Yacht Name Finish Time
Hellhound 19:46
Live wire 20:05
Flair IV  19:37


WINDS SW 12 Kt

As there were no volunteers for the quarterdeck for tonight we set the race course as HSC 01 and carried out the start procedure and notified Port Control
The three yachts were at very close quarters as they approached the start but all were clear on the line. A fine reech was set to get past the knuckle and then Flair bore away a little with the other two staying higher to the wind. 
Once we had a clear site of Meath Flair gybed onto port allowing for the flood tide effect north of the breakwater. Now Flair had a fair lead over the other two boats. 
Once round Meath the windward leg was just too fine, with the west to east flood tide race, to achieve passing Clippera to port; consequently we had to tack back towards the New Harbour and continue until we had a good line to the revised location of Penrhos Mark. 
The other two yachts were not able to head as high as Flair and so were further down wind of Clippera having a longer tack to clear the mark. 
Once Penrhos was close we were able to bear away to clear Penrhos to Starboard before returning to Clippera. On this leg it was apparent that the other two yachts would be late getting back to the finish line and so we shortened course such that Clippera was the last mark before the finish line. Having notified the racing yachts we rounded Clippera leaving it to port and sailed in on a port tight beat until having to tack twice to pass the knuckle. 
It was so good to be back racing on a Wednesday evening in Holyhead!
Race results are not available as yet as the decision on the scoring system has not yet been made. 



First HSC Wednesday evening race 2024.

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