Wednesday Cruiser Racing

Published 13:28 on 20 Jun 2025

Five keel boats came to the start line on Wednesday 18 June. Jennie and Howie were having their first race in the new to them Lucinda. They were joined by Paul and Keith in Seeaway, Kay and Finlay in Innesfallen, and regulars Alastair in Pegasus II and Andy in Exile. The wind was westerly F2 ish, and there was some discussion about the course. The fleet decided on D C Z Y. At the start, Seeaway found a rock with their keel, near mark 6, and Johnson and Walker took an early lead. Both skippers were wary of the bank to the west of the Almond channel marks 3 and 2, so they kept to the east and mostly avoided any luffing! Pegasus II rounded D first, but only just as Walker was close astern, and the green hull of Seeaway was seen to round the mark in third. The Mk1 Griffon tacked on to starboard first, followed 30 seconds later by Alastair. By now Kay was round the mark and she and Seeaway stayed on port. The two Griffon's remained close together as they beat towards C. Jennie and Howie were round D as the Griffins approached C. Johnson rounded first but Andy was close behind and got past to weather. Keith and Paul tried to pass Pegasus II too, and despite a luff from Alastair they got past. The order remained Walker, Seeaway, and the Mk2 Griffon at the finish. Fourth was Innesfallen and fifth was the blue hull of Lucinda.