Photos by Conor Roche & Geoffrey Boscoe
Autumn Point Score, Races 5 and 6The original forecast for Valentines Day’s sailing was a light 5-8 knots from the east which would have made for a nice recovery for those returning from the ILCA Masters the previous weekend.The Race Committee ventured out early with Jack Restucci to lay marks in what turned out to be very shifty conditions. A course was laid in an 8-knot easterly, but the breeze then swung from northeast again and the racing was postponed.Race 5 finally got underway at around 2.30pm on a northeast course. Further wind shifts heavily favoured the right-hand side of the beat, nearly a one-tack race for some, which caused