Lucy here (my computer is still in holiday mode)
Day 2:
much lighter winds, with marginal twinning up wind and down. Racing was in Sandy Haven Bay, with the race committee starting the racing dead on 1pm, and catching a few boats out.
On the fourth race there was a very long beat into the steady southwesterly, with a tanker parked on the inshore side near the windward mark. For the next two races the mark was moved a bit closer to avoid the stationary hazard.
On all three races Ronin took full advantage of the favoured right side of the beat getting three easy bullets. Antidote rolled the dice to try their luck with the slightly greater pressure on the left, but were set back by the tide every time giving them 2,3,2. Subtle Knife also chose hard right up the beats and came home 3,2,3.
Day 3:
Sandy Bay again, with similar wind strength to Day 2, but from south east, swinging to south between races necessitating a swift change in course.
The starts were hotting up with a general recall in race 7, and Antidote was holding on to Ronin for longer thanks to a few rig tweaks but didn't manage to break their run of bullets. Lots of tide near the windward mark, with a change from ebb to flood between races 8 & 9 and a funny eddy in the bay made for lots of tactical decisions.
Day 4:
Sandy Bay again. Wind from the south again, decreasing from marginal twinning in race 10 to foredecksville by race 12.
Again, lots of tide out by the windward mark, and this time it paid to bang the left up and down despite the weed hazard.
Another general recal in Race 10, and then a clean start with Antidote managing to stay with Ronin up the beat, and hoist in front of them on the first lap. Ronin got away down the run, but only just. Things were close again up the second beat till Antidote had an attack of stage fright and tipped it in on a tack, giving Ronin the race and letting Subtle through in second.
In race 11 Antidote had their best start of the week and managed to staty in front of Ronin till the drop on the first lap, were Ronin had a smoother rounding at the righthand end of the gate. They led till the end, but there was only a few boat lengths in it.
Race 12 was curtailed after one lap as the breeze was dying and the fog was rolling in.
