Day 1 of the Fastways F18 States was a very interesting day on the water, after a long delay with no wind we hit the water late to start a race in 8-10kts NE breeze. The race started with Mick Guinea & Viv taking the lead off the line but were quickly run down and over taken by the Team Harken machine. The fleet closed up at the back of Crab Island as a storm front came though and brought the tail endeds up to the leaders.
By the time the fleet rounded the last mark the storm front hit with full force that flatted half the fleet with wind gusts well into the 30kt range and lighting strikes that were felt by a lot of the boats. By this time the race commitee had made the call to cancel the race. So no results were scored.
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| Team Harken (Grant Pellew & Jack Benson) ready to go |
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| Regatta site - pre storm |
Three races tomorrow to try and make up for the lost races today.
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