South Bank Sailing Club Blog

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In the race box:      Joseph Cabon and Elena Balycheva In the safety boat: John Parke and George Gaynor The wind played one of its favourite jokes on us.  As the Solo, eight Lasers and two Enterprises took to the water on Sunday afternoon, the wind fell from an ever-present 11-20 mph to approx. 4-7 mph, broadly from the east.  This, coupled with a strong tide, resulted in a slow start to the race when a fast one had been anticipated.  The west bank was the one to be on, and those boats in the middle or the east bank took a long while to round the first buoy.  Renato rounded first and never lost his lead.  With the wind behind them, it was a fast run to the second buoy for all boats.  At which point the field compressed again, contending with strong tide and relatively light wind on the return legs. Renato completed the first lap in a little over 30 minutes.  The next boat was some ten minutes behind.  The decision was made to shorten the race to three laps, and it was again shortened t...