This was a medium distance race around Bellbuoy and the Port of Ngqura Lateral mark. We had a South West wind, that varied between 8 and 18 knots.
Mike Cullum was quick to get Malgas over the start line, followed by Fling, Tikkalox II and Sea-Esta, with Bateleur making a late start. But Jim Foot caught up and passed both Sea-Esta and Fling before the Ngqura port lateral mark. Tikkalox II and Fling had their bags out for a fun reach down to Ngqura. Then it was an afternoon of tacking back to the Port of Port Elizabeth, weaving between the wind shadows of the anchored ships in the road.
The results speak to good tactics, and how 5 minutes lost to retrieve a hat can cost you 3rd place!
Rank Boat Class Helm TCF Elapsed Corrected
1 Malgas L34 Mike Cullum 0.95 04:04 0:03:52
2 Tikkalox II Miura Rob Smith 0.88 04:47 0:04:13
3 Sea-Esta Muira Jimmy Swinnerton 0.88 05:57 0:05:14
4 Fling Sadler 26 Morgan Griffiths 0.8 06:38 0:05:18
5 Bateleur Dibi15 Jim Foot 0.892 DNF