With not a Red score (DNS or DNF) in 5 races Sean Wiseman’s J27 – Jellybaby – is showing that consistency wins the day.

Five races have been sailed and Jellybaby boasts 2 bullets and 3 third places with one discard to be on 8 points, followed by Nemesis with one bullet and two seconds on 11 points.

Saturday’s race was sailed on a long course with harbour start, leaving the PE Safewater mark to Port, the Nqura Safewater mark to Port, back to the PE Safewater mark to Starboard and a harbour finish. Fairly consistent South west winds ranging between 10 and 16 knots made for interesting sailing with the fleet managing to carry spinnakers out the PE Port and down to Nqura for a long beat back to PE.

Jellybaby, with Andrew Ward at the helm, managed to make up lots of time after electing to sail straight past the last turning mark and along the coastline before tacking for the Port Entrance – sometimes a considered flyer does pay off.

Many newbies were onboard various yachts – all credit to Mark Dawson for keeping the flag flying as we adjust our sails to concentrate even more on sailing.