Course: CGZXQGTCGV         Wind Dir: NW/SE  Force: 1-2      Race Officer - David Harford

Last Wednesday evening's race in the Helford River was the first one this season to have a start to the West, all previous races having been started into an East wind. Perhaps that strangest thing about the race, on a pleasant but cloudy evening, was the wind shift during the race, which went round 180º from NW to SE. Ten boats started and Jacobi soon took a lead, closely followed by Big Purple. Spinnakers were hoisted to sail back down the River to the second mark when the wind died away to almost nothing, and with the tide beginning to push into the River again. Jetta in fourth place, came up between Gotcha! and the Gew mark, managing to sail through into third place, with a nifty jibe on the mark. By this time the light breeze had settled into the East. Jacobi held on to the lead from Big Purple, but could not shake them off, so on corrected time Big Purple won by 17 seconds, with Jacobi second, and Jetta taking third place.