Big Breeze arrived in Weymouth after two days of very little wind. After a short delay the fleet launched. Following the inevitable pushing of the line by a bunch of boats, the Black flag on Sorebones was given an airing. The fleet were away in around 25 Knots from the Northwest. With four races to be sailed in Portland Harbour to make up for lost races on Sunday and Monday, it was a busy day on the water. Despite leading round the windward mark in 2 races of the 4, Matt Findlay and Richard Anderton only managed to consolidate this into a top 3 position in the first race. They currently lie 5th overall. While DJ Edwards and Simon Potts scored 4 top five places, Andy Smith and Jonny Mildred were 2 points better off at the end of play with 9 points compared to DJ's 13.
At the finish of the day it was Tom Foskett and Tim Needham and Current National Champions Dave Wade and Ben McGrane who topped the leader board with two victories each.
Listening to Adam Bowers' video debrief highlighted some of the reasons why these 2 boats were leading overnight. When racing resumes tomorrow - if it's not too windy - the rest of the fleet hope to be hot on their tails with much improved leeward mark roundings and hopefully a little less overstanding and a bit more conversation!
