Tuesday 23 July

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Monday’s rain passed through leaving prolonged sunny spells, and the forecast of a light breeze from the NNE. After a postponement, racing got underway about an hour late.

There was a couple of flypasts to briefly distract the sailors during the start sequence. Not that they were the reason for some OCS boats under the U flag. The wind spent the morning fighting itself, swinging through up to 90 degrees, and fading every now and again, resulting in some boats taking almost an hour to finish the second morning race.

There was an extended lunch break waiting for the anticipated sea breeze which kicked in somewhat later than expected. As the boats were preparing for the start, the wind backed more to the SW necessitating the courses to be reset to the new direction, leaving only sufficient time to get one afternoon race completed.

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