z54 the 3 rds Winter was coming however, the skies were darkening, and Matt and MC called the shortened course at SS. As the run to SS started Z80 had control, followed by 78, 54, 70 and 75. The second beat saw little change, except an early tack to the right and bit of a shift lifted Z54 above Z70. MC holding great pace to windward got Z70 around BT before Z54, and down the run we went to KB… Z80 with the lead, Z70 still running hot downwind to be third behind Z78, Z54 and Z75 behind. Z80 into the mark first, followed by Z78.
Z80 and Z78 first to tack to the right, Z54 pinned down below Z75 and Z70, until in desperation 54 threaded the needle to go right, across the front of 75 and a sharp (very!) duck behind 70. Z70 charged down the line post haste from KB, with Z80 (Russell and Martyn) and Z78 first through the gate and out into the changing east going tide, followed by Z54 (Geoff, Chris and Heather) to windward and Z75 (Sid and Clive) behind. Its YOU!Ī flurry of activity from Matt and MC and Z70 set KB – BT – KB – BT – SS – PSC -SS. Hey MC… did anyone mention… no one mentioned?. The gate boat needs to set a course… its all very quiet… its still very quiet… its getting late…. We had to play quickly, with sunset at 18:14 there was no time to hang around. Everyone with something to play for on the night. It must be said that Z78, Jim and Lelde, were looking fairly comfortable in both, but no one was going to make it easy….įive boats came to the line, Z80, Z78, Z75, Z70 and Z54. Even at this late stage there was plenty to play for with both the Friday Candlelight series to be won (with Z80, Z78 and Z54 in contention) and the overall Candlelight/ Twilight Series (Eric Davey trophy) to be completed.
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