Having lost the previous Sunday's racing with no wind the contrast this Sunday could not have been greater with a really solid 20 to 30 knot warm westerly - huge fun.

Sadly there is not much to relate about the racing since three boats: Just Acquaholix, Voador and Fay J were OCS. Certainly on board Fay J it never entered our thoughts that we were OCS, we were more concerned about being late for the line with jib furling and unfurling issues - all very strange.

On the race course Journeymaker (Chris Jones) sailed an impeccable race to beat Jolene (Ivan Trotman) by a considerable margin. After four races of the series,with a mid series break this coming weekend, there is everything to play for with one point separating the first three boats: Fay J, Voador and Journeymaker.

With only four boats the starts for the J105 class were combined with IRC3 for Sunday's racing. Hopefully we will get our own start next week with two more boats competing.

Two windward/leeward races each of one and a half hours were held in a pleasant 10 to 15 knot westerly. In the first race Fay J nailed the shifts to get to the first windward mark well in the lead, only to get all the shifts wrong on the second beat giving Voador a deserved easy victory with Journeymaker third and Jolene fourth.

Roles were reversed in the second race with Voador leading Fay J around the course until the second leeward leg where a slow spinnaker hoist allowed Fay J to sneak through for the win with Jolene pipping Jourmeymaker for third place.