IOM Ranking 6, Sunday 29th September

Here were 48 entries from 22 different clubs sailing 19 different hull designs, including one home designed and 3D printed hull and Brad Gibson’s interesting prototype, for the Oliver Lee Trophy/ranking 6 at Chelmsford MYC.

The wind was in a more kindly direction from the NNE allowing Graham Bantock , the race officer, to set a longer course parallel to the control area, with more breeze but with a light flukey  patch at the windward mark, leading to abrupt place changes most of the usual suspects came through.

There was a round of applause at the finish of the second C heat race to acknowledge the promotion of 11 year old Hayden Wallace of Huntingdon  RYC to the B heat.